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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2011
Michael Robert Campanelli, Webster, NY (US);
John C. Handley, Fairport, NY (US);
Dennis L. Venable, Marion, NY (US);
Michael Robert Campanelli, Webster, NY (US);
John C. Handley, Fairport, NY (US);
Dennis L. Venable, Marion, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An image file representing at least a portion of a printed document is processed to highlight the differences between foreground material (e.g., text or other characters) from background. The method includes selecting a neighborhood of pixels, determining a weighted average of an attribute values (e.g., luminance) for each pixel, and modifying each pixel's value based on the weighted average. Graylevel scaling, error diffusion, and a bit level conversion are also performed each pixel ends up with either a first attribute value level (e.g., luminance of 0) or a second attribute value level (e.g., luminance of 255).