BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1A shows a hardware configuration of an image processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a control block diagram of the image processing apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of copy processing executed by the image processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.
FIGS. 3A and 3B respectively show one example of a dot pattern recognized by the image processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.
FIG. 4 shows one example of an inclination detection filter utilized in the image processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.
FIG. 5 shows another example of an inclination detection filter utilized in the image processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.
FIG. 6 shows still another example of an inclination detection filter utilized in the image processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of copy processing executed by an image processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of copy processing executed by an image processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of copy processing executed by an image processing apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10A shows a hardware configuration of an image processing apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10B is a control block diagram of the image processing apparatus.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of copy processing executed by the image processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B.