摘要 |
When a document sheet image is stored in a storage medium, characters are recognized for the document sheet image to detect character codes and position information. The detected character codes and position information and the document sheet image are stored in the storage medium. When a desired image is retrieved from the storage medium and displayed on a display unit and a desired area on the display screen is designated, character codes of the characters contained in the image of the designated area are outputted in accordance with the coordinate information of the designated area and the stored coordinate information of the characters.
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