Apparatus for capturing and processing images
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorStephan Muller-Pathle
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising an optical sensor having a plurality of photosensitive cells arranged in a grid, wherein the optical sensor is configured to capture a first image using a first subset of the photosensitive cells and to capture a second image using a second subset of the photosensitive cells, the second subset not including any of the photosensitive cells in the first subset, wherein the apparatus is configured to process the first and second images using at least one optical character recognition algorithm.
Claims20
A medical apparatus comprising:
- an optical sensor having a plurality of photosensitive cells arranged in a grid, wherein the optical sensor is configured to:
- capture a first image using a first subset of the photosensitive cells;
- and
- capture a second image using a second subset of the photosensitive cells, wherein each photosensitive cell in the second subset of photosensitive cells is different from each photosensitive cell in the first subset of photosensitive cells,
- wherein the apparatus is configured to:
- process the first image using a first optical character recognition algorithm to produce a first result;
- and
- process the second image using a second optical character recognition algorithm to produce a second result.
A method of operating a medical apparatus comprising an optical sensor having a plurality of photosensitive cells arranged in a grid, the method comprising:
- capturing a first image using a first subset of the photosensitive cells;
- capturing a second image using a second subset of the photosensitive cells, wherein each photosensitive cell in the second subset of photosensitive cells is different from each photosensitive cell in the first subset of photosensitive cells;
- processing, by the medical apparatus, the first image using a first optical character recognition algorithm to produce a first result;
- and
- processing, by the medical apparatus, the second image using a second optical character recognition algorithm to produce a second result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.