An image reading apparatus includes a reader configured to read an image, and a movable member that is movable when the reader is not reading the image, and configured to move within a region where a fixed member fixed above the reader is not present on a movement trajectory of the movable member.

The data input support apparatus in the present disclosure acquires item information relating to a combination of an item name and an item value described in a business form image based on character recognition results of the business form image, and displays an item value display area and an image preview display area having an overview image display area and an enlarged image display area. The item value display area displays an item value of an item name corresponding to a specific item type from the item information. The overview image display area displays the entire business form image or an overview image in which the displayed item value and the item name are highlighted. The enlarged image display area displays an enlarged image including the displayed item value. The display unit switches and displays display contents in the image preview display area in accordance with the acquired item information.

To provide an image processing apparatus capable of correcting an orientation of a scanned image, even if the orientation of a document during scanning is incorrect. An image processing apparatus includes a document type determination unit configured to determine a document type of image data obtained by optical reading, a selection unit configured to select, based on a determination result from the document type determination unit, a determination algorithm to be applied, from a plurality of determination algorithms for determining an orientation of an image, and an orientation determination unit configured to determine an orientation of an image in the image data by using the determination algorithm selected by the selection unit.

There are provided a line sensor (110) including two first sensor pixel rows (11a, 111b) and a second sensor pixel row (112a); an image obtaining unit (140) to obtain, from electrical signals obtained by scanning an original in a sub-scanning direction with the two first sensor pixel rows (111a, 111b), two first read image data items, and obtain, from electrical signals obtained by scanning the original in the sub-scanning direction with the second sensor pixel row (112a), a second read image data item; and an image processor (150) to incorporate one or more pixel data items of one or more pixels included in an interval between the two first sensor pixel rows (111a, 111b) out of the second read image data item into the two first read image data items, thereby generating a line image data item in which the one or more pixels in the interval are not vacant.

The image processing apparatus extracts an image area corresponding to a margin area of a chart for evaluation from a scanned image obtained by scanning a printed material on which the chart is printed. The image processing apparatus evaluates the printed material based on, in a case where a printing medium used for the printing is determined to be a printing medium having a specific characteristic based on the image area corresponding to the margin area, the scanned image from which influence based on the specific characteristic is decreased.

A signal processing device (10) uses first characteristic data detected from a sheet-like detection target by a first detection element (1) and second characteristic data detected from the detection target by a second detection element (2) and having (i) a characteristic that is different from a characteristic of the first characteristic data and (ii) a correlation with the first characteristic data. The signal processing device (10) includes an evaluation value generator (3) that generates, by using the correlation with the second characteristic data, an evaluation value determining whether the first characteristic data includes an unnecessary portion, and a correction amount determiner (4) that determines, by using the evaluation value, for correction of data determined by the evaluation value generator (3) to be the unnecessary portion, a correction amount for the first characteristic data.

An image forming apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read an image formed on an object to be scanned, an image forming device configured to form an image on a printing object, a first processing unit configured to perform short-range radio communication to perform at least one of data reading operation from an information storage unit mounted on the object to be scanned and data writing operation to the information storage unit, and a second processing unit configured to perform short-range radio communication with the information storage unit mounted on the printing object to perform at least one of the data reading operation from the information storage unit and the data writing operation to the information storage unit. In the image forming apparatus, each one of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to perform the short-range radio communication using a same antenna unit.

Provided is an information processing apparatus that applies correction using a character recognition error pattern to a character recognition result of a document image, wherein the character recognition error pattern includes error pattern information on a character recognition result of a part where an error occurs in character recognition, correct pattern information applicable to the part where the error occurs, information on a frequency that the error occurs, and information on a state where the error occurs, and wherein the character recognition error pattern to be used in the correction is narrowed down based on the information on the frequency that the error occurs and the information on the state where the error occurs.

A digital camera processing system with software to manage taking photos with a digital camera. Camera software controls the digital camera. A downloaded software component controls the digital camera software and causes a handheld mobile device to perform operations. The operations may include instructing a user to have the digital camera take photos of a check; displaying an instruction on a display of the handheld mobile device to assist the user in having the digital camera take the photos; or assisting the user as to an orientation for taking the photos with the digital camera. The digital camera processing system may generate a log file including a bi-tonal image formatted as a TIFF image.

An image reading apparatus includes: an image reading device that reads a document and an area outside the document as an image; a background color plate that is read by the image reading device in the area outside the document; a document area decision device that determines a boundary between the document and background on the basis of a density difference or a color difference between the document and the background color plate in the read image, so as to decide a document area; and an image cropping device that crops a document image from the image on the basis of the document area. In the case where both of front and back sides of the document are read and the document area of one of the sides cannot be decided, the document area decision device applies the document area of the other side.