Patent ID: 8620094
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06K,G06T,G08G

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image input means for continuously inputting an image; an image temporary storage means for temporarily storing the image input in the image input means; a character extraction means for extracting a character from the image stored in the image temporary storage means; a character recognition means for recognizing the character extracted in the character extraction means to thereby obtain as a recognition result one or more of candidate characters for the recognized character and each evaluation value; a recognition result storage means for storing the recognition result obtained in the character recognition means; and a recognition result evaluation means for determining whether to output the image which is stored in the image temporary storage means, on the basis of the recognition result stored in the recognition result storage means the recognition result evaluation means checks the recognition results of the characters of a plurality of images stored in the image temporary storage means and selects the image with the best evaluation value for the recognition result when an identical character string is included in the recognition results of the plurality of images.