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Character count determination for a digital image

  • US 9,904,848 B1
  • Filed: 02/03/2016
  • Issued: 02/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • in an electronic device comprising a memory for holding document image data and processor in communication with the memory, the processor;

    receiving a financial document image;

    identifying a text chunk in the financial document image according to a first image processing system wherein the text chunk has a chunk start column and a chunk end column;

    beginning with the chunk start column and continuing until the chunk end column is reached, identifying a character of the text chunk, without recognizing any particular character in the text chunk, by;

    determining a first column of a character as the character start column based on a number of black pixels in the column; and

    determining a second column of a character as the character end column based on a number of white pixels in the column; and

    ,incrementing a character count value when a character end column is determined.

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