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Method of automatic cropping

US9165388B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

David J. Delia · Lagrangeville, US
Wayne M. Delia · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2008
Grant date	Oct 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T11/60
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for rectangular cropping including the steps of: (i) providing a sequence of images on a graphical interface device; (ii) analyzing each pixel in the first image included in the sequence of images; (iii) locating a boundary between the background of the first image and the border of the first image; (iv) determining the degree off true horizontal of the first image; (v) rotating the first image based on the determining step; (vi) applying a cropping operation to the first image; and (vii) automatically applying the cropping operation to each other image in the sequence of images.

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