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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. 18, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gen Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 21 ; 382 34 ;
Abstract
A code sequence matching method adapted to pattern recognition of characters compares one code selected from an unknown code sequence which is extracted from an input pattern with one code selected from a reference code sequence. The reference code sequence comprises one or more special codes for controlling an order of comparison between the codes of the unknown and reference code sequences. Then, selecting of the codes from the unknown and reference code sequences is carried out in accordance with the special codes.