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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Tadao Tomiyama, Nagano, JP;
Toshie Imai, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Tadao Tomiyama, Nagano, JP;
Toshie Imai, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Image data by which an image is represented with a plurality of pixels is acquired. A portion of the image data characterizing an artificial image is extracted from the image represented by the acquired image data in an artificial-image extracting procedure. The prescribed image processing is performed by excluding the image data of the portion extracted from the acquired image data in the artificial-image extracting procedure. In this manner, the image processing can be performed without being affected by the artificial image.