Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10210422-B2
Application number	US-201615389412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2016
Priority date	Jan 15, 2016
Publication date	Feb 19, 2019
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019

Abstract

In order to shorten a time required to detect structure information of an image, in an image obtained by photographing a subject, feature amounts of pixel values in a block including a plurality of pixels are calculated, and the structure information is detected every (N×N) area of an input image on the basis of a combination of the feature amounts of the pixel values in a plurality of blocks.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a memory storing a program; and
one or more processors which, by executing the program, function as:
a setting unit configured to set a plurality of patterns of blocks including a plurality of pixels;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature amounts of pixel values in the plurality of blocks; and
a detecting unit configured to detect structure information of an image area of an image on the basis of the feature amounts of the pixel values obtained in the plurality of patterns,
wherein the plurality of patterns are set as block groups in which the plurality of blocks arranged at positions, which are point-symmetrical with respect to a center pixel in the image area.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining unit is configured to calculate a sum of the pixel values in a block.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the detecting unit is configured to detect the structure information of the area of the image by using the sum of the pixel values in the block included in the area of the image.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of blocks are set into the area of the image.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of blocks arranged at the positions which are point-symmetrical with respect to the center pixel in the area of the image is equal to 4.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the block groups is smaller than a size of the area of the image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the structure information includes at least any one of information of an edge, information of a fine line, and information of the presence or absence of a boundary shown in the image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the image is an area of a size of 5 pixels in the vertical direction×5 pixels in the horizontal direction.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the structure information includes at least any one of information of an edge and information of a fine line shown in the image, and
the detecting unit is configured to detect at least any one of an angle of the edge and an angle of the fine line, every area of the image, by using the feature amounts of the pixel values of the image in partial areas which are partial areas of the area of the image and consist of a combination of the plurality of blocks.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting unit is configured to detect the structure information every area of the image by using a difference of average values of the pixel values of the image in partial areas which are partial areas of the area of the image and consist of a combination of the plurality of blocks.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detecting unit is configured to detect the structure information every area of the image by using the feature amounts of the pixel values of the image in partial areas which are partial areas of the area of the image and consist of a combination of the plurality of blocks.

12. An information processing method comprising:
setting a plurality of patterns of blocks including a plurality of pixels;
obtaining feature amounts of pixel values in the plurality of blocks; and
detecting structure information of an image area of an image on the basis of the feature amounts of the pixel values obtained in the plurality of patterns,
wherein the plurality of patterns are set as block groups in which the plurality of blocks arranged at positions, which are point-symmetrical with respect to a center pixel in the image area.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as units of an information processing apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to set a plurality of patterns of blocks including a plurality of pixels;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature amounts of pixel values in the plurality of blocks; and
a detecting unit configured to detect structure information of an image area of an image on the basis of the feature amounts of the pixel values obtained in the plurality of patterns,
wherein the plurality of patterns are set as block groups in which the plurality of blocks arranged at positions, which are point-symmetrical with respect to a center pixel in the image area.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yao Tetsuhiko

Classifications

• G06T7/13 Primary

  Edge detection · CPC title

• G06V10/36

  Applying a local operator, i.e. means to operate on image points situated in the vicinity of a given point; Non-linear local filtering operations, e.g. median filtering · CPC title

• G06V10/34

  Smoothing or thinning of the pattern; Morphological operations; Skeletonisation · CPC title

• G06V10/443

  by matching or filtering · CPC title

• G06T5/002

  Physics · mapped topic