In this project an equipment has been made that, being based on techniques of image processing, makes the reading of a fixed number of characters sequence. The reading information is visible in special conditions of illumination. A new hardware architecture was made to process images in real time and simultaneously allows the capture of the zone of image where the characters are printed. The image is stored in a fast memory whose content will be processed by a general propose processor to recognize the contained characters.

This project is a part of a wide-ranging project in which participated a partnership formed by the companies Ibermática, Ikusi, Hunolt and Euskaltel, with the Department of Interior of the Basque Government and the technological centers Ikerlan and Robotiker. The objective of this project was to development an electronic ballot box to be applied in diverse electoral processes so that the count was automated and the involuntary null vote was avoided.