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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06T 5/005 (2013.01); H04N 1/38 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30176 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first area, which includes a group of pixels with a first color, is specified. The first color corresponds to a color of an outline of a hole image in an image represented by image data. A second area corresponding to the hole image is determined. The second area is the first area larger than a first size when the first area is separated from four ends of the image. The second area is the first area larger than a second size when the first area is in contact with at least one of the four ends of the image. The second size is smaller than the first size.