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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2008
Hiroshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Minagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Takebe, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhito Fujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Nakajima, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Minagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Takebe, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuhito Fujimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of detecting boundary line information contained in image information comprising a plurality of pixels in either one of first and second states, comprising: detecting a first group of pixels in the first state disposed continuously in said image information to determine first line information and detecting a second group of pixels in the first state disposed adjacently with each other and surrounded by pixels in the second state to determine edge information based on the contour of the second group of pixels; and determining the boundary line information on the basis of the information of the relation of relative position of the line information and the edge information and the size of the first and second group of pixels.