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Character recognition employing compressed image data

US4426731A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1981
Grant dateJan 17, 1984
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical character recognition system stores image data as a compressed run-length code. Preprocessing of characters for segmentation and registration is performed on the compressed data by means of tables created by a microprocessor. Only the image data required for recognition is expanded for the recognition process.

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