Image processing apparatus and method and medium
US6389162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 14, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There are provided an image processing apparatus and method which can properly determine the number of quantization levels for quantizing image data by properly removing noise from the background of the image data. A histogram forming unit forms the output frequency distribution of densities of image data. A background density width detecting unit determines a density area exhibiting output frequency values equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold and including a maximum output frequency value in the formed distribution. A quantization level count determining unit decides the number of quantization levels on the basis of the number of maximum values included in the distribution other than the determined density area.
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