Signal Processing Techniques In Commercially Available High-Speed Optical Character Reading Equipment

J. R. Hicks; J. C. Eby Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.957332

21 September 1979 Signal Processing Techniques In Commercially Available High-Speed Optical Character Reading Equipment

J. R. Hicks, J. C. Eby Jr.

Proceedings Volume 0180, Real-Time Signal Processing II; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957332
Event: Technical Symposium East, 1979, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

To be competitive in todays data entry marketplace an OCR machine may be capable of reading data at rates up to 6000 characters/second. This may require the signal processing to be performed at rates approaching 107 pixels/second - implying an equivalent number of arithmetic operations of an order of magnitude above this rate. These rates preclude the use of conventional array processing units and create special problems for equipment manufacturers. This paper describes the techniques of real time image enhancement, array and lens compensation, automatic shading correction and two dimensional digital filtering and thresholding incorporated in a high speed OCR reader.

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J. R. Hicks and J. C. Eby Jr. "Signal Processing Techniques In Commercially Available High-Speed Optical Character Reading Equipment", Proc. SPIE 0180, Real-Time Signal Processing II, (21 September 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957332

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