Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image extracting unit, a vector information generating unit and a color information adding unit. The image extracting unit extracts an image to be vectorized from a multilevel image as a binary image. The vector information generating unit vectorizes the binary image extracted by the image extracting unit to generate vector information. The color information adding unit adds color information to the vector information generated by the vector information generating unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an extracting unit, a representative-image generating unit and a vector converting unit. The extracting unit extracts pixel blocks from image data. The representative-image generating unit generates representative images from the pixel blocks extracted by the extracting unit, based on a similarity between the pixel blocks. The vector converting unit converts the representative images generated by the representative-image generating unit into vector information.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acceptance unit that accepts an image; a character information adding unit that adds a character identifier for uniquely identifying a character, a character position indicating a position of the character in the image, a character size indicating a size of the character, and a character color indicating a color of the character as character information, to the image accepted by the image acceptance unit; a font allocation unit that allocates a font without drawing element as a font corresponding to the character identifier within the character information added by the character information adding unit; and an electronic document generation unit that generates an electronic document for reference to the font information allocated by the font allocation unit, based on the character information added to the image by the character information adding unit.

Abstract: An encoding device includes a binary image generation unit that generates at least two binary images from a multivalued image by applying different methods, a check image generation unit that generates a check image based on the plural binary images generated by the binary image generation unit, and a code generation unit that generates coded data by encoding at least one of the binary images generated by the binary image generation unit and the check image generated by the check image generation unit by using different methods.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a document receiving unit that receives a document containing at least one page, wherein positions of document components of a page of the at least one page are fixed within the page; a page dividing unit that divides the document received by the document receiving unit into at least one page; a page heading determining unit that determines a heading of a page of the at least one page divided by the page dividing unit based on components included in the page; and a processing unit that assigns the heading determined by the page heading determining unit to the page divided by the page dividing unit as first level outline information of the page.

Abstract: A pattern matching device includes a dilated image generating unit that generates a dilated image based on a resultant image obtained by logical operation between a first image pattern and a second image pattern, and a comparing unit that compares the first image pattern with the second image pattern, based on a ratio of overlap between the first image pattern and the dilated image generated by the dilated image generating unit, and a ratio of overlap between the second image pattern and the dilated image generated by the dilated image generating unit.

Abstract: An information processor is provided, the information processor including: a line extracting unit that extracts a line by using information of rectangular forms each of the rectangular forms surrounding a pixel mass in an electronic document; a paragraph extracting unit that extracts a paragraph including the extracted line; a paragraph integrating unit that integrates the extracted paragraph; and a rectangular form calculating unit that calculates a position and a size of a rectangular form surrounding a pixel mass contained in the integrated paragraph, and a positional relation between the pixel mass contained in the integrated paragraph and the corresponding rectangular form in accordance with a size of a line contained in the integrated paragraph and a position of a pixel mass forming the line contained in the integrated paragraph.

Abstract: A coding apparatus includes a color space conversion unit that converts input image data into image data which is represented in another color space, a gradation changing unit that changes gradation of the input image data, based on the converted image data, and a predictive coding unit that performs predictive coding on the image data subjected to the gradation change.

Abstract: An image processing device including: an image acceptance unit accepting a first image and a second image; a perimeter measurement unit measuring a perimeter of an object image within the first image or an object image within the second image; an area measurement unit measuring an area of the object image within the first image or the object image within the second image; a first reference area generation unit generating a first reference area based on the perimeter and area measured; a datum point extraction unit extracting datum points from the first image and the second image; and a first match judgment unit making the datum points coincide with each other, and judging whether or not the object image within the first image and the object image within the second image are matched, based on densities of the first and second image within the first reference area.

Abstract: An encoding device includes a binary image generation unit that generates at least two binary images from a multivalued image by applying different methods, a check image generation unit that generates a check image based on the plural binary images generated by the binary image generation unit, and a code generation unit that generates coded data by encoding at least one of the binary images generated by the binary image generation unit and the check image generated by the check image generation unit by using different methods.

Abstract: An encoding device includes a binary image generation unit that generates at least two binary images from a multivalued image by applying different methods, a check image generation unit that generates a check image based on the plural binary images generated by the binary image generation unit, and a code generation unit that generates coded data by encoding at least one of the binary images generated by the binary image generation unit and the check image generated by the check image generation unit by using different methods.

Abstract: An encoding device has a shape encoding unit and a pattern encoding unit. The shape encoding unit encodes a shape of an image element. The pattern encoding unit encodes a binary pattern of the image element and the shape of the image element is related to the binary pattern of the image element.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an image acceptance unit that accepts an image; a character information adding unit that adds a character identifier for uniquely identifying a character, a character position indicating a position of the character in the image, a character size indicating a size of the character, and a character color indicating a color of the character as character information, to the image accepted by the image acceptance unit; a font allocation unit that allocates a font without drawing element as a font corresponding to the character identifier within the character information added by the character information adding unit; and an electronic document generation unit that generates an electronic document for reference to the font information allocated by the font allocation unit, based on the character information added to the image by the character information adding unit.

Abstract: This invention provides an encoding apparatus including a group generating unit that puts plural information values to be compressed together and generates a group of information values to be compressed; a code assignment unit that assigns a code to each group generated by the group generating unit; and an information encoding unit that encodes the information values to be compressed belonging to each group, using the code assigned to each group.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image extracting unit, a vector information generating unit and a color information adding unit. The image extracting unit extracts an image to be vectorized from a multilevel image as a binary image. The vector information generating unit vectorizes the binary image extracted by the image extracting unit to generate vector information. The color information adding unit adds color information to the vector information generated by the vector information generating unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an extracting unit, a representative-image generating unit and a vector converting unit. The extracting unit extracts pixel blocks from image data. The representative-image generating unit generates representative images from the pixel blocks extracted by the extracting unit, based on a similarity between the pixel blocks. The vector converting unit converts the representative images generated by the representative-image generating unit into vector information.

Abstract: This invention provides an encoding apparatus including a group generating unit that puts plural information values to be compressed together and generates a group of information values to be compressed; a code assignment unit that assigns a code to each group generated by the group generating unit; and an information encoding unit that encodes the information values to be compressed belonging to each group, using the code assigned to each group.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus includes a block dividing unit that divides an inputted data file into blocks each including plural data elements arranged in the order of encoding, a predicted data creating unit that creates predicted data for each of the blocks resulting from the division by the block dividing unit on the basis of data elements contained in other blocks, a comparing unit that compares the predicted data created by the predicted data creating unit with data elements contained in the blocks, and a code creating unit that creates codes for the inputted data file on the basis of results of the comparison by the comparing unit.

Abstract: A pattern matching device includes a dilated image generating unit that generates a dilated image based on a resultant image obtained by logical operation between a first image pattern and a second image pattern, and a comparing unit that compares the first image pattern with the second image pattern, based on a ratio of overlap between the first image pattern and the dilated image generated by the dilated image generating unit, and a ratio of overlap between the second image pattern and the dilated image generated by the dilated image generating unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an extraction unit that extracts a first image and a second image similar to the first image, in a first resolution; and a generation unit that generates an image in a second resolution based on the respective images extracted by the extraction unit and phases of the respective images calculated with precision higher than one pixel in the first resolution.