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Apparatus and method for processing and reproducing image information

  • US 5,856,877 A
  • Filed: 07/03/1996
  • Issued: 01/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for processing an image represented as dot information, comprising:

  • image source means for supplying said image in a bit-map domain represented as digital dot information;

    segmentation means, responsive to the image source means, for automatically segmenting the image into a plurality of layout elements by transforming the image from the bit-map domain into a layout-element domain;

    display means, responsive to the segmentation means, for displaying the segmented image to an operator;

    first selection means, responsive to the display means and the segmentation means, for enabling the operator to select at least one layout element by the operator indicating any portion of the layout element to the first selection means via a position indication device;

    second selections means, responsive to the display means, for enabling the operator to select a processing operation; and

    processing means, responsive to the first and second selection means, for processing at least a portion of the image, corresponding to the selected layout element, in the bit-map domain according to the selected processing operation.

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