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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2000
Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Nara, JP;
Taro Imagawa, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mekata, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A document search device searches for a keyword in a recognition result obtained by character recognition performed on a document image. The keyword includes at least one first character, and a character code is assigned to each of the at least one first character. The recognition result includes at least one second character, and a character code and a partial area of the document image are assigned to each of the at least one second character. The document search device includes a first matching portion specification section for determining whether or not the recognition result includes at least one first matching portion which matches the keyword based on a comparison of the character codes, and for, when it is included, specifying the at least one first matching portion; a first portion specification section for determining whether or not a remaining part of the recognition result other than the at least one first matching portion includes at least one first portion which fulfills a prescribed first condition, and for, when it is include, specifying the at least first portion; and a second matching portion specification section for determining whether or not the at least one first portion includes at least one second matching portion which matches the keyword based on a comparison of a feature amount of the partial area with a feature amount of an image of at least one first character included in the keyword, and for, when it is included, specifying the at least one second matching portion. The prescribed first condition includes a condition that the at least one first portion is in the vicinity of a specific second character having a width smaller than a prescribed value.