Pattern recognition method and apparatus.

摘要

A pattern recognition apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising a correlation calculating circuit for calculating first correlations between each part of a image pattern data and a reference pattern data, the first correlation being expressed as R(X), where X is a variable factor representing a region storing the part of the image pattern data, and also comprising a second correlation calculating circuit for recognizing the position of a pattern most identical to the reference pattern by emphasizing the maximum value of the first correlations by converting each of the first correlations R(X) into a second correlation expressed as [R(X)-R(X- alpha )]-[R(X+ alpha )-R(X)], where alpha is a predetermined value determined in accordance with the size of the reference pattern data.