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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2003
Naofumi Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Fuchigami, Yokosuka, JP;
Naofumi Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Fuchigami, Yokosuka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image region discrimination section in an image processing section, a characteristic signal calculation result obtained by hardware is subjected to macro-scoped correction and macro-discrimination by a processor. Further, in the image region discrimination section, a resolution and a signal bit number of a characteristic signals are decreased, the resultant characteristic signals is stored in a memory, and both a macro-discrimination result and the characteristic signals are synthesized to produce a final discrimination signal.