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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1994
Masahiro Funada, Yokohama, JP;
Ken-Ichi Ohta, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Udagawa, Machida, JP;
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Ohta, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processor having a circuit for holding data on features of registered specific images, a circuit for determining the degree of similarity between features of an input image and the held features of each of the specific images, and a circuit for updating the held content of the holding circuit from the outside through a line. The image processor also has a judgment circuit for determining the degree of similarity between an input image and each of the specific images according to tint distributions of these images, and a circuit for registering data on the tint distribution of each specific image.