Segmenting and aligning a plurality of cards in a multi-card image
First Claim
1. A method of segmenting and aligning a plurality of cards in a multi-card image, each card of said plurality of cards having at least one object, said multi-card image having a plurality of said objects, the method comprising:
- determining which pixels of said multi-card image are content pixels;
grouping together a plurality of said content pixels corresponding to each object of said plurality of said objects to form a cluster corresponding to said each object, said grouping performed for said plurality of said objects to create a plurality of clusters corresponding to said plurality of said objects;
determining which clusters of said plurality of clusters should be joined together to form a plurality of superclusters; and
forming said plurality of superclusters, each supercluster of said plurality of superclusters corresponding to one card of said plurality of cards.
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Abstract
A method of segmenting and aligning a plurality of cards in a multi-card image, each card of the plurality of cards having at least one object, the multi-card image having a plurality of the objects, includes determining which pixels of the multi-card image are content pixels; grouping together a plurality of the content pixels corresponding to each object of the plurality of the objects to form a cluster corresponding to the each object, the grouping performed for the plurality of the objects to create a plurality of clusters corresponding to the plurality of the objects; determining which clusters of the plurality of clusters should be joined together to form a plurality of superclusters; and forming the plurality of superclusters, each supercluster of the plurality of superclusters corresponding to one card of the plurality of cards.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of segmenting and aligning a plurality of cards in a multi-card image, each card of said plurality of cards having at least one object, said multi-card image having a plurality of said objects, the method comprising:
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determining which pixels of said multi-card image are content pixels;
grouping together a plurality of said content pixels corresponding to each object of said plurality of said objects to form a cluster corresponding to said each object, said grouping performed for said plurality of said objects to create a plurality of clusters corresponding to said plurality of said objects;
determining which clusters of said plurality of clusters should be joined together to form a plurality of superclusters; and
forming said plurality of superclusters, each supercluster of said plurality of superclusters corresponding to one card of said plurality of cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging apparatus communicatively coupled to an input source and configured to receive a multi-card image, said imaging apparatus comprising:
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a print engine; and
a controller communicatively coupled to said print engine, said controller being configured to execute instructions for segmenting and aligning a plurality of cards in a multi-card image, each card of said plurality of cards having at least one object, said multi-card image having a plurality of said objects, said instructions including;
determining which pixels of said multi-card image are said content pixels;
grouping together a plurality of said content pixels corresponding to each object of said plurality of said objects to form a cluster corresponding to said each object, said grouping performed for said plurality of said objects to create a plurality of clusters corresponding to said plurality of said objects;
determining which clusters of said plurality of clusters should be joined together to form a plurality of superclusters; and
forming said plurality of superclusters, each supercluster of said plurality of superclusters corresponding to one card of said plurality of cards. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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