Image processing method
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Jun 27, 2006
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Nov 22, 2001
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An image processing method comprises an extracting step for extracting a plurality of images of different depths of a 3-dimensional object, the axes forming different angles with the 3-dimensional object, a binary coding step for eliminating a gray level range of the plurality of images obtained by the extracting step, the gray level range containing a small amount of components of the 3-dimensional object, remapping the other portion to a predetermined gray level value range, and putting the plurality of images in binary form, and a step for forming a 3-dimensional image of the 3-dimensional object based on the plurality of images put in binary form by the binary coding step.
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- J. MORITA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION;NIHON UNIVERSITY
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Arai, Yoshinori | Tokyo, JP | 40 | 850 |
Befu, Shinobu | Kita-Soma-gun, JP | 1 | 7 |
Suzuki, Masakazu | Kyoto, JP | 170 | 2792 |
Tsunashima, Hitoshi | Chiba, JP | 5 | 90 |
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