Appeal No. 2004-0717
Application No. 10/099,605 Page 8
From our review of Goldberg, we find that Goldberg discloses
(col. 3, lines 33-35) a system that “includes a document scanning
device 10, which may comprise an optical scanner or a facsimile
machine. Scanning device 10 scans an input original document 5
and generates an image signal.” Goldberg further discloses
regarding the OCR algorithm:
If the module 15 is replaced with another OCR
algorithm, a new set of probabilities tailored to the
new OCR algorithm would have to be used. This new set
of probabilities may be entered into processing device
50 through data input device 60, or instead, a
plurality of sets of probabilities, each corresponding
to a different OCR algorithm, may be pre-stored.
From the teachings of Goldberg we agree with the examiner
that Goldberg’s disclose as a plurality of different OCR
algorithm clearly teaches selecting an OCR position from a
plurality of OCR package, and “analyzing said image with the
select OCR package.”
We agree with the examiner that Goldberg teaches that there
are a plurality of OCR packages available, because Goldberg
discloses that (col. 6, lines 15-17) “instead, a plurality of
sets of probabilities, each corresponding to a different OCR
algorithm, may be pre-stored at the same time.” The fact that
there are a plurality of set of probabilities, and each set
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