Patent Document ID: 20120269435
Application ID: 13091549
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of reclassifying non-text pixels within a document image, comprising the following steps: (a) accessing said document image, said document image having foreground pixels identified, wherein foreground pixels that have been deemed to be part of human readable printable characters are classified as text pixels and foreground pixels that have been deemed not to be part of human readable printable characters are classified as non-text pixels, and connected components of text pixels are defined as text components and connected components of non-text pixels are defined as non-text components; (b) submitting each non-text component within said document image to a candidate selection process wherein each non-text component that is deemed to potentially include text content is designated a candidate component; and (c) submitting each designated candidate component to a reclassification process wherein foreground pixels that form a specific geometric shape are removed, and the connected components defined by any remaining foreground pixels are reclassified as text components.