Detection of highlighted regions
    1.
    发明授权
    Detection of highlighted regions 失效
    检测突出显示的区域

    公开(公告)号:US5619592A

    公开(公告)日:1997-04-08

    申请号:US477358

    申请日:1995-06-07

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detection of highlighted regions of a document. A document containing highlighted regions is scanned using a gray scale scanner. Morphology and threshold reduction techniques are used to separate highlighted and non-highlighted portions of the document. Having separated the highlighted and non-highlighted portions, optical character recognition (OCR) techniques can then be used to extract text from the highlighted regions.

    摘要翻译: 用于检测文档的突出显示区域的方法和装置。 使用灰度扫描仪扫描包含突出显示区域的文档。 使用形态学和阈值削减技术分离文档的突出显示部分和非突出显示部分。 在分离了突出显示和未突出显示的部分之后,可以使用光学字符识别(OCR)技术从突出显示的区域中提取文本。

    Detection of highlighted regions
    2.
    发明授权
    Detection of highlighted regions 失效
    检测突出显示的区域

    公开(公告)号:US5272764A

    公开(公告)日:1993-12-21

    申请号:US751263

    申请日:1991-08-28

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detection of highlighted regions of a document. A document containing highlighted regions is scanned using a gray scale scanner. Morphology and threshold reduction techniques are used to separate highlighted and non-highlighted portions of the document. Having separated the highlighted and non-highlighted portions, optical character recognition (OCR) techniques can then be used to extract text from the highlighted regions.

    摘要翻译: 用于检测文档的突出显示区域的方法和装置。 使用灰度扫描仪扫描包含突出显示区域的文档。 使用形态学和阈值削减技术分离文档的突出显示部分和非突出显示部分。 在分离了突出显示和未突出显示的部分之后,可以使用光学字符识别(OCR)技术从突出显示的区域提取文本。

    Detection of highlighted regions
    3.
    发明授权
    Detection of highlighted regions 失效
    检测突出显示的区域

    公开(公告)号:US5048109A

    公开(公告)日:1991-09-10

    申请号:US447985

    申请日:1989-12-08

    摘要: A method and apparatus for detection of highlighted regions of a document. A document containing highlighted regions is scanned using a gray scale scanner. Morphology and threshold reduction techniques are used to separate highlighted and non-highlighted portions of the docment. Having separated the highlighted and non-highlighted portions, optical character recognition (OCR) techniques can then be used to extract text from the highlighted regions.

    摘要翻译: 用于检测文档的突出显示区域的方法和装置。 使用灰度扫描仪扫描包含突出显示区域的文档。 形态和阈值削减技术用于分隔文档的突出显示部分和非突出显示部分。 在分离了突出显示和未突出显示的部分之后,可以使用光学字符识别(OCR)技术从突出显示的区域中提取文本。

    Method and apparatus for image hand markup detection using morphological
techniques
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for image hand markup detection using morphological techniques 失效
    使用形态学技术的图像手标检测方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5201011A

    公开(公告)日:1993-04-06

    申请号:US794275

    申请日:1991-11-19

    摘要: An image markup detection device and method identifies and extracts markup lines and regions marked automatically or interactively by a user with an ordinary pen or pencil. Only morphological image processing operations on a scanned source image are used, resulting in the extrapolation of markup lines and marked region. The markup lines are either extracted from the image, or the background information of the image (e.g., text) is removed, leaving only the markup lines. The marked region can then be printed, transferred or otherwise processed.

    摘要翻译: 图像标记检测装置和方法用普通的笔或铅笔来标识和提取由用户自动或交互地标记的标记线和区域。 仅使用扫描的源图像上的形态图像处理操作,导致标记线和标记区域的外推。 从图像中提取标记线,或者去除图像的背景信息(例如文本),仅留下标记线。 然后可以打印,转移或以其他方式处理标记区域。

    Rapid detection of page orientation
    6.
    发明授权
    Rapid detection of page orientation 失效
    快速检测页面方向

    公开(公告)号:US5276742A

    公开(公告)日:1994-01-04

    申请号:US794551

    申请日:1991-11-19

    CPC分类号: G06K9/3208 G06K2209/01

    摘要: A method of apparatus for automatic page orientation of a scanned image which compares the number of character ascending pixels to the number of character descending pixels in the image to determine if the image is properly aligned or is 90.degree. or 180.degree. out of orientation. The method and apparatus includes morphologically processing the bitmap of the scanned image using structuring elements for isolating the character ascenders and descenders. When page orientation is improper, the bitmap image of the scanned image is rotated to correct the misalignment.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于扫描图像的自动页面取向的装置的方法,其将角色上升像素的数量与图像中的字符下降像素的数量进行比较,以确定图像是否正确对齐,或者是取向为90度或180度。 所述方法和装置包括使用用于隔离角色上升器和下降器的构造元件形态地处理扫描图像的位图。 当页面方向不正确时,旋转扫描图像的位图图像以更正错位。

    Dynamic programming operation with skip mode for text line image decoding
    7.
    发明授权
    Dynamic programming operation with skip mode for text line image decoding 有权
    用于文本行图像解码的跳过模式的动态编程操作

    公开(公告)号:US06594393B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-15

    申请号:US09569531

    申请日:2000-05-12

    IPC分类号: G06K968

    CPC分类号: G06K9/6297 Y10S707/99936

    摘要: In a text recognition system, the computational efficiency of a text line image decoding operation is improved by utilizing the characteristic of a graph known as the cut set. The branches of the data structure that represents the image are initially labeled with estimated scores. When estimated scores are used, the decoding operation must perform iteratively on a text line before producing the best path through the data structure. After each iteration, nodes in the best path are re-scored with actual scores. The decoding operation incorporates an operating mode called skip mode. When the number of consecutive image positions for which the change value of cumulative path scores between current and prior iterations is substantially constant and exceeds a threshold, this signals the presence of a cut set, and the score change value is added to a previously computed path score until a re-scored node is encountered, thereby eliminating the expensive computation of new cumulative path scores at those image positions.

    摘要翻译: 在文本识别系统中,通过利用称为切割集的图形的特征​​来提高文本行图像解码操作的计算效率。 表示图像的数据结构的分支最初用估计分数标记。 当使用估计分数时,在通过数据结构生成最佳路径之前,解码操作必须在文本行上迭代执行。 每次迭代后,最佳路径中的节点用实际分数重新计分。 解码操作包括称为跳过模式的操作模式。 当当前迭代和以前迭代之间的累积路径得分的变化值基本上恒定并超过阈值的连续图像位置的数量时,这表示切割集合的存在,并将得分改变值添加到先前计算的路径 得分,直到遇到重新计分的节点,从而消除了在这些图像位置处的新累积路径分数的昂贵计算。

    Segmentation of text styles
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US5570435A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-29

    申请号:US365251

    申请日:1994-12-28

    IPC分类号: G06K9/20 G06K9/68 G06K9/36

    CPC分类号: G06K9/00456 G06K9/6835

    摘要: A method and apparatus for differentiating and extracting handwritten annotations and machine printed text in an image. The method provides for the use of morphological operations, preferably at reduced scale, to eliminate for example, the handwritten annotations from an image. A separation mask is produced that, for example, converts all the image pixels corresponding to machine printed text, and none of the image pixels corresponding to handwritten or handprinted annotations. The separation mask is used in conjunction with the original image to produce separate handwritten annotations and machine printed text images. The invention also provides a method and apparatus for identifying the location of specialized type styles such as bold and italic is disclosed. The method erodes a binary image utilizing structuring elements which provide a relatively large number of hits in regions containing the specialized type styles. The destination image resulting from the erosion is coalesced so as to form masks which may be used to extract portions of the original image containing the specialized type styles.

    Document copy authentication
    10.
    发明授权
    Document copy authentication 失效
    文件复印认证

    公开(公告)号:US5157726A

    公开(公告)日:1992-10-20

    申请号:US810644

    申请日:1991-12-19

    摘要: A system for authenticating a hard copy of an original document. The system employs a special copying machine at the sender's end together with a special ID card (smart card) or other user identification for activating the special machine, and a special copying machine at the receiving end. At the sender's station, the original document and ID card are inserted into the machine. The latter digitizes the document text, to produce a digital signature which incorporates unique information from the sender's ID card. This machine then produces a hard copy of the document to which is added the digital signature. The sender retains the original, but forwards the copy to the recipient or receiver. The receiver then inserts the received copy into the machine at his location, which digitizes and processes the document text and signature and indicates whether the digital signature is valid. Preferably a dual key authentication system is used, with the digital signature incorporating the sender's secret signing key, and the receiver using the related public key in the validation process.