JP2007011822A - Document management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document management device capable of computing each region ratio of a read image, storing the region ratio, a storage source and a storage place in relation to one another and presenting storage place candidates to a storage place list display device from approximation to the information in subsequent read operation. <P>SOLUTION: The document management device capable of reading a document image and storing the image information in a specified storage place comprises a recognizing means for recognizing a predetermined region of the read image, a computing means for computing the ratio of each region amount; a storage means for storing the computed result, storing person information and storage place information in relation to one another; a display means for displaying a list of storage places; and a function of comparing stored information with information after reading operation and displaying storage place information related to transmitter information and a feature amount, at the head of a list display when the approximation of the storage place information and feature amount is within a predetermined range. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a document management apparatus capable of scanning and storing paper media.

The present invention relates to an operation of reading and storing images in a plurality of image processing apparatuses in a network-connected environment. When storing an image read by an image reading apparatus connected to the document management apparatus, the image manager inputs a storage destination or selects information from information registered in the document management apparatus in advance. The document management apparatus stores a list of storage destinations for each administrator, and the administrator selects a desired storage destination from among the information presented in a list format or the like. Alternatively, the storage destination information is embedded in the read image, the information is recognized by the reading device and presented as a storage destination candidate (Patent Document 1), and the feature amount of the read image information is associated with the storage destination and stored in the image reading device. In other words, a method of presenting storage destination candidates from the feature amount of the image information acquired by the subsequent reading operation and the stored feature amount (Patent Document 2) has been used.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-288668 JP 08-1111764 A

  However, when embedding storage destinations in a read image, if there are many storage destinations, the information alone may occupy most of the page. Further, when extracting the storage destination candidate from the feature amount of the image, since the feature amount does not match if the image is changed even a little, the effect of extracting the storage destination can be exhibited only with the same image information.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and calculates the ratio of each area of the read image, stores the area ratio and the storage source / destination in association with each other, and performs subsequent reading operations. Then, it aims at providing the document management apparatus which can show a storage destination candidate to a storage destination list display apparatus from approximation with this information.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and includes the following configuration in order to solve the problems.

  That is, the document management apparatus includes an image reading unit that reads image information, a storage destination information registration unit for registering a storage destination, a calculation unit that calculates a ratio of the area amount of the read image information, and the area ratio and the storage destination. A storage unit that stores information in association with each other, a display device that displays a list of storage destination candidates, and a selection device that selects a storage destination from the list display, and compares the area ratio and storage destination information stored in advance after reading When it is determined that there is storage destination information associated with image information whose area ratio indicates a predetermined approximation, the stored storage destination information is presented at the head position of the storage destination candidate.

  That is, in a document management apparatus capable of reading a document image and storing the image information in a specified storage destination, a recognition unit that recognizes a predetermined region of the read image, a calculation unit that calculates a ratio of each region amount, The storage means for storing the calculation result, the store information and the storage destination information in association with each other, the display means for displaying a list of storage destinations, the storage and the information after the read operation are compared, and the storage destination information and the feature amount In the case where the approximation is within a predetermined range, a function is provided for displaying the sender information and storage location information associated with the feature amount at the top of the list display.

  According to the present invention, each area ratio of the read image is calculated, the area ratio and the storage source / storage destination are stored in association with each other, and in the subsequent reading operation, the storage destination candidate is stored from the approximation with the information. It can be presented on the list display device.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, an example in which an image processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented on a multifunction peripheral (MFP) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration with another apparatus when the present embodiment is realized by an image processing apparatus. Reference numeral 101 denotes an image processing apparatus including an image reading apparatus, which is connected to other apparatuses such as a file server 103 and an image processing apparatus 102 via a network.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the controller unit of the MFP 101. As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 2200 is connected to a scanner 2070 that is an image input device and a printer 2095 that is an image output device. A controller that inputs and outputs information.

  In the control unit 2200, the CPU 2001 controls the entire system, and includes an internal clock 2052 control. A RAM 2002 is a system work memory used for the CPU 2001 to operate. The RAM 2002 is also an image memory for temporarily storing image data, and stores the read image. A ROM 2003 is a boot ROM, and stores a system boot program. An HDD 2004 is a hard disk drive that stores system software, image data, image processing algorithms, division number information for each sheet, predetermined comments, templates, and the like.

  An operation unit I / F 2006 controls an interface with the operation unit (UI) 2012 and outputs image data to be displayed on the operation unit 2012 to the operation unit 2012. Also, it plays a role of transmitting information input by the user via the operation unit 2012 to the CPU 2001.

  A network interface 2010 is connected to the LAN 2011 and inputs / outputs information to / from the LAN 100. A modem (MODEM) 2050 manages connection to the public line and inputs / outputs information to / from the public line. The above devices are arranged on the system bus 2007.

  An image bus interface (Image Bus I / F) 2005 is a bus bridge that connects a system bus 2007 and an image bus 2008 that transfers image data at high speed, and converts a data structure. The image bus 2005 is configured by a PCI bus or IEEE1394.

  The following devices are arranged on the image bus 2005. A raster image processor (RIP) 2060 expands the PDL code transmitted from the network into a bitmap image. A device I / F unit 2020 connects an image input / output device such as a scanner 2070 and a printer 2095 to the control unit 2200, and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data.

  A scanner image processing unit 2080 performs recognition, correction, processing, and editing on input image data. Here, it manages processes related to image division, image area separation, and sample cutout. A printer image processing unit 2090 performs processing such as printer correction, resolution conversion, and addition of electronic information on print output image data. The image rotation unit 2030 rotates image data, and the image compression unit 2040 performs JPEG compression / decompression processing on multilevel image data and JBIG, MMR, and MH compression processing on binary image data. The clock 2052 manages the time display and the standard time of the weekly timer function.

  The above is the configuration and operation of the MFP 101 or 103.

  Next, an image reading operation shown in this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, a system is assumed in which an image of a paper medium to be stored is read using the above-described MFP and stored in a predetermined storage device.

  FIG. 3 shows a series of processes of the present invention on an apparatus for storing image information and storage destination information in association with each other.

  The reading device detects whether there is an input request (S5-01). In the case of YES here, the process proceeds to S5-02 and it is detected whether or not the input request is an administrator information registration request. If NO in S5-01, the process returns to the state immediately after the start. If YES in S5-02, the process proceeds to the administrator information registration start (FIG. 4) described later in S5-03. In the case of NO in S5-02, the state returns to the state immediately after the start. In the case of NO in S5-02, it is determined whether or not it is a storage location information registration request in S5-04. In the case of YES in S5-04, the process proceeds to the storage destination information registration start (described later in FIG. 7) in S5-05. If NO in step S5-04, the process advances to step S5-06 to determine whether the request is for image registration. Here, it is required when the administrator intends to store a new image in the storage device. If S5-06 is YES, the process proceeds to S5-07, and it is detected whether the administrator information input from the operation panel (not shown) matches the administrator information in the storage device. If NO in S5-07, the process proceeds to S5-03 to request input of new administrator information. If YES in step S5-07, image information is read from the document set on the image reading apparatus in step S5-08, and area information is acquired. A storage example of each acquired area is shown in FIG. Subsequently, the process proceeds to S5-09, and the storage location information designated by the administrator is acquired. The storage location acquisition method here may be either a selection from the system in which the shared storage location information is stored or an input from an operation panel (not shown). In step S5-10, the administrator information, the area information, and the storage destination information are stored in the storage device as one piece of information. If NO in S5-06, the process proceeds to S5-11, and it is determined whether the input request is image distribution. When it is determined NO in S5-11, the state returns to the state immediately after the start. If YES is determined in S5-11, the process proceeds to S5-12, where the image information of the document set on the reading device is read, and the area information of the image is acquired. Subsequently, the process proceeds to S5-13 and a determination process (described later in FIG. 16) is performed. Subsequently, in S5-14, it is determined whether or not there is a suitable storage destination after the determination process. If YES in step S5-14, the process advances to step S5-15 to extract the associated storage location information. In the case of NO in S5-14, the process proceeds to S5-16, and a message indicating that the associated storage location information cannot be presented is returned. Thus, a series of processing ends.

  Next, the administrator information registration process of FIG. 4 will be described. First, in S6-01, an administrator information input from the administrator is acquired. The acquisition means does not matter whether administrator information is input from an operation panel (not shown) or selected from stored administrator information. In step S6-02, it is determined whether the administrator information acquired in step S6-01 is new. If NO is determined in S6-02, the information is stored in the storage device as new administrator information, and the process is terminated. If YES is determined in S6-02, it is returned as already registered, and the process is terminated.

  Next, storage destination information registration processing of FIG. 5 will be described. In S7-01, as an example of the type of storage destination, e-mail, I-fax, file server, or storage in another composite device via a network. In S7-02, the storage location information input by the administrator is acquired. In S7-03, it is determined whether the same information is already registered in the storage device. If NO is determined in S7-03, the process proceeds to S7-04 and is registered in a predetermined storage location. If YES is determined in S7-03, the process proceeds to S7-05 to indicate that registration has been completed, and the process is terminated.

  Subsequently, a storage example of each area acquired in FIG. 6 is shown in a table. Cnr indicates the area ratio r of the image information n of the character area. Pnr indicates a photographic area, and Inr indicates an image area.

  Next, a process of determining the compatibility of the ratio between the stored information and the read image information, which is the process of FIG.

  The image information acquired in S5-11 is image information (set as image 8 to be borrowed) obtained by a reading operation set in the reading device. After that, in S16-01, the area ratios are rearranged according to the following formula.

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Next, proceeding to S16-02, if image 8 = C8r>P8r> I8r, it is determined whether there is image information indicating the same order in the stored information FIG. If it is determined NO in S16-02, the process proceeds to S16-06, where it is determined that there is no match, and the process proceeds to S16-05. When YES is determined in S16-02, the process proceeds to S16-03, and it is determined whether or not each ratio falls within a predetermined threshold. If YES is determined in S16-03, the process proceeds to S16-04, a determination result is obtained, and the process proceeds to S16-05, and the process continues to S5-14. If NO is determined in S16-03, the process proceeds to S16-06.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure in embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of a controller unit. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process. It is a flowchart which shows the process of administrator information registration. It is a flowchart which shows the storage destination information registration process. It is a table | surface which shows the example of a storage table of each area | region. It is a table | surface which shows the example of information acquisition of a new reading image. It is a flowchart which shows the process which judges the adaptation of the ratio of stored information and read image information.

Explanation of symbols

101 image processing apparatus 102 file server 103 image processing apparatus

Claims (4)

  In a document management apparatus capable of reading a document image and storing the image information in a specified storage destination, a recognition unit for recognizing a predetermined area of the read image, a calculation unit for calculating a ratio of each area amount, and the calculation The storage means for storing the result, the store information and the storage destination information in association with each other, the display means for displaying a list of storage destinations, and the storage and the information after the reading operation are compared. A document management apparatus comprising a function of displaying the sender information and storage destination information associated with a feature amount at the top of a list display when the predetermined information is within a predetermined range.   2. The document management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image information includes at least characters, photographs, and images as attributes.   The document management apparatus, wherein the storage means stores administrator information requesting storage, a feature amount, and storage destination information together.   The document management apparatus characterized in that the ratio calculation means calculates the number of pixels for each image attribute constituting the entire image.

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