Image formation apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9826118
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15236516

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An image formation apparatus includes: an image capturing device that reads an original document and generates image data of the original document; a color determiner that determines a color of a pixel of the image data; a blank line determiner that detects a blank line of the image data based on the color of the pixel determined by the color determiner; a parallel direction determiner that detects an extension direction of each of the character strings on the original document, based on the blank line; a character string area determiner that detects a start position and an end position of each of the character strings; and a orthogonal direction determiner that detects an orientation of the original document based on the start position and the end position.

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OKI DATA CORPORATION11-22 SHIBAURA 4-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO 108-8551

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Shitara, Ryou Tokyo, JP 2 4

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