Advanced technology: Optical character recognition: Machines that read printed matter rely on innovative designs. Systems and their performance are compared

1 March 1974

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Spectrum

Vol. 11 (3) , 44-52
https://doi.org/10.1109/mspec.1974.6366398

Abstract

The author discusses systems and their performance. The basic OCR system operation is described. Scanning methods are discussed at length. Quantisation, feature extraction, recognition logic and context correction are discussed.

Keywords

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION SOFTWARE
ARRAYS
FEATURE EXTRACTION
CHARACTER RECOGNITION
MIRRORS
NOISE
QUANTIZATION