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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Christopher R. Yungers, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nathan A. Christopherson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jonathan D. Gandrud, Woodbury, MN (US);
Justin M. Johnson, Hudson, WI (US);
Subhalakshmi M. Falknor, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
At least some embodiments of the present disclosure directs to a method for processing an input image having an embedded element, comprising the steps of: computing one or more histograms of the input image; identifying a range of interest in one of the one or more histograms; and determining, by the processor, a threshold based on the range of interest. In some embodiments, a computing device processes the input image using the threshold to generate an output image.