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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:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kaneyoshi Tokano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382312 ;
Abstract
An image pick-up apparatus having character recognition capability includes a movable indicator displayed on a view-finder screen so that the image of a character formed on the view-finder can be compared with the indicator, and, as a result, an operator can know whether or not a character will be recognized between the movable indicator and the character based on the comparison.