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Method for optical recognition of a multi-language set of letters with diacritics

  • US 7,512,272 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2004
  • Issued: 03/31/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computerized method of identifying characters in a character recognition system having a processor, the method comprising:

  • a) analyzing, in conjunction with the processor, a character image for separation and extraction of a base character and one or more diacritics;

    b) applying, in conjunction with the processor, optical character recognition or intelligent character recognition algorithms to the base character;

    c) processing, in conjunction with the processor, the diacritics with at least one of image analysis and pattern recognition algorithms; and

    d) combining, in conjunction with the processor, the results of b) and c) so as to check for acceptable combinations of the base character and diacritics with respect to one or more specific languages.

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