CHARACTER READING SYSTEM AND CHARACTER READING METHOD

To reduce detection omissions of characters included in a read image.SOLUTION: A character reading system 100 according to one aspect of the invention includes: a first character reading unit that detects and recognizes characters using a first character reading model from a read image read and obtained by an image reading unit 1 and outputs a first reading result; at least one second character reading unit that detects and recognizes characters using a second character reading model of a different type from the first character reading model and outputs a second reading result; and a control unit 20 that stores both of the first reading result and the second reading result for reading information on one character included in the read image in association with each other in a retrieval DB 3.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】読み取り画像に含まれる文字の検出漏れを低減させる。【解決手段】本発明の一態様に係る文字読取システム１００は、画像読取部１が読み取って得た読み取り画像の中から、第１文字読取モデルを用いて文字を検出及び認識して第１読取結果を出力する第１文字読取部と、読み取り画像の中から、第１文字読取モデルとは種類が異なる第２文字読取モデルを用いて文字を検出及び認識して第２読取結果を出力する少なくとも１つの第２文字読取部と、読み取り画像に含まれる一つの文字の読み取り情報に対して、第１読取結果及び第２読取結果の両方を対応付けて検索用ＤＢ３に記憶する制御部２０と、を備える。【選択図】図１