CHARACTER STRING AREA/CHARACTER RECTANGLE EXTRACTION APPARATUS, CHARACTER STRING AREA/CHARACTER RECTANGLE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the accuracy of extracting a character string area and a character rectangle, using supplementary information based on user operation.;SOLUTION: A character string area/character rectangle extraction apparatus includes: an image data acquisition unit which acquires image data indicating an image including a character string; a display unit which displays an image based on the acquired image data; an operation input unit which receives an operation input from a user; a character string area extraction unit which extracts a character string area indicating a display range of a character string included in a row formed of the character string included in the image specified based on the operation input, on the basis of a start point and an end point of the row; and a character string area connection unit which connects the extracted character string area and another character string area adjacent to the character string area.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1;COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT