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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2009
Masato Shimodaira, Osaka, JP;
Masato Shimodaira, Osaka, JP;
Keyence Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of executing filter processing with a desired blurring degree selected in accordance with an application from a multi-valued image captured an object surface, the image processing apparatus comprises: a first filter processing device for executing smoothing processing on the multi-valued image, a second filter processing device for creating a reduced image reduced from the multi-valued image with an image reduction ratio, executing smoothing processing on the reduced image, and creating an enlarged image of the smoothed image enlarged with an image enlargement ratio corresponding to the image reduction ratio, and an image display device for displaying a processed image by the first filter processing device or the second filter processing device.