WO2006023937A3 - A portable scanning device - Google Patents

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WO2006023937A3
WO2006023937A3 PCT/US2005/030007 US2005030007W WO2006023937A3 WO 2006023937 A3 WO2006023937 A3 WO 2006023937A3 US 2005030007 W US2005030007 W US 2005030007W WO 2006023937 A3 WO2006023937 A3 WO 2006023937A3
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rendered document
package
optical sensor
text
scanning device
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Martin T King
Dale L Grover
Clifford A Kushler
James Quentin Stafford-Fraser
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Exbiblio Bv
Martin T King
Dale L Grover
Clifford A Kushler
James Quentin Stafford-Fraser
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Priority claimed from US11/097,093 external-priority patent/US20060041605A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/097,961 external-priority patent/US20060041484A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/098,043 external-priority patent/US20060053097A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/185,908 external-priority patent/US20060104515A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/208,457 external-priority patent/US20060122983A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/208,408 external-priority patent/US20060136629A1/en
Application filed by Exbiblio Bv, Martin T King, Dale L Grover, Clifford A Kushler, James Quentin Stafford-Fraser filed Critical Exbiblio Bv
Publication of WO2006023937A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006023937A2/en
Publication of WO2006023937A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006023937A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/10—Character recognition
    • G06V30/26—Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result
    • G06V30/262—Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result using context analysis, e.g. lexical, syntactic or semantic context
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/10—Character recognition

Abstract

A handheld optical scanner (202) for capturing images of text from a rendered document is described The scanner includes a package (302) suitable to be held in a user's hand The package contains an optical sensor (308) that captures images of text from a rendered document The package also contains a proximity sensor that determines when the optical sensor is within a predetermined distance and orientation of a rendered document The package further contains a triggering mechanism (314) that causes the optical sensor to captuure an image of text from a rendered document when the proximity sensor determines that the optical sensor is within a predetermined distance and orientation of a rendered document.
PCT/US2005/030007 2004-08-23 2005-08-23 A portable scanning device WO2006023937A2 (en)

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