Patent ID: 9058536
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method performed by a portable computing device, comprising: obtaining a first image of text at a first angle of view relative to the text using a camera of the portable computing device; obtaining at least one second image of the text at a second angle of view relative to the text; processing the first image and the at least one second image using a character recognition algorithm; identifying a respective string of characters and a respective bounding box for the respective string of characters associated with the text of the first image and the at least one second image; determining, using a longest common substring algorithm, a substring that is common to the first image and the at least one second image; determining, for the substring, a respective first position of the substring within the respective string of characters of the first image and the at least one second image; generating a template string that includes the substring, wherein a second position of the substring within the template string is based, at least in part, on the respective first position of the substring within the respective string of characters of the first image and the at least one second image; determining one or more missing characters in the template string by analyzing occurrences of characters in the respective string of characters of the first image and the at least one second image; and generating a merged string for display on the portable computing device, the merged string including the template string and the one or more missing characters.