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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Darrell Eugene Bellert, Boulder, CO (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for image processing includes obtaining a mask of a stroke from an image and identifying a plurality of cross edges for the stroke based on the mask and a reference line. The plurality of cross edges includes a group of adjacent cross edges that intersect the reference line. The method further includes (a) calculating a first vector based on positions of at least two of the cross edges in the group, (b) expanding the group, based on the first vector, to include cross edges adjacent to the group that do not intersect the reference line, (c) calculating a second vector based on positions of at least two of the cross edges in the expanded group, and (d) expanding the expanded group, based on the second vector, to include a second group of adjacent cross edges nearby the expanded group that do not intersect the reference line.