Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Cory Irwin

Carl W Price

A method is directed to using a multifunction printer to identify pages of a printed document that have a specified text string. The method comprises electronically converting, with the multifunction printer, a plurality of pages of the printed document to a plurality of electronic text pages corresponding to the printed pages. The multifunction printer electronically searches the plurality of electronic text pages to identify which electronic text pages include the specified text string. The multifunction printer then communicates the identified electronic text pages to the user.

Method and system of using a multifunction printer to identify pages having a text string

A method embodiment includes identifying, in the digital image, pixels of a first object type pixels of a second object type. An edge group is identified that includes pixels of the second object type that at are adjacent to pixels of the first object type. The first object type pixels are manipulated while pixels in the edge group are at least substantially preserved.

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Eagle, ID, United States of America

Cory Irwin