An image processing system or electronic device may implement processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may receive an image, such as financial document image. The processing circuitry may determine a character count for the financial document image or particular portions of the financial document image without recognizing any particular character in the financial document image. In that regard, the processing circuitry may determine a top left score for pixels in the financial document, the top left score indicating or representing a likelihood that a particular pixel corresponds to a top left corner of a text character. The processing circuitry may also determine top right score for image pixels. Then, the processing circuitry may identify one or more text chunks using the top left and top rights scores for pixels in the financial document image. The processing circuitry may determine a character count for the identified text chunks.

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›1.independentA method comprising:nin an electronic device comprising a memory for holding document image data and processor in communication with the memory, the p…+12

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, where identifying the text chunk in the financial document image further comprises:ndetermining a bottom edge of the text chunk…d2+1

›4.↳ 1The method of claim 1, where the top left score of the first pixel represents a likelihood that the first pixel corresponds to a top left corner of a …d2+1

›6.↳ 1The method of claim 1, where the top right score of the second pixel represents a likelihood that the second pixel corresponds to a top right corner o…d2

›7.↳ 1The method of claim 1, where determining a character count for the text chunk comprises:nprocessing pixel columns in the text chunk to determine a fir…d2+1

›9.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising:ndetermining a character count for the financial image document by summing character counts of text chunks i…d2+3

›13.↳ 1The method of claim 1, where identifying the text chunk in the financial document image further comprises:nadjusting an edge of the text chunk to incl…d2

›14.independentA system comprising:na memory for storing document image data; anda processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to…+2

›17.independentA non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:ninstructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:nreceive a financial doc…+3

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G03B7/08
G06K9/00

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