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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Sang-Ho Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Woo-Sung Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Mu-Sik Kwon, Seoul, KR;

Jung-Rim Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jeong-Wan Park, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 9/38 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06K 9/00463 (2013.01); G06K 9/38 (2013.01); G06K 9/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and a method for recognizing a character based on an input image is provided. The apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive the input image and a controller configured to select, from the input image, a region of image analysis to be used for image analysis, and to analyze the selected region of image analysis to determine a type of the input image, to apply, to the input image, an image effect for distinguishing a character region and a background region in the input image if the type of the input image indicates that the input image is obtained by photographing a display screen, to binarize output of the image effect according to the determined type of the input image, and to recognize a character from the binarized output of the image effect.


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