| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform an appropriate character recognition process on characters included in image data. <P>SOLUTION: Image data compressed by an irreversible compression method is obtained (S10), and a determination is made as to whether or not an image is to be divided according to information indicating the degree of compression that is added to the image data (S12). If a determination is made that the image is to be divided, the image data is divided into areas (S14). For each of the areas, the quality of characters is evaluated (S16, S18). Based on the quality of characters evaluated, a different image process is applied to each of the different areas (S20, S22). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
