Information processing device, image processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

• US 10,264,151 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2016
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Koyanagi, Katsuya, Oya, Kazuhiro, Kobayashi, Kunihiko, Okada, Shigeru, Adachi, Shintaro, Kishimoto, Hiroyuki, Yoshizaki, Akane
• Primary Examiner(s): Milia, Mark R
• Application Number:
  US15/132,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,092 Days
• Field of Search: 358403
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/285 Selection of pattern recognition techniques, e.g. of classifiers in a multi-classifier system
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1444 Selective acquisition, locating or processing of specific regions, e.g. highlighted text, fiducial marks or predetermined fields
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/19113 Selection of pattern recognition techniques, e.g. of classifiers in a multi-classifier system
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/224 of printed characters having additional code marks or containing code marks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/40 Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/413 Classification of content, e.g. text, photographs or tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/418 Document matching, e.g. of document images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00801 according to characteristics of the original

Abstract

An information processing device includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document; an acceptance unit that accepts a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being defined by a user; and a classification unit that applies the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based on a predetermined rule of a degree of priority, and classifies the document.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) programmed to obtain a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document;

a user interface device configured to accept a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being newly defined by a user; and

a display that displays a result of classifying the document,

wherein the CPU is further programmed to;

after accepting the second classification condition defined by the user, determine a degree of priority of the second classification condition by;

(i) when preliminary settings for executing a first process have been made, executing the first process of assigning a priority to the second classification condition defined by the user that is higher or lower than a priority assigned to the first classification condition, the assigned priority being based on a rule of the degree of priority that predetermines which of the first classification condition or the second classification condition is prioritized; and

(ii) when the preliminary settings for executing the first process have not been made, executing a second process of comparing the second classification condition with the first classification condition, and assigning priority to one of the first classification condition or the second classification condition having the highest degree of priority,

wherein, in each of the classification conditions, characters corresponding to a classification category to which the document is to be classified and a region on the document where the characters should exist are designated, and based on an inclusion relation between characters designated in the first classification condition and characters designated in the second classification condition, the CPU is, in the second process, further programmed to give priority to one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition in which second characters are designated, the second characters including first characters designated in the other one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition; and

apply at least any one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based on the determined degree of priority, and classify the document.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein, as the rule of a degree of priority, the CPU is further programmed to give priority to any one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition based on contents defined in each of the classification conditions, to be applied to the image information.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the CPU is further programmed to:

create first image information satisfying the first classification condition and second image information satisfying the second classification condition, and

based on a result of application of both of the first classification condition and the second classification condition to each of the first image information and the second image information created, give priority to any one of the classification conditions to be applied to the image information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein, in each of the classification conditions, characters corresponding to a classification category to which the document is to be classified and a region on the document where the characters should exist are designated, and based on the number of words in the characters per unit area of each region in the characters and the region designated in each of the first classification condition and the second classification condition, the CPU is further programmed to give priority to any one of the classification conditions to be applied to the image information.

5. An image processing system comprising:

a scanner that reads an image formed on a document;

a central processing unit (CPU) programmed to obtain a first classification condition for classifying the document by use of image information obtained by the scanner;

a user interface device configured to accept a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being newly defined by a user; and

a display that displays a result of classifying the document,

wherein the CPU is further programmed to;

after accepting the second classification condition defined by the user, determine a degree of priority of the second classification condition by;

(i) when preliminary settings for executing a first process have been made, executing the first process of assigning a priority to the second classification condition defined by the user that is higher or lower than a priority assigned to the first classification condition, the assigned priority being based on a rule of the degree of priority that predetermines which of the first classification condition or the second classification condition is prioritized; and

(ii) when the preliminary settings for executing the first process have not been made, executing a second process of comparing the second classification condition with the first classification condition, and assigning priority to one of the first classification condition or the second classification condition having the highest degree of priority,

wherein, in each of the classification conditions, characters corresponding to a classification category to which the document is to be classified and a region on the document where the characters should exist are designated, and based on an inclusion relation between characters designated in the first classification condition and characters designated in the second classification condition, the CPU is, in the second process, further programmed to give priority to one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition in which second characters are designated, the second characters including first characters designated in the other one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition; and

apply at least any one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based the determined degree of priority and classify the document.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute functions, the functions comprising:

obtaining a first classification condition for classifying a document by use of image information of an image formed on the document;

accepting a second classification condition for classifying the document, the second classification condition being newly defined by a user;

after accepting the second classification condition defined by the user, determining a degree of priority of the second classification condition by;

(i) when preliminary settings for executing a first process have been made, executing the first process of assigning a priority to the second classification condition defined by the user that is higher or lower than a priority assigned to the first classification condition, the assigned priority being based on a rule of the degree of priority that predetermines which of the first classification condition or the second classification condition is prioritized; and

(ii) when the preliminary settings for executing the first process have not been made, executing a second process of comparing the second classification condition with the first classification condition, and assigning priority to one of the first classification condition or the second classification condition having the highest degree of priority,

wherein, in each of the classification conditions, characters corresponding to a classification category to which the document is to be classified and a region on the document where the characters should exist are designated, and based on an inclusion relation between characters designated in the first classification condition and characters designated in the second classification condition, the CPU is, in the second process, further programmed to give priority to one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition in which second characters are designated, the second characters including first characters designated in the other one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition; and

applying at least any one of the first classification condition and the second classification condition to the image information based the determined degree of priority, and classifying the document; and

causing a display to display a result of classifying the document.