Florida Patent of the Month – July 2024
In the ever-evolving realm of Optical Character Recognition (OCR), VASTEC, Inc.‘s latest innovation has scored a patent. This novel system tackles a persistent challenge in OCR technology: accurately reading non-vertically aligned text. Traditional OCR systems struggle with text misalignment, often resulting in errors that compromise data integrity. VASTEC’s invention employs advanced image preprocessing techniques to enhance OCR accuracy by addressing these alignment issues.
At the heart of this system is a sophisticated processor and memory setup designed to scan electronic documents, identify text within images, and create bounding boxes around detected text using blob detection. The magic happens when the system groups vertically aligned text into clusters, creating images or layers that are processed separately. This targeted approach ensures that OCR is performed on aligned text segments, dramatically reducing errors caused by misalignment.
The processor’s ability to generate multiple aligned text groups and perform OCR on each group individually is a game-changer. By creating arrays of vertically aligned text, VASTEC’s system can add new text to existing arrays or create new ones, ensuring optimal alignment for OCR processing. This method not only improves the accuracy of OCR results but also enhances the efficiency of processing large volumes of documents with mixed fonts, sizes, and layouts.
The implications of VASTEC’s innovation are profound, especially for industries relying on precise data extraction from forms, spreadsheets, and tabular data. By overcoming the limitations of traditional OCR systems, this technology paves the way for more reliable and accurate digitization of textual information, setting a new standard in the field of document processing.
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