| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To separate characters in a good condition, by deciding the cutting positions after checking the existing state of black picture elements at each peak part of a density distribution for a connected pattern in the picture of each row. CONSTITUTION:An extracting part 7 for cutting candidate regions scans each row of the row pictures within a picture element memory 4. Thus the position of the black picture element is checked. Then a row having black picture elements only at either one or both of peak positions P1 and P2 indicated by a peak detecting part 5 is discriminated, and a range where such rows are connected is extracted as a cutting candidate region. Then a separation deciding part 8 selects a cutting candidate region nearest the center of a connected region. Thus a cutting position is decided to cut a connected region into two parts. These cut parts are informed to a separating part 9 as the cutting regions independent of each other. Therefore a connected pattern is cut at its cutting position, and two character patterns are separated correctly from each other and then stored in a character memory 10. |
