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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2015
Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

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;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00331 (2013.01); H04N 1/40012 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
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.


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