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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Sitaram Ramachandrula, Karnataka, IN;
Serene Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Pulkit Parikh, Karnataka, IN;
Noushath Shaffi, Karnataka, IN;
Anjaneyulu Seetha Rama Kuchibhotla, Karnataka, IN;
Prasenjit Dey, Karnataka, IN;
Sitaram Ramachandrula, Karnataka, IN;
Serene Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Pulkit Parikh, Karnataka, IN;
Noushath Shaffi, Karnataka, IN;
Anjaneyulu Seetha Rama Kuchibhotla, Karnataka, IN;
Prasenjit Dey, Karnataka, IN;
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Presented is a skew detection apparatus. In one form, the apparatus estimates skew based on the locations of a set of foreground content pixels or a set of edge pixels that are nearest to the side of an image of a document. In another form, the apparatus includes a skew estimation unit adapted to estimate skew based on the orientation of foreground or background content in the interior of a document. In another form, the apparatus estimates skew using segments of an image of a document. Also presented is a document image processing apparatus including the skew detection apparatus.