JP6241311B2 - Image processing apparatus and image processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing program.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a count / boundary detection circuit that counts the number of horizontal scanning pixels and horizontal black pixel widths and detects black and white pixel boundaries, and the counted black pixel widths satisfy predetermined numerical values and are black and white pixels. A control unit that generates a storage command when a boundary detection signal is given; and a pattern relative position register that stores the number of horizontal scanning pixels given from the counting / boundary detection circuit by the storage command as a pattern relative position. A horizontal pattern detecting measure is disclosed.

JP-A-62-271085

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing program that suppress the overlap of character images when a character image of a character recognition result is drawn.

The gist of the present invention for achieving the object lies in the inventions of the following items.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the receiving means for receiving the character recognition result and the determining means for determining the size of the character image to be drawn so that the character images do not overlap when the character images of the character recognition result overlap. And drawing means for drawing the character recognition result according to the size determined by the determining means , wherein the receiving means receives the character recognition results in a plurality of columns, and the determining means If the character image of the character recognition result of the target column overlaps with the character image of the character recognition result of the adjacent column after matching the size of the character with the highest vertical length, the target column The image processing apparatus is characterized in that the position of the adjacent line is changed so as not to overlap the character image .

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the determining means reduces the size of the character image by reducing the character size and the character width. Device.

The invention according to claim 3 determines the size of the character image to be drawn so that the accepting means for receiving the character recognition result and the character image of the character recognition result overlap each other so that the character images do not overlap. And determining means for functioning as a drawing means for drawing the character recognition result according to the size determined by the determining means , wherein the receiving means receives the character recognition results in a plurality of columns, and the determining means If the character image of the character recognition result of the target column overlaps with the character image of the character recognition result of the adjacent column after matching the size of the character with the highest vertical length in the character string, the target The image processing program is characterized in that the position of the adjacent row is changed so as not to overlap the character image in the column .

According to the image processing apparatus of the first aspect, it is possible to prevent the character images from overlapping each other when the character image as the character recognition result is drawn. Moreover, it can suppress that character images overlap between character strings.

  According to the image processing apparatus of the second aspect, the size of the character image can be reduced by reducing the character size and the character width.

According to the image processing program of the third aspect , it is possible to suppress the overlapping of the character images when drawing the character image as the character recognition result. Moreover, it can suppress that character images overlap between character strings.

It is a conceptual module block diagram about the structural example of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a data structure of a character information table. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a data structure of a character font information table. It is a flowchart which shows the process example by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example by 1st Embodiment. It is a conceptual module block diagram about the structural example of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example by 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example by 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the process example by 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a cleansing process. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the computer which implement | achieves this Embodiment.

First, before describing the present embodiment, the premise or an image processing apparatus using the present embodiment will be described. This description is intended to facilitate understanding of the present embodiment.
There is a clean-writing function that recognizes characters obtained by photographing handwritten characters or printed characters, for example, whiteboards, notebooks, printed paper, and the like, and replaces the recognized characters with printed characters in PDF (Portable Document Format), word processing documents, and the like.
This clean-up function increases the visibility, character searchability, and reusability of the user. However, when recognizing a freely-written character string and replacing it with a typeface (a character image in which the character recognition result is rendered) If you draw a type from the beginning of the string, characters that do not match will appear. For example, when the original image 1010 of the handwritten character is clarified as shown in FIG. 10A and the character recognition result is drawn from the starting point of the character string of the original image 1010 (the leftmost end of “A”), FIG. As shown in b), the clearing process result image 1020 is obtained, and the last character “C” of the character string is shifted from the position of the original image 1010.
In addition, if characters are applied as they are to the positions of characters (character recognition target characters) in the original image, the characters may overlap each other. For example, when the original image 1010 is clarified as shown in FIG. 10A and the character recognition is performed to embed character-recognized characters at the position of each character in the character string of the original image 1010, FIG. As shown, the character “B” enters the position of the character “C”, and the two characters overlap.
Further, when the character size of the type is determined using the size of each character rectangle of the original image, in the case of handwritten “A” and “B” shown in the example of FIG. The character size of the replaced character will be different despite the character inside.

Hereinafter, examples of various preferred embodiments for realizing the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a conceptual module configuration diagram of a configuration example according to the first embodiment.
The module generally refers to components such as software (computer program) and hardware that can be logically separated. Therefore, the module in the present embodiment indicates not only a module in a computer program but also a module in a hardware configuration. Therefore, the present embodiment is a computer program for causing these modules to function (a program for causing a computer to execute each procedure, a program for causing a computer to function as each means, and a function for each computer. This also serves as an explanation of the program and system and method for realizing the above. However, for the sake of explanation, the words “store”, “store”, and equivalents thereof are used. However, when the embodiment is a computer program, these words are stored in a storage device or stored in memory. It is the control to be stored in the device. Modules may correspond to functions one-to-one, but in mounting, one module may be configured by one program, or a plurality of modules may be configured by one program, and conversely, one module May be composed of a plurality of programs. The plurality of modules may be executed by one computer, or one module may be executed by a plurality of computers in a distributed or parallel environment. Note that one module may include other modules. Hereinafter, “connection” is used not only for physical connection but also for logical connection (data exchange, instruction, reference relationship between data, etc.). “Predetermined” means that the process is determined before the target process, and not only before the process according to this embodiment starts but also after the process according to this embodiment starts. In addition, if it is before the target processing, it is used in accordance with the situation / state at that time or with the intention to be decided according to the situation / state up to that point. When there are a plurality of “predetermined values”, they may be different values, or two or more values (of course, including all values) may be the same. In addition, the description having the meaning of “do B when it is A” is used in the meaning of “determine whether or not it is A and do B when it is judged as A”. However, the case where it is not necessary to determine whether or not A is excluded.
In addition, the system or device is configured by connecting a plurality of computers, hardware, devices, and the like by communication means such as a network (including one-to-one correspondence communication connection), etc., and one computer, hardware, device. The case where it implement | achieves by etc. is also included. “Apparatus” and “system” are used as synonymous terms. Of course, the “system” does not include a social “mechanism” (social system) that is an artificial arrangement.
In addition, when performing a plurality of processes in each module or in each module, the target information is read from the storage device for each process, and the processing result is written to the storage device after performing the processing. is there. Therefore, description of reading from the storage device before processing and writing to the storage device after processing may be omitted. Here, the storage device may include a hard disk, a RAM (Random Access Memory), an external storage medium, a storage device via a communication line, a register in a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the like.

The image processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment performs a clearing process for drawing a character image as a character recognition result. As shown in the example of FIG. 1, a font information determination module 110, a font drawing module, and the like. 120, a font overlap detection module 130, and a font drawing module 140.
Note that the font size of characters in one character string is the same as the size of characters in the character string after clean-up (hereinafter also referred to as font size).

The font information determination module 110 is connected to the font drawing module 120, the font overlap detection module 130, and the font drawing module 140. The font information determination module 110 receives the character string information 106 and the character code / character rectangular coordinates 108, passes the font size / font type / character position 112 to the font drawing module 120, and receives the overlap information 132 from the font overlap detection module 130. The font size, font type, and character position 138 are passed to the font drawing module 140.
The character string information 106 is output information of the character recognition device, the content is a character recognition result for a handwritten character image or a printed character image, and includes a character code / character rectangular coordinate 108. That is, for each character string, the character code of each character image (character image for one character) and the position of a circumscribed rectangle surrounding each character image (character image to be recognized) are included. In addition, information other than these (for example, information indicating the color of each character, the recognized character image itself, and the like) may be included. The character string refers to one line in horizontal writing and one column in vertical writing. The character code / character rectangular coordinates 108 may be the same data as the character string information 106. For example, the character string information 106 may have a data structure such as the character information table 200. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the character information table 200. The character information table 200 has a set of a character code field 210 and a character rectangular coordinate field 220 for each character string corresponding to the number of characters. The character code column 210 stores character codes that are character recognition results. The character rectangular coordinate column 220 stores the position of the circumscribed rectangle of the character image (character image to be recognized) corresponding to the character code. The character recognition device may perform online character recognition in addition to character image recognition.

The font information determination module 110 receives a character code / character rectangular coordinate 108 as a character recognition result. When the character images of the character recognition result overlap, the size of the character image to be drawn is determined so that the character images do not overlap. For this purpose, a determination is made as to whether or not the character images of the character recognition result overlap. The determination is made by drawing a character image corresponding to the character code of the character recognition result at the position of the original character image and determining whether the character images overlap each other. The “character image corresponding to the character code” is to draw a character image of the character code at the position of the original character image. However, this drawing may be actually drawn, or a circumscribed rectangle of the character image when the drawing is performed without actually drawing may be generated to determine the overlap. . For this determination, the font information determination module 110 uses the font drawing module 120 and the font overlap detection module 130. The font size, font type, and character position 112 to be passed to the font drawing module 120 may have a data structure such as the character font information table 300, for example. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the character font information table 300. The character font information table 300 has a set of a character code column 310, a position coordinate column 320, a font size column 330, and a font type column 340 for each character string as many as the number of characters. The character code column 310 stores character codes that are character recognition results. The position coordinate column 320 stores a position where the character code is drawn. The font size column 330 stores the font size when drawing the character code. The font type column 340 stores a font type at the time of drawing the character code. When the font information determination module 110 first passes the data to the font size / font type / character position 112, the data of the character code / character rectangular coordinates 108 may be input as it is into the font size / font type / character position 112. The font size, font type, and character position 112 for the second and subsequent times are set to have a smaller character size, as will be described later using the example of FIG. Note that the font type may be a predetermined font type, or a font type included in the character string information 106 may be used. Similarly to the character size, the font type in one character string may be the same.
Further, the font information determination module 110 may reduce the size of the character image drawn by the font drawing module 140 by reducing the character size and the character width.

The font drawing module 120 is connected to the font information determination module 110 and the font overlap detection module 130. The font drawing module 120 receives the font size / font type / character position 112 from the font information determination module 110 and passes the character image information 122 to the font overlap detection module 130. The font drawing module 120 draws a character image according to the font size, font type, and character position 112, generates character image information 122, and passes it to the font overlap detection module 130. The character image information 122 passed to the font overlap detection module 130 may include the font size, font type, and character position 112. Note that the font drawing module 120 calculates only drawing coordinate information (coordinate group in which a character image is drawn) that enables detection of overlap, and does not need to perform actual drawing processing in order to reduce the processing amount.
The font overlap detection module 130 is connected to the font information determination module 110 and the font drawing module 120. The font overlap detection module 130 receives the character image information 122 from the font drawing module 120 and passes the overlap information 132 to the font information determination module 110. The font overlap detection module 130 verifies the character image information 122 to determine whether or not the character images overlap in the character string. The overlap information 132 as the determination result is passed to the font information determination module 110. The determination as to whether or not they are overlapping determines whether or not the circumscribed rectangles of the target character image and the adjacent character image are overlapping. For example, in the case of horizontal writing, if the coordinate of the right end of the circumscribed rectangle of the target character image is on the right side of the coordinate of the left end of the circumscribed rectangle of the right adjacent character image, it is determined that they overlap. Similarly, in the case of vertical writing, if the coordinates of the lower end of the circumscribed rectangle of the target character image are below the coordinates of the upper end of the circumscribed rectangle of the lower character image, it is determined that they overlap.

  The font drawing module 140 is connected to the font information determination module 110. The font drawing module 140 receives the character string information 106, receives the clear text font size / font type / character position 138 from the font information determination module 110, and outputs the clear text string 142. The font drawing module 140 draws the character recognition result according to the size determined by the font information determination module 110. Specifically, each character of the clear font size, the font type, and the font size of the character position 138 is drawn at the character position in the clear font size, the font type, and the character position 138, and the clear character string 142 is generated and output. To do. To output the clear text string 142 is, for example, printing on a printing device such as a printer, displaying on a display device such as a display, embedding in a PDF or word processor document, writing the document to a document storage device, It includes storing in a storage medium such as a memory card, passing to another information processing apparatus, and the like.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example according to the first exemplary embodiment.
In step S <b> 402, the font information determination module 110 receives the character code / character rectangular coordinates 108.
In step S <b> 404, the font information determination module 110 determines the font size / font type / character position 112 from the character code / character rectangular coordinates 108. For example, the character code / character rectangular coordinates 108 may be used as the font size / font type / character position 112 as they are.
In step S <b> 406, the font information determination module 110 passes the font size / font type / character position 112 to the font drawing module 120.
In step S <b> 408, the font drawing module 120 draws a font according to the font size / font type / character position 112. In the drawing here, a character image may be actually drawn, or only the coordinates for drawing may be calculated, and the character image may not actually be drawn.
In step S 410, the font drawing module 120 passes the drawn character image information 122 to the font overlap detection module 130.
In step S412, the font overlap detection module 130 analyzes the character image information 122 and determines character overlap. As described above, the circumscribed rectangle of the character image may be used.

In step S414, the font overlap detection module 130 passes the overlap information 132, which is the determination result, to the font information determination module 110.
In step S416, the font information determination module 110 determines whether or not the fonts overlap. If the fonts overlap, the process proceeds to step S418. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S420.
In step S418, the font information determination module 110 determines the font size / font type / character position 112 from the previous font size / font type / character position 112, and performs the processing from step S406. Details of the processing in step S418 and the like will be described later using the flowchart shown in the example of FIG.
In step S <b> 420, the font information determination module 110 passes the clear font size, font type, and character position 138 to the font drawing module 140.
In step S 422, the font drawing module 140 generates a clear text string 142 according to the clear font size, font type, and character position 138.
In step S424, the font drawing module 140 outputs the clear text string 142.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example according to the first exemplary embodiment (font information determination module 110).
In step S502, the font size is adjusted to the character having the highest vertical length in the character string. This process may be performed in step S418 or in step S404.
In step S504, it is determined whether or not the character images overlap based on the overlap information 132 from the font overlap detection module 130. If they overlap, the process proceeds to step S506, and otherwise the process ends (step S599). This process is equivalent to step S416.
In step S506, the font size is lowered by a predetermined value.
In step S508, it is determined whether or not the font size is equal to or smaller than a threshold value. If the font size is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S510. Otherwise, the process returns to step S504.

In step S510, the font type is assumed to be narrow.
In step S512, it is determined whether or not there is a narrow font type. If not, the process proceeds to step S514. Otherwise, the process returns to step S502.
In step S514, a font with a narrow width is generated by affine transformation so as to enter the character string rectangle with the same font from the character string information.
Note that the processing in steps S506 and S508 may be interchanged with the processing in steps S510 and S512.

<Second Embodiment>
FIG. 6 is a conceptual module configuration diagram of a configuration example according to the second embodiment.
The image processing apparatus 600 according to the second embodiment performs a clearing process for drawing a character image as a result of character recognition. As shown in the example of FIG. 6, a font information determination module 610, a font drawing module, and the like. 620, a font overlap detection module 630, a character string periphery search module 640, and a font drawing module 650.
For example, when different character strings (two character strings) are close to each other as in the original image 910 shown in FIG. 9A, there is a possibility that the characters overlap when they are clarified. In the case of the example of FIG. 9A, the character images “C” and “I” overlap. This cannot be determined only by the overlap in one character string.

The font information determination module 610 corresponds to the font information determination module 110 of the first embodiment, the font drawing module 620 corresponds to the font drawing module 120, and the font overlap detection module 630 includes the font overlap detection module 130. Correspondingly, the font drawing module 650 corresponds to the font drawing module 140. Different from the first embodiment.
The font information determination module 610 is connected to the font drawing module 620, the font overlap detection module 630, the character string periphery search module 640, and the font drawing module 650. The font information determination module 610 receives the character string information 606 and the character code / character rectangular coordinates 608, the font drawing module 620 receives the font size / font type / character position 612, and the character string peripheral search module 640 receives the character code / character rectangular coordinates. 608 is received, the overlap information 632 is received from the font overlap detection module 630, and the clear font size / font type / character position 638 is passed to the font drawing module 650. Here, the font information determination module 610 receives a character code / character rectangular coordinate 608 which is a character recognition result in a plurality of columns. The font size / font type / character position 612 to be passed to the font drawing module 620 includes a character recognition result in one target character string. Character recognition results in a plurality of character strings are passed to the character string periphery search module 640 as character codes / character rectangular coordinates 608. Then, the font information determination module 610 does not overlap the character image of the target column when it overlaps between the character image of the character recognition result of the target column and the character image of the character recognition result of the adjacent column. Change the position of adjacent rows. Details will be described later using the flowchart shown in the example of FIG.

The font drawing module 620 is connected to the font information determination module 610 and the font overlap detection module 630. The font drawing module 620 receives the font size / font type / character position 612 from the font information determination module 610 and passes the character image information 622 to the font overlap detection module 630.
The font overlap detection module 630 is connected to the font information determination module 610, the font drawing module 620, and the character string periphery search module 640. The font overlap detection module 630 receives the character image information 622 from the font drawing module 620 and passes the overlap information 632 to the font information determination module 610.
The character string periphery search module 640 is connected to the font information determination module 610 and the font overlap detection module 630. The character string peripheral search module 640 receives the character code / character rectangular coordinate 608 from the font information determination module 610 and passes the peripheral character information 642 to the font overlap detection module 630.
The character string periphery search module 640 receives the character code / character rectangle coordinate 608 from the font information determination module 610 and extracts a character string adjacent to the target character string. Then, it is determined whether a character existing within a predetermined distance from a character in the target character string is present in an adjacent character string. If it exists, the character information (information equivalent to the font size, font type, and character position 612) in the adjacent character string is passed to the font overlap detection module 630 as the peripheral character information 642. When the font overlap detection module 630 receives the peripheral character information 642, it again causes the font drawing module 620 to draw the character image in the character string adjacent to the target character string. The font drawing module 620 draws a character image in a character string adjacent to the target character string and passes it to the font overlap detection module 630. The font overlap detection module 630 detects the overlap of the character images in the character string and the overlap of the character images in the character string adjacent to the target character string.

  The font drawing module 650 is connected to the font information determination module 610. The font drawing module 650 receives the character string information 606, receives the clear font size / font type / character position 638 from the font information determination module 610, and outputs the clear text string 652. For example, when the character string information 606 of the original image 910 shown in FIG. 9A is received, the clear text processing result image 920 shown in FIG. 9B is output as the clear text string 652. In the clean copy processing result image 920, the character string “my” in the second column is positioned lower than the original image 910, and there is no overlap with the character string “ABC” in the first column.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example according to the second exemplary embodiment. The processing equivalent to the processing in the flowchart shown in the example of FIG.
In step S <b> 702, the font information determination module 610 receives a character code / character rectangular coordinate 608. This process is equivalent to step S402.
In step S <b> 704, the font information determination module 610 determines the font size / font type / character position 612 from the character code / character rectangular coordinates 608. This process is equivalent to step S404.
In step S706, the font information determination module 610 passes the character code / character rectangular coordinates 608 to the character string periphery search module 640. That is, the character information in the character string other than the target character string is passed.
In step S708, the font information determination module 610 passes the font size / font type / character position 612 to the font drawing module 620. This is the same processing as step S406.
In step S 710, the font drawing module 620 draws a font according to the font size, font type, and character position 612. This is the same processing as step S408.
In step S712, the font drawing module 620 passes the drawn character image information 622 to the font overlap detection module 630. This is the same processing as step S410.

In step S714, the character string periphery search module 640 searches for characters around the target character string. As described above, the distance between characters in adjacent character strings is used.
In step S716, the font overlap detection module 630 analyzes the character image information 622 and the surrounding character information 642 to determine character overlap. The font overlap detection module 630 causes the font drawing module 620 to draw surrounding characters if necessary (if there are surrounding characters), and uses the character image information 622 of the drawing result.
In step S718, the font overlap detection module 630 passes the overlap information 632 that is the determination result to the font information determination module 610. This is the same processing as step S414.
In step S720, the font information determination module 610 determines whether or not the fonts overlap. If the fonts overlap, the process proceeds to step S722. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S724. This process is equivalent to step S416. Details of the processing in step S722 and the like will be described later using the flowchart shown in the example of FIG.
In step S722, the font information determination module 610 determines the font size / font type / character position 612 from the previous font size / font type / character position 612, and performs the processing from step S708.
In step S 724, the font information determination module 610 passes the clear font size / font type / character position 638 to the font drawing module 650. This is the same processing as step S420.
In step S 726, the font drawing module 650 generates a clear text string 652 according to the clear text font size / font type / character position 638. This is the same processing as step S422.
In step S728, the font drawing module 650 outputs the clear text string 652. This is the same processing as step S424.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example according to the second exemplary embodiment. The processing equivalent to the processing in the flowchart shown in the example of FIG.
In step S802, the font size is adjusted to the character having the highest vertical length in the character string. This is the same processing as step S502.
In step S804, it is determined whether or not there is an overlap with surrounding characters. If there is an overlap, the process proceeds to step S818; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S806. There are two overlapping modes: (1) the overlapping of character images in one character string and (2) the overlapping of the character image in the target character string and the character image in the adjacent character string. is there. Here, the case of the mode (2) is set as a determination target.
In step S818, the character string of the surrounding characters is lowered so as not to overlap the target character string. Specifically, the position of the entire character string is moved downward. The moving distance is a distance that does not overlap the character image in the target character string, and the distance between the character strings may be a predetermined distance.

In step S806, it is determined whether or not the character images in the target character string overlap. If they overlap, the process proceeds to step S808. Otherwise, the process ends (step S899). Here, the case of the overlap mode (1) is set as a determination target.
In step S808, the font size is lowered by a predetermined value. This is the same processing as step S506.
In step S810, it is determined whether or not the font size is equal to or smaller than the threshold value. If the font size is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S812. Otherwise, the process returns to step S806. This is the same processing as step S508.
In step S812, the font type is assumed to be narrow. This is the same processing as step S510.
In step S814, it is determined whether or not there is a narrow font type. If not, the process proceeds to step S816. Otherwise, the process returns to step S802. This is the same processing as step S512.
In step S816, a font with a narrow width is generated by affine transformation so as to enter the character string rectangle with the same font from the character string information. This is the same processing as step S514.

  A hardware configuration example of the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration shown in FIG. 11 is configured by a personal computer (PC), for example, and shows a hardware configuration example including a data reading unit 1117 such as a scanner and a data output unit 1118 such as a printer.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1101 is the various modules described in the above embodiment, that is, the font information determination module 110, the font drawing module 120, the font overlap detection module 130, the font drawing module 140, and the font information determination module 610. A control unit that executes processing according to a computer program describing an execution sequence of each module such as a font drawing module 620, a font overlap detection module 630, a character string periphery search module 640, and a font drawing module 650.

  A ROM (Read Only Memory) 1102 stores programs used by the CPU 1101, calculation parameters, and the like. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 1103 stores programs used in the execution of the CPU 1101, parameters that change as appropriate during the execution, and the like. These are connected to each other by a host bus 1104 including a CPU bus.

  The host bus 1104 is connected to an external bus 1106 such as a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect / Interface) bus via a bridge 1105.

  A keyboard 1108 and a pointing device 1109 such as a mouse are input devices operated by an operator. The display 1110 includes a liquid crystal display device or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), and displays various types of information as text or image information.

  An HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 1111 includes a hard disk, drives the hard disk, and records or reproduces a program executed by the CPU 1101 and information. In the hard disk, character string information 106, character code / character rectangular coordinate 108, font size / font type / character position 112, character image information 122, overlap information 132, clear font size / font type / character position 138, clear character string 142 etc. are stored. Further, various computer programs such as various other data processing programs are stored.

  The drive 1112 reads out data or a program recorded in a removable recording medium 1113 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, and the data or program is read out as an interface 1107 and an external bus 1106. , A bridge 1105, and a RAM 1103 connected via a host bus 1104. The removable recording medium 1113 can also be used as a data recording area similar to the hard disk.

  The connection port 1114 is a port for connecting the external connection device 1115 and has a connection unit such as USB or IEEE1394. The connection port 1114 is connected to the CPU 1101 and the like via the interface 1107, the external bus 1106, the bridge 1105, the host bus 1104, and the like. The communication unit 1116 is connected to a communication line and executes data communication processing with the outside. The data reading unit 1117 is a scanner, for example, and executes document reading processing. The data output unit 1118 is a printer, for example, and executes document data output processing.

  Note that the hardware configuration of the image processing apparatus shown in FIG. 11 shows one configuration example, and the present embodiment is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 11, and the modules described in this embodiment are executed. Any configuration is possible. For example, some modules may be configured with dedicated hardware (for example, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), etc.), and some modules are in an external system and connected via a communication line In addition, a plurality of systems shown in FIG. 11 may be connected to each other via a communication line so as to cooperate with each other. Further, it may be incorporated in a copying machine, a fax machine, a scanner, a printer, a multifunction machine (an image processing apparatus having any two or more functions of a scanner, a printer, a copying machine, a fax machine, etc.).

  Further, in the description of the above-described embodiment, “more than”, “less than”, “greater than”, and “less than (less than)” in a comparison with a predetermined value contradicts the combination. As long as the above does not occur, “larger”, “smaller (less than)”, “more than”, and “less than” may be used.

The program described above may be provided by being stored in a recording medium, or the program may be provided by communication means. In that case, for example, the above-described program may be regarded as an invention of a “computer-readable recording medium recording the program”.
The “computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded” refers to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, which is used for program installation, execution, program distribution, and the like.
The recording medium is, for example, a digital versatile disc (DVD), which is a standard established by the DVD Forum, such as “DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM,” and DVD + RW. Standard “DVD + R, DVD + RW, etc.”, compact disc (CD), read-only memory (CD-ROM), CD recordable (CD-R), CD rewritable (CD-RW), Blu-ray disc ( Blu-ray (registered trademark) Disc), magneto-optical disk (MO), flexible disk (FD), magnetic tape, hard disk, read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable and rewritable read-only memory (EEPROM (registered trademark)) )), Flash memory, Random access memory (RAM) SD (Secure Digital) memory card and the like.
The program or a part of the program may be recorded on the recording medium for storage or distribution. Also, by communication, for example, a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wired network used for the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, etc., or wireless communication It may be transmitted using a transmission medium such as a network or a combination of these, or may be carried on a carrier wave.
Furthermore, the program may be a part of another program, or may be recorded on a recording medium together with a separate program. Moreover, it may be divided and recorded on a plurality of recording media. Further, it may be recorded in any manner as long as it can be restored, such as compression or encryption.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Image processing apparatus 106 ... Character string information 108 ... Character code / character rectangular coordinate 110 ... Font information determination module 112 ... Font size, font type, character position 120 ... Font drawing module 122 ... Character image information 130 ... Font overlap detection module 132 ... Overlapping information 138 ... Clear font size / font type / character position 140 ... Font drawing module 142 ... Clear text string 600 ... Image processing device 606 ... Character string information 608 ... Character code / character rectangular coordinates 610 ... Font information determination module 612 ... Font size, font type, character position 620 ... Font drawing module 622 ... Character image information 630 ... Font overlap detection module 632 ... Overlap information 638 ... Clear font size and font tie - character position 640 ... string around the search module 642 ... peripheral character information 650 ... font rendering module 652 ... fair copy string

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A receiving means for receiving the character recognition result;
A determination means for determining the size of the character image to be drawn so that the character images do not overlap when the character images of the character recognition result overlap;
Drawing means for drawing the character recognition result according to the size determined by the determining means ;
The receiving means receives the character recognition results in a plurality of columns;
In the case where the determining means overlaps between the character recognition result character image of the target column and the character recognition result character image of the adjacent column after matching the size of the character with the highest vertical length in the character string The image processing apparatus is characterized in that the position of the adjacent row is changed so as not to overlap with the character image of the target column . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the determining unit reduces the size of the character image by reducing a character size and a character width. Computer
A receiving means for receiving the character recognition result;
A determination means for determining the size of the character image to be drawn so that the character images do not overlap when the character images of the character recognition result overlap;
According to the size determined by the determination means, function as a drawing means for drawing the character recognition result ,
The receiving means receives the character recognition results in a plurality of columns;
In the case where the determining means overlaps between the character recognition result character image of the target column and the character recognition result character image of the adjacent column after matching the size of the character with the highest vertical length in the character string Change the position of the adjacent row so as not to overlap the character image of the target column
An image processing program characterized by that .

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