IP Library Granted Patent US 9,483,858
Granted Patent B2
US 9,483,858 · App. 15/041,583 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Text resizing within an embedded image

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Patent No.
US 9,483,858
App. No.
15/041,583
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer receives user preferences. The computer receives a document, wherein the document includes an image. The computer determines that the image contains embedded text. The computer determines that the embedded text does not satisfy the received user preferences. The computer modifies the embedded text to satisfy user preferences.

Claims (11)

1. A method for modifying text embedded within an image, comprising the steps of:

a computer receiving user preferences;

the computer receiving a document, wherein the document includes an image;

the computer utilizing optical character recognition to determine that the image contains text;

the computer determining that the text does not satisfy the user preferences;

the computer determining that the text is embedded in the image;

the computer extracting the embedded text;

the computer utilizing photo correction software to fill in one or more portions of the image that have been corrupted as a result of the extraction of the embedded text;

the computer modifying the embedded text to satisfy the user preferences;

the computer determining that the modified embedded text conflicts with the image by determining that the modified embedded text does not fit an original footprint of the text within the image; and

the computer prompting a user selection to overlay the modified embedded text in a position that includes at least one of: within the original footprint of the text within a scrollable text box and within a text box outside of the image while utilizing indicators to identify the original footprint of the text.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: DELUCA, LISA SEACAT; PRICE, DANA L.; SMITH-EIGENBRODE, SHELBEE D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037716/0129 →