RichardinFL's profile - activity

I have never used OpenCV, and I want some advice on whether or not it would be a good choice for what I am doing.

I am scanning prescription bottle labels, doing OCR, and then using logic to read the information from the label. The OCR returns the size and position of every character on the bottle. The only user input is the first and last name of the patient, which is often easily found. Based on the location of the patient's name, I am usually able to locate the instructions and drug name. Besides these, other regions may include RX Number, quantity, refill information, pharmacy phone number, prescriber, and a variety of different dates. Every prescription label is different, although you would probably find that a particular label would match between 10 and 15 different label templates.

Would OpenCV be of any use for this? I have already done significant amounts of coding in C# and have gotten excellent results. I was showing someone what I was doing, and they recommended trying OpenCV.