METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING LETTERS,CHARACTERS,SYMBOLS,AND THE LIKE

摘要

17. In a character recognition machine, means to compare a single character of a limited group of characters being recognized with all of a plurality of memory elements, each of said memory elements defining one of all of the possible characters of the group to be recognized, means for producing a group of separate signals as a result of the individual comparisons, the magnitude of each of said signals being an indication of the degree of match in each comparison, and means responsive to said signals of the group to identify a unique circuit associated with the optimum signal indicating the closest match and indicative of said single character.