Abstract: Image/text filtering apparatus and method for use in optical character recognition (OCR) scanning is disclosed. The invention filters video data representing text and image data on a document and erases the image data so that only the text data remains.
Abstract: A document scanner for utilization with a word processing and/or graphics processing equipment, such as a personal computer environment. The document scanner provides improved pixel compensation and gamma compensation techniques as well as improved control in the illumination process of the scanning of a document.