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Image processing method for system employing pattern matching

US6088483A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 8, 1998
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 8, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/7515
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an image processing method employing pattern matching, whereby the number of calculations for a normalized correlation factor can be reduced and processing speed can be increased in a pattern matching process, and an image processing system therefor. In the pattern matching processing when an insensitive region is set in a template image, values (the sum and the squared sum) obtained during a previous operation for a prior search target sub-image are employed to perform calculations for a current search target sub-image, relative to coordinate sequence code that indicates the start point and the end point of a sequence of pixels having values of "1."

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