Character recognition technique

A computer program product that controls a computer to recognize a cipher, said computer program product comprising a computer readable medium encoded with code comprising:

• code to associate said cipher with a plurality of cells of a matrix having N rows and M columns, with each of said plurality of cells having a plurality of pixels corresponding thereto, with a subset of said plurality of pixels, of a subgroup of said plurality of cells, having a portion of said cipher associated therewith, defining a plurality of portions of said cipher, wherein subsets of said plurality of pixels having a number of pixels associated therewith in excess of a number of pixels associated with the remaining subsets, defining remainder pixels, are positioned in predetermined cells of said matrix;
• code to determine whether each of said subset of pixels includes an equal number of pixels;
• code to assign a binary state identifier with each cell of said plurality of cells;
• code to assign a digital word to said matrix, with said digital word being a function of the binary state of plurality of cells, wherein said code to assign a digital word to said matrix includes code to form digital data which corresponds to said predetermined position, with said digital word including said digital data;
• code to compare said digital work with information in a look-up table, said information including a plurality of known ciphers, each of which includes a corresponding digital representation;
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• code to provide the known cipher corresponding to the digital representation in said look-up table that most closely mataches said digital word.

A system for recognizing a cipher comprising:

• means for associating said cipher with a plurality of cells of a matrix having N rows and M columns, with each of said plurality of cells having a plurality of pixels corresponding thereto, with a subset of said plurality of pixels, of a subgroup of said plurality of cells, having a portion of said cipher associated therewith, defining a plurality of portions of said cipher, wherein subsets of said plurality of pixels having a number of pixels associated therewith in excess of a number of pixels associated with the remaining subsets, defining remainder pixels, are positioned in predetermined cells of said matrix;
• means, in data communication with said means for associating, for determining whether each of said subset of pizels includes an equal number of pixels;
• means, in data communication with said means for determining, for assigning a binary state identifier with each cell of said plurality of cells;
• means, in data communication with said means for assigning a binary state identified, for assigning a digital word to said matrix, with said digital word being a function of the binary state of said plurality of cells, wherein said means for assigning a digital word to said matrix includes a means for forming digital data which corresponds to said predetermined position, with said digital word including said digital data;
• means, in data communication with said means for assigning a digital word, for comparing said digital word with information in a look-up table, said information including a plurality of known ciphers, each of which includes a corresponding digital representation;
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• means, in data communication with said means for comparing, for providing the known cipher corresponding to the digital representation in said look-up table that most closely matches said digital word.