US 11,868,072 B2
Image processing apparatus
Yoshihito Hiroe, Tagata Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,040.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266702 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/507 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00015 (2013.01); H04N 1/00039 (2013.01); H04N 1/00045 (2013.01); H04N 1/00063 (2013.01); H04N 1/00082 (2013.01); H04N 1/00809 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00569 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
a scanner configured to read an image formed on a sheet along a reading direction and generate image data; and
a processor configured to:
select a first region of the generated image data into which a first image indicating the reading direction is to be combined,
set a pixel value of the first image in accordance with a pixel value of a pixel around the first region, and
combine the first image having the set pixel value into the selected first region of the image data and output the combined image data.