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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:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Ithaca, NY (US);
Peter C. Wayner, Ithaca, NY (US);
Michael J. Hopcroft, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/80 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/80 ;
Abstract
A method for determining the boundaries of a symbol or word string within an image, including the steps of determining page orientation, isolating symbol strings from adjacent symbol strings, establishing a set of boundaries or references with respect to which measurements about, or further processing of, the symbol string may be made.