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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Darrell Eugene Bellert, Boulder, CO (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for image processing includes obtaining a mask from an image; identifying, in the mask, a first stroke segment and a second stroke segment for possible merging; determining that the first stroke segment comprises a first plurality of cross edges that overlaps a second plurality of cross edges in the second stroke segment; identifying a plurality of cross edge pairs from the first plurality of cross edges and the second plurality of cross edges; determining a count of the plurality of cross edge pairs that satisfy a maximum width tolerance value of the first stroke segment; and merging the first stroke segment and the second stroke segment based on the count.
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