Image region segmentation system
US5617485A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/40062
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image region segmentation system includes a first detection part for detecting a candidate region for a text region within an image, a second detection part for detecting a white region within the image by carrying out a pattern matching of a matrix including a pixel of the image with predetermined matrix patterns for a set of successive white pixels, and a discrimination part for detecting whether or not the candidate region detected by the first detection part is a text region by checking if a white region is detected in a neighborhood of the detected candidate region.
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