Patent Document ID: 5483606
Application ID: 08176181
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing pages in a printing system, comprising: scanning a first page having first image content; generating a boundary enclosing substantially all of the first image content, said generating step includes defining points along the boundary of the first image content relative to the first page, said defining step comprising: computing a quadratic convex hull of the first image content of the first page to define the boundary by laterally ORing adjacent pixels to obtain a laterally ORed image, vertically ORing adjacent pixels to obtain a vertically ORed image and logically ANDing the laterally and vertically ORed images; and locating the coordinates of the corners of the boundary; and outputting second image content to a second page with substantially all of the second image content position on the second page being within the boundary.