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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991

Filed:

May. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:

Kazuhiro Mori, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 34 ; 382-9 ;
Abstract

An input character image signal is converted into binary image data and then stored in an image memory. The binary image data stored in the image memory are profiled in the directions of X and Y axes to set a rectangular region circumscribing a desired character string. The binary image data included in the rectangular region are compared with a dictionary pattern to obtain candidate characters and their similarities. The sum of similarities corresponding to a candidate character and when it is more than a predetermined value, the candidate character is output as the result of recognition.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Mori, Kazuhiro. (1991). Character recognition apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 5050224). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5050224

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