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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Naomi Nakane, Kanagawa, JP;
Setsuo Takada, Shizuoka, JP;
Noboru Furuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Okano, Shizuoka, JP;
Masaya Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Katakura, Shizuoka, JP;
Chie Miyauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsutoshi Mita, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Shizuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a character recognition apparatus comprises a decolorization control section configured to carry out a decolorization processing for a sheet; an image reading control section configured to carry out an image reading processing for the sheet to which the decolorization processing is carried out; and a character recognition processing section configured to carry out a character recognition processing for a decolorized image read through the reading processing after the decolorization processing is carried out or for a generated image generated according to the decolorized image.