Retrace data elimination
AssigneeRecognition Equipment Incorporated
InventorMarion W. Neff
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Abstract
This invention relates to modification and utilization of signals developed by automatic reading systems where a hand-held optical unit scans a data field or alpha-numeric characters, and more particularly, to operations which eliminate redundancy in signals produced by scanning a given data field in either direction. A higher first line accept rate is achieved.
Claims9
A system for modifying a set of data signals in a hand scan character recognition system where each data signal representative of a character has an associated scan direction signal generated as a data field, which includes a plurality of data field characters, is scanned comprising:
- a. storage means to receive said data signals,
- b. means responsive to said direction signals to establish a majority direction signal corresponding to the direction for which the greatest number of data signals have been generated, and
- c. means operable to utilize only those data signals from said storage means for which the direction signal is the same sense as the sense of said majority direction signal.
A system for modifying a data signal in a hand scan character recognition system where each data signal is accompanied by a scan direction signal as a plurality of data field characters is scanned comprising:
- a. storage means to receive said data signals and said direction signals,
- b. means responsive to said direction signals to establish a majority direction signal corresponding to the direction for which the greatest number of data signals have been generated, and
- c. means operable to transfer only those data signals from said storage means for which the direction signal is the same sense as the sense of said majority direction signal.
In a hand scan character recognition system where each data signal is accompanied by a scan direction signal as a plurality of data field characters is scanned, the combination comprising:
- a. storage means to receive all data signals from the scan of a data field,
- b. means responsive to said direction signals to establish a majority direction signal corresponding to the direction for which the greatest number of data signals have been generated, and
- c. comparison means operable upon transfer of said data signals from said storage means for discard of any data signal having an associated direction signal the sense of which differs from the sense of said majority direction signal.
A method of modifying a set of data signals in a hand scan character recognition system where each data signal has an associated scan direction signal generated as a plurality of data field characters are scanned comprising:
- a. storing said data signals in real time relation to said scan,
- b. generating a majority direction signal in response to the scan direction signals representative of the direction in which the greatest number of data signals have been generated, and
- c. utilizing only those stored data signals for which the direction signal is the same as the sense of said majority direction signal.
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