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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey Clarence Snyder, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Kodak Alaris Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 5/04 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1443 (2013.01); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06K 9/4604 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of producing barcode locations within a document comprising providing an original digital image of the document; using a processor for producing a normalized image from the original digital image; producing a gradient image from the normalized image; producing a plurality of bounding boxes from the gradient image; and producing bounding box test results by testing each bounding box for the presence of a barcode; and producing barcode locations within the document from the bounding box test results.