METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT SEPARATION USING AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC FILTERING OF MULTIPLE DROP-OUT COLORS FOR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OF PREPRINTED FORMS - Patent 0491923

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EP 0 491 923 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	01.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/27

(21)	Application number: 91913232.0

(22)	Date of filing: 18.07.1991

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06K 9/ 20^{( . )}

H04N 1/ 56^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1991/005040

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/001998 (06.02.1992 Gazette 1992/04)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

24.07.1990 US 19900557294

(71)	Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
	Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	RUDAK, Peter Hilton, NY 14468 (US)

(74)	Representative: Schmidt, Peter, Dipl.-Ing., et al
	KODAK Aktiengesellschaft Patentabteilung D-70323 Stuttgart D-70323 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT SEPARATION USING AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC FILTERING OF MULTIPLE DROP-OUT COLORS FOR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OF PREPRINTED FORMS