JP2008071050A - Information processing terminal device, information processor, file management server, information processing system, method for automatically creating file name, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically create an appropriate, easy-to-understand file name for image data obtained by scanning a document of a particular form and to facilitate editing about the creation of the file name, including corrections to the file name created. <P>SOLUTION: Image data are read (S1). If the image data are determined to be the image data of forms to be processed (S2/Y), the image data in a plurality of positions for recognition, previously designated for each form, are read (S3), and a character recognition processing is performed (S4). The file name is created by connecting recognized character strings in the plurality of positions to one another with delimiters (S5), and is displayed on the screen of an information processing terminal device (S6). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing terminal device, an information processing device, a file management server, an information processing system, and a file name automatic generation method having a function of automatically generating a file name for image data scanned from a document of a specific form The present invention relates to a program and a recording medium.

  In recent years, in offices and the like, a system in which a terminal such as a personal computer is connected to an information processing apparatus such as a digital multifunction peripheral via a network is often constructed. This type of information processing apparatus is generally configured as a multi-function device that serves as a printer, scanner, copier, document server, or the like. In the printer function, print data such as image data and text data is received from the information processing terminal device via a network, and images, characters, and the like based on the print data are recorded on a recording sheet. In the scanner function, the image data of the read document is transmitted via the network, and the information processing terminal device receives the image data and displays it on the display of the terminal. In the copying function, the document image read by the scanner function is recorded on a recording sheet. In the document server function, the scanned document is reused by storing the image data of the original read by the scanner function as an image file in a storage device inside the multifunction peripheral. Documents are shared by publishing on the network.

  By using such an information processing apparatus, it becomes possible to easily and easily create and use a document or an image document, and work efficiency in the office is greatly improved.

  Here, as the file name of the image file when saved in the storage device, a character string specified in advance, the date and time when the file was created, or the name of the information processing device that generated the image file is used. Or use it. For example, the following Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, Patent Document 3, and Patent Document 4 have been proposed as means for realizing a method for assigning an easy-to-understand image file name.

  Patent Document 1 uses an ID and a name specified by a host as an image file name when image data is transmitted from the scanner device to the host in a network scanner system including a scanner device and a host that can be connected to a network. It is.

  Patent Document 2 manages a storage file name with a unique ID or name for each user in a scanning system having a scanner function connected to a network via a personal computer / workstation, and uses this unique ID or name. The scanning operation is instructed.

  Patent Document 3 decodes barcode information in a document image read by an image reading device to generate a file name of the read image, and uses this file name as the file name of the read image.

Patent Document 4 is composed of a host computer connected to an image reading apparatus. In the file name area of an original to be read, a file name and a storage location are entered, and the original reading apparatus reads the image and stores the image data. By reading the file name area and transmitting the file name and storage location to the host computer, the image data is stored in the storage location of the host computer with the specified file name.
JP-A-10-233880 JP-A-11-66288 JP-A-11-275344 JP 2002-74321 A

  However, in the technology disclosed in each of the above patent documents, a file name that can be used as a file name can be automatically assigned a file name when saving image data. They were limited to fixed text such as handwritten text and text embedded in barcodes.

  Therefore, if you want to give a file name with a character string other than the character string specified in advance, if you want to change the character string entered by hand, or if you want to change the character string embedded in the barcode, the file name serial number in the department In the case of management, it was necessary to change the file name again after saving the image file.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to realize automatic generation of an appropriate and easy-to-understand file name for image data obtained by scanning a document of a specific form. It is to make it easy to edit the file name generation including modification of the file name.

The present invention is characterized by comprising the following technical means in order to solve the above problems.
According to a first technical means, in the information processing terminal device having a file name generation processing function for automatically generating a file name for image data generated by reading a document of a specific form, the file name generation processing function includes: , Recognizes specified data of a plurality of recognition locations designated in advance for each form, and generates a file name by concatenating the character strings of the plurality of locations recognized by the recognition processing via a delimiter It is characterized by being.

  The second technical means executes image editing processing related to file name generation including correction of the file name generated by the file name generation processing function in accordance with designation information obtained by a user input operation in the first technical means. An image editing processing function is further provided.

  According to a third technical means, in the second technical means, the image editing processing function has a function of changing the recognition location in accordance with designation information by a user input operation. It is.

  According to a fourth technical means, in the technical means according to any one of the second and third aspects, the image editing processing function has a function of arbitrarily designating the order of the connection according to designation information by a user input operation, The file name generation means generates the file name by concatenating the character strings in the specified order.

  According to a fifth technical means, in any one of the second to fourth technical means, the image editing processing function has a function of adding a location other than the plurality of recognition locations specified in advance as a recognition location, The file name generation means generates a file name including the added recognition location.

  A sixth technical means is the technical means according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, wherein the image editing processing function has a function of deleting a selected place from the recognition result of the recognized place, and the file name generating means is A file name is generated excluding the deleted portion.

  According to a seventh technical means, in any one of the first to sixth technical means, the file name generation processing function is configured such that the information of the part among the plurality of recognition parts specified in advance stores the image data as a file. A function that receives an assignment by inquiring the information to the file management server and generates a file name including the information by the assignment when the information is given by the file management server connected to the network managed as It is characterized by having.

  An eighth technical means is the seventh technical means characterized in that the information assigned by the file management server is a number or a character string.

  According to a ninth technical means, in the eighth technical means, the information assigned by the file management server is a management number assigned to each image data.

  According to a tenth technical means, in the eighth technical means, the information by the assignment from the file management server is the number of days information calculated from the different date information given to the two predetermined areas of the image data. It is characterized by.

  The eleventh technical means is characterized in that in any of the seventh to tenth technical means, information assigned by the file management server is embedded in the image data as image properties or viewable information. It is.

  A twelfth technical means is any one of the first to eleventh technical means, wherein the image data is transmitted via a network.

  A thirteenth technical means is an information processing apparatus having a function of scanning a document to generate image data, and transmitting the generated image data to an information processing device connected to a network. In any one of the technical means, a file name generation processing function is provided.

  The fourteenth technical means further includes an image editing processing function in any one of the second to sixth technical means.

  A fifteenth technical means is a file management server having a transmission / reception function for transmitting / receiving various types of information including image data via a network, and a file management function for managing received image data as a file, and is connected to the network. An inquiry response module that responds to an inquiry associated with the automatic file name generation processing from the information processing device is provided.

  A sixteenth technical means is the fifteenth technical means characterized in that the inquiry response module corresponds to a management number inquiry.

  The seventeenth technical means further comprises a calculation module in the fifteenth technical means or the sixteenth technical means for executing a period calculation process based on date information associated with a file name automatic generation process from an information processing device connected to the network, It is characterized by having a function of returning the number of days information calculated by the calculation module to the information processing device as a transmission source.

  The eighteenth technical means includes a transmission / reception function for transmitting / receiving various types of information including image data via a network, a file management function for managing received image data as a file, and a file name generation processing function according to claim 1. The file management function manages the image data received with the file name generated by the file name generation processing function.

  A nineteenth technical means further comprises a management number assigning function for assigning a management number to the received image data in the eighteenth technical means, wherein the file name generation processing function is the management given by the management number assigning function. A feature is that a file name including a number is generated.

  A twentieth technical means further comprises a calculation module for executing a period calculation process in the eighteenth or nineteenth technical means, wherein the calculation module converts different date information assigned to two predetermined areas of the image data. The number of days is calculated based on the file name generation processing function, and the file name generation processing function generates a file name including the calculated number of days information.

  A twenty-first technical means is an information processing system, scans a document, generates image data, and transmits the generated image data, and any one of the first to twelfth technical means Information processing terminal device, information processing device in the thirteenth or fourteenth technical means, and file management server in any one of the fifteenth to seventeenth technical means, and generated by reading a document of a specific form A feature is that a file name is automatically generated for the processed image data.

  According to a twenty-second technical means, a document in a specific form is read to generate image data, image data in a predesignated area is extracted from the generated image data, character recognition is performed, and a file is recognized as a recognized character string. A file name automatic generation method for automatically generating names, the step of reading image data, the step of determining whether or not the read image data corresponds to a document of a specific form, and a document of a specific form A step of performing character recognition processing of a plurality of locations designated in advance for corresponding image data, and a step of generating a file name by concatenating the plurality of recognized character strings with delimiters. It is a characteristic.

  The twenty-third technical means is a program for causing a computer to execute the file name automatic generation method in the twenty-second technical means.

  The twenty-fourth technical means is a computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to the twenty-third technical means.

  According to the present invention, since a file name is generated using a plurality of character strings and delimiters specified in advance on the form, it is possible to assign and save an appropriate file name to the read image data It becomes.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the file name generated by concatenating a plurality of character strings specified in advance on the form is confirmed, and if necessary, image editing processing related to correction and file name generation is designated. Therefore, a desired file name can be given.

  Further, according to the present invention, when generating a file name by concatenating a plurality of character strings specified in advance on the form, it is possible to arbitrarily specify the order in which the character strings are arranged. Depending on the file name, it is possible to set an appropriate file name.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since it is possible to additionally specify other character strings in addition to a plurality of character strings specified in advance on the form, it becomes possible to give a more easily understood file name. .

  In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to delete a selected portion from a plurality of character strings specified in advance on the form, so that an appropriate file name can be given according to the content of the read image data It becomes.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to add a management number assigned to each image data to the file name as needed for the image data of the specific form.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to include in the file name period information calculated from different date information input at a predetermined location on the form.

  In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to assign a value by inquiring the value of a necessary part to the server, and embed the information in the image data as image properties or viewable image data.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an information processing system in the case where an information processing terminal device includes a file name generation unit as a first embodiment of the present invention. The information processing system reads a document image and outputs image data. An information processing apparatus 10 (digital copying machine) to be generated, an information processing terminal apparatus 20 that receives and stores image data generated by the information processing apparatus 10 and has automatic file name generation, image editing, and other processing functions; A file management server 30 that stores and manages file data of image data sent from the information processing terminal device 10 is connected to the network 1.

  The information processing apparatus 10 includes an image reading unit 11 that reads a document image, and an image processing unit 12-that performs image processing such as tilt correction in order to determine whether the image data generated by the image reading unit 11 is a specific form. 1. Control unit 12 including an image transmission unit 12-3 that performs processing for transmitting image data processed by the image processing unit 12-1, a storage unit 13 that temporarily stores the read image data, a network An interface 14 and an operation input display unit 15 for performing various settings and displays are provided.

  The information processing terminal device 20 includes a network interface 21, a transmission / reception unit 22 for transmitting and receiving image data and commands, a storage unit 23 for storing image data transmitted from the information processing device 10, and images sequentially from the storage unit 23. Reads data and recognizes characters in a predetermined area at multiple locations, automatically concatenates multiple character strings with delimited character strings, and automatically assigns file names for image data including information sent from the file management server by the server inquiry function A file name generation unit 24 having a function to generate, a display unit 25 that displays the file name generated by the file name generation unit 24 and image data of the form, and correction of the file name generated by the file name generation unit 24 and file name The image editing processing unit 26 having an editing processing function related to generation, specifies the contents of correction and editing processing. For this purpose, an operation input unit 27, a file browsing processing unit 28 for browsing image data files, and a control unit 29 for executing various programs including a file name automatic generation unit program and controlling the entire apparatus are provided. It is configured.

  The file management server 30 manages the network interface 31, a transmission / reception unit 32 that transmits and receives various types of information including image data, a storage unit 33 that stores received image data, and the image data stored in the storage unit 33 as a file. Responds to inquiries such as a management number from an information processing device connected to the network, a file management unit 34 having a function to perform a period calculation process based on date information sent via the network The inquiry response module 36 having a function, each part of the device itself, and a control unit 37 that performs overall control are configured.

Next, an outline of the operation of the information processing system described above will be described.
In the information processing terminal device 20, when the transmission / reception unit receives image data from the information processing device 10 through the network interface 21, the information is temporarily stored in the storage unit 23. The file name generation unit 24 reads the image data stored in the storage unit 23, extracts data at a plurality of locations designated in advance, performs character recognition, and connects the recognized character strings with delimiters. Generate a file name. File name generation and image editing will be described in detail later with reference to flowcharts.

  The image data assigned with the file name by the file name automatic generation function of the file name generation unit 24 is stored in the storage unit 23 as an image data file. When a file name is assigned to all the image data of the target job sent from the information processing apparatus 10, the image data file is sent to the management server 30. The file management server 30 stores the image data file sent from the information processing terminal device 20 in the storage unit 33 and manages it by the file management unit 34. The image data file stored in the file management server 30 can be browsed by executing the software of the file browsing processing unit 28 of the information processing terminal device 20.

FIG. 2 shows an information processing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention in which a file name generation unit is provided in the file management server 30. In this case, the user inputs a job name on the operation input display 15 of the information processing apparatus 10 and performs a setting operation so that the read image data of the specific form is sent to the file management server 30.
Alternatively, the information processing apparatus may automatically recognize whether the read image data is a specific form, and if it is a specific form, it may be automatically sent to the file management server. As automatic recognition of the specific form, for example, it is recognized whether a predetermined barcode is included in the read image data.
Also, so that the file management server can determine the end of the job, for example, a job end determination card is added to the bottom of the stacked proposal cards and set in an automatic paper feed tray (not shown) to complete the job. The discrimination card may also be read together with the proposal card and sent to the file management server so that the job end discrimination card can be recognized by the file management server so that the end of the job can be determined.
The read image data is sent to the file management server 30 with the job name input by the user and stored in the storage unit 33. The file name generation unit 38 sequentially generates file names for the image data stored in the storage unit 33.

  In the case of this embodiment, the server inquiry from the information processing terminal device is not required if the management number is assigned or the period is calculated in advance. In addition, confirmation and correction of the assigned file name and designation of image editing processing are performed by starting the software of the file browsing processing unit 28 and the image editing processing unit of the information processing terminal device 20, for example, specified by the information processing device 10. A job name and ID are input, and a list of image data to which file names are assigned is displayed, and target image data is sequentially read out.

  FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention in which a file name generation unit is provided in the information processing apparatus 10. In this embodiment, the generated file name is sequentially assigned to the image data of the specific form generated by the information processing apparatus and stored in the storage unit 13. Also in this case, a set amount of proposal cards are set in the automatic paper feed tray, and the image data of the read specific form document is automatically generated sequentially in the same way as in the second embodiment described above, The image data with the file name is sequentially stored in the storage unit 13.

  The information processing terminal device 20 confirms, corrects, and edits the image in the same way as in the second embodiment described above, by sending image data with a file name from the information processing device 10 to the information processing terminal device 20. Alternatively, the user returns to his / her information processing terminal device, activates the software of the file browsing processing unit 26 and the image editing processing unit 26, inputs a job name and password from the operation input unit 27, and A transmission request may be issued to the information processing apparatus 10 storing the image data to which the name is assigned.

Furthermore, in the case of the present invention, the information processing apparatus 10 includes the functions of the file browsing processing unit 28, the image editing processing unit 26 of the information processing terminal device 20, the calculation module 35 in the file management server 30, and the file management unit 24. It may be.
Therefore, each of the information processing system described above and the information processing terminal device 20, the information processing device 10, and the file management server 30 constituting the system is a subject of the present invention.

  Next, in the information processing system shown in FIG. 1, the processing flow in the information processing terminal device 20 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. In this flow, a document is read by the information processing apparatus 10 and the above-described image processing is performed, and image data of a specific form is sent to the information processing terminal apparatus 20 and stored in the storage unit 23. Each function of the generation unit 24 and the image editing processing unit 26 is activated, and an operation for designating a type of a specific format to be processed is performed from the operation input unit 27, and execution of a file name generation process is started. It has become a start.

  First, image data stored in the storage unit 23 is read (step S1), and it is determined whether or not the image data is image data of a designated processing target form (step S2). If it is determined that the image data is the form data to be processed, the process proceeds to step S3, where the designation data of the recognition portion designated in advance for each form is read, and the character recognition process of the designation data read in step S4 is performed.

  Here, a specific example of a document of a specific form will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 13 shows a “suggest card” as a form sample, and this form is registered as a specific form. FIG. 14 shows an example of entry in each item of the form shown in FIG. FIG. 15 shows recognition designation locations used for file names. In the example of the figure, the columns “Proposal Card”, “Created Date”, “Name”, and “Reception Date” are selected. The “Reception Date” and “Judgment Date” fields are filled in by the department in charge (“Production Department” in the example shown) after the proposal card is submitted, by handwriting or other methods.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the character recognition process is executed in step S4. When the designated data at the recognition designated portion is recognized as a character string, the process proceeds to step S5 to generate a file name, and the file name generated in step S6 is displayed. FIG. 18A shows an example of the displayed file name. As shown in the figure, each character string “suggestion card”, “Taro Yamada”, and “April 11, 2006” at a plurality of designated recognition locations are displayed. The file name is concatenated via an underscore “_” as a delimiter.

  When the recognition part is corrected by the user input, the process proceeds from step S7 to step S8, and the recognition part correction process is executed. FIG. 18B shows an example in which the name and date are corrected.

  When the connection order of the character strings is changed by user input, the process proceeds from step S9 to step S10, and the connection order change process is executed. FIG. 18C shows an example in which “creation date” is changed to the beginning of the file name.

  When the recognition location is added by the user input, the process proceeds from step S11 to step S12, and the recognition location addition process is executed. For example, on the screen on which the form image of FIG. 15 is displayed, the “name” field is added to the recognition designated place by placing the cursor on the “name” field and pressing the enter key. Reference numeral 18 (D) denotes a file name generated by the recognition location adding process, and “AAA method” in the “name” column is added.

In the case of deleting the selected part, the process proceeds from step S13 to step S14, and the part selected as the recognized part can be deleted. FIG. 18E shows an example in which the “suggest card” is deleted.
Each edit of the change of the connecting order, the addition of the recognition portion, and the deletion of the recognition portion described above is reflected in subsequent file name generation when the processing is executed.

  If it is set to include “determination days” in the file name, the process proceeds from step S15 to step S16, and the calculation module 34 of the file management server 30 performs the calculation process of the days from “reception date” to “determination date”. The calculation result is added to the file name as “determination days” as shown in FIG.

  If “server inquiry” for assigning information such as a management number is set, the process proceeds from step S17 to step S18, the server inquiry process is executed in the inquiry response module 34 of the file management server 30, and the inquiry is answered. The management number is transmitted to the information processing terminal device, and the “management number” is entered in the “Management No” field of the form as shown in FIG. 17, and is included in the file name as shown in the lower part of FIG. It is done.

  If the information transmitted from the file management server 30 is set to be embedded in the image data as image properties or viewable data, the process proceeds from step S19 to step S20, the data embedding process is executed, and the process ends. In step S2, if the read image data is not a form to be processed, the process ends.

5 to 12 show the flow of each process in the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 5 shows the designated part recognition process flow of step S4 in FIG. 4, the designated recognition part loop is started in step S21, the designated data of the designated part is recognized in step S22, and the recognition process of all designated parts is executed. Then, the designated place recognition loop is terminated in step S23.

  FIG. 6 shows a recognition location correction processing flow in step S8 in FIG. 4. When correction by a user operation is designated, a recognition location correction processing loop is started in step S31, and a recognition result correction processing is executed in step S32. In step S33, the file name is updated and the updated file name is displayed. When an editing end operation is performed, the recognition result correction loop is terminated in step S34.

  FIG. 7 shows the connection order change processing flow in step S10 in FIG. 4. When the change of the connection order by the user operation is designated, the connection order change loop is started in step S41, and the connection order change process is executed in step S42. In step S43, the file name is updated and the updated file name is displayed. When the change end operation is performed, the connection order change loop is ended in step S44.

  FIG. 8 shows a recognition location addition processing flow in step S12 in FIG. 4. When recognition location addition by a user operation is designated, a recognition location addition loop is started in step S51, and recognition location addition processing is executed in step S52. When the character recognition process for the added part is executed in step S53, the file name is updated in step S54, the updated file name including the character string of the added part is displayed, and an operation for finishing the addition is performed. In step S55, the recognition location addition loop is terminated.

  FIG. 9 shows the selected part deletion process flow in step S14 in FIG. 4. When the selected part deletion is designated by the user operation, the selected part deletion process loop is started in step S61, and the deletion part selection process is executed in step S62. When the deletion decision operation is performed, the process proceeds from step S63 to step S64, the file name from which the selected portion is deleted is updated and the updated file name is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S65. When the deletion of the selected portion is stopped, the process proceeds from step S63 to step S65, and the selected portion deletion processing loop is terminated.

  FIG. 10 shows the calculation process flow of step S16 in FIG. 4. When the day calculation process is set, a calculation process loop is started in step S71, and a calculation target portion, for example, “reception” input by handwriting is input in step S72. "Date" and "Judgment date" fields are read, the target algorithm (subtraction in this example) is applied in step S73, the number of days is calculated, the file name is updated in step S74, and the update includes the calculated number of days information The file name thus displayed is displayed, and the calculation processing loop ends in step S75.

  FIG. 11 shows the server inquiry process of step S18 in FIG. 4. When the server inquiry is set, the server inquiry loop is started in step S81, the server inquiry process is executed in step S82, and the server inquiry process is executed in step S83. When there is a response, the file name is updated in step S84, the information sent from the server, for example, the updated file name including the management number is displayed, and when the server inquiry end operation is performed, the server inquiry is performed in step S85. End the loop.

FIG. 12 shows the data embedding process in step S20 in FIG. 4. When the data embedding process is set, a data embedding loop is started in step S91, and the management number information and determination period information received from the server in step S92, for example. The data embedding process for embedding data in the image data is executed, and the data embedding loop is terminated in step S93.
The image data files whose file names are automatically generated by the above-described processing are confirmed, are sequentially or collectively transmitted to the file management server 30, and are centrally managed by the file management unit 35.

  FIG. 19 shows another embodiment in the process flow for generating a file name. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the steps of “calculation processing”, “server inquiry processing”, and “data embedding processing” are “ Although the example processed after the steps for correction of the “recognition location correction process”, “concatenation order change process”, “recognition location addition process”, and “selected location deletion process” is shown, in this embodiment, Each step of “calculation process”, “server inquiry process”, and “data embedding process” is processed before the step for correction according to the setting, and “determination days” and “management number” are set. You can also edit the name of the file that contains it.

  First, image data is read from the storage unit 23 (step S101), and it is determined whether or not the image data is image data of a designated processing target form (step S102). It is discarded (step S103) and the process returns to step S101. If it is determined that the image data is the image data of the processing target form, the process proceeds to step S104, where image data of a recognition portion designated in advance for each form is read, and character recognition processing of the read image data is executed in step S105.

If it is set to include “determination days” in the file name, the process proceeds from step S106 to step S107, and the period calculation process from “reception date” to “determination date” is executed as in the case of FIG. The calculation result is added to the file name as “determination days”.
If “server inquiry” for giving information such as a management number is set, the process proceeds from step S108 to step S109, and server inquiry processing is performed in the inquiry module 34 of the file management server 30 as in the case of FIG. The “management number” is entered in the “management number” column of the form.
If the information transmitted from the file management server is set to be embedded in the image data as image properties or viewable data, the process proceeds from step S110 to step S111 to execute a data embedding process.
If "Calculation process setting", "Server inquiry", and "Embed data in image" are not set, the recognition result at the specified location is concatenated to generate a file name, and "Calculation process setting", "Server If “inquiry” is set, a file name including “determination days” and “management number” is generated (step S112), and the generated file name is displayed (step S113).

  In this embodiment, if the user does not start up the function of the image editing processing unit 26, that is, if the user is not in the edit setting mode (step S114 / N), the process proceeds to step S124 and waits for the next image data capture. . Steps S115 to S122 in the edit setting mode are the same as those in the flowchart of FIG.

  After the changed file name is displayed in step S123, if an operation for fetching the next image data from the operation input unit 27 is performed, the process proceeds to step S125. If there is image data to be processed, the process proceeds to step S101. Return and continue the automatic file name generation process. In step S124, the end of the work is selected without taking in the next image data, or the process ends if there is no job data to be processed in step S125.

  In this embodiment, when image data is captured from the storage unit 23, not only the character string of each designated recognition location but also information sent from the file management server such as “determination days” and “management number” is included. Since the file name is generated and displayed, for example, when the “Reception date” or “Judgment date” is not recognized correctly, it can be corrected on the spot even if there is an error in the “Judgment day”. Editing is possible, and work efficiency can be improved when editing is not necessary.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information processing system when a file name generation unit is provided in an information processing terminal device as a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a whole block diagram of the information processing system at the time of providing the file name production | generation part in the file management server as the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 10 is an overall configuration diagram of an information processing system when a file name generation unit is provided in an information processing apparatus (digital copying machine) as a third embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the processing flow of the information processing terminal device in the information processing apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart of the designated location recognition process of step S4. It is a flowchart of the recognition location correction process of step S8. It is a flowchart of the connection order change process of step S10. It is a flowchart of the recognition location addition process of step S12. It is a flowchart of the selection location deletion process of step S14. It is a flowchart of the calculation process of step S16. It is a flowchart of the server inquiry process of step S18. It is a flowchart of the data embedding process of step S20. It is a figure which shows the paper before form entry of a form sample. It is a figure which shows the example of a form entry of a form sample. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram when a form filled in is scanned and displayed on a screen, and necessary items are input. It is explanatory drawing in the case of including period information in a file name. It is explanatory drawing when a management number is included in a file name. It is a figure which shows the example of each produced | generated file name. It is a flow chart for explaining processing in another embodiment of file name automatic generation processing.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network, 10 ... Information processing apparatus (digital multifunction device), 11 ... Image reading part, 12 ... Control part, 12-1 ... Image processing part, 12-2 ... File name generation part, 12-3 ... Image transmission part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Memory | storage part 14 ... Network I / F, 15 ... Operation input display part, 20 ... Information processing terminal device, 21 ... Network I / F, 22 ... Transmission / reception part, 23 ... Memory | storage part, 24 ... File name generation part , 25 ... display unit, 26 ... image editing processing unit, 27 ... operation input unit, 28 ... file browsing processing unit, 29 ... control unit, 30 ... file management server, 31 ... network I / F, 32 ... transmission / reception unit, 33 ... storage unit, 34 ... file management unit, 35 ... calculation module, 36 ... inquiry module, 37 ... control unit, 38 ... file name generation unit.

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In an information processing terminal device having a file name generation processing function for automatically generating a file name for image data generated by reading a document of a specific form,
The file name generation processing function recognizes specified data of a plurality of recognition locations designated in advance for each form, and connects the character strings of the plurality of locations recognized by the recognition processing via a delimiter. An information processing terminal device for generating a file name by doing so.   The image editing processing function according to claim 1, further comprising an image editing processing function for executing an image editing process related to file name generation including correction of a file name generated by the file name generation processing function in accordance with designation information by a user input operation. 1. An information processing terminal device according to 1.   The information processing terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the image editing processing function has a function of changing the recognition location in accordance with designation information obtained by a user input operation.   The image editing processing function has a function of arbitrarily specifying the connection order according to specification information by a user input operation, and the file name generation unit connects the character strings in the specified order. 4. The information processing terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the information processing terminal device generates a file name.   The image editing processing function has a function of adding a location other than the plurality of recognition locations specified in advance as a recognition location, and the file name generation means includes a file name including the added recognition location. The information processing terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the information processing terminal device is generated.   The image editing processing function has a function of deleting a selected portion from the recognition result of the recognition portion, and the file name generation unit generates a file name excluding the deleted portion. The information processing terminal device according to claim 2.   The file name generation processing function is information provided by a file management server connected to the network that manages the image data as a file, in the information of the plurality of recognition points designated in advance. 7. The function according to claim 1, further comprising: a function of receiving an assignment by inquiring the information from the file management server in a certain case and generating a file name including the information by the assignment. Information processing terminal device.   The information processing terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the information assigned by the file management server is a number or a character string.   9. The information processing terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the information assigned by the file management server is a management number assigned to each image data.   9. The information processing terminal according to claim 8, wherein the information assigned by the file management server is information on the number of days calculated from different date information assigned to two predetermined areas of the image data. apparatus.   11. The information processing terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising a function of embedding information assigned by the file management server in the image data as image properties or viewable information.   12. The information processing terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the image data is transmitted via a network.   13. An information processing apparatus having a function of scanning a document to generate image data and transmitting the generated image data to an information processing device connected to a network, wherein the file according to claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising a name generation processing function.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising the image editing processing function according to claim 2. A file management server having a transmission / reception function for transmitting / receiving various types of information including image data via a network, and a file management function for managing received image data as a file;
A file management server comprising: an inquiry response module that responds to an inquiry associated with a file name automatic generation process from an information processing device connected to the network.   The file management server according to claim 15, wherein the inquiry response module corresponds to a management number inquiry.   A calculation module for executing a period calculation process based on date information associated with a file name automatic generation process from an information processing device connected to the network, and the information on the number of days calculated by the calculation module The file management server according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the file management server has a function of returning to a processing device.   2. A file management function comprising: a transmission / reception function for transmitting / receiving various types of information including image data via a network; a file management function for managing received image data as a file; and a file name generation processing function according to claim 1; Is a file management server for managing the image data received with the file name generated by the file name generation processing function.   A management number assigning function for assigning a management number to received image data is further provided, and the file name generation processing function generates a file name including the management number assigned by the management number assigning function. The file management server according to claim 18.   A calculation module for executing a period calculation process; the calculation module calculates the number of days based on different date information assigned to two predetermined areas of the image data; and the file name generation process function includes: The file management server according to claim 18 or 19, wherein a file name is generated including the calculated days information.   The information processing device having a function of scanning a document to generate image data and transmitting the generated image data, the information processing terminal device according to claim 1, and the information processing device according to claim 13 or 14. And a file management server according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein a file name is automatically generated for image data generated by reading a document of a specific form. A featured information processing system. A file name that scans a document in a specific form, generates image data, extracts the image data of a specified area from the generated image data, recognizes characters, and automatically generates a file name using the recognized character string An automatic generation method,
Reading the image data;
Determining whether the read image data corresponds to a document of a specific form;
Performing character recognition processing at a plurality of locations designated in advance for image data corresponding to a document of a specific form;
And a step of generating a file name by concatenating the plurality of recognized character strings with delimiters.   A program for causing a computer to execute the file name automatic generation method according to claim 22.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 23 is recorded.

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