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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:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Piet Dewaele, Berchem, BE;
Inventor:
Piet Dewaele, Berchem, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa Healthcare, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The orientation of an image such as a radiographic image is deduced from the digital representation of the image. In one embodiment the curvature is calculated and a decision on the orientation of the image is obtained on the basis of the value of the calculated curvature.