Methods for mobile image capture of vehicle identification numbers in a non-document
AssigneeMitek Systems, Inc.
InventorsGrigori Nepomniachtchi, Nikolay Kotovich
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods of capturing Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) from images captured by a mobile device. Capturing VIN data can be useful in several applications, for example, insurance data capture applications. There are at least two types of images supported by this technology: (1) images of documents and (2) images of non-documents.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a computer, perform a process comprising:
- capturing an image which includes a vehicle identification number (VIN);
- making a color assumption with respect to the VIN;
- identifying candidate text strings that may include the VIN;
- performing an optical character recognition (OCR) on the candidate text strings;
- sending the candidate text strings for validation;
- and
- in response to the candidate test string being validated, receiving a confirmed VIN value for the validated candidate text strings.
A system for identifying a field in an image of a non-document, comprising:
- a memory configured to store the image;
- and
- a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to:
- capture an image which includes a vehicle identification number (VIN);
- make a color assumption with respect to the VIN;
- identify candidate text strings that may include the VIN;
- perform an optical character recognition (OCR) on the candidate text strings;
- send the candidate text strings for validation;
- and
- in response to a candidate test string being validated, receive a confirmed VIN value for the validated candidate text strings.
A method for identifying a field in an image of a non-document, comprising:
- capturing an image which includes a vehicle identification number (VIN);
- making a color assumption with respect to the VIN;
- identifying candidate text strings that may include the VIN;
- performing an optical character recognition (OCR) on the candidate text strings;
- sending the candidate text strings for validation;
- and
- in response to a candidate test string being validated, receive a confirmed VIN value for the validated candidate text strings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.