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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
A Lawrence Spitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignees:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Fuji Xerox Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 39 ; 382 17 ; 382 19 ;
Abstract
An automatic abstract character coding system automatically generates abstract coded characters from the text image of a document when the gross script-type is known to be, or is determined to be, a European type script. A connected component generating means generates connected components from the pixels comprising the text image. A spatial feature determining means generates a character cell surrounding one or more aligned connected component. A character-type classifying means converts the character cell to one of a plurality of abstract character codes.