US PATENT SUBCLASS 382 / 259
.~.~.~ Skeletonizing

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254  DF  IMAGE ENHANCEMENT OR RESTORATION {7}
256  DF  .~ Object boundary expansion or contraction {2}
258  DF  .~.~ Line thinning or thickening {1}
259.~.~.~ Skeletonizing

DEFINITION

Classification: 382/259

Skeletonizing:

(under subclass 258) Subject matter wherein the objects which, for example, may be the strokes or lines forming an alpha-numeric character, are reduced to a one pixel* width while their connectedness is maintained.