Multi-font optical character recognition apparatus
US4097847A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
As described herein, a program controlled image dissector tube scans the printed information recorded on a storage medium in a first raster to provide analog information signals representative of segments of the recorded information and in a second raster to provide analog information signals representative of all the recorded information. If, as determined by the analog information signals representative of segments of the recorded information, the printed information is legible, the analog information signals representative of all the printed information are converted into digital form and scaled, if necessary, to reduce the digital character data to a predetermined scan length. Selected arrays of the digital character data are then scanned to develop black or white signals about a center bit within such arrays. The black or white signals are, in turn, accumulated to provide an array of black and white signals representative of an entire character. The contour of the array of black and white signals is then traced to develop contour digital data representative of incremental moves about the perimeter of the character. The extent and direction of such incremental moves are then ac…
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