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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiro Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Hosoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Yoshiro Yamada, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382284 ; 348222 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to improvement of an image processing method and apparatus which senses the state of a test object as image information by a sensor or sensors, outputs a plurality of image information signals and decides or displays said plurality of the image information signals, said image processing method and apparatus characterized by summing said plurality of the image information signals and deciding or processing a plurality of summed signals, said method and appratus permitting the precise sensing of the lightness tone and pattern of the test object.