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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a first detection unit for detecting an edge of an input image on the basis of an input image signal, a second detection unit for detecting a screen portion of the input image on the basis of the input image signal, a processing unit for executing processing of the input image signal according to detection results of the first and second detection units, and a setting unit for setting detection modes of the first and second detection units.