Character pattern line thickness regularizing device
First Claim
1. In a character recognition system in which a document on which a character is printed is scanned and a character pattern representing the scanned document is obtained in the form of electrical signals arranged in a matrix of rows and columns constituting a quantized representation of the scanned document, the system being operative to compare the character pattern with at least one known character pattern to determine the degree of correspondence therewith, a line thickness regularizing device, comprising:
- thickening means operative to sense the electrical signals representing the character pattern and thicken the line thickness of a portion of the character having a line thickness less than a predetermined value to the predetermined value by modifying the electrical signals;
thinning means operative to sense the electrical signals representing the charactter pattern and uniformly thin the line thickness of the character by modifying the electrical signals;
control means operative to control said thickening and thinning means so that the electrical signals are sequentially operated upon by the thickening means, the thinning means and again by the thickening means; and
correction means arranged to operate on the electrical signals before operation thereon by said thinning means, said correction means being operative to thicken the line thickness of a portion of the character so that the line continuity of the character will be maintained while the electrical signals are operated upon by the thinning means.
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Abstract
Line portions of the character pattern in a character recognition device which have a thickness less than a selected standard value are thickened by a thickening circuit to the selected value. The line thickness of the character is then uniformly thinned by a thinning circuit and the thickening process is repeated. A correction circuit may be provided to prevent the continuity of the character from being broken in the thinning circuit.
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1. In a character recognition system in which a document on which a character is printed is scanned and a character pattern representing the scanned document is obtained in the form of electrical signals arranged in a matrix of rows and columns constituting a quantized representation of the scanned document, the system being operative to compare the character pattern with at least one known character pattern to determine the degree of correspondence therewith, a line thickness regularizing device, comprising:
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thickening means operative to sense the electrical signals representing the character pattern and thicken the line thickness of a portion of the character having a line thickness less than a predetermined value to the predetermined value by modifying the electrical signals; thinning means operative to sense the electrical signals representing the charactter pattern and uniformly thin the line thickness of the character by modifying the electrical signals; control means operative to control said thickening and thinning means so that the electrical signals are sequentially operated upon by the thickening means, the thinning means and again by the thickening means; and correction means arranged to operate on the electrical signals before operation thereon by said thinning means, said correction means being operative to thicken the line thickness of a portion of the character so that the line continuity of the character will be maintained while the electrical signals are operated upon by the thinning means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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