Method and apparatus for character recognition
US6341176B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V30/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A character recognizing apparatus has a post-processing unit which makes character strings including a plurality of conversion candidates, respectively, made by a character recognizing unit, and a full text searching unit performs a full text search for the character strings in a plurality of documents having been converted into text data, whereby the post-processing unit determines a correct character on the basis of results of the search to correct misrecognition.
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