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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Norimasa Ariga, Izunokuni Shizuoka, JP;

Kazuki Taira, Tokyo, JP;

So Ishika, Ome Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0087 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/342 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a dividing unit, a calculating unit, a determining unit, and an output unit. The dividing unit is configured to divide an image into a plurality of regions. The calculating unit is configured to calculate a standard deviation and an entropy per region divided by the dividing unit based on tone information of pixels comprising each region, and calculate a ratio between the standard deviation and the entropy. The determining unit is configured to determine a region in which the ratio exceeds a reference value. The output unit is configured to output information based on a determination result obtained by the determining unit.


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