Patent ID: 6668074
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A document processing system comprising:an image capture system for generating a first electronic image of a first region of a document, the first electronic image having a first image format, and for generating a second electronic image of a second region, the second electronic image having a second image format; a multiple engine recognition system including a result combination module, for transmitting the first electronic image to a first recognition engine and a second recognition engine and transmitting the second electronic image to the second recognition engine, the first recognition engine generating a first recognition result and the second recognition engine generating a second recognition result, wherein the result combination module compares the first recognition result and the second recognition result and selecting between the first recognition result and the second recognition result to provide a final recognition result based on a predetermined set of criteria; and, an application system for transmitting the first electronic image and second electronic image from the image capture system tote multiple engine recognition system and retrieving the final recognition result from the recognition system.