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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Koji Aoyama, Saitama, JP;
Xavier Michel, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Aoyama, Saitama, JP;
Xavier Michel, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a ridge strength detecting unit for detecting a ridge strength that is the strength of a ridge included in an image. When a pixel value is changed in the form of a pulse in accordance with a positional change in a region that includes a plurality of pixels, the ridge strength is represented by a gradient and height of the pulse.
Aoyama, Koji. (2011). Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium, and program (U.S. Patent No. 7936942). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7936942
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