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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takuya Kotani, Yokohama, JP;
Osamu Itokawa, Akishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 ;
Abstract
This invention provides an image processing apparatus/method characterized by inputting successive image data, dividing the image data into blocks each formed from a plurality of pixels, detecting the motion vector of each block, calculating a probability at which the block has a predetermined area label, in accordance with the motion vector and the area label of a neighboring block, determining the area label of each block in accordance with the calculation result, and dividing the image data into areas of respective objects in accordance with the determined area label.