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Image/text filtering system and method

US5038381A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1990
Grant dateAug 6, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/413
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Image/text filtering apparatus and method for use in optical character recognition (OCR) scanning is disclosed. The invention filters video data representing text and image data on a document and erases the image data so that only the text data remains.

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