A method of recognizing a character specifies a character in an image. Furthermore, the method of recognizing a character evaluates a symmetrical-ness of a shape of the character. Furthermore, the method of recognizing a character carries out an inclination correction process for the shape when the symmetricalness...http://www.google.com/patents/US6738530?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6738530 - Method of recognizing character in which correction of inclination of character is carried out and apparatus for carrying out this method