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Number: 382/258
Name: Image analysis > Image enhancement or restoration > Object boundary expansion or contraction > Line thinning or thickening
Description: Subject matter in which the thickness of any object in the image is either reduced or broadened to some uniform standard.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
382/259 Skeletonizing 75


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7620260 Line thinning method and system for grayscale image Nov. 17, 2009
7590268 Method and apparatus for representing an area of a raster image by a centerline Sep. 15, 2009
7539331 Image identification system May. 26, 2009
7489314 Drawing device, drawing method, and storage medium Feb. 10, 2009
7480413 Image processing device Jan. 20, 2009
7460280 Image-reading apparatus for reading an image on a document by controlling an index period and a line-thinning rate based on a magnification factor Dec. 2, 2008
7443538 Method of controlling printed line quality Oct. 28, 2008
7408672 Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and image forming method Aug. 5, 2008
7359553 Image identification system Apr. 15, 2008
7336396 Image processing apparatus and image processing method Feb. 26, 2008
7292356 Printing with reduced outline bleeding Nov. 6, 2007
7274818 Image forming apparatus Sep. 25, 2007
7269294 Foreground erosion method and system for Multiple Raster Content (MRC) representation of documents Sep. 11, 2007
7239908 Assessing the condition of a joint and devising treatment Jul. 3, 2007
7209260 Image processing apparatus Apr. 24, 2007
7199888 Method for enhanced black in draft mode Apr. 3, 2007
7200268 Image processing device Apr. 3, 2007
7194142 Selective thickening of dark features by biased sharpening filters Mar. 20, 2007
7173660 Method for displaying an information image on a screen Feb. 6, 2007
7164430 Anti-aliasing line pixel coverage calculation using programmable shader Jan. 16, 2007
7106330 Drawing comparison apparatus Sep. 12, 2006
7088459 Method and system for providing a copy of a printed page Aug. 8, 2006
7064759 Methods and apparatus for displaying a frame with contrasting text Jun. 20, 2006
7064862 Printer and printing method for image-quality correction Jun. 20, 2006
7050634 Method, program product, and device for detecting branch point of random line pattern May. 23, 2006
7034956 Image processing apparatus capable of freely varying aspect ratio, and image forming apparatus using the same Apr. 25, 2006
7024634 Display control system causing image on display screen to disappear and reappear in a friendly manner to user Apr. 4, 2006
6993203 Image processing apparatus and image processing program Jan. 31, 2006
6882740 System and method for determining a seed vigor index from germinated seedlings by automatic separation of overlapped seedlings Apr. 19, 2005
RE38718 Embroidery data creating device Mar. 29, 2005
6853736 Image processing apparatus, image processing method and storage medium Feb. 8, 2005
6813381 Method and apparatus for identification of documents, and computer product Nov. 2, 2004
6782130 Rendering of photorealistic computer graphics images Aug. 24, 2004
6775418 Image processing device and processing method Aug. 10, 2004
6763127 Apparatus and method for fingerprint recognition system Jul. 13, 2004
6738152 Event-based printing May. 18, 2004
6707953 Image processing apparatus interpolating thin line included in input image data Mar. 16, 2004
6681053 Method and apparatus for improving the definition of black and white text and graphics on a color matrix digital display device Jan. 20, 2004
6671070 Coverage-area gain compensation for high resolution printing Dec. 30, 2003
6671395 Document image processing with stroke preservation and background suppression Dec. 30, 2003
6636633 Rendering of photorealistic computer graphics images Oct. 21, 2003
6628840 Boundary mapping for multi-pel thickness lines Sep. 30, 2003
6594310 Partition coding method and device Jul. 15, 2003
6546156 Image processing device Apr. 8, 2003
6516097 Image segmentation system Feb. 4, 2003
6504953 Method for the automatic removal of image errors Jan. 7, 2003
6490375 Methods for finding peaks in a characteristic surface of an image Dec. 3, 2002
6411733 Method and apparatus for separating document image object types Jun. 25, 2002
6377710 Method and apparatus for extracting the skeleton of a binary figure by contour-based erosion Apr. 23, 2002
6356648 Embroidery data processor Mar. 12, 2002

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