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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiromasa Kawasaki
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In the case where a user extracts a desired character string by specifying a range by using a finger or the like of him/herself on an image including a character, a specific character (space or the like) located at a position adjacent to the desired character string is prevented from being included unintendedly in the selected range. The character area corresponding to each character included in the image is identified and character recognition processing is performed for each of the identified character areas. Then, from results of the character recognition processing, a specific character is determined and the character area corresponding to the determined specific character is extended. Then, the range selected by the user in the displayed image is acquired and character recognition results corresponding to a plurality of character areas included in the selected range are output.
An apparatus comprising:
A method of outputting character recognition results, the method comprising the steps of:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method of outputting character recognition results, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.