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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Shigaku Iwabuchi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Shigaku Iwabuchi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Rakuten, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A character recognition accuracy from an image in which a graphic code and at least one character are in a given positional relationship is improved. An image acquisition section () acquires the image including the graphic code and the at least one character positioned outside the graphic code, which are in the given positional relationship. A deformation rule identification section () identifies a deformation rule for deforming the graphic code, which is included in the image acquired by the image acquisition section (), to a graphic of a known type. A deformation processing execution section () executes, on the at least one character included in the image acquired by the image acquisition section (), deformation processing based on the deformation rule identified by the deformation rule identification section ().