US PATENT SUBCLASS 382 / 177
.~ Segmenting individual characters or words

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173  DF  IMAGE SEGMENTATION {5}
177.~ Segmenting individual characters or words {2}
178  DF  .~.~> Separating touching or overlapping characters
179  DF  .~.~> Segmenting hand-printed characters

DEFINITION

Classification: 382/177

Segmenting individual characters or words:

(under subclass 173) Subject matter wherein individual characters and words are isolated by determining the position of the characters or words, often including determining the coordinates of a bounding box circumscribing the character or word.