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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2003
Shinichi Eguchi, Inagi, JP;
Naoko Suzuki, Inagi, JP;
Yutaka Katsumata, Inagi, JP;
Kouichi Kanamoto, Inagi, JP;
Shinichi Eguchi, Inagi, JP;
Naoko Suzuki, Inagi, JP;
Yutaka Katsumata, Inagi, JP;
Kouichi Kanamoto, Inagi, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Frontech Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device includes a feature emphasis unit for extracting first image frequency information from image data for each first unit area, a boundary provisional determination unit for defining a value obtained by adding a predetermined weight to the first image frequency information as representative feature information, and provisionally determining as a boundary a first unit area whose variance from the representative feature information of the adjacent area is at or higher than a predetermined level, and a boundary determination unit for extracting the second image frequency information for each second unit area smaller than the first unit area in the range of a provisionally determined position and the vicinity, and generating boundary information using as the boundary a second unit area whose value based on the variance from the second image frequency information of the adjacent area is at or higher than a predetermined level.