| US 7,349,577 B2 | ||
| Image processing method and image processing system | ||
| Kitahiro Kaneda, Kanagawa (Japan); Hiroshi Tanioka, Kanagawa (Japan); Akihiro Usami, Kanagawa (Japan); Ken-ichi Ohta, Kanagawa (Japan); Hirohiko Ito, Kanagawa (Japan); Shinichi Kato, Kanagawa (Japan); Tomohiro Akiba, Yokyo (Japan); Tomotoshi Kanatsu, Tokyo (Japan); Reiji Misawa, Tokyo (Japan); Yoshihide Terao, Kanagawa (Japan); and Mitsuru Uzawa, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/781,869. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2003-044299 (JP), filed on Feb. 21, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0247206 A1, Dec. 09, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/46 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—190 [358/1.17; 358/1.18; 382/305; 707/3; 707/6] | 16 Claims |
| 1. An image processing method comprising:
a search step of searching storage means for original digital data corresponding to each input image;
a vectorization step of converting the input image into vector data when no original digital data is found in the search step;
a storage step of storing the image that has been converted into the vector data in the vectorization step in the storage
means as digital data; and
a sheet generation step of generating a sheet including at least one of information associated with the found original digital
data when the original digital data is found in the search step and information associated with digital data which is obtained
by converting the image into the vector data in the vectorization step and is stored in the storage step when no original
digital data is found in the search step.
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