Patent ID: 6961465
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of recognizing at least one object in a digitized representation of an image, comprising the steps of: receiving the digitized representation of the image, the representation having a first resolution; creating a reduced-resolution version of the image responsive to the digitized representation of the image, the reduced-resolution version of the image having a second resolution lower than the first resolution; providing a plurality of sets of initial conditions, the initial conditions including at least a condition for character recognition-processing of the image; for each of the sets of initial conditions, identifying each confidence level of character recognition by first character recognition-processing of the reduced resolution version of the image having the second resolution based on each of the sets of initial conditions, each of the sets of initial conditions including a threshold value to binarize an image; selecting an optimal set of initial conditions from the plurality of sets of initial conditions based on each confidence level identified in said identifying step, the optimal set of initial conditions including a threshold value to binarize the image; and second character recognition processing of the objects represented in the digitized representation of the image having the first resolution by using the optimal set of initial conditions selected in said selecting step.