Image processing apparatus
US6640002B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T7/70
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, including an image taking device which takes an image of an object, an image-data memory in which image data representing the taken image of the object is stored, a negative-search-line producing device which produces one or more negative search lines which are expected not to intersect an edge of the image of the object represented by the image data, an optical characteristic of the image significantly changing at the edge, and a judging device which judges whether one or more negative search lines intersect the edge of the image of the object.
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