Cluster storage apparatus for post processing error correction of a character recognition machine
CA 1062811 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Chaires, Anne M.; Kocher, Donald F.; Rosenbaum, Walter S.
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A CHARACTER RECOGNITION MACHINE ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:, A cluster storage apparatus is disclosed for outputting groups of valid alpha words as potential candidates for the correct form of an alpha word misrecognized by a character recognition machine. Groups of alpha words are arranged in the cluster storage apparatus such that adjacent locations contain alpha words having similar character recognition misread propensities. Alpha words which have been determined to be misrecognized, are input to the cluster storage apparatus. Numerical values assigned to the characters of which the input word is composed are used, to calculate the address of that group of valid alpha words having …
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- Granted September 18, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 18, 1996.
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