DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A document processing system comprising:
- a storage unit that stores a plurality of items of document data, each containing metadata pertaining to a content of each item of document data, and relation information representing relations between the plurality of items of document data;
an input unit that inputs image data;
a related document specifying unit that specifies document data related to the image data input by the input unit among the plurality of items of document data stored in the storage unit, based on the metadata contained in each item of document data; and
a control unit that controls the storage unit to store relation information representing a relation between the image data input by the input unit and the related document data specified by the related document specifying unit.
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Abstract
This invention is directed to a document processing system and control method thereof. The system stores a plurality of items of document data each containing metadata pertaining to the contents of each item of document data, and relation information representing the relations between the plurality of items of document data. When scanned image data or facsimile-received image data is input, document data related to the input image data is specified among the plurality of items of stored document data, based on the metadata contained in each item of document data. Relation information representing the relation between the input image data and the specified related document data is stored. Even document data obtained from a paper document is able to be stored as document data subjected to search processing.
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12 Claims
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1. A document processing system comprising:
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a storage unit that stores a plurality of items of document data, each containing metadata pertaining to a content of each item of document data, and relation information representing relations between the plurality of items of document data; an input unit that inputs image data; a related document specifying unit that specifies document data related to the image data input by the input unit among the plurality of items of document data stored in the storage unit, based on the metadata contained in each item of document data; and a control unit that controls the storage unit to store relation information representing a relation between the image data input by the input unit and the related document data specified by the related document specifying unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a document processing system having a storage unit which stores a plurality of items of document data, each containing metadata pertaining to a content of each item of document data, and relation information representing relations between the plurality of items of document data, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting image data; specifying document data related to the image data input in the inputting step among the plurality of items of document data stored in the storage unit, based on the metadata contained in each item of document data; and controlling the storage unit to store relation information representing a relation between the image data input in the inputting step and the related document data specified in the specifying step. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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