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When a dispersion value of a shading value is equal to or more than a threshold value in the neighborhood of a standard point, it is determined that an image pattern has a texture dominant characteristic. When the value is less than the threshold value, a change of the shading value is determined to

When a dispersion value of a shading value is equal to or more than a threshold value in the neighborhood of a standard point, it is determined that an image pattern has a texture dominant characteristic. When the value is less than the threshold value, a change of the shading value is determined to be moderate (S11). When the dispersion value is equal to or more than the threshold value (S11), a texture characteristic amount is loaded (S12), a characteristic amount suitable for area growth (e.g., texture energy) is calculated (S13), and a distance DTconcerning the texture characteristic amount is obtained (S14). When the dispersion value is less than the threshold value (S11), a color component characteristic amount is loaded (S16), a characteristic amount suitable for the area growth (e.g., a characteristic vector obtained from a local histogram concerning a color component or a list of representative color components) is extracted (S17), and a distance DCconcerning the color component is obtained (S18). The area is grown based on the corresponding characteristic amount (S15, S19), and a renewal position is determined based on a new borderline of a core area obtained by unifying area growth results from standard points (S20).

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When a dispersion value of a shading value is equal to or more than a threshold value in the neighborhood of a standard point, it is determined that an image pattern has a texture dominant characteristic. When the value is less than the threshold value, a change of the shading value is determined to

When a dispersion value of a shading value is equal to or more than a threshold value in the neighborhood of a standard point, it is determined that an image pattern has a texture dominant characteristic. When the value is less than the threshold value, a change of the shading value is determined to be moderate (S11). When the dispersion value is equal to or more than the threshold value (S11), a texture characteristic amount is loaded (S12), a characteristic amount suitable for area growth (e.g., texture energy) is calculated (S13), and a distance DTconcerning the texture characteristic amount is obtained (S14). When the dispersion value is less than the threshold value (S11), a color component characteristic amount is loaded (S16), a characteristic amount suitable for the area growth (e.g., a characteristic vector obtained from a local histogram concerning a color component or a list of representative color components) is extracted (S17), and a distance DCconcerning the color component is obtained (S18). The area is grown based on the corresponding characteristic amount (S15, S19), and a renewal position is determined based on a new borderline of a core area obtained by unifying area growth results from standard points (S20). erable to reference a plurality of records in the second table, the switching system interrogating the first table using the received digit stream and obtaining an index of a record from the second table therefrom, the switching system selecting a record from the second table associated with the obtained index and processing the call in response to the selected record. 2. The switching system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of records of the first table includes at least two subsets of records, the interrogation of the first table being limited to one of the subsets by a parameter included within a subscriber profile associated with the subscriber. 3. The switching system according to claim 2, wherein the interrogated subset limits the records of the first table to those supported by a service plan subscribed to by an originating caller that transmitted the digit stream. 4. The switching system according to claim 1, wherein the selected record is dependent on the length of the digit stream when the obtained index references a plurality of records of the second table. 5. The switching system according to claim 2, further comprising a call screening table that includes a plurality of records each defining barred termination types of a screening class, the switching system interrogating the call screening table with an input including the termination type associated with the selected record and a screening class parameter included in the subscriber profile, the switching system disallowing routing of the call if the termination type is barred in the screening class referenced by the screening class parameter. 6. The switching system according to claim 5, wherein the interrogation of the screening class is bypassed when the termination type associated with the selected record is an immediate routing termination type, the call screening table providing an output route index in response to receiving an input from the switching system indicating the termination type associated with the selected record is an immediate termination type. 7. The switching system according to claim 6, further comprising: a national digit translator table including a plurality or records each respectively associated with a national termination type call, the switching system interrogating the national digit translator table with a subset of digits of the digit string when the termination type associated with the selected record is a national termination type, the national digit translator table providing an output route index in response to the interrogation thereof; and an international digit translator table including a plurality of records each associated with an international termination type call, the switching system interrogating the national digit translator table with a subset of digits of the digit string when the termination type associated when the selected record is an international termination type, the international digit translator table providing an output route index in response to the interrogation thereof. 8. The switching system according to claim 7, wherein the subset of digits includes the digits of the digit stream identifying the numbering plan area. 9. The switching system according to claim 7, wherein the subset of digits includes the digits of the digit stream identifying the central office number. 10. The switching system according to claim 7, further comprising an origination routing table including a plurality of records, the switching system interrogating the origination routing table with the output route index and a routing modifier retrieved from the subscriber profile, the origination routing table modifying the route index and the termination type associated with the selected record to provide a respective refined route index and updated termination type, the origination routing table providing a route action in response to the interrogation thereof, the switching system subsequently performing furth er processing on the call according to the route action. 11. The switching system according to claim 10, wherein the route action specifies a call failure, the switching system alerting the subscriber of the route action. 12. The switching system according to claim 10, wherein the route action specifies that the call is to be immediately routed, the switching system interrogating a route list with the output route index and routing the call according to a trunk group retrieved from the route list. 13. The switching system according to claim 10, wherein the updated termination type defines the digit stream as one of a local call, an intra-local access and transport area call and an inter-local access and transport area call. 14. The switching system according to claim 10, further comprising: a carrier identification code routing table including a plurality of records therein, the switching system providing the refined route index to the carrier identification code routing table; and a carrier identification table including a plurality of records therein, the switching system retrieving a carrier identification from the subscriber's profile and inputting the carrier identification into the carrier identification table, the carrier identification table outputting a carrier index in response thereto, the carrier identification code routing table providing a route action after receiving the refined route index and the carrier index, the switching system processing the call in response to the route action provided by the carrier identification code routing table. 15. The switching system according to claim 14, wherein the route action provided by the carrier identification code routing table directs the switching system to immediately route the call. 16. The switching system according to claim 14, wherein the route action provided by the carrier identification code routing table directs the switching system to process the call as a failed call. 17. The switching system according to claim 14, wherein the route action provided by the carrier identification code routing table directs the switching system to perform routing based on the time of day the call is placed, the carrier identification code routing table outputting the refined route index. 18. The switching system according to claim 17, further comprising: a day of year table having a plurality of records therein, the switching system interrogating the day of year table with the day the call is placed and a subscriber group identification retrieved from the subscriber's profile, the day of year table outputting a day of year indicator; and a time of day index table having a plurality of records therein, the switching system interrogating the time of day index table with the day of year indicator and the subscriber group identification, the time of day index outputting a time of day index in response to the interrogation of the time of day index table; a time of day routing table having a plurality of records therein, the switching system interrogating the time of day routing table with the time of day index and the refined route index, the time of day routing table outputting a finalized route index, the switching system processing the call according to the finalized route index. 19. A method of providing digit translation and call routing in a telecommunication switching system comprising: obtaining a prefix of a digit stream of a called number; interrogating a digit prefix table with the prefix; retrieving a first record from the digit prefix table in response to the interrogation, the first record including an index to a second record of a second table; referencing the second record according to the index; and outputting, by the second table, a termination type associated with the digit stream. 20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the index references a plurality of records of the second table. 21. The method according to claim 19, wherein at l east two records of the first table have respective indices referencing a common record of the second table. 22. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the steps of: interrogating a call screening table with the termination type and a screening class obtained from a profile of the subscriber originating the call; and processing the call in response to the interrogation of the call screening table. 23. The method according to claim 22, wherein the step of processing further comprises allowing the call to be routed if the termination type is not barred in the screening class. 24. The method according to claim 22, wherein the step of processing further comprises disallowing the call if the termination type is barred in the screening class. 25. The method according to claim 23, further comprising the steps of: interrogating a digit translator table with a subset of the digit stream; and outputting a route index, by the digit translator table, for routing the call thereby. 26. The method according to claim 25 further comprising: interrogating a routing table with the route index and a routing modifier obtained from the subscriber's profile; and outputting, by the routing table, a modified route index. 27. The method according to claim 26, further comprising the steps of: interrogating a carrier identification code routing table with the modified route index and a carrier index; outputting, by the carrier identification code routing table, a newly modified route index indicating routing instructions according to the subscriber's carrier as identified by the carrier index. 28. The method according to claim 27, further comprising the steps of: interrogating a time of day routing table with the newly modified route index and a time of day index; and outputting, by the time of day routing table, a final route index. ts, each of said plurality of illumination elements being disposed beneath a given one of said plurality of through-holes. 8. The telephone terminal device of claim 7, wherein each of said plurality of through-holes operates as an air vent so as to allow for the displacement of air when the key button disposed above the given through-hole is depressed. 9. The telephone terminal device of claim 7, wherein said through-holes have a cross-sectional width which is larger than the light emitting projection areas of said illumination elements. 10. The telephone terminal device of claim 7, wherein said plurality of illumination elements do not extend into said plurality of through-holes. 11. A telephone terminal device comprising: a plurality of key buttons, a circuit board responsible for function control disposed beneath said plurality of key buttons, said circuit board having a plurality of illumination elements for selectively illuminating said plurality of key buttons, each of said plurality of illumination elements being disposed beneath a given one of said key buttons, wherein said plurality of key buttons are selectively illuminated such that the plurality of keys illuminated form an illumination pattern corresponding to data selected from the group consisting of a numeral, a character, a symbol and a graphic pattern. 12. The telephone terminal device of claim 11, further comprising: a liquid crystal device displaying at least numerical data, wherein said plurality of key buttons are selectively illuminated such that the plurality of keys illuminated form said illumination pattern corresponding to the data displayed on said liquid crystal device. 13. The telephone terminal device of claim 12, further comprising: wherein said circuit board controls said plurality of key buttons such that the plurality of keys illuminated form said illumination pattern corresponding to the data displayed on said liquid crystal device. 14. The telephone terminal device of claim 13, wherein instead of displaying data on said liquid crystal device, said circuit board controls said plurality of key buttons to display data by said illumination pattern. 15. The telephone terminal device of claim 11, wherein upon depression of a given key button, said plurality of key buttons are selectively illuminated so as to form said illumination pattern, said illumination pattern corresponding to the data designated by said given key button. 16. The telephone terminal device of claim 11, wherein said circuit board further comprises a plurality of through-holes, one of said plurality of through-holes being disposed immediately beneath one of said plurality of key buttons, wherein each of said plurality of illumination elements illuminates a corresponding one of said plurality of key buttons via said through-hole disposed beneath said corresponding one of said plurality of key buttons. 17. The telephone terminal device of claim 16, wherein each of said plurality of through-holes operates as an air vent so as to allow for the displacement of air when the key button disposed above the given through-hole is depressed. 18. The telephone terminal device of claim 16, wherein said through-holes have a cross-sectional width which is larger than the light emitting projection areas of said illumination elements. 19. The telephone terminal device of claim 16, wherein said plurality of illumination elements do not extend into said plurality of through-holes. 0, Bartkowiak et al., 379/386; US-5818296, 19981000, Lee et al., 329/300; US-5818929, 19981000, Yaguchi, 379/418; US-6608896, 20030800, Felder et al., 379/386