WORD RECOGNITION APPARATUS, WORD RECOGNITION METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING WORD RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND DELIVERY ITEM SORTING APPARATUS

摘要

TO IMPROVE THE RECOGNITION ACCURACY EVEN WHEN A PLURALITY OF WORDS INCLUDING A MATCHED PORTION ARE SELECTED AS CANDIDATES FOR RECOGNITION. A WORD RECOGNITION APPARATUS (1) ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT INVENTION INCLUDES INPUT MEANS FOR INPUTTING A WORD IMAGE REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF CHARACTERS; WORD CANDIDATE SELECTION MEANS FOR RECOGNIZING THE WORD IMAGE INPUT BY THE INPUT MEANS AND SELECTING A FIRST WORD CANDIDATE AND A SECOND WORD CANDIDATE BASED ON A PLURALITY OF WORDS REGISTERED IN A WORD DICTIONARY (156); AND VERIFICATION MEANS FOR COMPARING THE FIRST WORD CANDIDATE AND THE SECOND WORD CANDIDATE CHARACTER BY CHARACTER AND VERIFYING A LIKELIHOOD OF THE FIRST WORD CANDIDATE BASED ON AN EVALUATION VALUE OBTAINED WHEN THE WORD IMAGE IS RECOGNIZED BY CHARACTERS DETERMINED AS UNMATCHED.