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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takahiro Oshino, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyko, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/44 ; G06T 5/20 ; G06T 3/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/44 ; G06T 5/20 ; G06T 3/40 ;
Abstract
An image processing system generates un-sharp signals from input image data representing an input image. The system includes a reducing device which reduces the input image, and a blurring device which performs blurring processing on the reduced image. The system also includes an enlarging device which performs enlarging processing on the blurring processed image and outputs the un-sharp signals, and an image processing device performs image processing on the input image based on the un-sharp signals.