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Character recognition system and method for rail containers

  • US 10,007,855 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2012
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving updates comprising pre set data pertaining to a target code, the target code comprising one or more characters, each of the one or more characters having a relative position within the target code;

    receiving a plurality of images;

    identifying, from within a first image that comprises the target code, a character having a relative position within the target code;

    comparing the character as identified from within the first image with a character identified from within a second image that comprises the target code, the character identified from within the second image having a relative position within the target code comparable to the relative position within the target code of the character as identified from within the first image;

    identifying, based on the comparing, the character as identified from within the first image as the character identified from within the second image;

    further comparing (a) the character as identified from within the first image as the character identified from within the second image with (b) a plurality of characters from the pre set data, each of the plurality of characters having a respective relative position that is comparable to the relative position of the character as identified from within the first image as the character identified from within the second image; and

    selecting, by a processor and based on (i) the further comparing and (ii) a determination that each of the plurality of characters having a respective relative position that is comparable to the relative position of the character as identified from within the first image as the character identified from within the second image correspond to a particular character, an identification result for the character that corresponds to the particular character in lieu of an identification of the character as identified from within the first image as the character identified from within the second image.

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