Patent Document ID: 20110182508
Application ID: 12695009
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of segregating handwritten information from typographic information on a document, the method comprising: receiving an electronic document image of a document, the electronic document image comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a characteristic of a plurality of characteristics; identifying a first, a second and a third most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels of the plurality of pixels comprising the first most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of characteristics represent a background of the document; determining typographic information of the document, wherein the typographic information is represented by the pixels of the plurality of pixels of the electronic document image which comprise the second most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of characteristics; determining, by a processor, handwritten information of the document, wherein the handwritten information is represented by the pixels of the plurality of pixels of the electronic document image which comprise the third most frequently occurring characteristic of the plurality of characteristics; and deriving a first representation of the handwritten information and a second representation of the typographic information.