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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto, JP;
Shiro Fujieda, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A method for cutting out, from a gray-scale image generated by capturing an image of a character string, each character in the character string for recognition, includes a first step of repeating projection processing for projecting a highest or lowest gray level in a line along a direction crossing the character string in the gray-scale image, onto an axis along the character string, with the lowest gray level selected when a character in the gray-scale image is darker than a background, the highest gray level selected when the character in the gray-scale image is brighter than the background, and a projection target position moved along the character string.