Patent Document ID: 8923618
Application ID: 13618122

Base Claim:
1. An information output device for outputting complementary information related to a document obtained by character recognition for an image, comprising: an expression extraction unit for extracting an expression, for which complementary information can be outputted, from the document; an expression judgment unit for judging whether a character or a symbol adjacent to a beginning or an end of the expression extracted by the expression extraction unit is a predetermined character or symbol or not; a complementary output unit for outputting complementary information related to the extracted expression when the expression judgment unit judges that the character or symbol adjacent to a beginning or an end of the extracted expression is not the predetermined character or symbol; and an output skip unit for skipping output of complementary information related to the extracted expression when the expression judgment unit judges that the character or symbol adjacent to a beginning or an end of the extracted expression is the predetermined character or symbol.

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Claim 2:
2. The information output device according to claim 1 , wherein the expression judgment unit judges whether all of N (N is a natural number satisfying N≧2) characters or symbols adjacent to a beginning or an end of the extracted expression are the predetermined character or symbol or not, the complementary output unit outputs complementary information related to the extracted expression when the expression judgment unit judges that at least one character or symbol of the N characters or symbols is not the predetermined character or symbol, and the output skip unit skips output of complementary information related to the extracted expression when the expression judgment unit judges that all of the N characters or symbols are the predetermined character or symbol.