Information processing apparatus and computer readable medium

• US 9,285,984 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2013
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Tatsuzi, Nishitani, Koji, Sano, Fuminori, Katsumura, Noriyoshi, Yamane, Kazuyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R
• Application Number:
  US13/938,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20140033139A1
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/10 Character recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/1423 the instrument generating sequences of position coordinates corresponding to handwriting preprocessing or recognising digital ink G06V30/32
• 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: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: an image pickup unit, a recognition unit and an execution unit. The image pickup unit photographs a recording medium to generate a picked-up image. The recognition unit recognizes a handwritten mark in the picked-up image generated by the image pickup unit. The execution unit performs a predetermined process according to the handwritten mark recognized by the recognized unit.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image pickup unit which photographs a recording medium to generate a picked-up image;

a recognition unit which recognizes a handwritten mark in the picked-up image generated by the image pickup unit; and

an execution unit which performs a predetermined process according to the handwritten mark recognized by the recognition unit, wherein the execution unit includes;

a cut-out unit which cuts out a region relevant to the recognized handwritten mark from the picked-up image; and

a storage control unit which categorizes the cut-out region by a type of the handwritten mark to store the cut-out region in a storage unit.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a case including;

a first case on which the recording medium is disposed; and

a second case provided with a body unit and connected with the first case through a hinge part so that the case is closeable; and

a detection unit which detects that the case is closed to a predetermined state, wherein

the image pickup unit is disposed at a point of the body unit so as to face the first case, and

the information processing apparatus further comprises a photography control unit which makes the image pickup unit photograph the recording medium at a timing when the detection unit detects that the case is closed to the predetermined state.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the recording medium includes a plurality of pages in a form of a book, and

the information processing apparatus further comprises:

a detection unit which detects a page-turning operation by which the pages of the recording medium are turned; and

a photography control unit which makes the image pickup unit photograph the recording medium at a timing when the detection unit detects the page-turning operation.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a management unit which attaches a tag indicating a type of the recognized handwritten mark to the picked-up image to manage the picked-up image by the tag.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display control unit which lists the cut-out region stored in the storage unit by the type of the handwritten mark to display the cut-out region on a display unit.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium in which a program to make a computer perform a procedure is stored, the procedure comprising:

photographing a recording medium to generate a picked-up image;

recognizing a handwritten mark in the generated picked-up image; and

performing a predetermined process according to the recognized handwritten mark, including cutting out a region relevant to the recognized handwritten mark from the picked-up image, and categorizing the cut-out region by a type of the handwritten mark to store the cut-out region in a storage unit.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image pickup unit which photographs a recording medium to generate a picked-up image;

a recognition unit which recognizes identification information existing in an area of the picked-up image generated by the image pickup unit; and

a mailing unit which sends a mail including the generated picked-up image to a destination corresponding to an instruction content of the identification information recognized by the recognition unit, wherein

the recognition unit recognizes a region enclosed by a line in the picked-up image, the identification information of which is recognized,

the information processing apparatus further comprises an image editing unit which cuts out the enclosed region from the picked-up image to generate a sending picked-up image, and

the mailing unit sends the mail including the sending picked-up image generated by the image editing unit to the destination.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a case including;

a first case on which the recording medium is disposed; and

a second case provided with a body unit and connected with the first case through a hinge part so that the case is closeable; and

a detection unit which detects that the case is closed to a predetermined state, wherein

the image pickup unit is disposed at a point of the body unit so as to face the first case and photographs the recording medium to generate the picked-up image at a timing when the detection unit detects that the case is closed to the predetermined state.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the recognition unit extracts destination information from the picked-up image, the identification information of which is recognized, and

the mailing unit sends the mail to the destination based on the extracted destination information.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the mailing unit sends the mail to the destination correlated with the recognized identification information in advance.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:

a management unit which performs schedule management by registering event information including an associated date and time which is associated with an event;

a first storage unit in which the picked-up image and the event information being correlated with each other are stored; and

a second storage unit in which the event information and a destination being correlated with each other are stored, wherein

the mailing unit sends the mail to the destination correlated with the event information correlated with the picked-up image.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein when the recognition unit recognizes a plurality of pieces of the identification information, with respect to each of the pieces of the identification information,

the recognition unit recognizes the region enclosed by the line in the picked-up image, and

the image editing unit cuts out the enclosed region from the picked-up image to generate the sending picked-up image.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium in which a program to make a computer perform a procedure is stored, the procedure comprising:

photographing a recording medium to generate a picked-up image;

recognizing identification information existing in an area of the generated picked-up image, including recognizing a region enclosed by a line in the picked-up image, the identification information of which is recognized, and cutting out the enclosed region from the picked-up image to generate a sending picked-up image;

sending a mail including the generated picked-up image and the sending picked-up image to a destination corresponding to an instruction content of the recognized identification information.

14. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image pickup unit which photographs a recording medium to generate a picked-up image;

a recognition unit which recognizes a handwritten mark in the picked-up image generated by the image pickup unit;

an execution unit which performs a predetermined process according to the handwritten mark recognized by the recognition unit; and

a storage unit in which a type of the handwritten mark and a command being correlated with each other are stored, wherein

the execution unit includes;

a reading unit which reads the command correlated with the recognized handwritten mark from the storage unit; and

a command execution unit which performs the read command on the picked-up image, and wherein

the command execution unit includes;

a cut-out unit which cuts out a region from the picked-up image, the region corresponding to a region enclosed by a line recorded on the recording medium; and

a sending control unit which sends the cut-out region to a predetermined common storage.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the command execution unit includes a sending control unit which sends the picked-up image to a predetermined common storage.