Document recognition apparatus
First Claim
1. A document recognition apparatus in which character images are detected from a document image to be recognized, and character recognition for outputting a character code is effected so as to sequentially recognize a plurality of different characters, said document recognition apparatus comprising:
- character detecting means for detecting character images;
character recognizing means for processing, when activated, each detected character image to generate a corresponding character code during a first time interval commencing from the activation to the generation of the character code, said character recognizing means includes means for outputting the generated corresponding character code at the end of the first time interval;
character comparing means for comparing, when activated, each detected character image with a stored character image during a second time interval commencing from activation until the reading of the character code corresponding to the stored character image, said character comparing means includes means for reading the character code corresponding to the stored character image in response to a favorable character image comparison, and means for outputting the read character code corresponding to the stored character image at the completion of the second time interval; and
control means for activating the character recognizing means and the character comparing means at substantially the same time for processing the same detected character image, said control means including means for storing each recognized character image together with its corresponding character code, and means responsive to the outputting of a character code for deactivating one of the character recognizing and character comparing means to discontinue the corresponding process prior to the completion of one of the first and second time intervals.
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Abstract
A character recognition apparatus for recognizing characters in a document by sequentially detecting one-character portions of images in a document image and by recognizing the character images of the one-character portions detected. The character recognition apparatus includes a character detecting section for detecting an image of one character from the document image; a character recognizing section for recognizing the detected image of one character and outputting a character code; and a control section for effecting control such that the character image of one character recognized by the character recognizing means is stored in correspondence with the character code obtained as a result of recognition, a comparison is made between the stored character image and the image of a newly detected character, and the character-code stored in correspondence with the relevant character image is read as a result of recognition in a case where the similarity of the images is sufficiently large. Character recognition is effected in which a character image is detected from the document image, the detected character image is recognized, and the character code is outputted, thereby to sequentially recognize a plurality of characters in the document.
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13 Claims
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1. A document recognition apparatus in which character images are detected from a document image to be recognized, and character recognition for outputting a character code is effected so as to sequentially recognize a plurality of different characters, said document recognition apparatus comprising:
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character detecting means for detecting character images; character recognizing means for processing, when activated, each detected character image to generate a corresponding character code during a first time interval commencing from the activation to the generation of the character code, said character recognizing means includes means for outputting the generated corresponding character code at the end of the first time interval; character comparing means for comparing, when activated, each detected character image with a stored character image during a second time interval commencing from activation until the reading of the character code corresponding to the stored character image, said character comparing means includes means for reading the character code corresponding to the stored character image in response to a favorable character image comparison, and means for outputting the read character code corresponding to the stored character image at the completion of the second time interval; and control means for activating the character recognizing means and the character comparing means at substantially the same time for processing the same detected character image, said control means including means for storing each recognized character image together with its corresponding character code, and means responsive to the outputting of a character code for deactivating one of the character recognizing and character comparing means to discontinue the corresponding process prior to the completion of one of the first and second time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A document recognition apparatus in which kanji or kana character images are detected from a document image to be recognized, and character recognition for outputting a character code is effected so as to sequentially recognize a plurality of characters, said document recognition apparatus comprising:
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character detecting means for detecting character images; simple character image feature extracting means for extracting a simple character image feature from the detected character image; character recognizing means for processing, when activated, each detected character to generate a character code corresponding to the extracted simple character image feature during a first time interval commencing from the activation to the generation of the character code, said character recognizing means includes means for outputting a character code corresponding to the extracted simple character image feature at the completion of the first time interval; character comparing means for comparing, when activated, the stored simple character image feature with the extracted simple character image feature during a second time interval commencing from activation until the reading of the character code corresponding to the stored simple character image feature, said character comparing means including means for reading the character code corresponding to the stored simple character image feature, and means for outputting the character code corresponding to the stored simple character image feature in response to a favorable comparison at the end of the second time interval; and control means for activating at substantially the same time for processing of the same character image the character recognizing means in response to each character image detected, and a character comparing means in response to each extracted simple character image feature from the character image, said control means including means for storing each simple character image feature together with its corresponding character code, and means responsive to the outputting of a character code for deactivating one of the character recognizing and character comparing means to discontinue the corresponding process prior to the completion of one of the first and second time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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