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 12:
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing the at least one text with the extracted at least one store name comprises comparing each character included in each of the at least one text with each character included in each of the at least one extracted store name in a last-to-first character order.