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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:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohiko Hasegawa, Okazaki, JP;

Ryohei Ozawa, Nagoya, JP;

Takuya Shimahashi, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06T 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/0068 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 2200/32 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30176 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing device acquires first and second image data respectively representing first and second images. The first image includes an object image showing a part of an object. The second image shows another part of the object. The first image and the object image respectively include an edge and an object-image edge with respect to a direction. The first image includes first pixels that is located between the edge and the object-image edge and not included in the first object image. The device selects one of arrangement methods according to a condition that the number of first pixels continuously arranged in the direction is larger than a prescribed level. The device determines a relative position between the first and second images using the selected method. The device generates arranged image data representing an arranged image in which the first and second images are arranged according to the relative position.


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