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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:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Scott C. Baggs, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David W. Boll, Greeley, CO (US);
Inventors:
Scott C. Baggs, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David W. Boll, Greeley, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01); G06K 9/03 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for automatic descreening of a digital image is disclosed. The method comprises automatically detecting, prior to a final scan of the document, the presence of a predefined visual artifact in a sample region of an image of the document being scanned; performing the final scan of the document to obtain the digital image; and automatically descreening the digital image to obtain a final digital image of the document in response to the automatic detection of the predefined visual artifact.