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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Masahiro Kiyohara, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazunori Takahashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Chieko Onuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Wataru Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kiyohara, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazunori Takahashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Chieko Onuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Wataru Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus connected to a monitoring camera and a display for processing an image input from the monitoring camera includes an image storage storing an image input from the monitoring camera, a characteristic parameter storage storing a characteristic parameter characterizing a specific image, a specific image extraction unit, wherein the specific image extraction unit cuts out images having a plurality of predetermined sizes from all parts of the input image stored in the image storage, executes character evaluation processing for checking whether or not cut out images have an identical character to the specific image for each cut out image, and extracts the cut out images which has an identical character to the specific image by the character evaluation processing, and a display image generation unit for generating a display image for displaying a whole image of the input image and the extraction specific image on the display.