Image processing method and apparatus
CA 1323092 C · Owner: Kobayashi, Yoshiki · Inventors: Kobayashi, Yoshiki; Asada, Kazuyoshi; Okuyama, Yoshiyuki
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The present invention relates to a picture processing apparatus. In particular, a picture processing apparatus suitable for executing the contour tracking of an image comprises a picture element address computation section including adders and registers a, direction code computation section for coding the transition of the picture element address as a direction on the screen, a computation control section for controlling the picture element address computation section in accordance with a request for neighbor access of a current contour picture element for detecting a next contour picture element, a request for transition from the current contour picture element address to the next contour …
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- Granted October 12, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 12, 2010.
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