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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Martin S. Maltz, Rochester, NY (US);
Raja Bala, Pittsford, NY (US);
Phillip J. Emmett, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30176 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are methods and systems for generating a binarized representation of a document using a mobile device configured to provide a Flashed and No-flashed image of the document. According to an exemplary method, the Flash and No-flash images are aligned and blended, where the resulting image includes the No-flash image where any hot spots are included in the Flash image. After blending, the blended image is binarized.