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Using OCR to enter graphics as text into a clipboard

  • US 6,249,283 B1
  • Filed: 04/07/1998
  • Issued: 06/19/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer system including a processor, a display screen coupled to a user input device, a memory and an operating system with a graphical user interface responsive to the user input device, the system being characterized by apparatus for transferring information comprising:

  • source information transfer software, which in response to a user action on said input device identifying a user selected source of textual data information of character images on the display screen, always stores said textual data information as a bit image of each character image into a first predetermined location of the computer system memory; and

    optical character recognition logic which, without user activation and irrespective of whether or not character codes for the user selected source of the textual information is already stored in the computer system, always automatically generates a character code for each character image identified in said textual data stored in said first predetermined location by said information transfer software; and

    character information transfer software which automatically places the character codes as they are generated into a second predetermined location of the computer memory where said textual data information is rendered available as the generated character codes to a destination application program by being inserted into a user defined screen location operated by the destination application program.

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