Patents Assigned to University Microfilms, Inc.
  • Image enhancement system
    Patent number: 5568571
    Abstract: This specification discloses a process and system for processing a digitally stored image on a digital computer. The system scans and digitizes an image, separate text from non-text components, enhances and deskews the image, compresses the resulting image file, and stores the enhanced, deskewed, and compressed file for later transmission, optical character recognition, or high quality printing or viewing of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: University Microfilms, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald F. Willis, John E. Brooks, Hosni Adra, Hsieh S. Hou