Claims
- 1. In an optical character reader adapted to read a document and thereby input image data by a scanner and to recognize said image data within a specified area, the improvement wherein said optical character reader is provided with input means which include
- an image memory for storing said image data inputted by said scanner,
- inputting means for inputting an enlarged display command and positions of two area setting points,
- control means for creating reduced image data by thinning said inputted image data and, if an enlarged display command is inputted, enlarged display data with reference to a cursor position in said image data,
- a reduced image memory for storing said reduced image data,
- an enlarged display memory for storing said enlarged display data,
- display means having a display area for displaying display data which include said reduced image data and said enlarged display data,
- cursor moving means for moving a cursor displayed on said display area, and
- area setting means for receiving positional data on two specified points inputted through said inputting means and setting on said display area a rectangular target area with a hypotenuse having said two specified two points as the end points thereof,
- said control means being capable of
- displaying in said display means an entire layout of said inputted image data by using said reduced image data in said reduced image memory,
- responding to said enlarged display command inputted from said inputting means by displaying on said display means
- said enlarged display data in said enlarged display memory,
- a first cursor, and
- a second cursor, said first and second cursors being displayed at mutually corresponding positions respectively in said enlarged and reduced display data,
- moving said second cursor, if said first cursor is moved by said cursor moving means, according to the movement of said first cursor,
- scrolling said enlarged display data on said display means if it is attempted to move said first cursor beyond said display area, and
- recognizing only those of said image data in said target area specified through said input means.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part, of application Ser. No. 107,041 filed Oct. 9, 1987 now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (7)
Continuation in Parts (1)
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