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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Luc Vincent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adrian Ulges, Bad Ems, DE;
Luc Vincent, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adrian Ulges, Bad Ems, DE;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus including computer program products for enhancing text in images are provided. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of images each image including a corresponding version of an identified candidate text region and aligning each candidate text region from the plurality of images to a high resolution grid. The method also includes compositing the aligned candidate text regions to create a single superresolution image and performing character recognition on the superresolution image to identify text.