Image analysis – Image segmentation – Distinguishing text from other regions
Patent
1994-12-27
1998-07-21
Vu, Kim Yen
Image analysis
Image segmentation
Distinguishing text from other regions
358462, 358467, 358455, 382237, H04N 140, G06K 934, G06K 936, G06K 946
Patent
active
057844887
ABSTRACT:
An image processing system and method for converting an input image having continuous tone regions and binary regions into a binary output image includes a block evaluation system that generates a plurality of characteristic values for each block of the input image, and determines a block attributes for each block based on the plurality of characteristic values. The image processing system and method converts the input image into the binary output image on a block-by-block basis using one of a binary region conversion process or a continuous tone region conversion process, wherein the conversion process for each block is selected based on the determined block attribute. In addition, the image processing system and method corrects the determined block attribute based on the block attributes of each block and other blocks surrounding each block. Further, the image processing system and method detects when state transitions between block attributes of adjacent blocks occur, such that the conversion process selection is further controlled by the detected state transitions, based on either the block attributes for each block and other blocks surrounding each block, or the distribution of black, white, and gray pixels in each block. Finally, in the image processing system and method, the block attribute correction and the state transition detection can be used together.
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Seiko Epson Corporation
Vu Kim Yen
Williams Kimberly A.
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