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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Haining Liu, Dallas, TX (US);
Feiyun Zhu, Allen, TX (US);
Jon Hammer, Frisco, TX (US);
Ryan B. Reagan, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Pingjian Yu, Plano, TX (US);
Zhichun Xiao, Plano, TX (US);
Yuqi Zhang, Dallas, TX (US);
Yao Liu, Richardson, TX (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting text in images. In some embodiments, a system for detecting text in images comprises a database configured to store images and a control circuit configured to retrieve an image, generate, based on the image, a collection of augmented images, detect characters in each of the augmented images, generate bounding boxes for the characters in each of augmented images, recognize the characters in each of the augmented images, select, based on the recognition of the characters in each of the augmented images, candidate characters, wherein the candidate characters are selected based on consistency of the recognition of the characters in each of the augmented images, detect, for the image, a color associated with the characters, and store, in the database, the image, the candidate characters, and the color associated with the characters.