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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:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Reno, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/3208 (2013.01); G06K 9/325 (2013.01); G06K 9/3283 (2013.01); G06K 9/4638 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system estimates text orientation in images captured using a handheld camera prior detecting text in the image. Text orientation is estimated based on edges detected within the image, and the image is rotated based on the estimated orientation. Text detection and processing is then performed on the rotated image. Non-text features along a periphery of the image may be sampled to assure that clutter will not undermine the estimation of orientation.