Appeal No. 1998-0752
Application 08/389,096
teachings of Toyama, Kao, AAPA and Roberts before them, would
have included the ability to recognize a character by
comparing a set of normalized amplitudes with predetermined
sets of normalized amplitudes, and selecting the set with the
highest correlation as the identified character, as taught by
Kao, because Kao suggests that normalized MICR waveform
amplitude samples may be effectively compared with stored
amplitude samples to recognize printed characters. We further
find that those skilled in the art would have modified the
combination of claim 9 supra to perform simultaneously (at
least) two methods of character recognition, and arbitrate
between the results, because Roberts suggests that the use of
plural recognition systems reduces the number of recognition
errors produced, and makes the system more robust and able to
respond to a variety of inputs (see column 1, lines 65-68).
Therefore, we find that it would have been obvious to modify
the combination of Toyama, Kao, and AAPA, expressed supra with
respect to claim 9, to provide plural recognition methods,
including comparing a set of normalized amplitudes with
predetermined sets, as recited in claim 11, and choosing
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