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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:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
May. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideyuki Takagi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382199 ; 382225 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a pattern outline data extraction device in which plural pattern feature vectors representing patterns contained in a given pattern distribution are input, a geometric figure containing at least one feature vector on the outer periphery thereof is repeatedly generated to delete possible feature vectors contained within the geometric figure generated and an outline of the given pattern distribution is identified with feature vectors not having been deleted. An outer surface detection device and a pattern recognition device are also disclosed as applications of the pattern outline data extraction device.