发明名称 Image processing device determining whether image is blank image
摘要 In an image processing device having an image processing unit, a first determination process determines whether each of the plurality of blocks is a single-color block, a non-single-color block, or a non-determinative block. Determination of the non-determinative block is made when neither a single block condition nor a non-single-block condition is met. A second determination process determines whether the non-determinative block is the single block or the non-single block based on a result of the first determination process with respect to a neighboring block neighboring the non-determinative block. The blank determination process determines whether the image is a blank image based on at least one of number of single color blocks determined in the first determination process or the second determination process and number of non-single-color blocks determined in the first determination process or the second determination process.
申请公布号 US9191548(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.11.17
申请号 US201414193082 申请日期 2014.02.28
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Sawada Kazuhide
分类号 H04N1/38;H04N1/40;G06T7/40 主分类号 H04N1/38
代理机构 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 代理人 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
主权项 1. An image processing device comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire image data indicating an image on an image depicting area; and an image processing unit configured to perform: an image depicting area division process that divides the image depicting area into a plurality of blocks having a same size;a first determination process that determines whether each of the plurality of blocks is a single-color block, a non-single-color block, or a non-determinative block, determination of the single-color block being made when a single-color condition is met, determination of the non-single-color block being made when a non-single-color condition is met, and determination of the non-determinative block being made when neither the single-color condition nor the non-single-color condition is met;a second determination process that determines whether the non-determinative block is the single-color block or the non-single-color block based on a result of the first determination process with respect to a neighboring block neighboring the non-determinative block; anda blank determination process that determines whether the image is a blank image based on at least one of number of single color blocks that are determined in the first determination process or the second determination process and number of non-single-color blocks that are determined in the first determination process or the second determination process, wherein in the second determination process, the image processing unit is configured to: set a target non-determinative block from among the non-determinative blocks determined in the first determination process;obtain a first number of blocks determined as the non-single-color block or the non-determinative block in the first determination process from among the neighboring blocks of the target non-determinative block; anddetermine whether the first number of blocks with respect to the target non-determinative block is less than a prescribed value, wherein, when the first number of blocks is less than the prescribed value, the target non-determinative block is determined as the single-color block whereas, when the first number of blocks is greater than or equal to the prescribed value, the target non-determinative block is determined as the non-single-color block.
地址 Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken JP