VERFAHREN ZUM EXTRAHIEREN EINES ZEICHENMERKMALS

摘要

A method of extracting a feature of a character includes the steps of dividing a contour image of a character into a plurality of segments by a pair of dividing lines provided for the contour image, dividing each of the segments into a plurality of sub-segments, combining the sub-segments together to thereby form a plurality of combined segments in accordance with a predetermined rule indicative of a combination of the sub-segments, and extracting a feature of each of the combined segments.