IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20140049788A1
• Filed: 10/28/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hirohisa Inamoto, Koji Kobayashi, Yuka Kihara
• Original Assignee: Hirohisa Inamoto
• Inventors: INAMOTO, Hirohisa, Kobayashi, Koji, Kihara, Yuka
• Application Number:
  US14/065,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20140049788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1448 based on markings or identifiers characterising the document or the area
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/224 of printed characters having additional code marks or containing code marks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/412 Layout analysis of documents structured with printed lines or input boxes, e.g. business forms or tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00968 by scanning marks on a sheet mark-sheet input means H04N1/00355; sensing record carriers G06K7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/04 Scanning arrangements , i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versaH04N1/387 takes precedence

Abstract

An image processing apparatus is disclosed, including a marking position detection part and a first character recognition part. The marking position detection part detects a marking position with respect to a first sheet based on first image data scanned from the first sheet. The first character recognition part conducts a first character recognition with respect to an area specified based on the marking position, for second image data scanned from a second sheet.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:

a marking position detection part configured to detect a marking position with respect to a first sheet based on first image data scanned from the first sheet; and

a first character recognition part configured to conduct a first character recognition with respect to an area specified based on the marking position, for second image data scanned from a second sheet.

2. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an identification generation part configured to generate identification of the second image data based on a first result of the first character recognition conducted by the first character recognition part.

3. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a correction part configured to detect feature information of the second image data and correct the area based on the feature information.

4. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a second character recognition part configured to conduct a second character recognition with respect to the area in the second image data,

wherein the identification generation part controls a generation process of the identification based on a second result of the second character recognition conducted by the second character recognition part.

5. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein character types identifiable by the second character recognition part are fewer than character types identifiable by the first character recognition part.

6. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an extraction part configured to extract a character string from a barcode included in the first image data,

wherein the second image data are stored at a storage location indicated by the character string.

7. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first image data include a figure read out from the first sheet, and

the first character recognition part conducts the first character recognition for an area specified based on the figure concerning the marking position.

8. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second character recognition part configured to conduct a second character recognition for the area in the second image data;

and

an XML data output part configured to output XML data in which a second result of the second character recognition by the second character recognition part and a first result of the first character recognition by the first character recognition part are associated with each other.

9. An image processing system including a first program, a second program, and an image forming apparatus, wherein:

the first program causes a computer to execute the codes for;

generating image data including a barcode embedding a character string; and

causing the image forming apparatus to print out the image data,

the second program causes the computer to execute the codes for;

receiving, from the image forming apparatus, first image data scanned from a first sheet on which the image data are printed out, and second image data scanned from a second sheet;

extracting the character string from the barcode included in the first image data;

detecting a marking position with respect to the first sheet based on the first image data;

conducting character recognition for an area specified based on the marking position in the second image data;

generating identification of the second image data based on a result in the conducting the character recognition; and

storing the second image data at a storage location indicated by the character string, by associating the character string with the identification.

10. An image processing method conducted by an image forming apparatus, said image processing method comprising:

detecting a marking position with respect to a first sheet based on a first image data scanned from the first sheet; and

conducting character recognition for an area specified based on the marking position in a second image data scanned from a second sheet.