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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
Stradvision, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Hojin Cho, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
StradVision Korea, Inc., Pohang, Gyeongbuk, KR;
Abstract
A method for detecting texts included in an image is disclosed. The method includes steps of: (a) detecting at least one text candidate in an inputted image by referring to feature values of pixels in the inputted image; (b) classifying (i) the detected text candidate as a strong text or a non-strong text by referring to a comparison result between a first threshold value and a first feature value and (ii) the text candidate classified as the non-strong text as a weak text or a non-text by referring to a comparison result between a second threshold value and a second feature value; and (c) determining whether to classify the weak text as the strong text by referring to information on the strong text and information on the weak text.