| Publication number | US7403661 B2 |
| Publication type | Grant |
| Application number | 10/776,514 |
| Publication date | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Filing date | Feb 12, 2004 |
| Priority date | Feb 12, 2004 |
| Also published as | CN1655583A, 5 More » |
| Inventors | Donald J Curry, Doron Kletter, Asghar Nafarieh |
| Original Assignee | Xerox Corporation |
Abstract
The image data is analyzed to identify blobs having similar characteristics. Various blobs are gathered together and placed into a foreground plane based on one or more color characteristics and/or spatial characteristics. Each blob gathered onto a foreground plane has a color that is similar to a color associated with that foreground plane. One or more portions of the image data that is not mapped into any foreground plane may be mapped into a background plane.
