JPS61290579A - Character recognizing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To distinguish easily handwritten characters from printed character, or recognition object characters from mere display characters, by providing position information of characters and also a field designating means of the kind of characters handwritten characters or printed characters, etc. CONSTITUTION:In a field designating part 1, position information of recognition object characters, namely, a field designation is executed through a format defining body 2. In this case, the kind of characters (handwritten character or printed character) is also designated. Next, in a recognition processing part 3, recognition processing is executed through a recognition dictionary 4, and its result is brought to character selection for display or printing through a character pattern dictionary 6, and inputted to an output control part 7. Thereafter, in a display output part 8, it is displayed on a display, or brought to printing output in a printing output part 9. In this way, a display or a printing output of a result of recognition is changed to an expression similar to a designated character form on a business form, therefore, characters can be distinguished easily.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary A character recognition device that displays or prints recognition results.
The character font specified by the format definition file is used for output, and this makes it easy to distinguish between handwritten characters and printed characters, and between characters to be recognized and simply displayed characters. This is what I did.

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a method for outputting recognition results in a character recognition device.

The character recognition device prints out the recognition results,
Alternatively, the information is stored in a recording medium for later use, and is displayed on a display device during the process to be used by the operator to correct and confirm errors in the recognition results.

The present invention relates to a character pattern output for printing and display as a result of recognition by a character recognition device.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a character recognition device, a character pattern displayed or printed is constant regardless of the character type to be read on a form or the area to be read, that is, the field.

For this reason, the distinction between fields or between read characters and simply displayed characters has been limited to some extent by displaying or printing characters in different sizes and colors.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When displaying or printing recognition results, the present invention is capable of identifying whether the recognition results are handwritten or printed on the display screen and printed results. The present invention aims to provide a character recognition device that outputs characters that can be clearly distinguished.

[Means for solving the problem] Figure 1 shows the principle block diagram of the character recognition device of the present invention.
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In FIG. 1, numeral 1 indicates positional information of the character to be recognized, that is, field designation, which is obtained by reading the format definition body of numeral 2.

In field specification, character position information as well as character type, ie, handwritten character or printed character, are specified.

3 is a recognition process, in which the recognition dictionary 4 corresponding to the character type specified in ``■'' is selected, and the recognition process is performed according to the recognition procedure for the character type.

5 is a character selection for displaying or printing the recognition result, and a pattern of the character type specified in 1 of each recognition result character category is selected from the character pattern dictionary 6.

Reference numeral 7 is an output control, which is a control for outputting the recognition result, and 8 displays the result on a display, or 9 prints it out using a printer.

In the character pattern dictionary shown in 6, in addition to conventionally used printed font patterns, character patterns similar to cursive, for example, are prepared to represent handwritten characters. This will be called a cursive character pattern.

The block diagram in FIG. 1 shows only the parts related to the present invention, and does not directly show the structure and functions of the actual character recognition device.

[Operation] With the above-described configuration, when a handwritten entry is made on a form, the recognition result is displayed or printed in a cursive character pattern similar to cursive, so that the characters can be recognized as handwritten. It can represent the result of reading a character.

In addition, the results of recognizing handwritten entries and printed text in different fields on a single form are determined as cursive character patterns similar to cursive and printed font patterns, respectively. can be easily distinguished and expressed by

[Example] The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to an example shown in FIG.

FIG. 2(a) shows an example of a form to be read by a character recognition device.

In the form shown in Figure 2(a), the first field to be recognized by the character recognition device is the number 1234, which is a character printed in B font type, and the second field is written in handwritten kanji. . Other characters, ID-No.
, i name, Mr., etc. are characters that are printed on the form from the beginning and are not recognized.

The character recognition device recognizes the first field by comparing it with B font alphanumeric characters in the recognition dictionary using the printed character recognition procedure, and the second field is recognized using the handwritten kanji recognition procedure, according to the specification of the format definition body. Recognize by comparing the characteristics of standard handwritten kanji in the dictionary, and display or print out the recognition results.

FIG. 2(b) shows an example of a printout of the recognition result of the character recognition device.

In FIG. 2(b), the numerical part molecule l 234J is printed in a general type font, and the name part "Nakahara" is printed in a cursive font similar to cursive.

Although the above explanation is an example of print output, the same applies to display output.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the display or printout of recognition results is changed to a font close to the font specified on the form, making it easy to distinguish from other parts and easy to read. The practical effect is great.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, l is a field specification, 2 is a format definition, and 3
is recognition processing, 4 is recognition dictionary, 5 is character selection,
6 is a character pattern dictionary, 7 is output control,
8 indicates the display output, and 9 indicates the print output. Ho Kin B Moon Gutu Kari Fuparon 20 寥 1 Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] A character recognition device that reads characters written on a form and displays or prints the results, comprising character patterns of multiple character types, and specifying display or printing of the recognition results using a format definition. A character recognition device characterized in that the character recognition device is configured to output the character pattern using the character pattern.