Information processing apparatus and computer readable medium

• US 9,536,140 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2016
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• 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:
  US15/008,662
• Publication Number:
  US 20160140388A1
• Time in Patent Office: 341 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 predetermined mark in the picked-up image generated by the image pickup unit; and

a sending control unit which sends the picked-up image to a predetermined destination when the recognition unit recognizes the predetermined mark in the picked-up image,

wherein the sending control unit 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 sends the cut-out region to the predetermined destination.

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 sending control unit reads the destination for the predetermined mark and sends the picked-up image to the read destination.

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

recognizing a predetermined mark in a picked-up image generated by an image pickup unit photographing a recording medium; and

sending the picked-up image to a predetermined destination when recognizing the predetermined mark in the picked-up image,

wherein the sending control unit 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 sends the cut-out region to the predetermined destination.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image pickup unit which photographs a recording medium to obtain image data;

an image recognition unit which determines whether or not a mark indicating mailing is in the obtained image data; and

a mailing unit which sends a mail including the obtained image data to a predetermined destination address for the mark when the image recognition unit determines that the mark is in the obtained image data, wherein

a plurality of kinds of the mark is prepared, and the destination address is registered in advance for each of the kinds of the mark, and

the mailing unit sends the mail to the destination address registered in advance for each of the kinds of the mark.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, 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 obtains the image data at a timing when the detection unit detects that the case is closed to the predetermined state.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, 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 image data and the event information being correlated with each other are stored; and

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

the mailing unit sends the mail to the destination address correlated with the event information correlated with the image data.

8. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an image pickup unit which photographs a recording medium to obtain image data;

an image recognition unit which determines whether or not a mark indicating mailing is in the obtained image data; and

a mailing unit which sends a mail including the obtained image data to a predetermined destination address for the mark when the image recognition unit determines that the mark is in the obtained image data, wherein

when determining that the mark is in the image data, the image recognition unit recognizes a region substantially enclosed by a line in the image data,

the information processing apparatus further comprises an image editing unit which cuts out the substantially enclosed region from the image data to generate sending image data, and

the mailing unit sends the mail including the sending image data generated by the image editing unit to the destination address.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein when the image recognition unit determines that a plurality of kinds of the mark is in the image data, with respect to each of the kinds of the mark,

the image recognition unit recognizes the region substantially enclosed by the line in the image data, and

the image editing unit cuts out the substantially enclosed region from the image data to generate the sending image data.

10. 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 obtain image data;

determining whether or not a mark indicating mailing is in the obtained image data; and

sending a mail including the obtained image data to a predetermined destination address for the mark when determining that the mark is in the obtained image data, wherein

a plurality of kinds of the mark is prepared, and the destination address is registered in advance for each of the kinds of the mark, and

the mailing unit sends the mail to the destination address registered in advance for each of the kinds of the mark.