Patent ID: 6108459
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A method of processing an image, comprising:a document scanning step of scanning a document thereby obtaining image data;a data extracting step of extracting first data used to specify an image edit area and second data representing the boundary line of the image edit area from the document image data obtained in said document scanning step;a first data storing step of storing the second data, which is output in said data extracting step;a data compression step of compressing the first and second data extracted in said data extracting step thereby generating first and second compressed data, respectively;a second data storing step of storing the first and second compressed data generated in said data compression step;a data expanding step of expanding the first compressed data stored in said second data storing step with reference to the second compressed data stored in said second data storing step, thereby generating first expanded data;an edit area determining step of determining an edit area with reference to the second data stored in said first storing step and the first expanded data generated in said data expanding step; andan image editing step of performing a predetermined editing process on the document image data in the edit area determined in said edit area determining step.