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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Maruyama, Tokyo-to, JP;
Osamu Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Mayumi Yuasa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Tatsuo Kozakaya, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomokazu Kawahara, Yokohama, JP;
Quoc Viet Pham, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method includes: retaining marker information including markers, each of the markers having a type which is shape, pattern or color; acquiring images in which at least one of the markers is caught; referring the marker information to detect the type and a position of the marker caught in the image; and dividing the image into a plurality of divided areas on the basis of the positions of one or more markers in the image, the plurality of divided areas having no common area and each including at least one type of the marker.