IP Library Granted Patent US 10,051,150
Granted Patent B2
US 10,051,150 · App. 15/393,964 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Image processing apparatus and medium storing program executable by computer

Inventor: Koichi Tsugimura (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N1/3878H04N1/00039H04N1/00718H04N1/00737H04N1/00748H04N2201/0081H04N2201/0082
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,051,150
App. No.
15/393,964
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: a controller configured to perform: acquiring objective image data representing an objective image, the objective image data being obtained by optically reading a manuscript; analyzing the objective image data; generating an image processing command in which image processing to be executed for the objective image data is described, by using a result of analysis of the objective image data; and generating an image file including the objective image data and the image processing command. The image processing command is to be executed when a reproduction image is reproduced at a reproduction unit by using the image file.

Claims (51)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to perform:

acquiring objective image data representing an objective image, the objective image data being obtained by optically reading a manuscript;

analyzing the objective image data;

generating an image processing command in which image processing to be executed for the objective image data is described, by using a result of analysis of the objective image data; and

generating an image file including the objective image data and the image processing command,

wherein an image represented by the objective image data included in the generated image file is the same as the objective image represented by the objective image data obtained by optically reading the manuscript,

wherein the image processing command is to be executed when a reproduction image is reproduced at a reproduction unit by using the image file, and

wherein the reproduction image is different from the objective image represented by the objective image data obtained by optically reading the manuscript.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the objective image includes a manuscript image representing the manuscript,

the controller is further configured to perform specifying an inclination of the manuscript image with respect to a predetermined direction by using the objective image data, and

the image processing command includes an inclination correcting command that causes the reproduction unit to correct the inclination of the manuscript image with respect to the predetermined direction by rotating the objective image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the objective image further includes a blank space image positioned outside the manuscript image, and

the image processing command includes a reproduction control command that causes the reproduction unit to reproduce at least a part of the manuscript image and not to reproduce the blank space image, after correcting the inclination of the manuscript image with respect to the predetermined direction.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the reproduction control command causes the reproduction unit to reproduce a first image which is the at least a part of the manuscript image and a second image which is to be reproduced in place of the blank space image.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the reproduction control command causes the reproduction unit to:

generate first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image by using the objective image data; and

display the first image and the second image in an overlapped manner, and

the second image is at least another part of the manuscript image to be generated at a magnification which is larger than that of the first image.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform determining the magnification of the second image with respect to the first image depending on the blank space image, by analyzing the objective image data.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to perform specifying the manuscript image included in the objective image, and

the reproduction control command causes the reproduction unit to:

include the manuscript image in the reproduction image; and

exclude an image, which is included in the objective image and different from the manuscript image, from the reproduction image, as the blank space image.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the objective image includes a third image representing a specified portion of the manuscript and a fourth image representing another portion of the manuscript different from the specified portion,

the controller is further configured to perform specifying the third image, and

the image processing command causes the reproduction unit to:

include the fourth image in the reproduction image; and

exclude the third image from the reproduction image.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the image processing command causes the reproduction unit to reproduce the reproduction image including a supplementary image in place of the third image.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to detect an edge included in the objective image.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer-executable program that, when executed by a processor, causes a computer to:

acquire objective image data representing an objective image, the objective image data being obtained by optically reading a manuscript;

analyze the objective image data;

generate an image processing command in which image processing to be executed to the objective image data is described, by using a result of analysis of the objective image data, the image processing command being executed when an output image is outputted to an output unit by using the objective image data; and

generate an image file including the objective image data and the image processing command,

wherein an image represented by the objective image data included in the generated image file is the same as the objective image represented by the objective image data obtained by optically reading the manuscript and the output image is different from the objective image represented by the objective image data obtained by optically reading the manuscript.

12. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to perform:

acquiring objective image data representing an objective image, the objective image data being obtained by optically reading a manuscript;

analyzing the objective image data;

generating an inclination correction command in which an inclination correction to be executed for the objective image data is described by using a result of analysis of the objective image data; and

generating an image file including the objective image data and the inclination correction command,

wherein an inclination of an image represented by the objective image data included in the generated image file is the same as an inclination of the objective image represented by the objective image data obtained by optically reading the manuscript,

wherein the inclination correction command is to be executed when a reproduction image is reproduced at a reproduction unit by using the image file, and

wherein the reproduction image is different from the objective image represented by the objective image data obtained by optically reading the manuscript.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2016
From: TSUGIMURA, KOICHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040804/0843 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-016559 · Jan 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170223226A1 · Aug 3, 2017