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Document processing using color marking

  • US 6,999,204 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2001
  • Issued: 02/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for processing one or more documents, comprising:

  • a color scanner configured to create an image of each document;

    a memory configured to store one or more document processing instructions associated with the presence or absence of one or more color swatches within the image; and

    a processor coupled to the color scanner and the memory, the processor configured to control the color scanner, to determine whether one or more color swatches are present or absent in the image and to execute the document processing instructions associated with the presence or absence of the one or more color swatches, wherein one or more of the document processing instructions are used for document identification.

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