ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) (02/22/90)
Date: 02-19-90 (17:24) Number: 447 To: ALL Refer#: NONE From: BOB JENNER Read: (N/A) Subj: CHARACTER RECOGNITION Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE I'm looking for guidance, references, etc. about character recognition. I'm considering a job whose principal technical nut to crack is identifying parts by scanning 1 to 3 digit numbers printed on them. . The numbers are printed in block letters roughly 1/4 inch high, on background zones of different, and generally contrasting colors. On some parts there is some, but not a lot, of background clutter in the form of lines cutting behind the numbers, or color changes behind the numbers. Variation in placement of the numbers on the parts can run to 1/8 inch or so. . The (prospective) customer would like to do this at 5 per second. The parts will be stopped during the scan, though. . The font may vary from production run to production run, but will be constant during any given run. . Anybody offer recommendations in the way of references, hardware and / or software? Or a sanity / reality check: is this pushing the state of the art, or is it pretty do-able? Is there anybody who has done something similar and who might be interested in consulting on the character recognition? NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530 ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'
ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) (02/22/90)
Date: 02-20-90 (23:05) Number: 449 (Echo) To: BOB JENNER Refer#: 447 From: JERRY SHIFRIN Read: NO Subj: CHARACTER RECOGNITION Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE BJ>Anybody offer recommendations in the way of references, hardware BJ>and / or software? Or a sanity / reality check: is this pushing BJ>the state of the art, or is it pretty do-able? Is there anybody BJ>who has done something similar and who might be interested in You might want to check with Gary Betts, formerly of Saba Corp. He worked on the Forth system for their OCR scanner. The last number I have for him is 303-924-9193 (hope he doesn't mind me posting it). --- * QDeLuxe 1.10 #214s ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'
ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie) (02/25/90)
Date: 02-24-90 (02:28) Number: 1602 (Echo) To: JOHN SOMERVILLE Refer#: 1597 From: GENE LEFAVE Read: NO Subj: BAR CODES, CAD, IMAGE INT Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE To completely describe our system would be a bit much. Suffice it to say that we install library circulation systems. As far as data entry goes the operators either key in the data or, more commonly, we convert the data from other sources. . The barcode number we use represents the internal record number for each item in the file. Sometimes we are forced to use an existing alphanumeric, the problem with alphas is that the codes are longer and hence more error prone. We like to use code "I 2 of 5" because it is shorter then code 39. . We starter using the Computer Identics wand because it could append a preamble to each bar, which was the FORTH word to execute. Buying from them is like pulling hens teeth. . We switched to Intermec and use both the portable 9440 ($) and the desktop wedge readers. We wrote all of the programs. The internal 9440 programs are in a bizarre language called IRL. You need a program called PC-IRL to program it. All of the host programs are in FORTH. . The INTERMEC wands seem to read more reliably then the Computer Identics. We print bars with our own programs on dot matrix printers, and the Intermec thermal printer (very nice but hard to use). The only major problem we had is when a customer mislabelled about %10 of the items. It took us about 3 months to track this down. . Intermec is located in Lynnwood Wash. so its not far from you. Their number is 206 348 2700, Canada Service is 604 683 7226. --- ~ EZ-Reader 1.13 ~ ----- This message came from GEnie via willett through a semi-automated process. Report problems to: 'uunet!willett!dwp' or 'willett!dwp@gateway.sei.cmu.edu'