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Apparatus for binarizing image signals
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1990-05-14
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Granted: 1992-11-24
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Expires: 2010-05-14
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for converting image signals into binary signals is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a binarizing section for binarizing image signals; a connectivity distribution section for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary signals and for producing a connectivity distribution; and a judging section for, from connectivity distributions obtained with different binary levels, judging the level at which the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities are highest and the sum of the frequencies of intermediate connectivities is minimal.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiji Mizuoka
- 👤 Kazumasa Okumura
- 👤 Akira Kobayashi
- 👤 Junichi Hada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 21:32
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/40; H04N1/403; G; G06; G06V; G06V10/00; G06V10/20; G06V10/28
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
An apparatus for binarizing image signals, comprising: a plurality of binarizing means each for temporarily binarizing the same set of image signals with a different binary level; a plurality of connectivity distribution means provided correspondingly for each of said binarizing means and each for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary image signals obtained by the corresponding binarizing means and for obtaining a frequency distribution of connectivities, said connectivity distribution means obtaining connectivities with at least four neighboring pixels; and a judging means for judging one of said different binary levels as an optimum binary level for said set of image signals by identifying said one of said different binary levels at which the frequency distribution of connectivities shows the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities to be the highest and the sum of the frequencies of the intermediate connectivities to be minimal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
142 words
An apparatus for binarizing image signals, comprising: a plurality of binarizing means each for temporarily binarizing the same set of image signals with a different binary level; a plurality of connectivity distribution means provided correspondingly for each of said binarizing means and each for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary image signals obtained by the corresponding binarizing means and for obtaining a frequency distribution of connectivities, said connectivity distribution means obtaining connectivities with at least four neighboring pixels; and a judging means for judging one of said different binary levels as an optimum binary level for said set of image signals by identifying said one of said different binary levels at which the frequency distribution of connectivities shows the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities to be the highest and the sum of the frequencies of the intermediate connectivities to be minimal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said connectivity distribution means obtains connectivities with at least 8 neighboring pixels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said connectivity distribution means obtains connectivities between pixels separated from each other by one or more pixels.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
169 words
An apparatus for binarizing image signals, comprising: a plurality of binarizing means each for temporarily binarizing the same set of image signals with a different binary level; a plurality of smoothing means provided correspondingly for each of said binarizing means and each for smoothing said binary image signals obtained by the corresponding binarizing means; a plurality of connectivity distribution means provided correspondingly for each of said smoothing means and each for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary image signals supplied from the corresponding smoothing means and for obtaining a frequency distribution of connectivities, said connectivity distribution means obtaining connectivities with at least four neighboring pixels; and a judging means for judging one of said different binary levels as an optimum binary level for said set of image signals by identifying said one of said different binary levels at which the frequency distribution of connectivities shows the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities to be the highest and the sum of the frequencies of the intermediate connectivities to be minimal.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
169 words
An apparatus for binarizing image signals, comprising: a plurality of binarizing means each for temporarily binarizing the same set of image signals with a different binary level; a plurality of smoothing means provided correspondingly for each of said binarizing means and each for smoothing said binary image signals obtained by the corresponding binarizing means; a plurality of connectivity distribution means provided correspondingly for each of said smoothing means and each for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary image signals supplied from the corresponding smoothing means and for obtaining a frequency distribution of connectivities, said connectivity distribution means obtaining connectivities with at least four neighboring pixels; and a judging means for judging one of said different binary levels as an optimum binary level for said set of image signals by identifying said one of said different binary levels at which the frequency distribution of connectivities shows the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities to be the highest and the sum of the frequencies of the intermediate connectivities to be minimal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of said connectivity distribution means obtains connectivities with at least 8 neighboring pixels.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein each of said connectivity distribution means obtains connectivities between pixels separated from each other by one or more pixels.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
181 words
An apparatus for binarizing image signals, comprising: a filtering means for filtering a set of image signals; a plurality of binarizing means each for temporarily binarizing the set of said filtered image signals with a different binary level; a plurality of smoothing means provided correspondingly for each of said binarizing means and each for smoothing said binary image signals obtained by the corresponding binarizing means; a plurality of connectivity distribution means provided correspondingly for each of said smoothing means and each for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary image signals supplied from the corresponding smoothing means and for obtaining a frequency distribution of connectivities, said connectivity distribution means obtaining connectivities with at least four neighboring pixels; and a judging means for judging one of said different binary levels as an optimum binary level for said set of filtered image signals by identifying said one of said different binary levels at which the frequency distribution of connectivities shows the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities to be the highest and the sum of the frequencies of the intermediate connectivities to be minimal.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
181 words
An apparatus for binarizing image signals, comprising: a filtering means for filtering a set of image signals; a plurality of binarizing means each for temporarily binarizing the set of said filtered image signals with a different binary level; a plurality of smoothing means provided correspondingly for each of said binarizing means and each for smoothing said binary image signals obtained by the corresponding binarizing means; a plurality of connectivity distribution means provided correspondingly for each of said smoothing means and each for obtaining connectivities between pixels from binary image signals supplied from the corresponding smoothing means and for obtaining a frequency distribution of connectivities, said connectivity distribution means obtaining connectivities with at least four neighboring pixels; and a judging means for judging one of said different binary levels as an optimum binary level for said set of filtered image signals by identifying said one of said different binary levels at which the frequency distribution of connectivities shows the frequencies of maximum and minimum connectivities to be the highest and the sum of the frequencies of the intermediate connectivities to be minimal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein each of the connectivity distribution means obtains connectivities with at least 8 neighboring pixels.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein each of said connectivity distribution means obtains connectivities between pixels separated from each other by one or more pixels.
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