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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Seiji Mizuoka, Katano, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382282 ;
Abstract
A position recognizing device receives and stores image information denoting tones or gradations of an image of a target object. Projection data is synthesized from the image information and the projection data is normalized using a maximum value thereof. A run position and a run length of the normalized projection data at a predetermined slice level are detected, and a position of the target device is detected based on the run position and the run length.