13. An apparatus for recognizing characters from a captured image, comprising: a capturer for capturing an image of a signboard and outputting the captured image; a pre-processor for extracting a text area from the captured image and outputting the extracted text area; a recognizer for recognizing characters from the extracted text area; and a post-processor for generating at least one text by combining the recognized characters, comparing the at least one text with at least one store name within a predetermined range, and outputting a comparison result.
13. An apparatus for recognizing characters from a captured image, comprising: a capturer for capturing an image of a signboard and outputting the captured image; a pre-processor for extracting a text area from the captured image and outputting the extracted text area; a recognizer for recognizing characters from the extracted text area; and a post-processor for generating at least one text by combining the recognized characters, comparing the at least one text with at least one store name within a predetermined range, and outputting a comparison result. 14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one store name is received in location information of an area within the predetermined range from a current position of the apparatus.