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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gene D Rohrer, Concord, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382-7 ; 358282 ; 382 51 ; 382 54 ; 382 56 ;
Abstract
A system is provided which separates line image data from a complex background by analyzing both contrast and shape characteristics of the image data. The system inherently provides image rotations and compression. Image quality monitoring is also provided.