Method of recognizing and indexing documents

Details Method of recognizing and indexing documents Method of recognizing and indexing documents

2008-01-15

2008-01-15

Mehta, Bhavesh M (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Image transformation or preprocessing

Image storage or retrieval

C382S173000, C382S181000, C707S793000, C358S403000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07319799

ABSTRACT:
A method of recognizing and indexing documents, using a scanner connected to a computer, the method including scanning the documents, then using a pointing device or member of the computer to designate an arbitrary point P in at least one box of the documents, and finally recognizing by OCR the characters in the box so as to store them in a first database connected to the computer to enable documents scanned in this way to be indexed. The designation step comprises a step of searching for and identifying the box of the document containing the point P designated by the user.

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