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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Andrew C. Blose, Penfield, NY (US);
Peter O. Stubler, Rochester, NY (US);
Andrew C. Blose, Penfield, NY (US);
Peter O. Stubler, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for extracting textual information from a document containing text characters using a digital image capture device. A plurality of digital images of the document are captured using the digital image capture device. Each of the captured digital images is automatically analyzed using an optical character recognition process to determine extracted textual data. The extracted textual data for the captured digital images are merged to determine the textual information for the document, wherein differences between the extracted textual data for the captured digital images are analyzed to determine the textual information for the document.