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Image processing method and apparatus

US6690492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 1999
Grant dateFeb 10, 2004
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30176
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to this invention, in order to efficiently output images, when an image and its attribute are selected, and an extraction output instruction of an image region with the selected attribute is issued, the selected image is segmented into image regions with different attributes, and an image region with the selected attribute is extracted and displayed from the segmented image regions.

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