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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:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A. Cook, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/502 ; G06K 9/46 ; G06T 7/60 ; H04N 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/502 ; G06K 9/46 ; G06T 7/60 ; H04N 1/38 ;
Abstract
A system and method are providing for implementing the blanking of an image of a skewed original document in a full image area where the blanking region is adjusted line-by-line and pixel-by-pixel, allowing an edge at an arbitrary angle to be masked. This system and method allow for skew blanking regions surrounding an image of a skewed original document so that no data from the original document is lost, by initially reducing the image of the original document to fit in the full image area, and all background artifacts from the platen show through and dirt from the top cover of the digital copier are removed.