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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Yoav Schwartzberg, Jerusalem, IL;
Tom Shenhav, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Yoav Schwartzberg, Jerusalem, IL;
Tom Shenhav, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method for identifying a predefined graphic symbol having a plurality of graphical characters. The method comprises the following steps: a) receiving a digital image having a plurality of pixels depicting a scene, b) identifying a plurality of first groups of contiguous pixels in the proximity of one another, members of each one the first group having a first common pixel defining property, and c) identifying at least one of the plurality of first groups as one of the plurality of graphical characters, thereby detecting the predefined graphic symbol in the digital image.