摘要 |
PURPOSE:To efficiently remove a small unncessary point caused by the stain, etc., of a document by providing an unnecessary point removal part and a removal range specification part and automatically removing the unnecessary point at the time of the input, retrieval, or printing of image data. CONSTITUTION:The image data are inputted from an image data input part 1 and displayed at a display part 7. Then, whether the small unnecessary point of the stain, etc., is removed or not, is selected, and when an unnecessary point removing function is selected, a screen for selecting the range specification of the unnecessary point removal is displayed at the display part 7 and whether or not the range of the unnecessary point removal is specified, is selected. Here, when a range specifying function for the unnecessary point removal is selected, a removal range specification part 13 specifies the range where the unnecessary point is to be removed in the screen for the range specification selection. Then, the size of the unnecessary point is specified as a large, an intermediate, or a small level, and on the basis of the range and size specifications, an unnecessary point removal part 11 removes the unnecessary point. |