The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Feb. 28, 1995

Filed:

Dec. 23, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard G Casey, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Yohji Nakamura, Yamato, JP;

Kazuharu Toyokawa, Yamato, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 37 ; 382 15 ;
Abstract

Character recognition apparatus capable of automatically modifying its recognition tree is disclosed. When a character is erroneously recognized, its image is used to select a leaf node of the character recognition tree which has a high probability of recognizing the character correctly. The tree is split at that node, creating one new leaf node which is assigned to the character formerly assigned to the split node, and a second new leaf node assigned to the erroneously recognized character. The split node is then assigned to test a pel address in a character image which has a high probability of discriminating between the two characters of its new leaf nodes.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…