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Image extraction apparatus and method

  • US 6,757,444 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2000
  • Issued: 06/29/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image extraction method comprising:

  • the partial region extraction step of extracting a partial region as a portion of a subject to be extracted from an input image;

    the region growing step of growing the extracted partial region using the extracted partial region as an initial mask by obtaining a similarity by comparing the partial region with the neighboring region with regard to a predetermined feature distribution and comparing the similarity with a predetermined threshold value which is set on the basis of a distribution of edge information; and

    the extraction step of extracting an image of the subject on the basis of the region-grown region.

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