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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2024
Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Bradley Sturt, Urbana, IL (US);
John Alexander Halderman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Braden L. Crimmins, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
The following relates generally to error detection in voting systems, and, in particular voting systems using optical scan machines. In some embodiments, one or more processors are configured to: (1) capture, with an optical scan machine, original image data; (2) isolate a first subimage of the original image data; (3) associate the first subimage with a first configuration file candidate, wherein the first configuration file candidate is indicated by a configuration file configuring the optical scan machine, and wherein the association is done according to the configuration file; and (4) display the first subimage along with a representation of the first configuration file candidate.