Character identifying method

本发明提供一种字符识别方法以及记录介质，以识别在包含预印信息的文档内输入的字符。本发明的目的在于，在不使用预印信息知识或灰度级差值的情况下，识别与预印信息接触或叠加在预印信息上的字符。将其中存在要识别字符的区域内的图像分割为独立线段，其中通过读取所述预印信息以及输入字符获得该图像。通过改变众多已分割线段的组合，创建识别图像。通过对所创建的识别图像进行字符识别，存储具有可靠性的识别结果。以及通过在连续改变所述线段的组合时，对所有组合进行字符识别，输出具有最高可靠性的识别结果。 The present invention provides a character recognition method and recording medium for recognizing characters entered in a document or the like including preprint information. An object of the invention is to recognize characters in contact with or superposed on the preprint information without using any knowledge of the preprint information or a difference in gray level. An image in an area where the characters to be recognized are present is divided into line segments individually, wherein the image is obtained by reading the preprint information and the entry characters. A recognition image is created by changing a combination of the plurality of line segments divided. A recognition result with the reliability is memorized by making the character recognition for the created recognition image. And the recognition result having a greatest reliability is output by executing the character recognition for all the combinations while changing the combination of line segments successively.