Patent Document ID: 4115761
Application ID: 05766486
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. In a device for recognizing the presence of a specific object pattern on an information pattern, a recognition method comprising: a first step of inputting the information pattern including an object pattern having at least a first and a second feature parts of specific shape; a second step of extracting information from said information pattern indicating the presence of said first feature part of specific shape and its position coordinates on said information pattern; a third step of determining a certain extracting area on the basis of said position coordinate information of said first feature part of specific shape and extracting said second feature part of specific shape existing in said extracting area and the position coordinates therefor; a fourth step of determining at least a first coordinate identifying the position of a third feature part from the position coordinates of at least one of said first and second feature parts; a fifth step of sequentially cutting out partial patterns in an area related to said first coordinate determined in said fourth step from among the information picked up in said first step and determining the position coordinates for these partial patterns; a sixth step of extracting the presence and at least a second coordinate identifying the position of said third feature part from among said sequentially cut out partial patterns; a seventh step of recognizing feature parts contained in said sequentially cut out partial patterns and generating a signal representative thereof; and an eighth step of selecting a signal output generated in said seventh step as the desired character recognition signal when the position coordinates of said sequentially cut out partial pattern in which said feature recognized in said seventh step is located substantially matches the position coordinates of said third feature part determined in said fourth and sixth steps.