Patent ID: 6043819
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B07C,G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A method of converting graphics to character data, comprising the steps of:producing a graphics image of a document;identifying the graphics image by comparing portions of the image against a series of identifiers for a match;extracting at least one graphical data area from a selected portion of the graphics image a vector distance from the matched portion;converting the graphical data area to a character string by processing individual graphical portions of the data area and converting each portion to a character positioned in the string at a location associated with the location of the graphical portion from which it is derived;displaying the graphical data area along with the character string;displaying an unconverted portion of the graphical data area as a universal character intermixed in the character string and located within the character string at a position associated with its location on the graphical data area;entering at least one replacement character representative of the unconverted portion of the graphical data area; andreplacing the universal character in the character string with the replacement character.