Picture Elements, Inc.

Description
The ChromaDrop^TM library allows programmers to add color drop-out to their color document scanning, image processing or recognition applications through a simple C API (applications programming interface).

Features
The ChromaDrop^TM library improves OCR and bar code recognition by removing interfering forms. It has the following features:

• A dropout profile can be associated with a specific form type to drop out a specific range of colors
• Users may easily create new profiles to handle new form types using a unique user interface
• Multiple profiles can be active simultaneously to handle mixed batches when used with other forms recognition software

Related Products
The ChromaDrop^TM Library is part of the ChromaTools^TM family and works well alongside several related products:

• ChromaTHR^TM Color Thresholding library
• THR2 Thresholding Hardware accelerator
• ChromaDSK^TM Color Deskew functions

Availability
The ChromaDrop^TM library will be available from Picture Elements, Inc. in the 4th quarter of 2000.