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Image processing apparatus and method

  • US 5,848,185 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1995
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image processing method comprising the steps of:

  • inputting a color image;

    extracting an image area, which has a characteristic different from a background image area of the input color image, from said color image; and

    discriminating the characteristic of the extracted image area,wherein in said extracting step, the image area is extracted by recursively repeating that a background image area is separated from an area to undergo processing in the input color image and at least one image area is separated from image areas other than said background image area.

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