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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Hodgens, San Jose, CA (US);
Amy L Lowrie, Fremont, CA (US);
James R Murphy, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dest Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382-9 ; 382 48 ;
Abstract
Proportional spaced text recognition apparatus and method is disclosed. The invention is provided for optical character recognition (OCR) systems and provides recognition of both proportional spacing and fixed pitch type formats. The invention also provides recognition of accented characters, which are a common occurrence in Western European type texts.