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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2000
Hiroyasu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: a binarization unit for obtaining a binary image for the image entered by an image input unit ; a connected component detector for detecting the obtained connected components; a comparator for comparing the size of the detected connected components with a predetermined threshold size; a mesh image forming unit for dividing the image entered by the image input unit into mesh images having a predetermined size; a corresponding mesh image detector for detecting, from the mesh images, a mesh image that corresponds to a connected component that is determined by the comparator to occupy a range within the threshold size; a specific area extraction unit for extracting a specific area in accordance with the connection state of the corresponding mesh image that is detected; and an image recognition unit for recognizing an image that is located in the extracted specific area.