Communications: electrical – Digital comparator systems
Patent
1980-10-20
1982-12-21
Boudreau, Leo H.
Communications: electrical
Digital comparator systems
G06K 934
Patent
active
043652344
ABSTRACT:
A segmentation method and system for detecting intercharacter boundaries for a digital representation of a string of two or more characters extending in a first (X) direction. The digital representation has the form of an m x n array of bits, each being representative of a characteristic (such as optical reflectivity) of a correspondingly positioned picture element (pixel) in an image of the string of characters. A serpentine processor determines a succession of values of interest per swath in the array. A decision network processes the succession of values determined by the serpentine processor to identify a nominal boundary where segmentation is to occur. A separation processor performs the segmentation by associating the various bits representative of black pixels near the nominal intercharacter boundary with either the character to the left or the character to the right of that nominal boundary .
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Boudreau Leo H.
Hendrix Electronics, Inc.
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