Image processing apparatus and method

• Main Author: KUGAI MASAMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.08.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS

Image data representing a text-containing original image read by a scanner or the like is subjected to area partitioning processing and character recognition processing so as to be converted to icons and displayed (S11-S15). The icons include icons representing text and bitmap images, etc. When any...