Patent ID: 6327386
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A method for lexicon reduction, comprising:ascertaining, for each of a plurality of images of features in a line of cursive text, a number indicative of a feature;inputting the number indicative of each of the features into a feedforward neural network;computing with the neural network an estimate of a maximum length (len.sub.max), and a minimum length (len.sub.min) of the line of cursive text;comparing len.sub.max and len.sub.min to a lexicon entry;eliminating the lexicon entry if it has more characters than len.sub.max ; andeliminating the lexicon entry if it has less characters than len.sub.min,wherein said len.sub.min and said len.sub.max comprise a dynamic range that changes from image to image.