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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. 28, 2007
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Cory Irwin, Eagle, ID (US);
Inventor:
Cory Irwin, Eagle, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method embodiment includes identifying, in the digital image, pixels of a first object type pixels of a second object type. An edge group is identified that includes pixels of the second object type that at are adjacent to pixels of the first object type. The first object type pixels are manipulated while pixels in the edge group are at least substantially preserved.