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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:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Ohta, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382135 ; 382165 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus performs a judging function of judging similarity between an image represented by input image data and a specific image; tests the judging function; and sets one of a first mode for referring an ordinary judging operation and a second mode for performing a test judging operation to test the judging function, using different judging standards in the first and second mode respectively.