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Line alignment apparatus and process

  • US 5,434,932 A
  • Filed: 07/28/1994
  • Issued: 07/18/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-implemented process of comparing a line of text produced by reading a digital image of a document by a first reader to a line of text produced by reading a digital image of the same document by a second reader, each of the lines of text having a plurality of words, the process comprising:

  • identifying the positions of words in the line of text produced by the first reader and in the line of text produced by the second reader;

    analyzing the words in the line of text produced by the first reader and in the line of text produced by the second reader to identify matching words in corresponding positions in the lines of text produced by the first and second readers; and

    outputting the line of text produced by the first reader to a first line-aligned file and output the line of text produced by the second reader to a second line-aligned file if the number of matching words in corresponding positions exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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