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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Orhan Bulan, Henrietta, NY (US);
Howard Mizes, Pittsford, NY (US);
Vladimir Kozitsky, Rochester, NY (US);
Aaron M. Burry, Ontario, NY (US);
Conduent Business Services, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for localizing numbers and characters in captured images. A side image of a vehicle captured by one or more cameras can be preprocessed to determine a region of interest. A confidence value of series of windows within regions of interest of different sizes and aspect ratios containing a structure of interest can be calculated. Highest confidence candidate regions can then be identified with respect to the regions of interest and at least one region adjacent to the highest confidence candidate regions. An OCR operation can then be performed in the adjacent region. An identifier can then be returned from the adjacent region in order to localize numbers and characters in the side image of the vehicle.