Patent Document ID: 4015239
Application ID: 05624339
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. Character recognition apparatus comprising: a. preliminary processing means for obtaining two dimensional binary information representing an unknown character and for storing such information in matrix form; b. feature detecting and storage means for detecting terminal points, branch points and line elements of the unknown character from said two dimensional information stored by said preliminary processing means and for providing code signals representing such information; c. reference character memory means for storing scan parameters particular to each of a plurality of reference characters together with a code train of said reference characters obtained by the use of the associated scan parameters; d. start point detecting means responsive to said feature detecting and storage means for selecting one of the terminal points of said unknown character as a start point based on the associated scan parameter of a reference character selected from the reference character memory means; e. processing means for combining code signals representing the line elements stored in said feature detecting and storage means and converting them into a code train on the basis of the start point selected by said start point detecting means; and f. comparing means for comparing the code train of the unknown character with that of the selected reference character.