An image processing system comprising: an image acquisition unit for acquiring a scanned image; a non-voltage storage medium that stores correction information corresponding to a known object having a three-dimensional shape defined by the standard; when an object of the scanned image is the known object, a correction unit that corrects a shadow area of the scanned image corresponding to a shadow resulting from thickness of the known object, on the basis of the correction information.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of patent application Ser. No. 10/948,467 (filed on Sep. 24, 2004) now abandoned. The disclosures, including the specifications, drawings and abstracts of Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-336136 (filed on Sep. 26, 2003), Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-059460 (filed on Mar. 3, 2004), Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-160474 (filed on May 31, 2004), and Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-273329 (filed on Sep. 21, 2004) are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
