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Image resizing for optical character recognition in portable reading machine

  • US 8,873,890 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2005
  • Issued: 10/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer program product tangibly embodied on a computer readable hardware storage device, the computer program product for processing an image to prepare the image for optical character recognition, the computer program product comprising instructions for causing a machine to:

  • receive a digitized image for optical character recognition processing;

    apply optical character recognition processing to the digitized image;

    evaluate whether text in the digitized image is too large or too small for optical character recognition processing by instructions to;

    determine that text height falls outside of a range in which optical character recognition software will recognize text because the text is too large; and

    determine that text height falls outside of a range in which optical character recognition software will recognize text because the text is too small;

    resize the received digitized image and concomitant therewith text in the received digitized image according to whether the evaluation of the text to bring the text height into the range; and

    cause reapplication of optical character recognition to be applied to the received, resized digitized image.

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