摘要 |
<p>Lines of characters in a recognition area are determined. Characters in the recognition area are read by an image scanner and a circumscribed rectangular frame enclosing each character is determined. Thereafter, circumscribed rectangular frames adjacent in a direction of the lines are determined so as to obtain a connection relationship for each circumscribed rectangular frame, and then the lines are determined based on the obtained connection relationships between the circumscribed rectangular frames. …<IMAGE>… </p> |