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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Meng Yao, West Linn, OR (US);
Inventor:
Meng Yao, West Linn, OR (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/407 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method converts pixels of continuous image data to pixels of binary image data using a halftone screen corresponding to a predetermined reduced coverage percentage; determines if a target pixel of binary image data is a non-white pixel; compares a window of pixels of binary image data with a predetermined pattern of pixels of binary image data corresponding to the predetermined reduced coverage percentage; determines that the target pixel is a non-edge pixel; and reduces the number of non-white pixels in the binary image data based upon the determination that the target pixel is a non-edge pixel.