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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2001
Wayne A. Buchar, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Ramesh Nagarajan, Pittsford, NY (US);
Ralph H. Huedepohl, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Wooi L. Yeoh, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert P. Herloski, Webster, NY (US);
Thomas C. McGraw, Macedon, NY (US);
William M. Harney, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey L. Baniak, Penfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining the registration parameters necessary for registration or edge detection processing to enable the flexibility of changing the color of backing to suit a given application. The method includes scanning the backing surface to obtain at least two sets of gray level values; (b) determining an average gray level for each of the two color channels; (c) selecting a registration channel based on the average gray level; (d) determining a gray level deviation for the registration channel; and (e) determining registration parameters based on the average gray level and the gray level deviation of the registration channel.