US 11,734,938 B2
Methods for mobile image capture of vehicle identification numbers in a non-document
Grigori Nepomniachtchi, San Diego, CA (US); and Nikolay Kotovich, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to MITEK SYSTEMS, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by MITEK SYSTEMS, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,025.
Application 17/829,025 is a continuation of application No. 16/928,936, filed on Jul. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,380,113.
Application 16/928,936 is a continuation of application No. 16/714,569, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 10,789,501, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Application 16/714,569 is a continuation of application No. 16/153,499, filed on Oct. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,546,206, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Application 16/153,499 is a continuation of application No. 15/714,362, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,095,947, issued on Oct. 9, 2018.
Application 15/714,362 is a continuation of application No. 14/217,361, filed on Mar. 17, 2014, granted, now 9,773,186, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/801,993, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0292858 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 30/262 (2022.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01); G06V 30/148 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/28 (2022.01); G06V 10/98 (2022.01)
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.