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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device includes: an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image containing pixels; a picture searching unit for searching for a picture region in the image; a background acquiring unit for performing a background connected region acquiring operation on a non-picture region of the image in which the picture region is not included and the picture region respectively, to obtain a non-picture background connected region and a picture background connected region respectively; a foreground acquiring unit for removing the non-picture background connected region and the picture background connected region from the non-picture region and the picture region respectively, to obtain a non-picture foreground region of the non-picture region and a picture foreground region of the picture region respectively; and a merging unit for merging the non-picture foreground region of the non-picture region and the picture foreground region of the picture region to obtain an ultimate image foreground region.