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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
Applicant:
Kyoji Sekiguchi, Tochigi, JP;
Inventor:
Kyoji Sekiguchi, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To determine the presence or absence of an aperture mask in a funduscopic image output by a fundus camera, and to combine the funduscopic image with an aperture mask image formed in an aperture mask-forming section so as to correspond to a determination result. When an aperture mask determination sectiondetermines the absence of the aperture mask image in the funduscopic image and the necessity of the addition, the aperture mask-forming sectionforms a necessary mask, and an aperture mask combine sectioncombines the funduscopic image with the aperture mask image.