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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul M. Hubel, Mountain View, CA (US);
Todd S. Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/265 (2013.01); G06K 9/2036 (2013.01); G06K 9/6289 (2013.01); H04N 5/235 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to image processing and analysis and in particular automatic segmentation of identifiable items in an image, for example the segmentation and identification of characters or symbols in an image. Upon user indication, multiple images of a subject are captured and variations between the images are created using lighting, spectral content, angles and other factors. The images are processed together so that characters and symbols may be recognized from the surface of the image subject.