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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Bruce A. Link, Rochester, NY (US);
Yongchun Lee, Rochester, NY (US);
Wenjin Zhou, Rochester, NY (US);
John J. Alescio, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An automatic method for processing a color form includes: a) scanning the color form in color space, forming a digital color image, and converting the digital color image into a two-dimensional binary image in chrominance space; and b) conducting a color form dropout process. Also, an automatic color dropout system includes: 1) a color detection system, including means for: (1a) scanning a color document and providing a digital image; (1b) converting the color digital image into luminance-chrominance space; (1c) detecting a background gray level, and assigning it to a Background Value; (1d) measuring color distribution; (1e) detecting the colors present; (1f) generating a color dropout table for each color; and 2) a color dropout system, including means for: (2a) scanning a color form document and providing a digital image; (2b) converting the digital image into luminance-chrominance space; (2c/d) storing and accessing the color dropout table; (2e) applying a color dropout map to the digital image; and (2f) replacing a pixel value with the Background Value.