Patent ID: 8194913

Claim:
A method for recognizing characters, comprising: initially receiving updates at a recognition application prior to a first capturing step, the updates having pre set data relevant to identifying a target code, the target code comprising one or more characters, each of the characters having a relative position within the target code; receiving at a processing unit a signal from a sensor, the signal being sent in response to an entry of a target object into a capture zone; capturing a plurality of images with one or more cameras in response to receipt of the signal; receiving the plurality of images at the recognition application; selecting one or more areas within one or more of the plurality of images that are likely to contain the target code; identifying the target code within the one or more areas using the recognition application; marking a character from the target code according to a relative identification accuracy of the character, the marked character having a first relative position within the target code; comparing the marked character with a plurality of characters contained within the pre set data relevant to identifying the target code, each of the plurality of characters having a relative position comparable to the first relative position,; and selecting an accurate identification result for the marked character based on the comparably positioned characters from within the pre set data.