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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Knfb Reader, Llc, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Raymond C. Kurzweil, Newton, MA (US);
Paul Albrecht, Bedford, MA (US);
Lucy Gibson, Belmont, MA (US);
Assignee:
KNFB READER, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/42 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06K 9/228 (2013.01); G06K 9/3283 (2013.01); G06K 9/42 (2013.01); G06K 2009/363 (2013.01); G06K 2209/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reading machine that operates in various modes includes image correction processing is described. The reading device pre-processes an image for optical character recognition by receiving the image and determining whether text in the image is too large or small for optical character recognition processing by determining that text height falls outside of a range in which optical character recognition software will recognize text in a digitized image. If necessary the image is resized according to whether the text is too large or too small.