Document processing method, recording medium having recorded thereon document processing program, document processing program, document processing apparatus, and character-input document

Abstract

A character overlapping with a line of an entry box is extracted utilizing a dot box. At document input step S, a document to be recognized is read and converted into electronic data to produce character box data. At electronic data storing step S, the character box data read at the photoelectric transducing Sis stored. At character detecting step S, the character box data is contracted, small points are removed, and the remaining pattern is reversely expanded to produce character data. At entry box detecting step S, entry box position data is generated from the character box data and character data. At relating step S, a character pattern entered in each entry box is detected from the character data and the entry box position data. At character recognizing step S, a character is recognized for the extracted character pattern and the results are stored at step S