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Heck, My first OCR program worked off of images...
You used a scanner to create an image file that was subsequently scanned by the OCR software for text. You could play with the darkness of the scan to eliminate the background image, if there was one, in the picture. How is a newspaper story with text printed over the main picture of the article, scanned in through a scanner and in saved as .TIFF file, different from what Google is trying to patent?

I used to do dozens of OCR scans like that a day.
Posted by: tkepner   Posted on: 01/09/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Oh Google, you're so grand and growing  Boot_Agnostic | 01/07/08
You know what they say...  ezflow321 | 01/07/08
RE: Google applies for image text patent  Loverock Davidson | 01/07/08
So...  ezflow321 | 01/07/08
So  Loverock Davidson | 01/08/08
what kind of patent is this?  Linux Geek | 01/07/08
This MUST be a sure case of 'PIOR ART' as optical  hkommedal | 01/07/08
Heck, My first OCR program worked off of images...  tkepner | 01/09/08
Yeah.  ezflow321 | 01/07/08
RE: Google applies for image text patent  GeneBuettner | 01/07/08
RE: oligopoly is the name of the game  Don't Ask Me | 01/07/08
to all you google haters:  trentyn.c@... | 01/07/08
OCR is not at all new. Both in, on and inside images  hkommedal | 01/07/08
Agreed.  ezflow321 | 01/07/08
RE: Google applies for image text patent  atari8bit@... | 01/07/08
The patent should be invalidated. Please invalidate them.  Grayson Peddie | 01/07/08
Invalidate who?  ezflow321 | 01/07/08
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 01/07/08
RE: Google applies for image text patent  kkrys | 01/08/08
Google applies to replace Micro$oft  richardpmclaughlin@... | 01/09/08
RE: Google applies for image text patent  zdnet@... | 01/09/08
Why didn't I think of that?  3dguru | 01/11/08
patent DENIED, prior art confirmed. (jpeg standards?) clear example of  wessonjoe | 01/11/08

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