An Overview of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Technology and Techniques.

Abstract

This report presents the results of a survey of 1978 Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology conducted by NORDA Code 302, the Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Development Group. The Systems Engineering Branch, Engineering and Science Services Laboratory (ESSL), National Space Technology Laboratories was contracted for a major portion of this effort. The survey was required by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) funded OCR system development efforts within NORDA. Three principal areas of OCR technology development were reviewed: Government applications of OCR. Commercial OCR products. Software and basic research. This document also contains an extensive bibliography and discussion of selected papers. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA131341

Entities

People

  • B. W. Ruffin
  • L. K. Gronmeyer
  • M. A. Lybanon
  • P. L. Neely
  • S. E. Pierce Jr

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Bar Codes
  • Character Recognition
  • Coding
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Geography
  • Image Processing
  • Information Science
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Forest Ecology
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Space