Optical character recognition using baseline information
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1. A method for processing image data from a scanning array which scans characters in a scanning direction to locate a baseline, comprising the steps ofcalculating a horizontal projection histogram of said characters at a plurality of periodic spaced locations along said scanning direction,detecting a peak characteristic of each of said histograms, andaveraging said detected peak characterstics of said histograms to produce an estimate of the skew of said baseline with respect to said scanning direction.
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Abstract
An Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system for printed characters uses information about baseline location to assist in registration, segmentation, recognition and the separation of underscoring. Selected ones of the sensor elements in the OCR scanning array are identified as defining a baseline searching window and the outputs of these selected elements are utilized to detect baseline information for each character or group of characters in a printed line.
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1. A method for processing image data from a scanning array which scans characters in a scanning direction to locate a baseline, comprising the steps of
calculating a horizontal projection histogram of said characters at a plurality of periodic spaced locations along said scanning direction, detecting a peak characteristic of each of said histograms, and averaging said detected peak characterstics of said histograms to produce an estimate of the skew of said baseline with respect to said scanning direction.
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