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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Vojtech Holub, Lafayette, CO (US);
Vahid Sedighianaraki, Portland, OR (US);
Adnan M. Alattar, Tigard, OR (US);
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The present disclosures relates to decoding machine readable indicia (e.g., a 1D or 2D barcode) in imagery, and related image processing technology. One claim recites a method of locating a barcode within imagery, comprising: converting the imagery to greyscale imagery; evaluating a plurality of blocks within the greyscale imagery, each of the plurality of blocks comprising n×m pixels, where both n and m are positive integers; for each block of the plurality of blocks, determining a value representing pixel diversity within the block; masking the greyscale imagery based on values of the plurality of blocks, in which blocks with a value below a predetermined value of pixel diversity are masked out or excluded; searching the masked, greyscale imagery to determine whether is includes a barcode represented therein. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided too.