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US 8,542,931 B2Granted
Ruled line extraction technique based on comparision results and indentifying noise based on line thickness
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsKunikazu Ueno, Shinichi Yada
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a ruled line extracting unit that counts the number of pixels within an image, compares the counted number of pixels with a threshold value, and extracts a ruled line based on a result of the comparison; and an identifying unit that identifies a noise component in the ruled line extracted by the ruled line extracting unit based on thickness of the ruled line extracted by the ruled line extracting unit and the threshold value.
Claims10
An image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to function as:
- a ruled line extracting unit that counts the number of pixels within an image, compares the counted number of pixels with a threshold value, and extracts a ruled line based on a result of the comparison;
- and
- an identifying unit that identifies a noise component in the ruled line extracted by the ruled line extracting unit based on thickness of the ruled line extracted by the ruled line extracting unit and the threshold value the identifying unit generating one of:
- (1) a filter having a horizontal width equal to the threshold value multiplied by α, and has a vertical length equal to the ruled line width multiplied by β;
- and
- (2) a filter having a horizontal width equal to the ruled line width multiplied by β, and has a vertical length equal to the threshold value multiplied by α,
- wherein α<1, and β≧1.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image processing, the process comprising:
- counting the number of pixels within an image;
- comparing the counted number of pixels with a threshold value;
- extracting a ruled line based on a result of the comparison;
- identifying a noise component in the extracted ruled line based on thickness of the extracted ruled line extracted and the threshold value;
- and
- generating one of:
- (1) a filter having a horizontal width equal to the threshold value multiplied by α, and has a vertical length equal to the ruled line width multiplied by β;
- and
- (2) a filter having a horizontal width equal to the ruled line width multiplied by β, and has a vertical length equal to the threshold value multiplied by α,
- wherein α<1, and β≧1.
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An image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor:
- and at least one memory, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to function as:
- a horizontal ruled line extracting unit that counts the number of pixels within a horizontal direction at each position of a vertical direction of an image, compares the counted number of pixels with a horizontal threshold value, and extracts a horizontal ruled line based on a result of the comparison;
- a vertical ruled line extracting unit that counts the number of pixels within the vertical direction at each position of the horizontal direction of an image, compares the counted number of pixels with a vertical threshold value, and extracts a vertical ruled line based on a result of the comparison;
- a horizontal identifying unit that identifies a noise component in the horizontal ruled line extracted by the horizontal ruled line extracting unit based on thickness of the horizontal ruled line extracted by the horizontal ruled line extracting unit and the horizontal threshold value;
- and
- a vertical identifying unit that identifies a noise component in the vertical ruled line extracted by the vertical ruled line extracting unit based on thickness of the vertical ruled line extracted by the vertical ruled line extracting unit and the vertical threshold value,
- wherein the horizontal identifying unit and the vertical identifying unit generate one of:
- (1) a filter having a horizontal width equal to the threshold value multiplied by α, and has a vertical length equal to the ruled line width multiplied by β;
- and
- (2) a filter having a horizontal width equal to the ruled line width multiplied by β, and has a vertical length equal to the threshold value multiplied by α, wherein α<1, and β≧1.
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