Patent ID: 6208744
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A word processor comprising:a memory;character extracting and recognizing means for scanning a document image which includes a plurality of character images appearing on a document page, for extracting one at a time the plurality of character images on the scanned document page, for producing a plurality of x and y coordinates corresponding to the extracted plurality of character images, for recognizing one at a time the plurality of character images to produce a plurality of character codes, and for causing said memory to store the produced plurality of character codes as document data;document form producing means for accessing the x and y coordinates produced by said character extracting and recognizing means, for calculating distances each between respective y-coordinates corresponding to two adjacent ones of the characters images, and for producing line spacing data for printing the document data based on one of: (i) a one of the calculated distances which occurs most frequently, and (ii) an average of the calculated distances;form storage means for storing the line spacing data produced by said document form means as document form data; andprint control means for reading respective ones of the plurality of character codes stored as the document data in said memory, for developing the read plurality of character codes into a corresponding plurality of print character patterns, for rearranging the developed plurality of print character patterns in accordance with the line spacing data stored as the document form data in said form storage means, and for outputting for printing purposes the rearranged print character patterns.