JAMES M MASON, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at Ayrault Rd, Fairport, NY

5204914, Apr 20, 1993

Aug 30, 1991

7/753150

James A. Mason - Rochester NY
Gregory J. Martin - Canandaigua NY
Robert Y. Chen - Seattle WA
John F. Cook - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G06K 968

382 14

A character recognition method comprising the following steps: (1) acquiring a two dimensional array of pixels, (2) locating an unknown character in the two dimensional array, (3) computing weighted correlation coefficients between the unknown character and a trained set of characters (i. e. a font), (4) recognizing the unknown character as the trained character with the highest weighted correlation coefficient above a threshold. The weights in the correlation calculations are adjusted to place more emphasis on those areas of a trained character that distinguishes it from all other trained characters in the training set. A method for optimally adjusting these weights is described herein.

5150425, Sep 22, 1992

Aug 30, 1991

7/752801

Gregory J. Martin - Canandaigua NY
Robert Y. Chen - Seattle WA
John F. Cook - Rochester NY
James A. Mason - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G06K 962

382 14

A character recognition method comprising the following steps: (1) acquiring a two dimensional array of pixels, (2) locating an unknown character in the two dimensional array, (3) computing correlation coefficients between an unknown character and a trained set of characters (i. e. , a font), (4) recognizing the unknown character as the trained character with the highest correlation coefficient above a threshold. The manner in which trained characters are chosen is described herein as a correlation search. Correlation search results in a fast means of correctly classifying an unknown character from a large training set, often on the second or third try, depending on the inner-correlations of the trained characters.

5159644, Oct 27, 1992

Aug 30, 1991

7/752800

Gregory J. Martin - Canandaigua NY
Robert Y. Chen - Seattle WA
John F. Cook - Rochester NY
James A. Mason - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G06K 962

382 14

A character recognition method comprising the following steps: (1) acquiring a two dimensional array of pixels, (2) locating an unknown character in the two dimensional array, (3) computing statistically weighted correlation coefficients between the unknown character and a trained set of characters (i. e. a font), (4) recognizing the unknown character as the trained character with the highest correlation coefficient above a threshold. The weights in the correlation calculations are adjusted to place more emphasis on those areas of a character that exhibit less noise and less emphasis on those areas of the character that exhibit more noise. A method for determining and using these weights is described herein.