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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Masami Kato, Sagamihara, JP;
Takashi Miyasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method for determining an area representing a particular image from a moving image using a genetic algorithm, includes the steps of extracting a current frame image from a series of moving image data, producing a plurality of initial chromosomes indicating the particular image from a frame image previous to the current frame image, and determining the area of the particular image in the current frame image by executing a genetic algorithm on the initial chromosomes. According to this image processing method, it is possible to precisely and quickly determine an area of a particular image from a moving image.
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