Optical Mark Reader (OMR)
(OMR):
Optical, mark recognition is the process of capturing data by contrasting reflectivity (low reflection: high reflection) at predetermined positions on a page. By shining a beam of light onto the document, the scanner is able to detect a marked area because it reflects less light than an unmarked surface.
It is generally distinguished from optical character recognition by the fact that a recognition mechanism is not required, That is, the marks are constructed in such a way that there is little chance of not reading the marks correctly.
One of the most familiar applications. of optical mark recognition is the use of HB pencil bubble optical answer sheets in multiple choice question examinations. Students mark their answers, or other. information, by darkening circles or ovals or sqrares on a pre-printed sheet. Afterwards the sheet is automatically graded by a scanning machine.
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