JP2005151127A5

JP2005151127A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2005151127A5
Application number: JP2003385185A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2003-11-14
Publication date: 2006-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2023-11-14

Claims

An image processing system that retrieves an electronic file corresponding to a specified document from electronic files held by a server, acquires the retrieved electronic file, and outputs the retrieved electronic file,
Input means for inputting image data representing a document;
Extraction means for extracting additional information for specifying the server from the image data input by the input means;
Analyzing means for identifying a server holding an electronic file corresponding to the image data input by the input means by analyzing the additional information extracted by the extracting means;
Recognizing means for recognizing features of image data input by the input means;
Search means for searching for an electronic file matching or similar to the image data input by the input means based on the features recognized by the recognition means from the server specified by the analysis means ;
An image processing system comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires the electronic file searched by the search unit.

Conversion means for converting image data input by the input means into an electronic file of a predetermined format when an electronic file that matches or is similar to the image data input by the input means cannot be searched by the search means When,
The image processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a holding unit that holds the electronic file converted by the conversion unit.

And information adding means for adding to said electronic file as additional information to address information of said holding means for holding the electronic file obtained by the converting means,
The image processing system according to claim 2, further comprising: an output unit that outputs image data to which the additional information is added by the information adding unit.

The image processing system according to claim 3, wherein the information adding unit converts the additional information into a two-dimensional barcode and adds the converted information to the image data.

5. The extractor according to claim 1, wherein the extraction unit extracts the additional information added to the document using any one of watermark information, barcode information, character information, and graphic information. The image processing system according to item 1.

6. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the input unit inputs image data representing an original by optically reading the original and converting it into a digital image signal. .

Password acquisition means for requesting input of a password before the acquisition means acquires the electronic file from a server holding an electronic file with access restriction;
A password determination means for determining whether the input password is correct;
And a permission means for permitting access to the electronic file when a correct password is entered,
The image according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the acquisition unit acquires the electronic file on condition that access to the electronic file is permitted by the permission unit. Processing system.

The image processing system according to claim 2, wherein the conversion unit converts an object included in the image data input by the input unit into a format that can be handled by predetermined document creation software.

The converting means includes
Character processing means for character-coding the image data input by the input means;
Vectorizing means for converting image data input by the input means into vector data;
And a image converting means for converting a predetermined image format the image data input by said input means,
9. The image data input by the input means is converted using at least one of the character processing means, the vectorization means, and the image conversion means according to the attribute. The image processing system according to any one of the above.

The recognition means is
Dividing means for dividing the image data input by the input means into a plurality of blocks based on attributes of the image data ;
Block number recognizing means for recognizing the number of blocks divided by the dividing means,
The search means
First comparison means for comparing the number of blocks of image data corresponding to the image data input by the input means and the electronic file held by the server;
A second comparison means for comparing the similarity of the attribute of each block for each corresponding block;
Calculating means for calculating a total similarity between the image data input by the input means and the image data corresponding to the electronic file held by the server;
And a determination unit that determines that the image data input by the input unit and the image data corresponding to the electronic file held by the server match or are similar when the total similarity is equal to or greater than a reference threshold. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein:

Thumbnail display means for displaying thumbnails of image data corresponding to the electronic files held by the server determined by the determination means in descending order of the overall similarity;
Selection means for selecting at least one thumbnail from the displayed thumbnails;
The image processing system according to claim 10, wherein an image based on image data corresponding to the thumbnail selected by the selection unit is printed out on a recording medium.

If the server based on the information for specifying the server does not hold the corresponding electronic file, the search means searches for the electronic file held by another server,
The image processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the acquisition unit acquires an electronic file from the other server.

An image processing method for searching an electronic file corresponding to a specified document from electronic files held by a server, obtaining the retrieved electronic file, and outputting the electronic file,
An input process for inputting image data representing a document;
An extraction step of extracting additional information for specifying the server from the image data input in the input step;
An analysis step for identifying a server that holds an electronic file corresponding to the image data input in the input step by analyzing the additional information extracted in the extraction step;
A recognition step for recognizing the characteristics of the image data input in the input step;
A search step of searching for an electronic file that matches or is similar to the image data input in the input step based on the features recognized in the recognition step, from the server specified in the analysis step ;
An image processing method comprising: an acquisition step of acquiring the electronic file searched in the search step.

A program storable in a storage medium for causing a computer to execute processing by the image processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 12.