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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2007
Takanobu Ujisato, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsunashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanobu Ujisato, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsunashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image-processing apparatus which may include an image holding section configured to store an input image; an image division section configured to divide the input image stored in the image holding section into a plurality of image portions having the same size and the same shape; a characteristic-quantity computation section configured to compute a characteristic quantity of each of the image portions generated by the image division section; and a difference computation section configured to carry out a difference computation process of computing a difference between the characteristic quantity computed by the characteristic-quantity computation section as the characteristic quantity of each individual one of the image portions generated by the image division section and a value determined in advance as well as a determination process of producing a result of determination as to whether or not the individual image portion is a portion of a background of the input image on the basis of the difference.