Patent ID: 9712698
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving an electronic image of an item into a computerized device, said item comprising a background color and line features of a second color distinct from said background color; displaying, on a user interface, said electronic image and a menu option to define at least one area of said electronic image as a distinctive color region, said user interface being operatively connected to said computerized device; receiving input into said user interface to identify at least one area of said electronic image as said distinctive color region; automatically separating said electronic image into different planes using said computerized device, a first plane of said planes containing information of only pixels of said background color, a second mask plane of said planes containing information of only said line features, and said second mask plane being used with a corresponding second foreground plane identifying said second color; automatically removing said line features within said distinctive color region from said second mask plane and adding said line features within said distinctive color region to a third mask plane using said computerized device, said third mask plane being used with a corresponding third foreground plane identifying a third color distinct from said background color and said second color; automatically combining said first plane, said second mask plane, said second foreground plane, said third mask plane, and said third foreground plane into an electronic file, using said computerized device; rendering said electronic file into a visible document, said visible document having said line features in said second color on said background color, except for said line features within said distinctive color region, said line features within said distinctive color region having said third color on said background color.