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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Xu-hua Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Byung-tae OH, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Young-min Kwak, Gardena, CA (US);
Chung-chieh Kuo, Taipei, TW;
Ying-jieh Huang, Taipei County, TW;
Xu-Hua Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Byung-Tae Oh, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Young-Min Kwak, Gardena, CA (US);
Chung-Chieh Kuo, Taipei, TW;
Ying-Jieh Huang, Taipei County, TW;
Primax Electronics Ltd., Neihu, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A color processing method for identification of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; extracting color histogram data for each section; assigning a color vector for each section according to the color histogram data for the section; comparing the color vector for each section to a color lookup table to determine a probability of the section corresponding to monetary banknotes; and selecting probable sections having the probability exceeding a first predetermined threshold.