IP Library Granted Patent US 6,665,439
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US 6,665,439 · App. 09/545,580

Image recognition method and apparatus utilizing edge detection based on magnitudes of color vectors expressing color attributes of respective pixels of color image

Inventor: Eiji Takahashi
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Granted: Dec 16, 2003 Filed: Apr 7, 2000
Inventor
Eiji Takahashi
Assignee (at issue)
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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Patent No.
US 6,665,439
App. No.
09/545,580
Filed
2000-04-07
Granted
2003-12-16
Kind
B1