Patent ID: 7933446
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a device having a processor, of detecting images and text in a master copy, the method comprising: choosing a first background color from the master copy, wherein the master copy includes an image portion, a text portion, and an empty portion containing neither an image nor text; condensing the master copy based at least in part on the first background color by omitting the empty portion to create a condensed copy of the master copy, the condensed copy containing the image portion and the text portion; transversely and vertically dividing the entirety of the condensed copy into a plurality of first areas; for each of the first areas processing, by the device, the image areas with halftone processing; processing, by the device, the text areas with line art processing; and outputting the processed images and processed text as a whole.