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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, RI (US);
Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, CO (US);
Inventors:
Steven Joseph Bushell, Cranston, RI (US);
Casey Arthur Smith, Grand Junction, CO (US);
Assignee:
Tandent Vision Science, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20141 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20148 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, identifying token regions in the image as a function pixel color comparisons relative to threshold values and varying the threshold values in selected areas of the image.