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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keiji Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382178 ; 382179 ;
Abstract
In order to divide a dot pattern of touching characters having a thickness into patterns of each character without deformation, it is analyzed in the invention, as an ensemble of run continuations non-branched, continuations of neighboring `run`s, a succession of black dots ranged in a column being defined as a run. Some peculiar `run`s are nominated as segmentation candidates for dividing the dot pattern thereby, and the dot pattern of touching characters is divided by most appropriate one of the segmentation candidates.