The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Fukuhara, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Iwase, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiro Tomatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Makihira, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Miyata, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Shinbata, Tama, JP;
Ritsuya Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Kibe, Kawaguchi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide pathological support for users to effectively perform follow up on diseases, using polarization information obtained from polarization-sensitive tomographic images. An image processing apparatus includes a positioning unit configured to position multiple polarization-sensitive tomographic images corresponding to multiple tomographic luminance images, based on the plurality of tomographic luminance images obtained by photographing an object at different times; and a comparing unit configured to compare the plurality of polarization-sensitive tomographic images which are positioned.