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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Xing Li, Webster, NY (US);
Amal Malik, Pittsford, NY (US);
Clara Cuciurean-Zapan, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A processor-implemented method for processing image data of a document using an apparatus or medium. The processor determines a billable color pixel count in an image by determining a first count of color pixels in the image data in device independent space (e.g., fuzzy and true color counts using a neutral page determination) and a second count of color pixels in device dependent space (e.g., binary CMYK based count). The first and second counts are transformed and a minimum of the transformation is used as the billable count. Based on the disclosed implementation, billing accuracy for outputting color documents is improved and flexibility in tier-based billing is preserved.