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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Katsuma, Wako, JP;
Hiroyuki Kimura, Yokohama, JP;
Kazunori Urushihara, Inagi, JP;
Susumu Matsumura, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ohmura, Wako, JP;
Shunichi Tamai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 18 ; 358456 ; 358470 ; 382 50 ;
Abstract
As image processing method suitable for creative image generation in which the image data of an original image are divided into plural areas each consisting of plural pixels, the shape of these areas is modified according to the image data of the original image, and the pixel data in each area are processed in accordance with a representative value of the image data.