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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:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicants:
John E. Dolan, Vancouver, WA (US);
John C. Dalrymple, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
John E. Dolan, Vancouver, WA (US);
John C. Dalrymple, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present application discloses a system for determining document boundaries inc1uding an image sensor, a backing opposed to the sensor, and an image processor. The image processor analyzes candidate edges imaged from a document between the sensor and the backing. The image processor determines which candidate edges are document boundaries.