To provide an optical character recognition apparatus and system that can surely perform character recognition by solving the occurrence of image distortions due to unsteady movement by hand and obtaining complete image data, and that performs character recognition for the captured image data on a terminal or an apparatus, other than a portable terminal and performs character recognition for the recognized result with an application software or the like, to allow the resultant data to be input into a predetermined control section.

Only an image within an intended area written on a document is captured in synchronism with a mouse function, and recognition of characters and codes can be executed in the background of an application software, and the recognized result is directly input at a previously desired position in the application software. A scanner module can be incorporated into a mouse or into a mobile phone, and cab be applied in various uses utilizing the Internet.