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US 2016/0239964 A1Published application
Dot Counting Service
OwnerMatthew Haugen, James Haugeninventors
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Abstract
A dot counting service may mark and count each shape it identifies in an image, allowing a user to select other candidate shapes or remove shapes identified in error. A dot counting service may display a running count of identified shapes, or may count them after they have all been identified.
Claims1
A method, comprising:
- receiving an image;
- determining a grid of pixels on the image, comprising a plurality of grid sections;
- evaluating an attribute of a plurality of pixels in a grid section, giving a minimum and maximum value of the attribute for the grid section, the minimum value representing a background value, and the maximum value representing a foreground value;
- determining a threshold value based upon the background value and the foreground value;
- assigning each pixel within the grid section as belonging to a foreground or a background, based upon a value of the attribute of the pixel and the threshold value;
- and
- counting a number of shapes formed by contiguous pixels assigned as belonging to the foreground.
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