Optical character reader
CA 1310754 C · Owner: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. · Inventors: Yamaguchi, Mikio
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An optical character reader comprises a scanner including an image sensor and a binary encoding circuit for converting an output analog signal from the image sensor into a binary signal, a character recognizing means for recognizing each character in a range of view of the image sensor and outputting positional information and a result of recognition, a field selecting means for selecting and outputting a perfect field which is perfectly contained in the range of view of the image sensor on the basis of the positional information and the result of recognition, a format check means for judging whether the perfect field is in accord with a predetermined format or not, and an output judging …
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- Granted November 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 24, 2009.
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