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OCRdroid: A framework to digitize text using mobile phones

  • Mi Zhang
  • , Anand Joshi
  • , Ritesh Kadmawala
  • , Karthik Dantu
  • , Sameera Poduri
  • , Gaurav S. Sukhatme
  • University of Southern California

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Abstract

As demand grows for mobile phone applications, research in optical character recognition, a technology well developed for scanned documents, is shifting focus to the recognition of text embedded in digital photographs. In this paper, we present OCRdroid, a generic framework for developing OCR-based applications on mobile phones. OCRdroid combines a light-weight image preprocessing suite installed inside the mobile phone and an OCR engine connected to a backend server. We demonstrate the power and functionality of this framework by implementing two applications called PocketPal and PocketReader based on OCRdroid on HTC Android G1 mobile phone. Initial evaluations of these pilot experiments demonstrate the potential of using OCRdroid framework for realworld OCR-based mobile applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMobile Computing, Applications, and Services - First International ICST Conference, MobiCASE 2009, Revised Selected Papers
Pages273-292
Number of pages20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event1st International ICST Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2009, Held in Conjunction with the 1st Workshop on Innovative Mobile User Interactivity, WIMUI - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Oct 26 2009Oct 29 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume35 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference1st International ICST Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2009, Held in Conjunction with the 1st Workshop on Innovative Mobile User Interactivity, WIMUI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period10/26/0910/29/09

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