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Apparatus and method for improving recognition of patterns such as alphanumeric characters. A known recognition system is expanded to further include a complementary recognition system which is linked with the primary recognition system. An image that can not be positively recognized by the primary

Apparatus and method for improving recognition of patterns such as alphanumeric characters. A known recognition system is expanded to further include a complementary recognition system which is linked with the primary recognition system. An image that can not be positively recognized by the primary recognition system is passed on to the complementary recognition system and any characters not positively recognized by the complementary recognition are again passed on to a correction system. At the correction system, an operator classifies unrecognized characters which are then used to teach the complementary recognition system. Thus, the classified data of the correction system provide the training data for a continuous training process which is coupled with the correction system by a pattern adaptation system.

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1. Apparatus for recognizing a pattern comprising:a first pattern recognition system for recognizing a pattern with a first level of confidence; a complementary pattern recognition system for recognizing with a second level of confidence, a pattern that cannot be recognized by the first pattern reco

1. Apparatus for recognizing a pattern comprising:a first pattern recognition system for recognizing a pattern with a first level of confidence; a complementary pattern recognition system for recognizing with a second level of confidence, a pattern that cannot be recognized by the first pattern recognition system with the first level of confidence; a correcting system for receiving manual pattern identification input when a pattern cannot be recognized by the complementary pattern recognition system with the second level of confidence; a pattern adaptation system connected to the correction system for receiving pattern identification information from the correction system, the pattern adaptation system including: a database for receiving information originating from input to the correction system, the database including: means for storing patterns of characters to be recognized by the complementary recognition system; and means for storing attribute information for each pattern to be recognized by the complementary recognition system, the means for storing attribute information including: means for storing a master identification of a related stored pattern; means for storing scanner resolution of a related stored pattern; means for storing width and height of a character frame of a related stored pattern; and means for storing a recognition-ID of a related stored pattern; the pattern adaptation system providing adaptation of the pattern recognition information supplied to the complementary recognition system to improve the recognition level of confidence of the complementary recognition system.