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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:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1996
Frank Adegeest, Sint Jansteen, NL;
Barlo Graphics N.V., Gent, BE;
Abstract
A method and system for processing a set of graphical data representing a page to enhance the legibility of text in the page. The method and system select text to be enhanced from the set of graphical data, text in this context including any logos and other graphical objects selected for enhancement; create raw edging data which includes enhancing edges in an enhancing color for the text to be enhanced; form an edging clip mask which includes areas on the page where the raw edging data is to be visible; and clip the raw edging data with the edging clip mask. When the page includes CT images, the areas on the page where the raw edging data is to be visible include the union of the regions of the page that have CT images, excluding parts of the page not covered by CT images that are ghosted, have a stroke attribute, have a solid fill attribute, or have a vignetted fill attribute.
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