Patent Document ID: 5579445
Application ID: 08169487
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for automatically creating a set of filters to be used for filtering an image bitmap, wherein application of the filters will result in an enhancement of the image bitmap, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a first resolution image, represented as a plurality of image signals, from a document and storing the first resolution image in a first bitmap memory; (b) generating a second resolution image, represented as a plurality of image signals, from the document and storing the second resolution image in a second bitmap memory; (c) subsampling the second bitmap memory to produce a subsampled first resolution image; (d) storing, in a subsample memory, the subsampled first resolution image; (e) defining a multiple signal input window that may be passed through the first bitmap memory; (f) defining a single signal output window that may be passed through the subsample memory, so that the position of the output window within the subsample memory is a function of the position of the input window within the first bitmap memory; (g) storing a plurality.of entries in a database memory, each entry including a representation of the bitmap pattern within the multiple signal input window and corresponding state found within the single signal output window; and (h) deriving, from the database-memory, a set of filters for enhancement of the image bitmap.