Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Object boundary expansion or contraction
Patent
1995-06-02
1998-01-20
Boudreau, Leo
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Object boundary expansion or contraction
382173, 382264, G06K 944
Patent
active
057108374
ABSTRACT:
The present invention has an object to provide an image processing method for generating an image through thinning from which the topological characteristics of the image can be extracted more precisely and more accurately by deleting vestigial lines, that is, breaks in a line.
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Matsumoto Koji
Oosaka Manabu
Boudreau Leo
Kelley Chris
Yozan Inc.
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