摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an input image to be divided to be domain-divided more quickly. <P>SOLUTION: A first thinned image Ia which has thinned an input image Ii to be divided by a first rate of thinning Ra is domain-divided and an approximate number and center of the domain of the input image Ii are estimated. Next, by using the estimated result, a second thinned image Ib which has thinned the input image Ii by a second rate of thinning Rb smaller than the first rate of thinning Ra is domain-divided, and the number and the center of the domain of the input image Ii are calculated. Next, to an optimum domain out of the calculated domains, all the pixels included in the input image Ii are distributed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |