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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Genta Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichiro Sakai, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsugio Noda, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Using an image region detection method according to the present invention, the detection of sides in the four directions (vertical and horizontal directions) is performed on the basis of results of edge detection performed on lines having a particular width, starting from an inner point toward the periphery of the quadrangular region in an input image, and the shape and the four corners of the quadrangle formed by the detected four sides are verified. Thereby, when there is a side that has been falsely detected, redetection on sides that are closer to the periphery than the side that has been detected falsely is performed, such that the quadrangular region can be formed at high speed.