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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2005
Applicants:
Hideki Yoshioka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mutsumi Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Mayumi Yuasa, Kobe, JP;
Masahide Nishiura, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hideki Yoshioka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Mutsumi Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Mayumi Yuasa, Kobe, JP;
Masahide Nishiura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasonic picture processing method comprising the steps of extracting contour information of a target from respective frame pictures of an ultrasonic moving image, dividing the extracted contour information into a plurality of regions at a preset interval, comparing the divided contour information parts with one another and making a predetermined determination of the ultrasonic moving pictures based on the comparison results.