Image analysis – Image segmentation – Segmenting individual characters or words
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2006-04-25
Bali, Vikkram (Department: 2627)
Image analysis
Image segmentation
Segmenting individual characters or words
C382S292000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07035463
ABSTRACT:
A document image processing device and method for extracting a title region and a mark attached by the user from a document image to use them as document tag information. A region with a region average character size larger then a predetermine extraction judging value is extracted as a title region by title region extracting means. As a result, title regions can be extracted from one document image. A mark that the user makes on an input image is extracted by mark extracting means, and characteristic value of the mark is found by calculating means. Document tag information to be imparted to the input image is selected from reference tag information according to the characteristic value and the attribute value of the reference tag information imparting means. Thus, document tag information is automatically imparted to a document image.
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Hirose Atsushi
Monobe Yusuke
Umebayashi Akito
Bali Vikkram
LaRose Colin
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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