Method for character separation in text recognition tasks
CA 2345681 A1 · Owner: Aigner, Walter · Inventors: Aigner, Walter; Zagler, Bertram
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Disclosed is a method for character spacing in text recognition tasks wherein , the possible intersecting points of extraction objects being examined are detected by means of white space and angular analysis. Plausible spacing lines are determined on the basis of the intersecting points and the corresponding counterpoints. The objects thus spaced undergo a classification process final , spacing being determined by the results thereof.
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- Filed September 16, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 16, 2019.
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