Image processing method, image processing apparatus and...

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2007-11-20

2007-11-20

Rogers, Scott A. (Department: 2625)

Image analysis

Image segmentation

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C382S195000, C382S199000, C382S201000, C382S205000, C382S224000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10667413

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an image processing method, an image processing apparatus and an image processing program for dealing with inverted characters (outlined characters) constituted by white pixels on a black ground in a tree structure same as that of normal characters constituted by black pixels on a white ground.In the present invention, black pixel blocks and white pixel blocks are sampled recursively from a binary image, tree structure data indicating a positional relation between the sampled black pixel blocks and white pixel blocks is created, an inverted image is created by white-black-inverting the insides of black pixel blocks that can include inverted characters, of black pixel blocks included in the tree structure data, white pixel blocks and black pixel blacks are sampled from the created inverted image, and data regarding the sampled white pixel blocks and black pixel blocs is added to corresponding nodes of the tree structure data.

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