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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Dayou Wang, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Joseph Cai, Rocky Point, NY (US);
Michelle X. Wang, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Dayou Wang, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Joseph Cai, Rocky Point, NY (US);
Michelle X. Wang, Mount Sinai, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes (1) obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background having specifically designed patterns; (2) storing into a memory the captured image that includes an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document; and (3) analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, where step of analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document.