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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Applicant:
Xiaoyan Dai, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Xiaoyan Dai, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a color region segmentation unit configure to segment a processing object image into color regions, a linkage information acquisition unit configured to acquire information about linkage regions in each segmented color region, a determination unit configured to determine whether the processing object image is graphics based on the information acquired by the linkage information acquisition unit.