Patent ID: 9268998
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06K

Claim Text:
1. An image determining apparatus comprising: an image type determining section which determines whether an input image is a scanned image scanned by a scanner or a captured image captured by an image-capturing apparatus; and a format conversion determining section which determines whether or not the input image is suitable for conversion into a compressed image in a platform independent file format, (i) in a case where the input image is determined to be the scanned image, the format conversion determining section (a) extracting a feature regarding a resolution from the input image and (b) determining, on the basis of the feature regarding the resolution, whether or not the input image is suitable for the conversion into the compressed image in the platform independent file format, and (ii) in a case where the input image is determined to be the captured image, the format conversion determining section (a) extracting a feature regarding a blur from the input image and (b) determining, on the basis of the feature regarding the blur, whether or not the input image is suitable for the conversion into the compressed image in the platform independent file format.