METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION

A character recognition method involves the inputting of a character attached to an article as an image signal, forming the input image signal into an image pattern, and matching the image pattern with a standard pattern. The character to be recognized is prepared by superimposing on an ordinary character a plurality of marks in a pattern characterizing that character. A letter recognition apparatus discriminates the character by extracting only the characterizing marks from the image signal through image processing and by matching the information concerning the arrangement of the characteristic marks extracted and standard information relating to standard image patterns which is stored in advance.