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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Gregory Rombola, Spencerport, NY (US);
Thomas J. Foster, Geneseo, NY (US);
John F. Crichton, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Rombola, Spencerport, NY (US);
Thomas J. Foster, Geneseo, NY (US);
John F. Crichton, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of rendering the appearance of microprint contained within a printed input digital image comprised of an array of pixels and wherein each pixel is assigned a digital value representing marking information, the method comprising identifying one or two pixel lines or both and reassigning their digital value.