Patent Document ID: 9805225
Application ID: 13596810
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for controlling a character and barcode recognition apparatus, comprising: receiving an image including at least one text and at least one barcode; dividing the received image into a text area and a barcode area based on a width-to-length ratio of blocks in the image, the text area including the at least one text and the barcode area including the at least one barcode; recognizing at least one character in the text area by performing character recognition on the text area; recognizing the at least one barcode in the barcode area by performing barcode recognition on the barcode area; and outputting a text including a character recognition result and a barcode recognition result by combining the character recognition result with the barcode recognition result, wherein recognizing the at least one barcode comprises: setting a check line in the barcode area; normalizing the at least one barcode included in the barcode area based on the check line; and reading information included in the barcode based on a result of the barcode normalization.