Oce-Nederland B.v.

Reneka Even

Robertus C Van Den Tillaart

Luc Genetier

An automatic language recognition method which comprises selecting a block of data from the received data and searching said block for elements that are 'for' or 'against' the presence of a particular language. Recognition is performed by searching for a plurality of known languages in a predetermined order, and by proceeding, for each language, with a search for at least one element characteristic of that language in the data block. It is possible to begin by searching for languages having a special signature, then for languages having special synchronization characters or keywords, and then for languages using mnemonics made up of a determined number of significant characters. The method is used for automatically selecting an interpreter module for decoding the received data, in particular the data received by a plotter. The method is also applicable to detecting a fault, a banner, or a switch of language in the received data.

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