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Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventor:

Darrell Eugene Bellert, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/74 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/342 (2013.01); G06K 9/4633 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06K 9/623 (2013.01); G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); G06K 9/748 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for image processing includes obtaining a mask of an image; identifying, in the mask, a first stroke segment and a second stroke segment for possible merging, wherein the first stroke segment and the second stroke segment do not overlap; calculating a plurality of merger eligibility scores for the first stroke segment and the second stroke segment; calculating an aggregate merger eligibility score for the first stroke segment and the second stroke segment based on the plurality of merger eligibility scores; and merging the first stroke segment and the second stroke segment based on the aggregate merger eligibility score.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bellert, Darrell. (2018). Merging non-overlapping broken lines of a table (U.S. Patent No. 9977979). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9977979

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