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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. 07, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Rudak, Hilton, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 17 ; 358 78 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for separating text information from previously printed material on forms by automatically detecting and selecting the drop-out color based on sampling a color from a selected calibration zone or patch. Using a three-color electronic scanner, the filtering parameters are adjusted based on the detected color in the zone of the form being processed.