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Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1978

Filed:

Jun. 24, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:

Michael Thaler, East Hartford, CT (US);

Stephen Jackson, East Hartford, CT (US);

Assignee:

Scan Optics, Inc., East Hartford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3401 / ; 3401 / ;
Abstract

In a character recognition system lines of data are stored in a line memory. This data is then accessed by a hardware implemented character position detector over a special line memory bus, i.e., a LM-bus. The detector searches the memory for the margins of characters and can also perform a count of the black points or character points within the margins. The position detector is activated by a system controller over a B-bus, but once started by the controller it will run on autonomously until it has completed its task, thereby leaving the processor and the B-bus available for other functions.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Thaler, Michael. (1978). Character position detector (U.S. Patent No. 4122443). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4122443

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