Patent ID: 7903875

Claim:
A character recognition processing device, comprising: a photographing unit which photographs a plurality of character images using a continuous photographing operation in which a continuous still image is captured and automatically divided into the plurality of character images, wherein each character image comprises a plurality of characters; an image fetching unit, which fetches image data of the plurality of character images as objects to be recognized, the plurality of character images being photographed for recognizing individual characters of the plurality of characters in each character image; a cursor information output unit, which outputs cursor position information showing a position of a character frame, wherein the character frame includes vertical marks and horizontal lines to be used for separating each of the individual characters of the plurality of characters in each character image from each other; a display that simultaneously displays a cursor, which includes the character frame, with the continuous still image at the time of capturing the continuous still image; a layout analyzing unit, which collates the cursor position information with the fetched image data of the plurality of character images to analyze an arrangement of said individual characters; a character cutting unit, which extracts said individual characters on the basis of the analyzed result of the layout analyzing unit; and a character recognizing unit, which recognizes the extracted individual characters and converts the extracted individual characters to character information, wherein said character frame including vertical marks and horizontal lines is displayed with the continuous still image prior to said character recognizing unit recognizing the individual characters.