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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:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advantest Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A06K 9/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A06K 9/32 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for detecting the inclination of an object is provided. This image processing apparatus has a read means which reads the object and outputs image data, an amount of change calculation means which calculates the sum of the amounts of change of the image data of the object in at least one direction, and an inclination calculation means which calculates the inclination of the object based on the sum calculated by the amount of change calculation means.