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Image processing apparatus and image process method

US7180519B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2003
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T11/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a pipeline process in which plural image processing sections (image processing modules), for example, an image inputting section 131, a histogram producing section 132, and a binarizing section 133 are connected in a pipeline manner, each of the image processing sections 131, 132, and 133 is provided with a function of reinitializing a state to cause each process to be again performed with being started from the beginning of an image, whereby image data to be processed can be reread.

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