Patent ID: 8107728
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an output processing section for executing an output process based on an image data obtained by reading a document image; a storage section in which a description of the output process to be executed by the output processing section is stored in relation with a stored image; and a controller capable of performing operations of: the image processing apparatus further comprising: a features storage section for storing features of stored images; a features calculating section for calculating features of the document image based on the obtained image data; and a comparator section for comparing between the calculated features and the features of the stored images, wherein said controller is further capable of: determining whether or not the document image is similar to the stored image based on the comparison by the comparator section, and the image processing apparatus further comprises: a region extracting section for extracting a plurality of regions composed of identical factors from said document image; and a centroid calculating section for calculating the centroid in each of the extracted regions, wherein the features of the document image are calculated based on the centroid.