OCR DEVICE, DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for retrieving a document group including a predetermined keyword by applying a character recognition technology as a document retrieving means for a paper document and a document image.;SOLUTION: This system for carrying out necessary document retrieval and document classification comprizes isolating an OCR from a retrieving device, adopting a file(OCR reading hypothesis file) for permanently storing the multiplex hypotheses of character line extraction, character segmentation and character discrimination as the output configurations of the OCR, and retrieving a keyword based on the OCR reading hypothesis file.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO