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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Kofax, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Alexander Shustorovich, Pittsford, NY (US);
Christopher W. Thrasher, Rochester, NY (US);
KOFAX, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Computerized techniques for improved binarization and extraction of information from digital image data are disclosed in accordance with various embodiments. The inventive concepts include: rendering, using a processor of the mobile device, a digital image using a plurality of binarization thresholds to generate a plurality of range-binarized digital images, wherein each rendering of the digital image is generated using a different combination of the plurality of binarization thresholds; identifying, using the processor of the mobile device, one or more range connected components within the plurality of range-binarized digital images; and identifying, using the processor of the mobile device, a plurality of text regions within the digital image based on some or all of the range connected components. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.