Image analysis – Image segmentation
Patent
1994-09-06
1995-05-30
Boudreau, Leo H.
Image analysis
Image segmentation
358529, 382191, G06K 900
Patent
active
054209382
ABSTRACT:
An image processing apparatus includes a first judgment circuit for judging whether an input image is a monochrome image or a color image on the basis of an input image signal, and a second judgment circuit for judging whether a pixel represented by the input image signal is part of a character which is black. In an image processing method, a judgment is made as to whether an input image is a monochrome image or a color image on the basis of an input image signal, and a judgment is made as to whether a pixel represented by the input image signal is part of a character which is black.
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Arimoto Shinobu
Funada Masahiro
Boudreau Leo H.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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