Document reader and reading processing method therefor

Details Document reader and reading processing method therefor Document reader and reading processing method therefor

1993-09-20

1994-11-29

Couso, Jose L.

Image analysis

Histogram processing

For setting a threshold

380 48, 380 57, G06K 920, G06K 903

Patent

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053697162

ABSTRACT:
A document reader having a scanner. The layout of the image data read by the scanner from a document is analyzed. In accordance with the analysis of the lay out, the image data is divided into blocks, and the sequence in which to read characters from these blocks is determined. A keyboard or a mouse is operated, whenever necessary, thereby deleting any block and changing the sequence of reading characters from the blocks. Characters are read from the document in the sequence changed.

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