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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Hirokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/12 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/1359 (2022.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06T 2207/20044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a first skeleton extraction means, a second skeleton extraction means, and an integration unit. The first skeleton extraction means discriminates a valid region and an invalid region in a fingerprint image which is input, and extracts skeleton lines in the valid region. The second skeleton extraction means extracts skeleton lines in the invalid region. The integration unit generates a skeleton image by integrating the skeleton lines extracted in the valid region and the skeleton lines extracted in the invalid region.