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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Ruth Bergman, Haifa, IL;
Patrick J. Chase, San Diego, CA (US);
Ron Maurer, Haifa, IL;
Yacov Hel-or, Zichron Yaskov, IL;
Mark Majette, San Diego, CA (US);
Ruth Bergman, Haifa, IL;
Patrick J. Chase, San Diego, CA (US);
Ron Maurer, Haifa, IL;
Yacov Hel-Or, Zichron Yaskov, IL;
Mark Majette, San Diego, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A scanning device includes a scanning mechanism and a processing mechanism. The scanning mechanism scans an image fixed on a medium to generate a digital infrared representation of the image and a digital visible light representation of the image. The processing mechanism substantially reduces effects of noise and distortions within the digital visible light representation of the image in one pass. The processing mechanism at least decorrelates visible light aspects from the infrared representation of the image and employs a one-pass filter that uses both the infrared and the visible light representations of the image.