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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
David Robert James Monaghan, Elanora Heights, AU;
Belinda Margaret Yee, Balmain, AU;
Rajanish Calisa, Artarmon, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system of projecting text characters onto a textured document are described. The method comprises determining, from a captured image of the textured surface, a measure of the texture on the surface for a region of the textured surface over which the text characters are to be projected; selecting, based on a function of the determined measure, a glyph set, each glyph in the glyph set having visually contrasting inner and outer portions, the outer portion being sized proportionally to the inner portion according to the determined measure; and projecting the text characters onto the textured surface on of region using the selected glyph set.