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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2020
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Anirban Ray, Tokyo, JP;
Hideharu Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuki Kakishita, Tokyo, JP;
Taku Sakazume, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to perform quantitative analysis on an object in an image, it is important to accurately identify the object, but when plural objects are in contact with each other, it is potential that a target portion cannot be accurately identified. An image is segmented into a foreground region and a background region, the foreground region being a region in which an object for which quantitative information is to be calculated is shown, and the background region being a region other than the foreground region. With respect to a first object and a second object in contact with each other in the image, a contact point between the first object and the second object is detected based on a region segmentation result output by a segmentation unit. The first object and the second object can be separated by connecting two boundary reference pixels including a first boundary reference pixel that is a pixel in a background region closest to the contact point, and a second boundary reference pixel that is a pixel in a background region in a direction opposite to the first boundary reference pixel across the contact point.