CPC G06V 30/40 (2022.01) [G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/28 (2022.01); G06V 10/98 (2022.01); G06V 30/153 (2022.01); G06V 30/274 (2022.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising using at least one hardware processor to:
receive an image from which a vehicle identification number (VIN) is to be extracted;
identify candidate text within the image; and
apply one or more optical character recognition (OCR) engines to the candidate text to identify the VIN, wherein identifying the VIN comprises, for at least one character in the VIN,
determining two or more alternative characters for the at least one character, and
selecting the at least one character from the two or more alternative characters based on a check-digit calculation.
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