Patent Document ID: 9836646
Application ID: 14884361

Base Claim:
1. A method for selecting character candidates in a method for identifying characters in a digital image, the method comprising the steps of: a) applying a first character identification process to determine first character candidates and a list of segmentation points of the first character candidates, b) generating a list of character widths corresponding to a segmentation point from the list of segmentation points, c) determining a portion of the digital image corresponding to the segmentation point and a character width from the list of character widths, d) applying a character classification method on the portion of the digital image to obtain an ID hypothesis of a character possibly present in the portion of the digital image and a likelihood parameter that relates to a likelihood that the ID hypothesis is correct, and e) selecting the ID hypothesis as a second character candidate in the digital image if the likelihood parameter fulfils a first predetermined criterion.

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Claim 4:
4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein at step b) the list of character widths is generated based on at least the list of segmentation points of the first character candidates.