Patent ID: 9081759
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a separating section wherein said separating section separates a handwritten area from image data of printed material in which handwriting has been inserted; a determining section wherein said determining section determines whether the handwritten area includes an enclosing line enclosing a target region of the printed material or and a class symbol classifying the target region; a corresponding section wherein said corresponding section correlates the class symbol to the enclosing line drawn nearest the class symbol; an extracted image acquiring section wherein said extracted image acquiring section acquires from the image data of the printed material an image area in an extract target region including the target region within the enclosing line; an image classifying section wherein said image classifying section classifies into groups the image area within the enclosing line according to the correlated class symbol; a listed data generating section wherein said listed data generating section generates listed data including the image area that has been classified into groups; a circumscribed rectangle creating section wherein said circumscribed rectangle creating section creates a circumscribed rectangle around the handwritten area; a location information acquiring section wherein said location information acquiring section acquires information on locations of each handwritten area separated from image data; and a coordinate of a center of each circumscribed rectangle around each handwritten area is calculated to determine the location of the handwritten area.