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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM

  • US 20160063340A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2015
  • Published: 03/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

  • an image acquisition module configured to acquire an image obtained by photographing a sheet surface printed with a character;

    an elevation-angle acquisition module configured to acquire an elevation angle of a photographic device assumed when the photographic device has obtained the acquired image;

    a character deformation specification module configured to specify how an appearance of the character in the acquired image is deformed, based on the acquired elevation angle;

    a character detection dictionary storage configured to store a plurality of character detection dictionaries associated with variously deformed appearances of the character;

    a character detection dictionary selector configured to select, after the character deformation specification module specifies how the appearance of the character is deformed, one of the character detection dictionaries from the character detection dictionary storage, the one character detection dictionary being associated with the specified appearance of the character; and

    a character detector configured to execute character detection processing on the acquired image to detect an area of the character in the acquired image, using the selected character detection dictionary.

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