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Dot-matrix video enhancement for optical character recognition

US5182778A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1990
Grant dateJan 26, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for eliminating discontinuities inherent to binary digital image data when hard copy text is generated by a dot-matrix printer. An M.times.M matrix is moved over a bit-mapped image of said text one pixel at a time, and for each pixel position, pixels are selectively converted from white to black based on a predetermined set of rules.

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