Method and system for preprocessing an image for optical character recognition

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PATENT NO 8218875
APP PUB NO 20110305387A1
SERIAL NO

12814448

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A method and system for preprocessing an image for Optical Character Recognition (OCR), wherein the image includes a plurality of columns is disclosed. Each column includes one or more of Arabic text and non-text items. The method includes determining a plurality of components associated with one or more of the Arabic text and the non-text items, wherein a component includes a set of connected pixels. On determining the plurality of components, a line height and a column spacing is determined for the plurality of components. The plurality of components are then associated with a column of the plurality of columns based on the line height and the column spacing. Subsequently, a set of characteristic parameters are calculated for each column and the plurality of components of each column are merged based on the set of characteristic parameters to form sub-words and words.

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KING ABDUL AZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYPO BOX 6086 RIYADH 11442

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Al-Omari, Hussein Khalid Amman, JO 12 99
Khorsheed, Mohammad Sulaiman Riyadh, SA 12 85

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