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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventor:
Louis James Beato, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00708 (2013.01); G06K 9/00456 (2013.01); H04N 1/00734 (2013.01); H04N 1/00782 (2013.01); H04N 1/32117 (2013.01); H04N 1/40062 (2013.01); H04N 2201/3243 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for automatically classifying scanned hardcopy media based on its physical size. The hardcopy media is classified as a photograph if the determined physical size matches a common physical sizes for photographs to within a predetermined tolerance, and is classified as a document if the determined physical size matches one of the common physical sizes for documents to within a predetermined tolerance. Otherwise, a media classification is determined using contextual processing.