Address block location method and apparatus
US5386482A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A block of printed information, for example an address, is located on a moving page and data commensurate with the block only is transferred to downstream processing apparatus such as an optical character reader. The location of the block of information is accomplished by generating a real time binary profile of a data stream produced during scanning of the page and comparing the binary profile with a plurality of prerecorded profiles commensurate with the type of information to be located.
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