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OCR: A STATISTICAL MODEL OF MULTI-ENGINE OCR SYSTEMS
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TitleOCR: A STATISTICAL MODEL OF MULTI-ENGINE OCR SYSTEMS
AuthorMcDonald, Mercedes Terre
KeywordsDissertations, Academic -- Engineering and Computer Science
Engineering and Computer Science -- Dissertations, Academic
Character recognition accuracy
Machine readability
Optical character recognition (OCR)
Voting scheme
AbstractThis thesis is a benchmark performed on three commercial Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engines. The purpose of this benchmark is to characterize the performance of the OCR engines with emphasis on the correlation of errors between each engine. The benchmarks are performed for the evaluation of the effect of a multi-OCR system employing a voting scheme to increase overall recognition accuracy. This is desirable since currently OCR systems are still unable to recognize characters with 100% accuracy. The existing error rates of OCR engines pose a major problem for applications where a single error can possibly effect significant outcomes, such as in legal applications. The results obtained from this benchmark are the primary determining factor in the decision of implementing a voting scheme. The experiment performed displayed a very high accuracy rate for each of these commercial OCR engines. The average accuracy rate found for each engine was near 99.5% based on a less than 6, 000 word document. While these error rates are very low, the goal is 100% accuracy in legal applications. Based on the work in this thesis, it has been determined that a simple voting scheme will help to improve the accuracy rate.
AdviserRichie, Samuel
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreeM.S.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degree GrantorEngineering and Computer Science
Degree ProgramElectrical and Computer Engineering
Graduation Date2004-08-01
TypeMaster's thesis
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2006-01-31
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0000123
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0000123

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