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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1997
Keiji Kojima, Kawasaki, JP;
RCOH Company, , JP;
Abstract
A method for recognizing characters includes the steps of: inputting image data; carrying out a recognition process for recognizing each character based on the image data, the recognition process including a plurality of processes, each of the plurality of processes generating a result based on independent information, wherein a recognition result with respect to each character is determined based on the result generated in each of the plurality of processes; generating a degree of belief for the recognition result with respect to each character; and outputting the recognition result and the degree of belief with respect to the recognition result. The step of generating a degree of belief includes the steps of: generating certainty data based on the independent information which is used for generating the result in each of the plurality of processes; combining the certainty data which are generated for results in the plurality of processes with each other; and generating the degree of belief based on the combination data.