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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A drawing processing apparatus for extracting figures from a drawing as numerical data, comprises a drawing input section for inputting a background drawing and a to-be-processed drawing having a figure on the background drawing, and outputting the drawings as image data, an image storing section for storing the image data corresponding to the background drawing and the to-be-processed drawing input by the drawing input section, a registration section for registering the background drawing and the to-be-processed drawing with each other using the image data read out from the image storing section, a vector forming section for dividing figures on the registered background drawing and to-be-processed drawing into a plurality of segments, and converting the segments into segment data of numerical values, thereby representing the segments as vectors, and a selecting section for selecting vectors, which correspond to the vectors formed from the figure on the background drawing, from among the vectors formed from the figure on the to-be-processed drawing.