Patent Document ID: 8594424
Application ID: 12632118

Base Claim:
1. A method for recognizing characters of an image captured using a camera in a mobile terminal, comprising: capturing, by the camera, an image of a signboard; extracting a text area from the captured image of the signboard; recognizing characters from the extracted text area; generating similar characters of up to a predetermined priority level for each of the recognized characters of the extracted text area; acquiring location information of an area within a predetermined range from a current position of the mobile terminal; extracting at least one store name from the location information; generating at least one text by combining the similar characters according to weights; comparing the at least one text with the extracted at least one store name; and outputting a comparison result.

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Claim 11:
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing the at least one text with the extracted at least one store name comprises: comparing a first character of each of the at least one text with a first character of each of the at least one extracted store name; primarily re-classifying store names each having the first character identical to the first character of any of the at least one text; comparing a second character of each of the re-classified store names with a second character of each of the at least one text; secondarily re-classifying store names each having the second character identical to the second character of any of the at least one text among the re-classified store names; and repeating the secondary re-classification, until comparison is completed over all characters included in the at least one text.