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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. 02, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideaki Kitamura, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358431 ; 382 54 ; 358447 ; 3582611 ;
Abstract
A target region and a pin hole size are specified in a block copy image, which is divided into plural separate regions. The size of each separate region in the target region is calculated and compared with the pin hole size. The separate region smaller than the pin hole size is extracted as a possible pin hole area and filled with the color of its surrounding area, thereby the pin holes are eliminated.