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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Louisville, KY (US);
Tomasz Jan Cholewo, Lexington, KY (US);
Steven Frank Weed, Lexington, KY (US);
Mohamed Nooman Ahmed, Louisville, KY (US);
Tomasz Jan Cholewo, Lexington, KY (US);
Steven Frank Weed, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
In an array of pixels, a method for segmenting a selected pixel of the array between at least two layers including identifying an N-by-N window centered upon the selected pixel, evaluating at least one pixel in the N-by-N window to determine whether the selected pixel is a potential text element, identifying an M-by-M window centered upon the selected pixel when the evaluation determines that the selected pixel is a potential text element, wherein the M-by-M window is smaller than the N-by-N window, and determining whether the potential text element includes text by comparing at least two pixels within the M-by-M window.