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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Takashi Ida, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoko Sambonsugi, Zama, JP;
Osamu Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An object extraction method comprising the steps of comparing each portion of first image data obtained by capturing an extraction object with another portion of the first image data or second image data, thereby generating shape data as an image representing a provisional region of the extraction object in the first image data, and matching a contour of the shape data to a contour of the extraction object by using the first image data and the provisionally generated shape data.