Character recognizing method and apparatus thereof
Patent 5253303 Issued on October 12, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 22, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 22, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesCharacter information separating apparatus for printed character reading systems Character segmenting apparatus for optical character recognition Character recognition apparatus Recognition system for run-on handwritten characters Continuous characters recognition system Patent #: 4764972 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 799744 filed on 11/22/1991US Classes:382/178, Separating touching or overlapping characters382/209, Template matching (e.g., specific devices that determine the best match)382/286Measuring image properties (e.g., length, width, or area)ExaminersPrimary: Razavi, MichaelAssistant: Couso, Yon J. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06K 009/36Foreign Application Priority Data1988-02-15 JPAbstractA character recognizing method includes steps of detecting a character using an end of the character line as a start point, normalizing the detected character, comparing the normalized value with a predetermined standard pattern, and detecting a point having a minimum distance difference from the standard pattern as a segmentation point between neighboring characters. | |
