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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1995
Hidekata Hontani, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeyoshi Shimotsuji, Sagamihara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A character string region extracting apparatus comprises an extracting section for extracting a plurality of primitives from image information in which a character and a graphic pattern other than the character are mixedly present, a character string candidate region forming section for generating character candidate regions from the primitives and connecting the character candidate regions, thereby forming at least one character string candidate region, a character recognizing section for subjecting the character candidate regions included in the character string candidate region to character recognition, and a character string region extracting section for extracting a character string region from the character string candidate region by the character recognition.