Hand-held image reading apparatus
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1. An image data processing apparatus, comprising:
- inputting means for inputting image data in response to a predetermined area of a material having image information thereon;
memory means for storing the image data inputted by said inputting means;
counting means for counting the number of a predetermined kind of data of the image data stored in said memory means;
determining means for determining a space between a set of image data existing in a middle portion of the image data stored in said memory means and another set of image data stored in said memory means based on a result obtained by said counting means;
extracting means for extracting said set of the image data existing in the middle portion of the image data with respect to the space determined by said determining means; and
outputting means for outputting said set of image data extracted by said extraction means.
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Abstract
A hand-held image reading apparatus reads image data corresponding to image information from a surface and prints the image data on a printing medium. The apparatus reads the image data by moving over the surface. Further, the apparatus stores the read image data in an internal memory, extracts the image data existing in the center of the image data stored in the memory and prints only the extracted image data on the printing medium.
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1. An image data processing apparatus, comprising:
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inputting means for inputting image data in response to a predetermined area of a material having image information thereon; memory means for storing the image data inputted by said inputting means; counting means for counting the number of a predetermined kind of data of the image data stored in said memory means; determining means for determining a space between a set of image data existing in a middle portion of the image data stored in said memory means and another set of image data stored in said memory means based on a result obtained by said counting means; extracting means for extracting said set of the image data existing in the middle portion of the image data with respect to the space determined by said determining means; and outputting means for outputting said set of image data extracted by said extraction means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operating an image data processing apparatus which includes a memory means, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting image data in response to a predetermined area of a surface containing image information thereon; storing the inputted image data into said memory means; counting the number of a predetermined kind of data of the image data stored in said memory means; determining a space between a set of image data existing in a middle portion of the image data stored in the memory means based on a result obtained by said counting step; extracting the image data existing in the middle portion of the image data with respect to the space; and outputting the image data extracted by said extracting step. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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