Patent ID: 6320983
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A character recognition apparatus for recognizing characters based on an image data obtained by optically reading a form having a plurality of items forming one group printed thereon each expressed by a character string for selection comprising:a database in which a plurality types of marks are previously prepared and an item name for each of the items, a type of each of the marks and a result of character recognition when each of the mark is written in each of the item are previously registered in correlation to each other;a verifying unit for verifying the result of character recognition of the image data to those registered in said database;an estimation unit for estimating a mark from the plurality types of marks based on the result of verification by said verifying unit; anda selected item determining unit for discriminating an item that corresponds and items that do not correspond to the mark estimated by said estimating unit while referring to said database, obtaining the item corresponding to the estimated mark based on character recognition of items that do not correspond to the estimated mark by said character recognition unit, and determining the item name corresponding to the obtained item as a selected item name.