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Image processing apparatus and method for image processing

US6584236B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 1999
Grant dateJun 24, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30148
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus for detecting the inclination of an object is provided. This image processing apparatus has a read means which reads the object and outputs image data, an amount of change calculation means which calculates the sum of the amounts of change of the image data of the object in at least one direction, and an inclination calculation means which calculates the inclination of the object based on the sum calculated by the amount of change calculation means.

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