| abstract |
Systems and methods are provided for recognizing characters within a distorted image. According to a one aspect, a method for recognizing one or m ore characters within a distorted image includes rendering one o r more imitation images, the imitation images including simulations of the distorted image, applying one or m ore distortion models to the imitation images, thereby generating distorted imitation images, comparing the distorted imitation images with the distorted image in order to compute similarities between the distort ed imitation images and the distorted image, and identifying the characters based on the b est similarity. According to other aspects, the systems and methods can be configured to provide recognition of other distorted data types and elements. |