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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2016
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Ray, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ahmad Abdulmageed Mohammed Abdulkader, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sofus Attila Macskassy, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can acquire an image that depicts at least one character. A set of pixels, within the image, through which the at least one character is depicted can be identified. At least one linear portion, within the image, can be identified based on the set of pixels. For each sub-portion within the at least one linear portion, a respective first confidence score representing a respective first likelihood that a respective sub-portion depicts the at least one character can be determined.


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