Reading Apparatus Region-Specific Image Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reading apparatuses face difficulties in accurately identifying and processing facial and character regions within images, leading to complex recognition processes and potential failure in executing appropriate processing on these regions.
Innovation Solution
A reading apparatus and non-transitory storage medium that include a processor and memory to receive image data, retrieve region location indicators and image processing instructions, and execute specific image processing operations for facial and character regions, enabling precise processing without complications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional recognition processing is used for facial and character regions, then recognition may be performed, but the processing becomes complicated and recognition may fail
Solution Approach 1:
The image is divided into multiple regions using region location indicators that define specific areas (such as facial regions and character regions). This segmentation allows the system to apply different processing methods to different regions, simplifying the overall recognition process while improving reliability by treating each region appropriately.
Solution Approach 2:
Different image processing indicators are applied to different regions based on their specific characteristics. For example, facial regions may receive different processing than character regions. This local quality approach ensures each region is processed with the most appropriate method, improving recognition accuracy without requiring a single complex processing pipeline.
2Ease of operation
If region-specific image processing is implemented, then appropriate processing can be executed for each region, but additional processing steps and data management are required
Solution Approach 1:
Region location indicators and image processing indicators are prepared and stored in advance in a database or storage device. This preliminary action allows the system to quickly retrieve appropriate processing parameters without performing complex real-time analysis, reducing the number of processing steps required during actual operation while maintaining processing appropriateness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces region location indicators and image processing indicators as intermediary data structures that mediate between the raw image data and the recognition processing. These indicators serve as a bridge, providing structured information about regions and their appropriate processing methods, which simplifies the overall system architecture and reduces processing complexity.
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AI summary
A reading apparatus includes a reading device for reading an image on a recording medium and generating image data. The reading apparatus is configured to: receive the generated image data; retrieve a first region location indicator indicating a location of a first region to be defined on an image based on the generated image data, a second region location indicator indicating a location of a second region, a first image processing indicator indicating at least one image processing determined for the first region, and a second image processing indicator indicating at least one image processing determined for the second region; determine first partial image data based on the first region location indicator; execute the at least one image processing; determine second partial image data; and execute the at least one image processing.