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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:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
May. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Seiji Mizuoka, Katano, JP;
Kazumasa Okumura, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Kobayashi, Osaka, JP;
Junichi Hada, Moriguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 51 ; 358466 ; 382 18 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for converting image signals into binary signals is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a binarizing section for binarizing image signals; a connectivity distribution section for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary signals and for producing a connectivity distribution; and a judging section for, from connectivity distributions obtained with different binary levels, judging the level at which the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities are highest and the sum of the frequencies of intermediate connectivities is minimal.