Patents by Inventor Maki Tabuki

Maki Tabuki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of and apparatus for extracting dotted line, and storage medium thereof
    Patent number: 6556701
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of and an apparatus for extracting a dotted line from an binary image of a document, and a storage medium thereof. The isolated points are extracted from the binary image. The isolated points configuring a candidate of the dotted line are extracted based on a positional relationship between the extracted isolated points. A validity of the isolated points configuring the candidate of the dotted line is checked. The dotted line from a positional relationship between groups of the extracted isolated points of the candidate of the dotted line. The dotted line can be thereby precisely extracted even if some isolated points are lost due to an. under-density of the image etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Koichi Chiba, Shinichi Eguchi, Kouichi Kanamoto, Katsutoshi Kobara, Maki Tabuki, Yutaka Katsumata