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optical character recognition Dictionary Terms
divided slit scan
A scanning technique in optical character recognition in which an array of photocells is used to scan each character to determine its horizontal and vertical characteristics.
optical character recognition
Optical character recognition (OCR) is a technology that is used to convert printed or handwritten text into...
optical character reader
A photosensitive device used to optically scan and read character data (numbers, letters etc.) and input this data into a...
contour analysis
A method in optical character recognition in which a mobile light beam scans the outlines of characters for subsequent...
dissector
In optical character recognition, the mechanical or electronic transducer used to detect the level of illumination present...
flying spot scanner
A device used to scan, with a small, intensely bright spot, portions of a picture surface and to transform the original...
decision-tree classification
A structural method of optical character recognition, used where the input media are variable, as in hand-written or...
decision-theoretic character recognition
An approach to optical character recognition based on matching the input character against a set of stored prototypes.
segmentation
In optical character recognition, the method of dividing a string of characters into separate, distinct characters.
boundary extraction
In optical character recognition, an intermediate step between character location and feature extraction.
contextual analysis
In optical character recognition systems, the identification of a character facilitated by means of known factors governing...
dots per inch
A measurement of the spatial resolution of a line or area array in an optical character recognition scanning device.
bay
In optical character recognition, a feature at the boundary of a character.
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April 2024
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