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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Akira Murakawa, Toyonaka, JP;
Keisuke Hashimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an image processing apparatus capable of reliably and quickly retrieving, from an image, a pattern (“a layout pattern”) including a plurality of elements and being specified based on the relative layout information among the elements. To retrieve the pattern from the image, the apparatus first detects two elements of the specific pattern giving a maximum distance therebetween, specifies positions where the other elements composing the layout pattern together with the two elements should be present based on the positional relationship between the two elements, and recognizes the layout pattern in the image when the other elements are accurately detected in the specified positions.