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US 2007/0165284 A1Published application
System and method for content based color scanning optimized enhancement using a localized approach
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHong Li, Gerhard Thompson, Chai Wu
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Abstract
A method and system of processing a document, includes analyzing a characteristic of a first pixel in a document and at least one second pixel positioned near the first pixel, classifying a value of the first pixel in accordance with the analysis, and modifying the value of the first pixel based upon the classification.
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A method of processing a document, comprising:
- analyzing a characteristic of a first pixel in said document and at least one second pixel positioned near said first pixel;
- classifying a content of said first pixel in accordance with said analyzing;
- and
- modifying a value of said first pixel based upon said classifying.
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A system for processing a document, comprising:
- an analyzer that analyzes a characteristics of a first pixel and at least one second pixel positioned near said first pixel in said document;
- a content classifier that classifies a content of the first pixel in accordance with an output of said analyzer;
- and
- a modifier that modifies a value of the first pixel based upon an output from said content classifier.
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A signal bearing medium executable by a digital data processing unit for processing a document, comprising:
- analyzing a characteristic of a first pixel in the document and at least one second pixel positioned near said first pixel;
- classifying a content of said first pixel in accordance with said analyzing;
- and
- modifying a value of said first pixel based upon said classifying.
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