Patent ID: 9251414
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06K,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method of extracting note content using a computer system having one or more processors and memories, comprising: receiving image data containing a visual representation of a scene having at least one physical note, the at least one physical note having a color and a mark; generating, by the one or more processors, a plurality of indicators, each indicator indicative of a color class of a respective pixel or group of pixels in the image data and based on color values of the pixel or group of pixels; based on the plurality of indicators, recognizing the mark from the visual representation, based on the mark and the plurality of indicators, determining, by the one or more processors, a general boundary within the image data of the at least one physical note; and extracting, by the one or more processors and from the image data, content of the at least one physical note using the general boundary.