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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masahito Dohi, Tokyo, JP;
Motohiro Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/365 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/006 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20224 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing device is configured to: generate a histogram of pixel values of a plurality of pixels contained in an image; set a background pixel value by using a peak value of the generated histogram; set a noise range with respect to the set background pixel value; and replace the pixel values that fall in the set noise range with a single arbitrary pixel value.