12. An apparatus for recognizing characters in image information, comprising: image signal output means for outputting a displayable image signal on the basis of the image information; character recognition means for recognizing character information on the basis of the image information; determination means for determining whether the character information recognized by the character recognition means consists of a punctuation mark; and character information output means for outputting stored character information in a case where it has been determined by the determination means that the recognized character information consists of a punctuation mark and, in a case where the determination means has not determined that the recognized character information consists of a punctuation mark, not outputting the result of character recognition, thereby resulting in the reduction of screen display flicker.
12. An apparatus for recognizing characters in image information, comprising: image signal output means for outputting a displayable image signal on the basis of the image information; character recognition means for recognizing character information on the basis of the image information; determination means for determining whether the character information recognized by the character recognition means consists of a punctuation mark; and character information output means for outputting stored character information in a case where it has been determined by the determination means that the recognized character information consists of a punctuation mark and, in a case where the determination means has not determined that the recognized character information consists of a punctuation mark, not outputting the result of character recognition, thereby resulting in the reduction of screen display flicker. 17. An apparatus for recognizing characters in image information according to claim 12, wherein output from the character information output means is converted to image information corresponding to the character recognition result, output from the image information output means, and displayed.