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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
E-image Data Corporation, Hartford, WI (US);
Inventors:
Todd A. Kahle, Hartford, WI (US);
Grant Taylor, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
E-IMAGE DATA CORPORATION, Hartford, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00483 (2013.01); G06K 9/00442 (2013.01); G06K 9/2054 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A digital imaging system and method for searching for expressions that appear on a microform medium, the system having a computer including a processor and an input device, and a digital microform imaging apparatus having an area sensor generating a digital microform image of the microform medium. The computer is configured to receive a search expression from the input device, create an expression template representing a shape of the search expression, and search the digital microform image for instances of the expression template.