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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Kisun You, Suwon, KR;
Hyung-il Koo, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-mook Cho, Seoul, KR;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for processing a multi-channel image is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of grayscale images from the multi-channel image. At least one text region is identified in the plurality of grayscale images and text region information is determined from the at least one text region. The method generates text information of the multi-channel image based on the text region information. If the at least one text region includes a plurality of text regions, text region information from the plurality of text regions is merged to generate the text information. The plurality of the grayscale images is processed in parallel. In identifying the at least one text region, at least one candidate text region may be identified in the plurality of grayscale images and the at least one text region may be identified in the identified candidate text region.