Systems and methods for strike through detection
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsRichard C. Vanhall, Robert S. Lunt, IV
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for strike through detection and, more particularly, to systems and methods for detecting a strike through in an address block of a mailpiece. The method is implemented in a computing device and includes: generating edges of lines within a text block identified through optical character recognition processes; locating text lines within the text block; characterizing the edges within the text lines and outside of the text lines; and grouping identified edges of the characterized edges outside of the text lines into co-linear groups.
Claims20
A method implemented in a computing device, comprising:
- generating edges of lines within a text block identified through optical character recognition processes;
- locating text lines within the text block;
- identifying each of the edges outside of the text lines as strike through;
- grouping the identified edges outside of the text lines into co-linear groups comprising at least the strike through;
- and
- identifying, as the strike through, edges within the text lines that extend from the identified edges outside of the text lines.
A computer program product for identifying a strike through in an address block, the computer program product comprising program code embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, the program code is readable/executable by a computing device to:
- obtain an address block with accompanying information using optical character recognition processes;
- detect edges of all marks within the address block;
- locate text lines within the address block;
- adjust the text lines both vertically and horizontally;
- identify each of the edges outside of the text lines as the strike through;
- and
- group together the identified strike through and additional edges within the text lines which extend from the identified strike through in a substantially same direction, and exclude edges that are above a certain threshold as text within the text lines.
A system comprising:
- a hardware processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;
- program instructions to obtain an address block with accompanying information using optical character recognition processes;
- program instructions to detect edges of all marks within the address block;
- program instructions to adjust text lines both vertically and horizontally;
- program instructions to identify each of the edges outside of the text lines as strike through;
- and
- program instructions to group together the edges that are identified as the strike through,
- wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the hardware processor via the computer readable memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.