CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD, CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND FINANCIAL APPARATUS
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1. A character recognition apparatus, comprising:
- an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a character image of an individual character from a medium; and
a character determination unit configured to determine the individual character from the character image according to a hierarchical structure in which a set of predetermined characters are hierarchically classified into a plurality of groups configured of main groups and sub groups.
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Abstract
A character recognition method for recognizing a character of a medium is provided. A character image of an individual character from a medium is acquired and the character image is read out step by step to determine the character according to a hierarchical structure in which a set of predetermined characters are hierarchically classified into a plurality of groups configured of main groups and sub groups.
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20 Claims
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1. A character recognition apparatus, comprising:
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an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a character image of an individual character from a medium; and a character determination unit configured to determine the individual character from the character image according to a hierarchical structure in which a set of predetermined characters are hierarchically classified into a plurality of groups configured of main groups and sub groups. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A financing apparatus, comprising:
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a medium input/output unit configured to deposit or withdraw a medium including characters; a character recognition apparatus configured to acquire a character image of an individual character from the medium, and read out the character image to determine the characters according to a hierarchic structure in which a set of predetermined characters is hierarchically classified into a plurality of groups configured of main groups and sub groups; and a controller configured to control operations of the medium input/output unit and the character recognition apparatus.
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17. A financing apparatus, comprising:
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a medium input/output unit configured to deposit or withdraw a medium in which different kinds of characters having different sizes are included; and a character recognition apparatus configured to acquire an image of the medium, acquire a character string image from the acquired image, and acquire an character image of an individual character based on the character string image to determine the individual character from the character image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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