MICR - Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

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Magnetic Ink Character Recognition(MICR) is one of the supported fill methods in all LEADTOOLS Plus, Professional and Advantage OCR engines. MICR is used to describe the special numbers and symbols you typically see at the bottom of checks, along with the technology and processes to produce and analyze these characters.

You can recognize MICR fonts using any of the LEADTOOLS OCR engines mentioned above by setting the OcrZone.FillMethod to OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr and then recognizing your page.

The following example shows how to recognize MICR zones:

[Visual Basic]



             Magnetic Ink Character Recognition(MICR) is one of the supported fill methods in all LEADTOOLS Plus, Professional and Advantage OCR engines. 
             MICR is used to describe the special numbers and symbols 
             you typically see at the bottom of checks, along with the technology and processes to produce and analyze these 
             characters.
             
You can recognize MICR fonts using any of the LEADTOOLS OCR engines mentioned above by setting the 
             OcrZone.FillMethod to OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr
             and then recognizing your page.

The following example shows how to recognize MICR zones:
[Visual Basic]
             ' Assuming you already added the correct references and the
             ' following Imports statements at the beginning of your class:
             ' Imports Leadtools.Forms
             ' Imports Leadtools.Forms.Ocr
             ' Imports Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters
             
             ' *** Step 1: Select the engine type and create an instance of the IOcrEngine interface.
             
             ' We will use the LEADTOOLS OCR Advantage engine
             Dim ocrEngine As IOcrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Advantage, False)
             
             ' *** Step 2: Start up the engine
             
             ' Use the default parameters
             ocrEngine.Startup(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, "C:\LEADTOOLS 18\Bin\Common\OcrAdvantageRuntime")
             
             ' *** Step 3: Create an OCR document
             
             Dim ocrDocument As IOcrDocument = ocrEngine.DocumentManager.CreateDocument()
             
             ' Add the TIF image that contains the MICR document to be recognized
             ' MICR_SAMPLE.tif ships with your LEADTOOLS installation
             Dim ocrPage as IOcrPage = ocrDocument.Pages.AddPage("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\MICR_SAMPLE.tif", Nothing)
             
             ' *** Step 4: Add a manual zone around the MICR font area for the loaded image
             Dim zone As OcrZone = New OcrZone()
             zone.Bounds = New LogicalRectangle(38, 678, 1655, 87, LogicalUnit.Pixel)
             zone.FillMethod = OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr
             zone.RecognitionModule = OcrZoneRecognitionModule.Auto
             zone.ZoneType = OcrZoneType.Text
             ocrPage.Zones.Add(zone)
             
             ' *** Step 5: Recognize as text
             Dim text As String = ocrPage.RecognizeText(Nothing)
             Console.WriteLine("The MICR characters recognized on this check are:")
             Console.WriteLine(text)
            
             ' Alternatively you can call ocrPage.Recognize and ocrDocument.Save to save to a
             ' disk file using any of the supported formats instead
             
             ocrDocument.Dispose()
             
             ' *** Step 6: Shut down the OCR engine when finished
             ocrEngine.Dispose()
             
[C#]
             // Assuming you already added the correct references and the
             // following using statements at the beginning of your class:
             // using Leadtools.Forms;
             // using Leadtools.Forms.Ocr;
             // using Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters;
             
             // *** Step 1: Select the engine type and create an instance of the IOcrEngine interface.
             
             ' We will use the LEADTOOLS OCR Advantage engine
             IOcrEngine ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Advantage, false);
             
             // *** Step 2: Start up the engine
             
             // Use the default parameters
             ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, @"C:\LEADTOOLS 18\Bin\Common\OcrAdvantageRuntime");
             
             // *** Step 3: Create an OCR document
             
             IOcrDocument ocrDocument = ocrEngine.DocumentManager.CreateDocument();
             
             // Add the TIF image that contains the MICR document to be recognized
             // MICR_SAMPLE.tif ships with your LEADTOOLS installation
             IOcrPage ocrPage = ocrDocument.Pages.AddPage(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\MICR_SAMPLE.tif", null);
             
             // *** Step 4: Add a manual zone around the MICR font area for the loaded image
             OcrZone zone = new OcrZone();
             zone.Bounds = new LogicalRectangle(38, 678, 1655, 87, LogicalUnit.Pixel);
             zone.FillMethod = OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr;
             zone.RecognitionModule = OcrZoneRecognitionModule.Auto;
             zone.ZoneType = OcrZoneType.Text;
             ocrPage.Zones.Add(zone);
             
             // *** Step 5: Recognize as text
             string text = ocrPage.RecognizeText(null);
             Console.WriteLine("The MICR characters recognized on this check are:");
             Console.WriteLine(text);
            
             // Alternatively you can call ocrPage.Recognize and ocrDocument.Save to save to a
             // disk file using any of the supported formats instead
             
             ocrDocument.Dispose();
             
             // *** Step 6: Shut down the OCR engine when finished
             ocrEngine.Dispose();

References

Introduction
Getting Started (Guide to Example Programs)
LEADTOOLS OCR .NET Assemblies
Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR
An Overview of OCR Recognition Modules
Creating an OCR Engine Instance
Starting and Shutting Down the OCR Engine
OCR Spell Language Dictionaries
Working with OCR Languages
Working with OCR Pages
Working with OCR Zones
Recognizing OCR Pages
OCR Confidence Reporting
OCR Languages and Spell Checking
OCR Engine-Specific Settings
OCR Tutorial - Working with Pages
OCR Tutorial - Recognizing Pages
OCR Tutorial - Adding and Painting Zones
OCR Tutorial - Working with Recognition Results
OCR Tutorial - Scanning to Searchable PDF

[C#]



             Magnetic Ink Character Recognition(MICR) is one of the supported fill methods in all LEADTOOLS Plus, Professional and Advantage OCR engines. 
             MICR is used to describe the special numbers and symbols 
             you typically see at the bottom of checks, along with the technology and processes to produce and analyze these 
             characters.
             
You can recognize MICR fonts using any of the LEADTOOLS OCR engines mentioned above by setting the 
             OcrZone.FillMethod to OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr
             and then recognizing your page.

The following example shows how to recognize MICR zones:
[Visual Basic]



             Magnetic Ink Character Recognition(MICR) is one of the supported fill methods in all LEADTOOLS Plus, Professional and Advantage OCR engines. 
             MICR is used to describe the special numbers and symbols 
             you typically see at the bottom of checks, along with the technology and processes to produce and analyze these 
             characters.
             
You can recognize MICR fonts using any of the LEADTOOLS OCR engines mentioned above by setting the 
             OcrZone.FillMethod to OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr
             and then recognizing your page.

The following example shows how to recognize MICR zones:
[Visual Basic]
             ' Assuming you already added the correct references and the
             ' following Imports statements at the beginning of your class:
             ' Imports Leadtools.Forms
             ' Imports Leadtools.Forms.Ocr
             ' Imports Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters
             
             ' *** Step 1: Select the engine type and create an instance of the IOcrEngine interface.
             
             ' We will use the LEADTOOLS OCR Advantage engine
             Dim ocrEngine As IOcrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Advantage, False)
             
             ' *** Step 2: Start up the engine
             
             ' Use the default parameters
             ocrEngine.Startup(Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, "C:\LEADTOOLS 18\Bin\Common\OcrAdvantageRuntime")
             
             ' *** Step 3: Create an OCR document
             
             Dim ocrDocument As IOcrDocument = ocrEngine.DocumentManager.CreateDocument()
             
             ' Add the TIF image that contains the MICR document to be recognized
             ' MICR_SAMPLE.tif ships with your LEADTOOLS installation
             Dim ocrPage as IOcrPage = ocrDocument.Pages.AddPage("C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\MICR_SAMPLE.tif", Nothing)
             
             ' *** Step 4: Add a manual zone around the MICR font area for the loaded image
             Dim zone As OcrZone = New OcrZone()
             zone.Bounds = New LogicalRectangle(38, 678, 1655, 87, LogicalUnit.Pixel)
             zone.FillMethod = OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr
             zone.RecognitionModule = OcrZoneRecognitionModule.Auto
             zone.ZoneType = OcrZoneType.Text
             ocrPage.Zones.Add(zone)
             
             ' *** Step 5: Recognize as text
             Dim text As String = ocrPage.RecognizeText(Nothing)
             Console.WriteLine("The MICR characters recognized on this check are:")
             Console.WriteLine(text)
            
             ' Alternatively you can call ocrPage.Recognize and ocrDocument.Save to save to a
             ' disk file using any of the supported formats instead
             
             ocrDocument.Dispose()
             
             ' *** Step 6: Shut down the OCR engine when finished
             ocrEngine.Dispose()
             
[C#]
             // Assuming you already added the correct references and the
             // following using statements at the beginning of your class:
             // using Leadtools.Forms;
             // using Leadtools.Forms.Ocr;
             // using Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters;
             
             // *** Step 1: Select the engine type and create an instance of the IOcrEngine interface.
             
             ' We will use the LEADTOOLS OCR Advantage engine
             IOcrEngine ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Advantage, false);
             
             // *** Step 2: Start up the engine
             
             // Use the default parameters
             ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, @"C:\LEADTOOLS 18\Bin\Common\OcrAdvantageRuntime");
             
             // *** Step 3: Create an OCR document
             
             IOcrDocument ocrDocument = ocrEngine.DocumentManager.CreateDocument();
             
             // Add the TIF image that contains the MICR document to be recognized
             // MICR_SAMPLE.tif ships with your LEADTOOLS installation
             IOcrPage ocrPage = ocrDocument.Pages.AddPage(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\MICR_SAMPLE.tif", null);
             
             // *** Step 4: Add a manual zone around the MICR font area for the loaded image
             OcrZone zone = new OcrZone();
             zone.Bounds = new LogicalRectangle(38, 678, 1655, 87, LogicalUnit.Pixel);
             zone.FillMethod = OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr;
             zone.RecognitionModule = OcrZoneRecognitionModule.Auto;
             zone.ZoneType = OcrZoneType.Text;
             ocrPage.Zones.Add(zone);
             
             // *** Step 5: Recognize as text
             string text = ocrPage.RecognizeText(null);
             Console.WriteLine("The MICR characters recognized on this check are:");
             Console.WriteLine(text);
            
             // Alternatively you can call ocrPage.Recognize and ocrDocument.Save to save to a
             // disk file using any of the supported formats instead
             
             ocrDocument.Dispose();
             
             // *** Step 6: Shut down the OCR engine when finished
             ocrEngine.Dispose();
             


[C#]
             // Assuming you already added the correct references and the
             // following using statements at the beginning of your class:
             // using Leadtools.Forms;
             // using Leadtools.Forms.Ocr;
             // using Leadtools.Forms.DocumentWriters;
             
             // *** Step 1: Select the engine type and create an instance of the IOcrEngine interface.
             
             ' We will use the LEADTOOLS OCR Advantage engine
             IOcrEngine ocrEngine = OcrEngineManager.CreateEngine(OcrEngineType.Advantage, false);
             
             // *** Step 2: Start up the engine
             
             // Use the default parameters
             ocrEngine.Startup(null, null, null, @"C:\LEADTOOLS 18\Bin\Common\OcrAdvantageRuntime");
             
             // *** Step 3: Create an OCR document
             
             IOcrDocument ocrDocument = ocrEngine.DocumentManager.CreateDocument();
             
             // Add the TIF image that contains the MICR document to be recognized
             // MICR_SAMPLE.tif ships with your LEADTOOLS installation
             IOcrPage ocrPage = ocrDocument.Pages.AddPage(@"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images\MICR_SAMPLE.tif", null);
             
             // *** Step 4: Add a manual zone around the MICR font area for the loaded image
             OcrZone zone = new OcrZone();
             zone.Bounds = new LogicalRectangle(38, 678, 1655, 87, LogicalUnit.Pixel);
             zone.FillMethod = OcrZoneFillMethod.Micr;
             zone.RecognitionModule = OcrZoneRecognitionModule.Auto;
             zone.ZoneType = OcrZoneType.Text;
             ocrPage.Zones.Add(zone);
             
             // *** Step 5: Recognize as text
             string text = ocrPage.RecognizeText(null);
             Console.WriteLine("The MICR characters recognized on this check are:");
             Console.WriteLine(text);
            
             // Alternatively you can call ocrPage.Recognize and ocrDocument.Save to save to a
             // disk file using any of the supported formats instead
             
             ocrDocument.Dispose();
             
             // *** Step 6: Shut down the OCR engine when finished
             ocrEngine.Dispose();

References

Introduction
Getting Started (Guide to Example Programs)
LEADTOOLS OCR .NET Assemblies
Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR
An Overview of OCR Recognition Modules
Creating an OCR Engine Instance
Starting and Shutting Down the OCR Engine
OCR Spell Language Dictionaries
Working with OCR Languages
Working with OCR Pages
Working with OCR Zones
Recognizing OCR Pages
OCR Confidence Reporting
OCR Languages and Spell Checking
OCR Engine-Specific Settings
OCR Tutorial - Working with Pages
OCR Tutorial - Recognizing Pages
OCR Tutorial - Adding and Painting Zones
OCR Tutorial - Working with Recognition Results
OCR Tutorial - Scanning to Searchable PDF

References

Introduction
Getting Started (Guide to Example Programs)
LEADTOOLS OCR .NET Assemblies
Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR
An Overview of OCR Recognition Modules
Creating an OCR Engine Instance
Starting and Shutting Down the OCR Engine
OCR Spell Language Dictionaries
Working with OCR Languages
Working with OCR Pages
Working with OCR Zones
Recognizing OCR Pages
OCR Confidence Reporting
OCR Languages and Spell Checking
OCR Engine-Specific Settings
OCR Tutorial - Working with Pages
OCR Tutorial - Recognizing Pages
OCR Tutorial - Adding and Painting Zones
OCR Tutorial - Working with Recognition Results
OCR Tutorial - Scanning to Searchable PDF

References

Introduction
Getting Started (Guide to Example Programs)
LEADTOOLS OCR .NET Assemblies
Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR
An Overview of OCR Recognition Modules
Creating an OCR Engine Instance
Starting and Shutting Down the OCR Engine
OCR Spell Language Dictionaries
Working with OCR Languages
Working with OCR Pages
Working with OCR Zones
Recognizing OCR Pages
OCR Confidence Reporting
OCR Languages and Spell Checking
OCR Engine-Specific Settings
OCR Tutorial - Working with Pages
OCR Tutorial - Recognizing Pages
OCR Tutorial - Adding and Painting Zones
OCR Tutorial - Working with Recognition Results
OCR Tutorial - Scanning to Searchable PDF

 

 

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