Image analysis – Image transformation or preprocessing – Measuring image properties
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-18
2006-04-18
Couso, Yon J. (Department: 2625)
Image analysis
Image transformation or preprocessing
Measuring image properties
C382S290000, C382S174000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07031553
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a concomitant method for detecting and recognizing text information in a captured imagery. The present method transforms the image of the text to a normalized coordinate system before performing OCR, thereby yielding more robust recognition performance. The present invention also combines OCR results from multiple frames, in a manner that takes the best recognition results from each frame and forms a single result that can be more accurate than the results from any of the individual frames.
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Bolles Robert C.
Herson James A.
Luong Quang-Tuan
Myers Gregory K.
Couso Yon J.
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
SRI - International
Tong, Esq. Kin-Wah
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