Image dictionary creating apparatus, coding apparatus, image dictionary creating method

摘要

An image processor obtains character images included in input image and the character codes for identifying the characters represented by the character images, classifies the character images included in the input image into a plurality of character image groups based on the obtained character codes, determines typical image patterns constituting the input image based on the character images classified in the character image groups, assigns indices for identifying the image patterns to the determined image patterns, and codes the occurrence position information of the character images included in the input image and the indices of the image patterns corresponding to the character images so as to be associated with each other.