System and method for performing optical character recognition on image data received from a document reading device

• US 20040017942A1
• Filed: 07/24/2002
• Published: 01/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, David J.
• Application Number:
  US10/202,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20040017942A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/181
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/324 intermediate the transmitter and receiver terminals, e.g. at an exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32406 in connection with routing or relaying, e.g. using a fax-server or a store-and-forward facility stored and forward data switching systems H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32502 in systems having a plurality of input or output devices

Abstract

This invention is directed to a system and method for performing optical character recognition on image data received from a document reading device. More particularly, this invention is directed to a system and method for receiving image data from a document reading device, selecting optical character recognition parameters, and performing optical character recognition on the image data in accordance with the parameters.

Claims

1. A system for performing optical character recognition on image data received from a document reading device comprising:

means adapted for receiving image data from an associated document reading device;

means adapted for selecting optical character recognition parameters for performing optical character recognition on the image data; and

means adapted for performing optical character recognition on the image data and in accordance with selected optical character recognition parameters.

2. The system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

3. The system according to claim 2 wherein image data is first converted to rector format and is then converted to TIFF format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

4. The system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

5. The system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

6. The system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for selecting parameters for generating the image data.

7. The system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for transmitting the image data to a document device reader controller, wherein the controller includes the means adapted for selecting the parameters for optical character recognition and the means adapted for performing optical character recognition on the image data.

8. The system according to claim 7 wherein the document reading device controller further comprises means adapted for converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

9. The system according to claim 7 wherein the document reading device controller further comprises means adapted for converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

10. The system according to claim 7 wherein the document reading device controller further comprises means adapted for storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

11. The method for performing optical character recognition on image data received from a document reading device comprising:

receiving image data from an associated document reading device;

selecting optical character recognition parameters for performing optical character recognition on the image data; and

performing optical character recognition on the image data and in accordance with selected optical character recognition parameters.

12. The method according to claim 11 further comprising converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein image data is first converted to rector format and is then converted to TIFF format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

14. The method according to claim 11 further comprising converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

15. The method according to claim 11 further comprising storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

16. The method according to claim 11 further comprising selecting parameters for generating the image data.

17. The method according to claim 11 further comprising transmitting the image data to a document device reader controller, wherein the controller performs the steps of selecting the parameters for optical character recognition performing optical character recognition on the image data.

18. The method according to claim 17 wherein the document reading device controller performs the step of converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

19. The method according to claim 17 wherein the document reading device controller performs the step of converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

20. The method according to claim 17 wherein the document reading device controller performs the step of storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

21. A computer readable medium of instructions for performing optical character recognition on image data received from a document reading device comprising:

means adapted for receiving image data from an associated document reading device;

means adapted for selecting optical character recognition parameters for performing optical character recognition on the image data; and

means adapted for performing optical character recognition on the image data and in accordance with selected optical character recognition parameters.

22. The computer readable medium according to claim 21 further comprising means adapted for converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

23. The computer readable medium according to claim 22 wherein image data is first converted to rector format and is then converted to TIFF format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

24. The computer readable medium according to claim 21 further comprising means adapted for converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

25. The computer readable medium according to claim 21 further comprising means adapted for storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

26. The computer readable medium according to claim 21 further comprising means adapted for selecting parameters for generating the image data.

27. The computer readable medium according to claim 21 further comprising means adapted for transmitting the image data to a document device reader controller, wherein the controller includes the means adapted for selecting the parameters for optical character recognition and the means adapted for performing optical character recognition on the image data.

28. The computer readable medium according to claim 21 wherein the document reading device controller further comprises means adapted for converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data, means adapted for converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data, and means adapted for storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

29. A computer-implemented method for performing optical character recognition on image data received from a document reading device comprising:

receiving image data from an associated document reading device;

selecting optical character recognition parameters for performing optical character recognition on the image data; and

performing optical character recognition on the image data and in accordance with selected optical character recognition parameters.

30. The computer-implemented method according to claim 29 further comprising converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

31. The computer-implemented method according to claim 30 wherein image data is first converted to rector format and is then converted to TIFF format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data.

32. The computer-implemented method according to claim 29 further comprising converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

33. The computer-implemented method according to claim 29 further comprising storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.

34. The computer-implemented method according to claim 29 further comprising selecting parameters for generating the image data.

35. The computer-implemented method according to claim 29 further comprising transmitting the image data to a document device reader controller, wherein the controller performs the steps of selecting the parameters for optical character recognition performing optical character recognition on the image data.

36. The computer-implemented method according to claim 35 wherein the document reading device controller performs the steps of converting the image data to at least one selected format prior to performing optical character recognition on the image data, converting the image data to a selected format after performing optical character recognition on the image data, and storing the image data after performing optical character recognition on the image data.