Text resizing within an embedded image

• US 9,858,698 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Price, Dana L., Smith-Eigenbrode, Shelbee D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Debrow, James J
• Application Number:
  US15/393,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20170103561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 369 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/413 Classification of content, e.g. text, photographs or tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/414 Extracting the geometrical structure, e.g. layout tree; Block segmentation, e.g. bounding boxes for graphics or text

Abstract

A computer receives user preferences. The computer receives a document, wherein the document includes an image. The computer determines that the image contains embedded text. The computer determines that the embedded text does not satisfy the received user preferences. The computer modifies the embedded text to satisfy user preferences.

Claims

1. A computer system for modifying text embedded within an image, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive user preferences;

program instructions to receive a document, wherein the document includes an image;

program instructions to utilize optical character recognition to determine that the image contains text;

program instructions to determine that the text does not satisfy the user preferences;

program instructions to determine that the text is embedded in the image;

program instructions to extract the embedded text;

program instructions to utilize photo correction software to fill in one or more portions of the image that have been corrupted as a result of the extraction of the embedded text;

program instructions to modify the embedded text to satisfy the user preferences;

program instructions to determine that the modified embedded text conflicts with the image by determining that the modified embedded text does not fit an original footprint of the text within the image; and

program instructions to prompt a user selection to overlay the modified embedded text in a position that includes at least one of;

within the original footprint of the text within a scrollable text box and within a text box outside of the image while utilizing indicators to identify the original footprint of the text.