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Image detection method, image detection apparatus, image processing method, image processing apparatus, and medium

US6307963A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1998
Grant dateOct 23, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To provide an image detection method for judging whether a specific image is present in an input image by temporarily holding the input image signal, obtaining data from the held data like a circle having a radius r, calculating the characteristic value of the circular data, judging whether the characteristic value is included in a specific pattern in accordance with the similarity between the characteristic value and a reference characteristic value, obtaining data like a circle having a radius r' different from the radius r when judging that the characteristic value is included in the specific pattern, calculating a new characteristic value, and repeating the operation of judging whether the new characteristic value is included in a specific pattern over circular data having a plurality of radiuses. Thereby, it is possible to efficiently detect the presence or absence of a specific image whose arrangement conditions such as the angle and position in an input image are unknown.

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