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Optical character recognition (OCR) engines having confidence values for text types

  • US 20120134589A1
  • Filed: 11/27/2010
  • Published: 05/31/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • for each known text sample of a plurality of known text samples, each known text sample having a text type,generating, by a processor, an image of the known text sample;

    for each optical character recognition (OCR) engine of a plurality of OCR engines,inputting the image of the known text sample, by the processor, into the OCR engine;

    receiving output text corresponding to the image of the known text sample, by the processor, from the OCR engine; and

    ,comparing the output text received from the OCR engine with the known text sample, by the processor, to determine a confidence value of the OCR engine for the text type of the known text sample.

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