Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP
Image processing device and method for identifying an input image and copier including same
 An image processing device and method for identifying an input image and a copier including such an image processing device and method. The image processing device forms a gradated image from the input image, determines whether the gradated image includes a specified pattern, extracts a portion of the input image corresponding to the specified pattern, and compares the extracted portion of the input image with a reference pattern to determine a degree of resemblance between the extracted portion of the input image and the reference pattern. 
Omron Corporation
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Kouichi Shinya Genki Tooru Tomohiko Yoshinori
Oomae Sonoda Yotsui Fujii Hayakawa Yamaguchi