Patent · US Expired

Image processing apparatus and methods for pattern recognition

US6370271B2 · kind B2 · utility

28Cited by
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15Claims
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Filing dateApr 30, 1999
Grant dateApr 9, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Pattern detection methods, which may be embodied in copiers or scanners/printers, examine documents to be copied or printed to determine whether the documents contain one or more targeted patterns. The pattern detection methods include algorithms that look for certain features and geometric relationships between the features in determining whether one or more of the targeted patterns are present.

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