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BS 5464-3:1983

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Optical character recognition Method of coding machine readable characters (MICR and OCR) for information processing

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-12-1983

$380.41
Including GST where applicable

National foreword
Cooperating organizations
Method
1. Scope
2. Field of application
3. References
4. Coding
5. General considerations
6. Font CMC 7
7. Font OCR-A
8. Font OCR-B
9. Font E 13 B
Annex
Main differences between ISO 2033-1972 and the present
edition
Tables
1. 8-bit coding of the characters of all fonts
2. 7-bit coding of the characters of the CMC 7 font
3. 7-bit coding of the characters of the OCR-A font
4. 7-bit coding of the characters of the OCR-B font
5. 7-bit coding of the characters of the E 13 B font
6. Characters of the CMC 7 font and their assignment
    to positions in the code tables
7. Characters of the OCR-A font and their assignment
    to positions in the code tables
8. Characters of the OCR-B font and their assignment
    to positions in the code tables
9. Characters of the E 13 B font and their assignment
    to positions in the code tables

Method of encoding character sets E 13 B, CMC 7, OCR-A and OCR-B as 7-bit and 8-bit coded character sets.

Committee
ICT/1
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

This International Standard defines the coded representation of printed characters recognized by reading equipment. It includes the fonts:

E 13 B as covered in ISO 1004
CMC 7 as covered in ISO 1004
OCR-A as covered in ISO 1073-1
OCR-B as covered in ISO 1073-2

Standards Relationship
ISO 2033:1983 Identical

BS 5464-1:1977 Optical character recognition Character set OCR-A. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
BS 5464-2:1977 Optical character recognition Character set OCR-B. Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
ISO/IEC 2022:1994 Information technology — Character code structure and extension techniques
ISO 1004:1995 Information processing — Magnetic ink character recognition — Print specifications
ISO/IEC 10731:1994 Information technology — Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference Model — Conventions for the definition of OSI services
ISO 1073-2:1976 Alphanumeric character sets for optical recognition — Part 2: Character set OCR-B — Shapes and dimensions of the printed image
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology — ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange

$380.41
Including GST where applicable