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Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and storage medium

  • US 9,679,217 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2015
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

  • a hardware processor programmed to;

    acquire an image obtained by photographing a sheet surface printed with a character;

    acquire an elevation angle of a photographic device assumed when the photographic device has obtained the acquired image;

    specify how an appearance of the character in the acquired image is deformed, based on the acquired elevation angle;

    store a plurality of character detection dictionaries associated with variously deformed appearances of the character;

    select one of the character detection dictionaries after it is specified how the appearance of the character is deformed, the one character detection dictionary being associated with the specified appearance of the character; and

    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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