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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuanzhong Li, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Based on a long diameter of a set specific region, a first region estimated as the specific region and a second region estimated as a background region are set within an input image. Based on a density histogram of each pixel in the first region and a density histogram of each pixel in the second region, a first evaluation value which indicates a likelihood that a density value represents the specific region is calculated for each density value. For each pair of two adjacent pixels within the input image, based on the first evaluation values, a second evaluation value which indicates a likelihood that the two adjacent pixels represent a contour is calculated. Based on the second evaluation value, connection costs between a plurality of nodes respectively representing each pair of the two adjacent pixels are set. The plurality of nodes are connected based on the connection costs.