Character recognition system and method
CA 2421673 C · Owner: Imds Software Inc. · Inventors: Polonowski, Jean-Pierre
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A system and method for translating a written document into a computer readable document by recognizing the character written on the document aim at recognizing typed or printed especially hand-printed or handwritten characters in the various fields of a form. Providing a pixel representation of the written document the method allows translating a written document into a computer readable document by i) identifying at least one field into the pixel representation of the document; ii) segmenting each field so as to yield at least one segmented symbol; iii) applying a character recognition method on each segmented symbol; and iii) assigning a computer-readable code to each recognized …
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- Filed March 11, 2003 and granted June 3, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 11, 2023.
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