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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:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Oosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Yozan Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382259 ; 382173 ; 382264 ;
Abstract
The present invention has an object to provide an image processing method for generating an image through thinning from which the topological characteristics of the image can be extracted more precisely and more accurately by deleting vestigial lines, that is, breaks in a line.