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Patent No.:

US 12456174 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2022

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program comprising acquiring an image generated by reading an original, and removing noise from an object region with a size smaller than a size specified in a first threshold

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuki Omagari, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuya Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;

Akitoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinichi Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Chad Dickerson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06V 30/12 (2022.01); G06V 30/14 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06V 30/133 (2022.01); G06V 30/14 (2022.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit configured to acquire image data generated by reading an original; a specifying unit configured to specify an object region including a predetermined object in the image data; a removing unit configured to remove, from the object region, noise with a size smaller than a size specified by a first threshold; and a setting unit configured to set the first threshold, for each object region specified by the specifying unit, in accordance with the size of the object region.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Shimada, Naoki. (2025). Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program comprising acquiring an image generated by reading an original, and removing noise from an object region with a size smaller than a size specified in a first threshold (U.S. Patent No. 12456174). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12456174

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