| 摘要 |
An image processing apparatus, as well as an image processing method, capable of executing area separation accurately using a small block size includes a wavelet transforming circuit for converting image data, which has entered from an image input circuit, into a plurality of band-limited image data, an edge detecting circuit for detecting edge information in the image data based upon the band-limited image data, a character-area detecting circuit for detecting character areas in the image data from the distribution of the edge information, and an expansion/contraction circuit for unifying the character areas based upon the character-area information detected. <IMAGE> |
