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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:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Donald J Curry, San Mateo, CA (US);
Asghar Nafarieh, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Doron Kletter, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Donald J Curry, San Mateo, CA (US);
Asghar Nafarieh, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Doron Kletter, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image data is analyzed to identify blobs having similar characteristics. Various blobs are gathered together and placed into a foreground plane based on one or more color characteristics and/or spatial characteristics. Each blob gathered onto a foreground plane has a color that is similar to a color associated with that foreground plane. One or more portions of the image data that is not mapped into any foreground plane may be mapped into a background plane.