Image-processing apparatus, image-processing method, and computer program product

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PATENT NO 9990701
APP PUB NO 20170270642A1
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15202234

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According to the present disclosure, an image-processing apparatus acquires horizontal black hat image data by taking a difference between source image data and horizontal closing image data obtained by performing closing processing on each pixel row of the source image data, acquires vertical black hat image data by taking a difference between the source image data and vertical closing image data obtained by performing the closing processing on each pixel column of the source image data, and acquires logical conjunction image data where a logical conjunction of the horizontal black hat image data and the vertical black hat image data is taken.

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PFU LIMITED98-2 NU UNOKE KAHOKU-SHI ISHIKAWA 9291192

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Wada, Tomoaki Ishikawa, JP 12 41

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