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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques described herein provide a method for automatically and intelligently creating and updating an OCR cache while performing OCR using a computing device. An image captured using a camera coupled to the computing device may be matched against prior images stored in the OCR cache. If a match is found, the OCR cache may be updated with new or better information utilizing the new image. The matched prior image may be retained in the OCR cache, or the new captured image may replace the matched prior image in the OCR cache. In one embodiment, techniques are described to remove or reduce glare before storing the image in the OCR cache. In some embodiments, glare is removed or reduced in the absence of performing OCR.