Patent ID: 8358875

Claim:
An image processing device comprising: an acceptance unit that accepts image information including a plurality of character image elements as a processing object; a detection unit that detects a size of a character in each of the character image elements included in the accepted image information; an extraction unit that extracts at least one part of the accepted image information, including a first character image element and a second character image element, as a display object image; a decision unit that decides a first enlargement/reduction ratio S 1 using a size of a character included in the first character image element X 1 , and that decides a second enlargement/reduction ratio S 2 using a size of a character included in the second character image element X 2 , the second enlargement/reduction ratio S 2 being different from the first enlargement/reduction ratio S 1 ; and a display control unit that controls the extracted display object image to include the first character image element enlarged or reduced at the first enlargement/reduction ratio S 1 and the second character image element enlarged or reduced at the second enlargement/reduction ratio S 2 .