Patent ID: 6718059
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method, comprising:inputting image data; performing block selection processing on the input image data to determine attributes of objects represented by pixel data within the image data; a first determining step of determining, based on the block selection processing, if subject pixel data represents a text pixel; a second determining step of determining if the subject pixel data represents an edge pixel; performing a first processing on the subject pixel data in a case that the subject pixel data is determined to represent a text pixel and an edge pixel; and performing a second processing on the subject pixel data in a case that the subject pixel data is not determined to represent a text pixel and is not determined to represent an edge pixel, wherein at least the first processing on the subject pixel data is performed based at least in part on a font size associated with the pixel data.