Global Patent Index - EP 1133751 A1

EP 1133751 A1 20010919 - METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF TEXT LINES IN TEXT RECOGNITION TASKS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF TEXT LINES IN TEXT RECOGNITION TASKS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER LAGE VON TEXTZEILEN BEI TEXTERKENNUNGSAUFGABEN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE DETERMINATION DE LA POSITION DE LIGNES DE TEXTE LORS D'UNE RECONNAISSANCE DE FORMES

Publication

EP 1133751 A1 20010919 (DE)

Application

EP 99950528 A 19990916

Priority

  • AT 162398 A 19980930
  • EP 9906842 W 19990916

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0019358A1] The invention relates to a method for determining the position of text lines in text recognition tasks, wherein the distribution of brightness of a detected image segment is determined along a vertical and said distribution of brightness is then filtered, wherein the maximum and minimum values of the function thus obtained are determined, on the basis of which extreme threshold values are calculated that are used for differentiating between text lines and line spacing. The method is particularly advantageous for electronic hand-held read devices.

IPC 1-7

G06K 9/32

IPC 8 full level

G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06V 30/146 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06V 30/146 (2022.01 - EP US); G06V 30/10 (2022.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0019358A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0019358 A1 20000406; CA 2348633 A1 20000406; EP 1133751 A1 20010919; MX PA01003116 A 20030515

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9906842 W 19990916; CA 2348633 A 19990916; EP 99950528 A 19990916; MX PA01003116 A 19990916