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WO2006023806A3
WO2006023806A3 PCT/US2005/029680 US2005029680W WO2006023806A3 WO 2006023806 A3 WO2006023806 A3 WO 2006023806A3 US 2005029680 W US2005029680 W US 2005029680W WO 2006023806 A3 WO2006023806 A3 WO 2006023806A3
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Martin T. King
Dale L. Grover
Clifford A. Kushler
James Quentin Stafford-Fraser
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/10—Character recognition
    • G06V30/26—Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result
    • G06V30/262—Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result using context analysis, e.g. lexical, syntactic or semantic context
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    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
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Abstract

Character recognition is described. In one embodiment, it may use matched sequences rather than character shape to determine a computer-legible result.
PCT/US2005/029680 2004-08-23 2005-08-23 A method and system for character recognition WO2006023806A2 (en)

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