Information reading apparatus.

摘要

An apparatus for reading information, including an original picture fofrming means for converting a picture element signal of an object taken by a TV camera to a digital signal to cocde the same into binary picture element signals in order to form a predetermined pattern of original picture image from the binary picture element signals, a word map forming means for dividing the original picture image into a plurality of rectangular sections to count the number of binary picture element signals that define the pattern of the original picture image distinguished from the pattern of the background for each rectangular section to obtain numerical data in order to form a word map, a bit map forming means for coding the numerical data of the word map into binary numerical data which are correlated with the corresponding numerical data to form a bit map, a first calculating means for detecting a center of gravity and an inclination angle of the pattern of the original picture image distinguished from the background in accordance with the numerical data corresponding to the parts of the binary numerical data of the word map that have a level higher than a predetermined binary numerical level and the coordinate of the rectangular sections of the original picture image corresponding to the numerical data having a higher level, a second picture image forming means for rotating the pattern of the original picture image by an angle corresponding to the onclination angle about the center of gravity to form a second picture image which has a pattern of picture image located in a horizontal position, a second calculating means for mapping the second picture image in the horizontal and vertical directions to detect the inclination correcting angle of the pattern of the second picture image, a third picture image forming means for rotating the pattern of the second picture image by an angle corresponding to the inclination correcting angle to form a third picture image which has a corrected pattern of picture image, and a reading means for matching the corrected pattern of the third picture image with an erect master pattern and an inverted master pattern.