Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for processing an image while excluding a portion of the image
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1. An image processing method comprising:
- an image-data acquiring procedure acquiring image data by which an image is represented with a plurality of pixels;
an artificial-image extracting procedure extracting a plurality of portions as prospective artificial images, each including a plurality of successive pixels of a specific color, and extracting the prospective artificial images as the portions being image data characterizing the artificial images if ordinates or abscissas of their edges are coincident; and
an image processing procedure excluding the portion of the artificial image extracted from said acquired image data in the artificial-image extracting procedure and performing prescribed image processing.
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Abstract
Image data by which an image is represented with a plurality of pixels is acquired. A portion of the image data characterizing an artificial image is extracted from the image represented by the acquired image data in an artificial-image extracting procedure. The prescribed image processing is performed by excluding the image data of the portion extracted from the acquired image data in the artificial-image extracting procedure. In this manner, the image processing can be performed without being affected by the artificial image.
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1. An image processing method comprising:
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an image-data acquiring procedure acquiring image data by which an image is represented with a plurality of pixels; an artificial-image extracting procedure extracting a plurality of portions as prospective artificial images, each including a plurality of successive pixels of a specific color, and extracting the prospective artificial images as the portions being image data characterizing the artificial images if ordinates or abscissas of their edges are coincident; and an image processing procedure excluding the portion of the artificial image extracted from said acquired image data in the artificial-image extracting procedure and performing prescribed image processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An image processing apparatus acquiring image data by which an image is represented with a plurality of pixels and performing image processing, comprising:
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an artificial-image extractor extracting a plurality of portions as prospective artificial images, each including a plurality of successive pixels of a specific color, and extracting the prospective artificial images as the portions being image data characterizing the artificial images if ordinates or abscissas of their edges are coincident; and an image processor excluding the image data of the portion extracted from said acquired image data by the artificial-image extractor and performing prescribed image processing.
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9. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program for acquiring image data by which an image is expressed with a plurality of pixels from a prescribed storage medium and processing the image data, the computer program comprising computer-executable instructions causing a computer to execute the following:
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an image-data acquiring procedure acquiring image data by which an image is expressed with a plurality of pixels; an artificial-image extracting procedure extracting a plurality of portions as prospective artificial images, each including a plurality of successive pixels of a specific color, and extracting the prospective artificial images as the portions being image data characterizing the artificial images if ordinates or abscissas of their edges are coincident; and an image processing procedure excluding the image data of the portion extracted from said acquired image data by the artificial-image extracting function and performing a prescribed image processing.
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