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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1991

Filed:

May. 07, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:

Hin-Leong Tan, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382-7 ; 382-9 ; 382 30 ; 382 34 ;
Abstract

A feature-based character recognition identification and confidence level are determined for an unknown symbol. If the confidence level is within an intermediate range, the feature-based identification is confirmed by matching the unknown character with a reference template corresponding to the feature-based identification. If the confidence level is below the intermediate range, template matching character recognition is substituted in place of the feature-based identification. If the template matching recognition identifies more than one symbol, corresponding templates from a second set of templates having thicker character strokes are employed to resolve the ambiguity.


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