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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:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeki Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 54 ; 358445 ; 358453 ; 382 44 ; 348594 ; 348601 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an image processing method for obtaining a pictorial image from an input image. In this method, image data is input from an image input unit. A paint brush pattern is formed on the basis of an input from an operator. Painting processing of the formed paint brush pattern is executed on the input image data. There is also disclosed an image processing apparatus for carrying out this method.