DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20090254813A1
• Filed: 03/30/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Yuji
• Granted Patent: US 8,910,038 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/387 Composing, repositioning or otherwise geometrically modifying originals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3245 of image modifying data, e.g. handwritten addenda, highlights or augmented reality information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

A document processing apparatus accepts input of image information which represents a document, separates the image information as content of the document into regions, associates the image information separated as content into regions with information used to lay out the content, and holds the associated information as learning information. Subsequently, the document processing apparatus lays out the content of the inputted document based on the held learning information and outputs a document in which the content is laid out.

Claims

1. A document processing apparatus comprising:

an input unit that inputs image information representing a document;

a separation unit that separates the image information as content of the document into regions;

a holding unit that associates the image information separated as content into regions with information used to lay out the content and holds the associated information as learning information; and

a layout unit that lays out the content of the inputted document based on the held learning information.

2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit that outputs a document in which the content is laid out.

3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said separation unit separates a background of the content by distinguishing the background from the image information serving as content.

4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the held information concerns an aspect ratio shape and location of the content.

5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said holding unit learns the information about the aspect ratio shape and location of the content as information used to lay out the content of the inputted document.

6. A document processing apparatus comprising:

a template selection unit that selects a template which defines layout information of content;

a layout unit that generates a document by laying out the content at a layout location indicated by the layout information defined in the template, based on the template selected by said template selection unit and on the content;

an editing unit that changes the layout information about the content contained in the document generated by said layout unit, based on a user action; and

a storing unit that stores the content, the layout information, and frequency information in a storage device as layout learning data by associating the content, the layout information, and the frequency information with each other when the layout information is changed by said editing unit, where the frequency information represents frequency with which the content has been applied or changed.

7. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said template selection unit determines whether or not the layout learning data related to content to be processed is stored in the storage device and selects a template based on a template score of each template by adding the frequency information about the layout learning data to the template score if the layout learning data related to the content to be processed is stored in the storage device.

8. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the layout information is changed by said editing unit, said storing unit stores the frequency information as the layout learning data in the storage device by registering the frequency information corresponding to pre-change layout information as a negative value, and the frequency information corresponding to post-change layout information as a positive value.

9. A document processing method comprising:

accepting input of image information which represents a document;

separating the image information as content of the document into regions;

associating the image information separated as content into regions with information used to lay out the content and holding the associated information as learning information; and

laying out the content of the inputted document based on the held learning information.

10. A document processing method comprising:

selecting a template which defines layout information of content;

generating a document by laying out the content at a layout location indicated by the layout information defined in the template based on the template and the content;

changing the layout information about the content contained in the generated document based on a user action; and

storing the content, the layout information, and frequency information in a storage device as layout learning data by associating the content, the layout information, and the frequency information with each other when the layout information is changed, where the frequency information represents frequency with which the content has been applied or changed.

11. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a document processing method, the method comprising:

accepting input of image information which represents a document;

separating the image information as content of the document into regions;

associating the image information separated as content into regions with information used to lay out the content and holding the associated information as learning information; and

laying out the content of the inputted document based on the held learning information.

12. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a document processing method, the method comprising:

selecting a template which defines layout information of content;

generating a document by laying out the content at a layout location indicated by the layout information defined in the template based on the template and the content;

changing the layout information about the content contained in the generated document based on a user action; and

storing the content, the layout information, and frequency information in a storage device as layout learning data by associating the content, the layout information, and the frequency information with each other when the layout information is changed, where the frequency information represents frequency with which the content has been applied or changed.