DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING SYSTEM, DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DOCUMENT-IMAGE-DATA PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM

• US 20090067717A1
• Filed: 09/04/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Iwasaki, Masajiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,144,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/413 Classification of content, e.g. text, photographs or tables

Abstract

In a document-image-data providing device, a document image inputting unit is configured to input document image data. An area recognition unit is configured to recognize respective areas of document image elements which constitute the document image data. An element data extracting unit is configured to extract, when a document image element of the document image data is selected in an information processing device, element data of the selected document image element from the document image data, based on a corresponding one of the recognized areas. An element data providing unit is configured to provide the extracted element data to the information processing device.

Claims

1. A document-image-data providing device which provides document image data to an information processing device, comprising:

a document image inputting unit configured to input document image data;

an area recognition unit configured to recognize respective areas of document image elements which constitute the document image data;

an element data extracting unit configured to extract, when a document image element of the document image data is selected in the information processing device, element data of the selected document image element from the document image data, based on a corresponding one of the areas recognized by the area recognition unit; and

an element data providing unit configured to provide the element data extracted by the element data extracting unit, to the information processing device.

2. The document-image-data providing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image generating unit configured to generate a document image data having a resolution lower than a resolution of the input document image data in order to facilitate the selection of a document image element in the information processing device; and

an image providing unit configured to provide the generated document image data having the lower resolution to the information processing device.

3. The document-image-data providing device according to claim 2, wherein the image generating unit is configured to generate both a first document image data having a first resolution lower than the resolution of the input document image data and a second document image data having a second resolution lower than the first resolution of the first document image data.

4. The document-image-data providing device according to claim 3, further comprising a list providing unit configured to provide a list of the second document image data to the information processing device as a list of the document image data,

wherein the image providing unit is configured to provide, when a second document image data is selected from the list, a first document image data corresponding to the selected second document image data as a preview image of document image data corresponding to the second document image data.

5. An information processing device which is connected to the document-image-data providing device of claim 1, the information processing device comprising:

a list acquisition unit configured to acquire a list of document image data stored in the image processing device;

a display control unit configured to display a document image based on a document image data selected from the list;

a document image element selecting unit configured to select a document image element which constitutes the document image data from the displayed document image data; and

an element data acquiring unit configured to acquire an element data of the document image element selected by the document image element selecting unit.

6. The information processing device according to claim 5, further comprising an area displaying unit configured to display an indication indicating an area of a document image element which constitutes the document image data, on the displayed document image.

7. The information processing device according to claim 5, further comprising an editing unit configured to edit the document image data using the element data acquired by the element data acquiring unit.

8. A document-image-data providing system in which the document-image-data providing device of claim 1 and the information processing device are connected via a network, the information processing device comprising:

a list acquiring unit configured to acquire a list of document image data stored in the image processing device;

a display control unit configured to display a document image based on a document image data selected from the list;

a document image element selecting unit configured to select a document image element which constitutes the document image data from the displayed document image data; and

an element data acquiring unit configured to acquire an element data of the document image element selected by the document image element selecting unit.

9. A document-image-data providing method which is performed by a document-image-data providing device which provides document image data to an information processing device, the document-image-data providing method comprising:

a document image inputting step of inputting document image data;

an area recognition step of recognizing respective areas of document image elements which constitute the document image data;

an element data extracting step of extracting, when a document image element of the document image data is selected in the information processing device, element data of the selected document image element from the document image data, based on a corresponding one of the areas recognized in the area recognition step; and

an element data providing step of providing the element data extracted in the element data extracting step to the information processing device.

10. An information processing method which is performed by the information processing device concurrently with the document-image-data providing method of claim 9 performed by the document-image-data providing device, the information processing device being connected to the document-image-data providing device, the information processing method comprising:

a list acquiring step of acquiring a list of document image data stored in the image processing device;

a display control step of displaying a document image based on a document image data selected from the list;

a document image element selecting step of selecting a document image element which constitutes the document image data from the displayed document image data; and

an element data acquiring step of acquiring an element data of the document image element selected in the document image element selecting step.

11. A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-readable program which, when executed by a computer of the document-image-data providing device, causes the computer to perform the document-image-data providing method according to claim 9.

12. A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-readable program which, when executed by a computer of the information processing device, causes the computer to perform the information processing method according to claim 10.