Patent ID: 6567547
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An optical character recognition (OCR) system for electronically scanning text of documents into memory, comprising:a memory device; a registry configured to store parameter values that indicate locations in said memory device where OCR packages are stored, said registry configured to indicate which of said parameter values correspond with a currently selected OCR package; a scanning application having a set of parameter values defining a location in said memory device and configured to receive a scan message and an update message, said scanning application configured to retrieve said set of parameter values in response to a scan message if said scan message is received before said update message, said scanning application further configured to retrieve a new set of parameter values from said registry in response to said update message and to store said new set of parameter values in said memory device, said scanning application further configured to retrieve said new set of parameter values from said memory device in response to said scan message if said scan message is received after said update message, said scanning application further configured to transmit a scan command in response to said scan message; a processor configured to execute code located at a memory address defined by said set of parameter values that is retrieved by said scanning application in response to said scan message; and a scanning device configured to capture an image of a document in response to said scan command.