	US 12,125,319 B2
	Optical character recognition of voter selections for cast vote records
James M. Canter, Austin, TX (US); Drew E. Tinney, Austin, TX (US); and Ievgen Konovalenko, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/381,091.
Application 18/381,091 is a continuation of application No. 17/483,627, filed on Sep. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,830,294.
Application 17/483,627 is a continuation of application No. 17/225,357, filed on Apr. 8, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/225,357 is a continuation of application No. 16/919,267, filed on Jul. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,004,292, issued on Feb. 11, 2021.
Application 16/919,267 is a continuation of application No. 16/745,621, filed on Jan. 17, 2020, granted, now 10,950,078, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 16/745,621 is a continuation of application No. 16/560,222, filed on Sep. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,573,111, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 16/560,222 is a continuation of application No. 16/239,607, filed on Jan. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,445,966, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/711,212, filed on Jul. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0046731 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 13/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01); G06V 30/262 (2022.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01)

CPC G07C 13/00 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10346 (2013.01); G06K 17/0032 (2013.01); G06V 30/262 (2022.01); G06V 30/40 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)]

40 Claims

1. A method for electronic voting using printed vote records, comprising:

generating a printed vote record of at least one vote selection of a voter;

providing, on the printed vote record, voter readable text indicating the voter's at least one vote selection;

electronically capturing information from the printed vote record;

using optical character recognition (OCR) on at least a portion of the electronically captured information to generate a first data set, the first data set based at least in part on the voter readable text indicating the voter's at least one vote selection;

comparing the first data set to a second data set, the second data set obtained from the printed vote record; and

generating a cast vote record, which is to be a stored record of all of the voter's final vote selections and to be the voter's casted vote used for vote tabulation, the cast vote record indicating the voter's at least one vote selection, wherein, prior to generating any cast vote record which is to be a stored record of all of the voter's final vote selections and to be the voter's casted vote used for vote tabulation, an accuracy of data to be cast is confirmed based at least in part on a comparison of the first data set and the second data set.