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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1978
Shinichi Kamachi, Hino, JP;
Masao Izawa, Hachioji, JP;
Nagahiro Gocho, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshio Nakajima, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichiro Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing system converts gradation data of an image signal from a television camera into a digital code and transfers it to a computer. In the image processing system suitable means slice a portion which contains data of the image signal at a given level, means quantize a signal waveform obtained by the slice means, means count how many numbers of pulses obtained by the quantizing means at a given portion of one horizontal scan during each horizontal scan, and means for transfer counted values of the counting means to the computer at every completion of one horizontal scan.