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Method and apparatus for segmentation of compound documents having low resolution halftones

  • US 20040175037A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2003
  • Published: 09/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of labeling digital image data associated with a compound document in a single pass, comprising:

  • receiving image data;

    distributing the image data to multiple branches, wherein at least two of the multiple branches include filters configured to blur the image data at different resolutions;

    detecting edges of the blurred image data at the different resolutions;

    detecting edges of unfiltered image data;

    combining data output from the at least two of the multiple branches; and

    determining whether the combined data is to be labeled as a low resolution halftone.

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