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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information recognition processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a storage unit configured to store statistical information indicating results of identification information recognition processing in which an image of a first object to be read is read to acquire a plurality of first read images of different image brightness levels, and recognition of identification information included in the first read image of each brightness level is tried, an image reading unit configured to read an image of a second object to be read to acquire a plurality of second read images of different image brightness levels, and a recognition unit configured to preferentially execute a recognition process of identification information included in the second read image of a predetermined brightness level of the plurality of second read images of the different image brightness levels, based on the statistical information.