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Zone Based Scanning and Optical Character Recognition for Metadata Acquisition

  • US 20130294694A1
  • Filed: 05/01/2012
  • Published: 11/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for using zone based scanning and optical character recognition for metadata acquisition, comprising:

  • receiving user input identifying a first zone and a second zone on a visible representation of an electronic document;

    associating the first zone with a first database category and the second zone with a second database category, the association made using a metadata map;

    scanning a physical document in order to obtain a digital representation of the physical document as an electronic document;

    performing optical character recognition on the first zone and the second zone on the electronic document to thereby obtain a first metadata element and a second metadata element; and

    storing the electronic document along with the first metadata element and the second metadata element in a database, the first and second metadata elements stored in the database as directed by the metadata map.

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