Company:Scan-Optics

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Scan-Optics LLC
TypePrivate
IndustryInformation storage
Computer software
Enterprise information management
Founded1968
Headquarters
Manchester, Connecticut
,
USA
Key people
Jeff Mitchell: CEO
Tom Revall: CFO
Adam Stahl: VP Sales and Marketing
John Kingdon: MD (UK) Scan-Optics Limited
ProductsIntelligent data capture for document-based business process automation, enterprise search, Document Imaging, Production Scanners, High Speed Image Capture, Software and Technology Solutions[buzzword], Process Workflow, Integrated Solutions[buzzword], Data Recognition
Number of employees
51-200 employees
Websitewww.Scanoptics.com

Scan-Optics LLC, founded in 1968, is an enterprise content management services company and optical character recognition (OCR) and image scanner manufacturer headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut.

Scan-Optics' records management,[1] information, data remanence, data backup and data recovery services are supplied to government and business customers throughout North America [2][3] and Europe,[4] while its industrial high-speed digital imaging and OCR SO-series scanners are being used worldwide.

History and technology

Scan-Optics was founded in 1968 by four Connecticut men with financial backing from The Travelers Companies. Its goal of developing the brand-new and barely functioning optical character recognition (OCR) technology. Scan-Optics was one of the technology groups enabling the transition from paper to digital.

Scan-Optics developed the image dissector tube and made it commercially available, pioneered an alphanumeric handwriting recognition system, and introduced key data entry integrated with optical character recognition via a direct computer-to-computer link to accomplish image reject repair. In a 1997 study Doculabs classified Scan-Optics' intelligent character recognition (ICR) as "a significant improvement over standard ICR technology" - in tests using 3,400 forms completed from a national sample of the general population, only Scan-Optics' ICR technology yielded a field read rate accuracy of approximately 90%.[5] In recent years, Scan-Optics' developments[6] included acoustic double page detection, context edit,[7] the integration of magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) and barcode reading into the recognition system[8] and the introduction of grayscale capability in OCR.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Scan-Optics Business Process Outsourcing Service". ecmconnection.com. http://www.ecmconnection.com/doc/Scan-Optics-Business-Process-Outsourcing-Serv-0001. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  2. ↑ "DSS Corporation Selects Scan-Optics for High-End Scanning". whattheythink.com. 2006-04-25. http://whattheythink.com/news/27642-dss-corporation-selects-scan-optics-high-end-scanning. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  3. ↑ Ken Congdon (2004-03-01). "Frito-Lay's Blue-Chip Scanning Solution". fieldtechnologiesonline.com. http://www.fieldtechnologiesonline.com/doc/Frito-Lays-Blue-Chip-Scanning-Solution-0005. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  4. ↑ "Scan Optics Ltd". http://directory.aiim.org. http://directory.aiim.org/listing/scan-optics-ltd-5021752baa2d0.html. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  5. ↑ "Doculabs reports on Scan-Optics ICR accuracy". kmworld.com. 1997-11-03. http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/News/Doculabs-reports-on-Scan-Optics-ICR-accuracy-10875.aspx. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  6. ↑ "Patentgenius: Scan-Optics Inc. Patents". patentgenius.com. http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/ScanOpticsInc.html. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  7. ↑ "Farlex article: "Patent for Context Edit"". The Free Library. 1999-01-13. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Scan-Optics,+Inc.+Awarded+Patent+for+Context-Edit.-a053560221. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  8. ↑ "Justitia: Patents by Assignee Scan-Optics, Inc.". Justia.com. http://patents.justia.com/assignee/scan-optics-inc. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 
  9. ↑ "Patentmaps: 20 Patents by Scan Optics – Assignee". patentmaps.com. http://www.patentmaps.com/assignee/Scan_Optics_1.html. Retrieved 2013-05-01. 

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