JP2016136713A - Device, method and program for processing image data by using code - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform code retrieval at high speed according to a position which a user designates and to automatically generate a file name and a folder name, which are used for file distribution, from an arbitrary code character string.SOLUTION: An image data processing device comprises: means for receiving an instruction on a position of a code present on a document from a user; means for scanning the document after the instruction is received; means for decoding a code retrieved from a position corresponding to the received position in image data obtained by scanning; and processing means for processing the image data on the basis of information obtained by decoding. The device also comprises means for acquiring a plurality of values designated by a tag from information obtained by decoding and automatically generating a file name and a storge destination folder name by using the acquired values.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for extracting a code existing on an original from image data obtained by scanning the original and processing the image data, a method thereof, and a program.

  Scans the document to generate image data, searches the image data for codes (eg, barcodes, two-dimensional codes, digital watermarks, etc.), decodes the found codes, and processes the image data according to the information obtained by decoding The technology to do is known. For example, Patent Document 1 reads a QR code (registered trademark) from image data obtained by scanning a document, analyzes the rotation state of the image data from the read QR code, and rotates the orientation of the image data. Technology is disclosed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for changing a file name (or folder name of a folder) of an image file already recorded on a recording medium such as a memory card using a code such as a two-dimensional barcode. ing. Specifically, when it is desired to change, first, the image file to be processed (or the folder to be processed) is selected. After that, the desired code is imaged with the camera from the code list sheet, the file name (or folder name) is generated using the result of recognizing the captured code, and the file name (or folder name) is changed. The

Japanese Patent No. 4661255 WO2005 / 062186

  However, in the technique as described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to search for codes from the entire image data, and it takes a lot of time to search for codes. In addition, when searching for codes from image data, a technique for searching for codes from the four corner areas of image data is also known. However, in this technique, codes are present because the positions of the four corners determined in advance are always searched. There is a first problem that a region not to be searched is always searched, and wasteful processing occurs, and a code cannot be found when a code exists at a position other than the four corners.

  Further, as in Patent Document 2, the code extracted from the image data is decoded, a file name is generated using information obtained by the decoding, and the file name is assigned to the image data. In such a case, the following second problem occurs. In the first place, in the technique of Patent Document 2, it is necessary to separately prepare a dedicated code list sheet in addition to the image data to be processed, and it is not assumed that the code is embedded in the image data to be processed. . If a code embedded in the processing target image data is used, it is necessary to cope with the fact that the code can be created in a format specific to each processing target image. That is, taking into consideration the possibility that various parameters are encoded in various formats, it is necessary to deal with how to interpret character strings in various formats obtained by decoding them.

  An apparatus according to the present invention for solving the first problem includes an operation unit that receives an instruction regarding a position of a code existing on a document from a user, a scanning unit that scans the document after receiving the instruction, Based on the search means for searching for a code from a position corresponding to the position on the document in the image data obtained by scanning, the decoding means for decoding the code found by the search, and the information obtained by the decoding And processing means for performing processing on the image data.

  In addition, an apparatus according to the present invention for solving the second problem separates means capable of registering a plurality of tags included in a code existing on a document and one or more parameters included in the code. Means for registering the delimiter, means for extracting data from the code, means for dividing the data extracted using the pre-registered delimiter, and division using the pre-registered tag And means for acquiring and storing a tag value from the data.

  According to the present invention for solving the first problem, it is possible to perform a code search quickly and efficiently based on a position designated by a user.

  Further, according to the present invention for solving the second problem, even if the code is created in a document-specific format, necessary data is extracted from the code to generate a file name, a storage folder name, etc. Is possible.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a file management system. It is a figure explaining a mode that the manuscript with a code is created by PC. It is a figure which shows the management structure of the file in a file server. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of print image data generation processing that is a source of a code-added document. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a routine work button setting process. It is a figure which shows an example of UI screen used in the case of a routine work. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining how to place a document and a search target area for codes. It is a flowchart which shows a series of flows which acquire scan image data from a document, and detect and analyze a code. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing for determining and saving a destination folder and a file name of scanned image data according to the first embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example in case a file name and a folder name are embedded with the tag in the code added to the fixed form document. It is a figure explaining an example in case several parameters, such as a user name and a department name, are embedded with the tag in the code added to the fixed form document. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example when a file name and a folder name are embedded without a tag in a code added to a standard document. It is a figure explaining an example in case only the file name is embedded without the tag in the code added to the fixed form document. It is a figure explaining an example in case only the folder name is embedded in the code added to the fixed form document without the tag. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing for determining and storing a storage folder and a file name of generated scan image data according to the second embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the structure shown in the following Examples is only an example, and this invention is not limited to the structure shown in figure.

[Example 1]
In this embodiment, a two-dimensional code is searched and decoded from image data obtained by scanning a document, a folder name and a file name are determined based on the information obtained by decoding, and the image data of the document is stored in a file server. The manner of storing in will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a file management system according to the present embodiment. The file management system 100 includes an MFP 110, a PC 120, and a file server 130, which are connected to each other via a network 140 such as a LAN.

  The MFP 110 is an image forming apparatus called a multi function peripheral having a plurality of functions such as a printer and a scanner. The MFP 110 includes a control unit 111, an operation / display unit 112, a printer unit 113, a scanner unit 114, a storage unit 115, a decoding unit 116, and a transmission / reception unit 117.

  The control unit 111 includes various I / Fs with the operation / display unit 112 and the printer unit 113 in addition to the CPU, ROM, and RAM, and comprehensively controls the MFP 100.

  The operation / display unit 112 includes a liquid crystal panel having a touch screen function, and displays various information to the user and accepts a user operation such as a scan instruction.

  The printer unit 113 prints an image on a recording medium such as paper using the image data received from the control unit 111.

  The scanner unit 114 scans a document set on a document table or ADF and generates image data. Hereinafter, document image data obtained by scanning is referred to as “scanned image data”.

  The storage unit 115 is an HDD, for example, and stores various data such as user setting information.

  The decoding unit 116 performs a process of searching for a two-dimensional code (hereinafter referred to as a code) such as a QR code from the scanned image data, and a decoding process (decoding process) of the code found by the search.

  The transmission / reception unit 117 transmits / receives data to / from external devices such as the PC 120 and the file server 130.

  The PC 120 is an information processing apparatus that creates a document with a code added thereto.

  The file server 130 is an information processing apparatus that stores and manages various data files such as scanned image data used in the MFP 110 by sorting them into hierarchical folders.

[About manuscripts with codes]
Next, in the present embodiment, a document to which a code (QR code) is added, which is a target of scanning by the scanner unit 114 of the MFP 110, will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining how a code-added document is created by the PC 120. In the example of FIG. 2, a template file in which a fixed form document (in this case, an invoice) 202 to which a QR code 203 is added at the upper left corner describes what characters are input to each item according to a predetermined layout is described. Is created on the basis of the CSV file 201. Reference numeral 204 is information (character string) obtained by decoding the QR code 203. In this example, information specifying the folder name “Suzuki” of the storage destination (distribution destination) of the file server 130, and storage The information “A company delivery note” for specifying the file name at the time is included.

[File management structure in file server]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a file management structure in the file server 130.

  The top folder 300 is a folder in the highest layer of the file server 130 that serves as a reference when storing files. The distribution destination folders 310 to 330 are subfolders under the top folder 300, and are associated with each user in this embodiment (subfolder 310: Suzuki, subfolder 320: Sato, subfolder 330: Takahashi). The storage file 311 is a file stored in the subfolder 310, and in this embodiment, is the data of “A company delivery note” shown in FIG.

  If the code is the QR code 203 shown in FIG. 2, the storage file “A company delivery document.pdf” 311 is named in the distribution destination folder “Suzuki” 310 under the top folder 300 “share” of the file server 130. Will be stored.

[Create manuscript with code]
Next, a flow until a document with a two-dimensional code (for example, a QR code) is created on the PC 120 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of print image data generation processing that is a source of a code-added document. This series of processing is performed by reading a computer-executable program describing the following procedure from the ROM into the RAM and then executing the program by the CPU.

  In step 401, a storage folder for scanned image data (file) is designated by a user operation via an operation unit (not shown) of the PC 120. In this embodiment, a template file (CSV file here) used as a folder name and a character string used as a tag are designated. Specifically, the column “in charge” is designated as the column used as the folder name, and “FOLDER:” is designated as the character string used as the tag. The tag is a mark for extracting specific information from a character string obtained by decoding a code. For example, the tag is used to extract information on who the “person in charge” is from the character string.

  In step 402, a file name for storing the scan image data is designated by a user operation via an operation unit (not shown) of the PC 120. In this embodiment, a CSV file column used as a file name and a character string used as a tag are designated. Specifically, a “file name” column is specified as a column used as a file name, and “FILENAME:” is specified as a character string used as a tag.

  In step 403, information on records (rows) of the CSV file is sequentially read. For example, the management numbers “0001” are sequentially read from top to bottom, such as “0002” and “0003”.

  In step 404, standard document image data is generated according to the information of each field of the read record.

  In step 405, the field information read in step 404 and the tags specified in steps 401 and 402 are combined to create a character string to be encoded (encoded). In the above example, the character string to be encoded is “FOLDER: Suzuki; FILENAME: A company delivery note”.

  In step 406, code image data is generated from the character string created in step 405.

  In step 407, the standard document image data generated in step 404 and the code image data generated in step 406 are combined to generate print image data. The generated print image data is transmitted to the MFP 110 via the transmission / reception unit 117 and subjected to print processing.

  In step 408, it is determined whether print image data generation has been completed for all records in the CSV file. If there is an unprocessed record, the process returns to step 403, and the process is repeated for the next record. On the other hand, if the generation of print image data has been completed for all the records, this processing is finished.

  The above is the content of the print image data generation process that is the source of the code-added document. The print image data generated in this way is printed by the MFP 110, and a code-added document as a standard document is created.

[Preparation processing for routine business processing]
Next, a routine process preparation process in the MFP 110 will be described. Here, the routine work in the present embodiment refers to scanning a regular document (code-added document) created as described above with the scanner unit 114 of the MFP 110, and responsible for the obtained scanned image data on the file server 130. This is a process of storing a file with a file name in each folder.

  Before explaining the actual flow of routine business processing, the preparation processing will be described. Specifically, a UI button corresponding to the contents of the routine work on the routine work screen as the user interface screen displayed on the operation / display unit 112 of the MFP 110, which is used when the user performs the routine work (standard work button). ) Setting will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the routine job button setting process. Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, an example of a UI screen used for routine work will be described with reference to the examples.

  In step 501, the control unit 111 displays a routine work screen on the operation / display unit 112. FIG. 6A is an example of a main screen of a routine work screen. First, such a main screen 600 is displayed on the operation / display unit 112. Buttons 601 and 602 in the main screen 600 are routine work buttons, which are provided according to the type of individual routine work (that is, the regular document), and are updated to a name designated by the user after the setting is completed (described later). (See FIG. 6 (e)). FIG. 6A shows a default state in which individual routine tasks are not set, and there are two routine task buttons 601 and 602 of “routine task 1” and “routine task 2”. Of course, the number of routine tasks that can be set is not limited to two, and more routine task buttons may be provided. A setting button 603 is a button to be pressed when setting a routine work button.

  In step 502, the control unit 111 accepts selection of the routine work button 601/602 and pressing of the setting button 603 by the user. Here, it is assumed that the routine job button 601 corresponding to “routine job 1” is selected.

  In step 503, the control unit 111 displays a document reading setting screen on the operation / display unit 112. FIG. 6B is an example of a document reading setting screen. The user inputs the document size, resolution, and the like on the document reading setting screen 610. Hereinafter, each item will be described in detail. In the original reading setting screen 610 shown in FIG. 6B, an area 611 is an area for inputting the size of the original to be scanned, and “A4” is input here. An area 612 is an area for inputting a resolution at the time of reading. In this example, “300 × 300” is set, so that the scanning process is performed at a resolution of 300 dpi. An area 613 is an area for inputting the orientation of the document, which is “horizontal” here. However, if the document is in the portrait orientation, “vertical” is input. An area 614 is an area for inputting a file format. In this example, the format is “PDF”, and the read image data is saved in the PDF format. An area 615 is an area for designating whether or not to automatically correct the orientation of the document. In this example, “Yes” is entered. However, if the user does not desire automatic correction, “No” is input. An area 616 is an area for specifying whether the position of the code to be added to the original is automatically detected from the original or set, or “manual” is set. An area 617 is used to input a numerical value indicating the code position. It is a display area. Now, the area 616 is “automatic”. In this case, an automatic code position setting screen 620 as shown in FIG. 6C is displayed on the operation / display unit 112, and the user sets the original (sample original) to which the code is added and reads it. By doing so, the code position can be set automatically. Thus, for example, values (“left: 20 mm”, “upper: 10 mm”) as shown in the area 617 are automatically determined. If “manual” is input to the area 616, the user directly inputs and sets two numerical values in the area 617.

  In step 504, the control unit 111 determines whether the content input in the above-described code position setting area 616 is “automatic” or “manual”. If the result of determination is “automatic”, processing proceeds to step 505. On the other hand, if “manual”, the process proceeds to step 512.

  In step 505, the control unit 111 displays the code position area 617 in the above-described document reading setting screen 610 in gray out.

  In step 506, the control unit 111 accepts the user's pressing of the “Next” button 618 on the document reading setting screen 610 described above.

  In step 507, the control unit 111 displays the above-described code position automatic setting screen (FIG. 6C) on the operation / display unit 112. In response to this, the user sets a document to be read on a document table or the like.

  In step 508, the control unit 111 receives a scan execution instruction (for example, pressing of a start button (not shown)) on the operation / display unit 112.

  In step 509, the control unit 111 instructs the scanner unit 114 to scan a document, and upon receiving the instruction, the scanner unit 114 scans the document and generates scanned image data. The generated scan image data is sent to the decoding unit 116.

  In step 510, the decoding unit 116 detects the position where the code exists on the scanned image data based on the information (that is, the document size and the document orientation) input to each item of the document reading setting screen 610 described above. . Information (code position detection information) such as coordinates for specifying the position of the detected code is sent to the control unit 111.

  In step 511, the control unit 111 sets a code position in the area 617 on the document reading setting screen 610 described above according to the code position detection information received from the decoding unit 116. Thus, when the code position is automatically set from the sample document, the process proceeds to step 514.

  In step 512, the control unit 111 sets a numerical value directly input by the user in the area 617 on the document reading setting screen 610 described above as a code position.

  In step 513, the control unit 111 accepts the user pressing the “Next” button 618 on the above-described document reading setting screen 610. Accordingly, the process proceeds to step 514.

  In step 514, the control unit 111 displays a file storage setting screen on the operation / display unit 112. FIG. 6D is a diagram illustrating an example of a file storage setting screen. In the file storage setting screen 630, an area 631 is an area for designating the address of the file server 130, and "\\ 192.168.XX.XX" is designated here. An area 632 is an area for designating the top folder of the file server 130, and “share” is designated here. An area 633 is an area for designating a folder name tag, and “FOLDER:” is designated here. If there is a folder name tag “FOLDER:” in the character string obtained by decoding the code in the document, the character string following the tag is used as the storage folder name. An area 634 is an area for designating a file name tag, and “FILENAME:” is designated here. If there is a file name tag “FILENAME:” in the character string obtained by decoding the code in the document, the character string following the tag is used as the file name. The area 635 is an area for designating processing when a file with the same name already exists in the storage destination folder and is duplicated. In this case, “overwrite” is designated, but when overwriting is not desired. Enter "Do nothing". Further, when the file is set to be saved with a different name, a character string such as a number may be automatically added to the end of the file name specified by the code to give the file name. An area 636 is an area for designating a name of a routine work, and “Invoice” is designated here. When the input is completed for all items, the user presses an OK button 637.

  In step 515, the control unit 111 accepts the user pressing the OK button 637 on the file storage setting screen 630 described above.

  In step 516, the control unit 111 sets the contents of each item set in the processing so far as the routine job corresponding to “routine job 1” as the name specified in the area 636 of the file storage setting screen 630 ( Here, “delivery note”) is stored in the storage unit 115.

  In step 517, the control unit 111 creates a routine job button using the specified routine job name as a button name, and replaces the routine job button name with “typical job 1” as the main screen of the routine job screen. It is displayed on the operation / display unit 112. FIG. 6E shows a main screen 600 ′ of a routine work screen in which a regular work button with the name “Invoice” is displayed instead of “Standard work 1”. Thereafter, the user can press the “delivery note” button 640 to create the standard delivery note shown in FIG.

  The above is a flow until setting a UI button (standard work button) corresponding to the contents of the standard work. In this way, for example, a UI button for performing a routine work for creating a standard delivery note or the like is created. If it is desired to change the contents of the set routine work, after selecting a desired routine work button on the routine work screen, the setting button 603 is selected, the same processing is performed, and the setting can be reset.

[How to place a manuscript with code and code position when scanning]
Here, how to place a document with a code on the document table of the MFP 110 and the code position at the time of scanning will be described.

  Conventionally, scanning was performed without specifying the position on the document where the code should exist, and the code search was performed on the entire scanned image data, so it took a lot of time to detect the code. Was. Therefore, in this embodiment, as described above, the user specifies the orientation and code position of the document (see the document reading setting screen 610 shown in FIG. 6B). As a result, the decoding unit 116 can scan only the specified position (search target area) on the document, and can perform code search at high speed.

  Here, when the user specifies the orientation of the document as “horizontal”, it is assumed that the position of the code on the document is the upper left corner of the document (see the standard document 202 in FIG. 2). When such a document is set on the document table or the like of the MFP 110, there are four ways to place the document as shown in FIGS. Here, for example, when the value (left: 20 mm, top: 10 mm) specified in the area 617 in FIG. 6B is set as the code position, the decoding unit 116 searches for a position other than the designated position. If it is not performed, the code search fails in three ways other than FIG. 7A (FIGS. 7B to 7D).

  Therefore, in this embodiment, based on the set information on “original orientation” and “code position”, code search on the original is performed as follows.

1) When a document is set in the correct orientation on the document table or the like In FIG. 7, when “Landscape” is specified for “Original orientation”, the correct orientation is as shown in FIG. 7A. And, there are two ways of placing in the opposite positions in the horizontal direction shown in FIG. The code positions that can be considered in the case of these two placements are the codes 711 rotated 180 degrees from the positions 711 in the case of placing in the normal position in the horizontal direction, and the positions of 711 in the case of placing in the reverse position in the horizontal direction. 712 position. Therefore, when the document is set in the correct orientation on the document table or the like, in this embodiment, two areas, the area indicated by the broken line 720 and the area indicated by the broken line 721, are specified as the code search target areas in the decoding unit 116. Scan (see FIG. 7E).

2) When the original is set on the platen or the like in a direction different from the specified direction When “Landscape” is specified for “Original Direction”, the correct placement is the reverse of the normal position described above. As shown in FIGS. 7C and 7D, when the document is set to “vertical”, the orientation is different from the designated document orientation. The code position considered in the case of such placement is rotated by 180 degrees in the position of 713 in the case of FIG. 7C and in the position of 713 in the case of FIG. 7D. This is the position of reference numeral 714. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the document is set on the document table or the like in a direction different from the correct direction, two areas of the area indicated by the broken line 730 and the area indicated by the broken line 731 are used as the code search target areas in the decoding unit 116. A part is designated and scanned (see FIG. 7F).

[Typical business processing]
Next, actual routine job processing in the MFP 110 will be described. The routine job process is roughly divided into a process of acquiring scanned image data of a document and detecting / analyzing a code, and a folder distribution / file naming process of the scanned image data. First, the former process will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a series of flows for acquiring scanned image data from a document and detecting and analyzing codes.

  In step 801, the control unit 111 displays the above-described routine work screen (see FIG. 6A) on the operation / display unit 112.

  In step 802, the control unit 111 accepts selection of a routine work button by the user. Here, it is assumed that the “Invoice” button 640 on the routine work screen 600 ′ shown in FIG. 6E is selected (pressed).

  In step 803, the control unit 111 determines the document orientation (specified in the area 613 of the document reading setting screen 610) and code position (specified in the area 617 of the document reading setting screen 610) specified in the selected routine job. To get.

  In step 804, the control unit 111 acquires the orientation of the document set on the document table or the like from the scanner unit 114.

  In step 805, the control unit 111 determines whether the orientation of the document associated with the routine work specified by the information acquired in step 803 is the same as the orientation of the actually set document acquired in step 804. judge. If the result of determination is the same orientation, the process proceeds to step 806. On the other hand, if the direction is different, the process proceeds to step 807.

  In step 806, the control unit 111 determines two regions, the code position specified by the code position information acquired in step 803 and the position obtained by rotating the specified code position by 180 degrees (the inverted position). And set as a code search target area.

  In step 807, the control unit 111 has two regions, a position obtained by rotating the code position specified by the code position information acquired in step 803 by 90 degrees and a position obtained by rotating the specified code position by 270 degrees. Is set as a code search target area.

  In step 808, the scanner unit 114 scans a document set on a document table or the like in accordance with a reading instruction from the control unit 111. Scanned image data obtained by scanning) is stored in the RAM and then sent to the decoding unit 116.

  In step 809, in accordance with the code search instruction from the control unit 111, the decoding unit 116 searches for the code from the scanned image data using the code position set in step 806 as the search target area.

  In step 810, the control unit 111 determines whether a code is detected by the search by the decoding unit 116. If the result of determination is that a code has been detected, processing proceeds to step 811. On the other hand, if no code is detected, the process proceeds to step 812.

  In step 811, the decoding unit 116 attempts to decode the detected code in accordance with a decoding (decoding) instruction from the control unit 111. If the decoding is successful, the process proceeds to step 813. On the other hand, if decoding fails, the process proceeds to step 812.

  In step 812, the control unit 111 notifies the user that the code detection process or the code decoding process has failed, for example, by displaying a message screen (not shown) on the operation / display unit 112.

  In step 813, the control unit 111 acquires information on the detected code position from the decoding unit 116.

  In step 814, the control unit 111 determines whether the detected code position and the code position specified by the code position information acquired in step 803 do not match, and automatic document orientation correction is set to “perform”. Determine. As a result of the determination, if the above condition is met, the process proceeds to step 815. On the other hand, if the above condition is not met, the process proceeds to step 817.

  In step 815, the control unit 111 determines the original direction and the actual original direction specified by the original direction information acquired in step 803, the code position specified by the code position information acquired in step 803, and the actual code position. Based on the standard document layout assumed by the user, how much the actual document layout is rotated (rotation angle) is derived.

  In step 816, the control unit 111 rotates the scan image obtained in step 808 by the angle derived in step 815.

  In step 817, the control unit 111 converts the scan image obtained in step 808 or the scan image obtained by performing the angle rotation process in step 815 into the file format specified by the user (area 614 of the document reading setting screen 610). Specified).

  The above is the content of the process of acquiring the scanned image data of the document and detecting and analyzing the code. As described above, in this embodiment, different positions determined based on the code position specified by the code position information are also set as search target areas, and the code is faster than scanning the entire surface of the document. While ensuring the search, it is possible to cope with a case where a code exists outside the designated area.

  After this process, the process proceeds to the folder distribution / file naming process for the generated scanned image data.

  A feature of the present embodiment is that a position different from the code position designated by the user (a position obtained by inverting the designated position) is also set as a search target. It is not limited. For example, the administrator of the MFP 110 registers in advance a predetermined position (for example, the upper left corner) on the document as a code search target area in advance in the storage unit 115, and adds the predetermined position to the predetermined position at the registration timing. A position determined on the basis of (for example, the diagonal position, here, the lower right corner) may be registered as a set. Then, the user selects the position registered in the set (the set of the upper left corner and the lower right corner in the above example) and instructs the execution of the scan, so that the image data obtained by scanning the document is processed. The code may be searched for the position registered in the set.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for determining and saving a distribution destination folder and file name of the scanned image data generated in the flow of FIG.

  In step 901, the control unit 111 acquires a code character string obtained by decoding the code from the decoding unit 116. In the example of the code indicated by reference numeral 204 in FIG. 2, “FOLDER: Suzuki; FILENAME: A company delivery note” is acquired as a code character string.

  In step 902, the control unit 111 acquires a folder name tag (specified in the area 633 of the file storage setting screen 630) specified in the selected routine job.

  In step 903, the control unit 111 determines whether the code character string acquired in step 901 includes the folder name tag acquired in step 902. As a result of the determination, if the code character string includes a folder name tag, the process proceeds to step 904. On the other hand, if the code character string does not include a folder name tag, the process proceeds to step 906.

  In step 904, the control unit 111 acquires a folder name character string based on the folder name tag. In the case of the present embodiment in which “FOLDER: Suzuki; FILENAME: A company delivery note” is acquired as the code character string, since the folder name tag is “FOLDER:”, the acquired folder character string is “Suzuki”. "

  In step 905, the control unit 111 determines a combination of the folder character string acquired in step 904 and the top folder as a distribution destination folder. For example, when the top folder is “share” (see FIG. 3), if the folder character string is “Suzuki”, the distribution destination folder is “share \ Suzuki” that combines the two.

  In step 906, the control unit 111 determines the top folder as the distribution destination folder.

  In step 907, the control unit 111 acquires a file name tag (specified in the area 634 of the file storage setting screen 630) specified in the selected routine job.

  In step 908, the control unit 111 determines whether the code character string acquired in step 901 includes the file name tag acquired in step 907. As a result of the determination, if the file name tag is included in the code character string, the process proceeds to step 909. On the other hand, if the file name tag is not included in the code character string, the process proceeds to step 910.

  In step 909, the control unit 111 acquires a file name character string based on the file name tag. In the case of this example in which “FOLDER: Suzuki; FILENAME: A company delivery note” has been acquired as the code string, the file name string is “A company delivery note” and the file name is the above file. Considering the format, it will be “A company delivery note.pdf”.

  In step 910, the control unit 111 notifies the user that the file name tag is not found in the detected code, for example, by displaying a message screen on the operation / display unit 112, and ends the error.

  In step 911, the control unit 111 sets a file name having the same file name (that is, the same character string as the file name character string acquired in step 909) in the distribution destination folder determined in step 905 or 906. It is determined whether the used file) already exists. If it is determined that a file with the same file name already exists, the process proceeds to step 912. On the other hand, if there is no file with the same file name, the process proceeds to step 913.

  In step 912, the control unit 111 determines whether the process of the duplicate file specified in the selected routine job (specified in the area 635 of the file storage setting screen 630) is “overwrite”. If the determination result is “overwrite”, the process proceeds to step 913. On the other hand, if it is not “overwrite”, the process proceeds to step 914.

  In step 913, the control unit 111 stores the scanned image data in the distribution destination folder determined in step 905 or 906 in the file server 130 using the file name character string acquired in step 909 as the file name. .

  In step 914, the control unit 111 informs the user that a file using the specified character string as the file name already exists and cannot be saved because it is duplicated, for example, by displaying a message screen on the operation / display unit 112. Notify and end in error.

  If the folder name tag or file name tag is not set on the file save setting screen 630, a folder is created using date / time information such as date / hour / minute / second when a document of a standard document is scanned, You may name the file.

  In the present embodiment, the process of storing image data of a document in a file server has been described. However, the present invention can be widely applied to a process that performs a predetermined process based on information obtained by decoding.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the search position of the code existing on the document is designated by the user or the administrator. In that case, since the search is also efficiently performed for positions other than the designated position, the code search can be performed at a high speed, and other than the predetermined area of the image data obtained by scanning the document. It is also possible to cope with the case where there is a code.

[Example 2]
In the first embodiment, the user can specify a folder name tag and a file name tag on the file storage setting screen as shown in FIG. 6D (input areas 633 and 634). Next, an embodiment in which the user can specify a delimiter and a character code in addition to the tag will be described as a second embodiment. The description of the parts common to the first embodiment will be omitted or simplified, and the differences will be mainly described below.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example when a file name and a folder name are embedded with a tag in a code added to a standard document. In FIG. 10A, a code 203 is added to the same fixed document 202 shown in FIG. 2, and a file name and a folder name are included in information 204-A obtained by decoding the code 203. It shows a state with tags and embedded with line breaks. In the following, for convenience of explanation, character string data (value) specified by a tag is referred to as a “tag value”, and a character string data that includes only a character string without a tag is referred to as a “tagless value”. I will call it. The UI screen 1000 shown in FIG. 10B displays tag values and untagged values from codes according to a flowchart shown in FIG. 15 described later (a flowchart of processing for determining and storing a storage folder and a file name of scanned image data). It is a code setting screen for performing settings for acquisition.

  First, in the tag setting field 1010 in the code setting screen 1000, a plurality of tags included in the code can be set. Here, a total of four tags are set in the input areas 1011 to 1014 corresponding to the tags 1 to 4 respectively. It can be done. Here, “FOLDER:” is input to the input area 1011 corresponding to the tag 1 in order to obtain the tag value “Suzuki” in the information 204-A obtained by decoding the code 203, and the tag value “A company delivery” is obtained. “FILENAME:” is input to the input area 1012 corresponding to the tag 2 in order to acquire “book”. Also, in the code setting screen 1000, there is a delimiter setting field 1015 for designating what the plurality of parameters (folder name and file name here) included in the code 203 are delimited. Now, since the two parameters are separated by a line feed, “line feed” is selected in the pull-down selection area 1016. In addition, as a mark generally used as a delimiter, a comma, a semicolon, a space, etc. are mentioned in addition to a line feed. Further, the code setting screen 1000 includes a character code setting field 1017 for designating the character code of the character string included in the code 203, and “SJIS” is selected in the pull-down selection area 1018. If the character code of the character string included in the code 203 is not known in advance, the designated delimiter cannot be found from the character string data, and therefore the character code can be set together. In addition to SJIS, for example, JIS and EUC can be specified as character codes. Then, when the “Next” button 1019 is pressed, a transition is made to the folder name setting screen 1020 shown in FIG.

  The folder name setting screen 1020 is a screen for performing setting for automatically generating a folder name using character string data acquired from the code 203 and information on the current date and time (scan date and time, data reception date and time). In the folder name setting screen 1020, there are areas (hereinafter referred to as name element selection areas) 1021 to 1023 for selecting the first to third name elements. A total of nine choices of “value”, four “untagged values” and one “date and time” are displayed, and one name element can be selected from each of them. In this embodiment, since the maximum four tag values and the maximum four untagged values are acquired in the flowchart of FIG. 15 to be described later, this is an option, but the number of name element selection areas and each The number of options in the selection area is arbitrary. In the folder name setting screen 1020 shown in FIG. 10C, a maximum of three name elements can be selected in the name element selection areas 1021 to 1023, and a folder name can be generated using a character string associated with them. Yes. The folder name setting screen 1020 further includes a concatenated character setting field 1024 for setting the type of concatenated character for concatenating character strings associated with the selected name element. Examples of concatenated characters include hyphens, underbars, and spaces. In FIG. 10C, “Tag 1” is selected in the name element selection area 1021, and the name element selection areas 1022 and 1023 are not selected. Since only the character string “tag 1” is used as the folder name in this way, “none” is selected in the selection area 1025 of the concatenated character setting field 1024. The folder name label field 1026 displays the contents set on this screen (here, “(FOLDER)”). In the setting of FIG. 10C, the folder name is generated using the tag value corresponding to FOLDER: of the tag 1, so that the decoding result of the code added to the document is 204 in FIG. If -A, the folder name is generated as “Suzuki”. Then, when the “Next” button 1027 is pressed, the file name setting screen 1030 is displayed.

  The file name setting screen 1030 is a screen for performing settings for automatically generating a file name using character string data acquired from the code 203 and information on the current date and time. Similarly to the folder name setting screen 1020, the file name setting screen 1030 also has first to third name element selection areas 1031 to 1033. In each pull-down list, a total of nine choices of four “tag values”, four “untagged values”, and one “date / time” (scan date / time, data reception date / time, etc.) are displayed. Each name element can be selected. In the file name setting screen 1030 shown in FIG. 10D, a maximum of three name elements can be selected in the name element selection areas 1031 to 1033, and a file name can be generated using a character string associated with them. Yes. Further, in the file name setting screen 1030, as in the folder name setting screen 1020, a concatenated character setting field for setting the type of concatenated character for concatenating the character strings selected in the name element selection areas 1031 to 1033. 1034 also exists. Now, as a setting for automatic generation with the file name “”, in FIG. 10D, “Tag 2” is selected in the name element selection area 1031 and the name element selection areas 1032 and 1033 are not selected. . Since only the character string “tag 2” is used as the file name in this way, “none” is selected in the selection area 1035 of the concatenated character setting field 1034. The file name label 1036 displays the contents set on this screen (here, “FILENAME”). An extension (“.pdf” in the case of PDF) is added to the end of the generated file name according to the output file format. In the setting of FIG. 10D, the file name is generated using the tag value corresponding to “FILENAME:” of the tag 2, so that the decoding result of the code added to the document is shown in FIG. 204-A, the file name is generated as “A company delivery note.pdf”. When the “setting” button 1037 is pressed, the contents set on the setting screens 1000, 1020, and 1030 are stored in the storage unit 115 of the MFP 110.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example in which a plurality of parameters such as a user name and a department name are embedded with a tag in a code added to a standard document. In FIG. 11A, a code 203 is added to the fixed form document 202, and the user name, department name, section name, and product name are tagged in the information 204-B obtained by decoding the code 203. And, it shows a state where it is embedded with a line feed. The UI screen shown in FIG. 11B is the code setting screen 1000 shown in FIG. Here, in order to obtain the tag value “Suzuki” from the information 204-B obtained by decoding the code 203, “USER:” is input to the input area 1011 corresponding to the tag 1, and the tag value “business number” In order to acquire “1 copy”, “BUMON:” is input to the input area 1012 corresponding to the tag 2. Furthermore, “KA:” is input to the input area 1013 corresponding to the tag 3 in order to acquire the tag value “Sales Section 2”, and the input area 1014 corresponding to the tag 4 is acquired to acquire the tag value “NotePC”. “SHOHIN:” is entered. In the delimiter setting field 1015, “line feed” is selected in the pull-down selection area 1016 to indicate that these four parameters are separated by line feeds. In the selection area 1018 of the character code setting field 1017, “UTF-8” is selected as the character code of the character string included in the information 204-B obtained by decoding.

  Next, in the folder name setting screen 1020 shown in FIG. 11C, “Tag 2” is selected in the name element selection area 1021, “Tag 3” is selected in the name element selection area 1022, and the name element selection area 1023 is Not selected. Furthermore, “_ (under bar)” is selected in the connected character setting field 1024. The folder name label field 1026 displays the contents set on this screen (here, “(BUMON) _ (KA)”). In the setting of FIG. 11C, the folder name is generated using the tag value corresponding to each of the tag 2 and the tag 3, so that the decoding result of the code added to the document is as shown in FIG. If it is 204-B, the folder name is generated as “Sales 1st Section_Sales 2nd Section”.

  In the file name setting screen 1030 shown in FIG. 11D, settings for automatically generating a file name with “” are made. Specifically, “tag 1” (USER :) is selected in the name element selection area 1031, “tag 4” (SHOHIN) is selected in the name element selection area 1032, and “date and time” is selected in the name element selection area 1033. Yes. Further, “-(hyphen)” is selected in the selection area 1035 of the connected character setting field 1034. In the file name label column 1036, the contents set on this screen (here, “(USER)-(SHOHIN) -YYMMDDHHMM”) are displayed. In the setting of FIG. 11D, since the file name is generated using the tag value corresponding to tag 1, the tag value corresponding to tag 4, and the date and time, the decoding result of the code added to the document Is 204-B in FIG. 11A, the file name is generated as “Suzuki-NotePC-YYMMDDhhmm.pdf” (YYMMDDhhmm contains the year, month, day, hour, and minute).

  Other points such as the file name format at the time of saving and the role of the “setting” button 1037 are not different from the example described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example when the file name and the folder name are embedded without a tag in the code added to the standard document. In FIG. 12A, a code 203 is added to the fixed form document 202. In the information 204-C obtained by decoding the code 203, the file name and the folder name are untagged and a line feed is made. It shows a state where it is embedded without. The UI screen shown in FIG. 12B is the code setting screen 1000 shown in FIG. Here, since the tag is not included in the information 204-C obtained by decoding the code 203, nothing is input in the input areas 1011 to 1014 corresponding to the tags 1 to 4, respectively. In the delimiter setting field 1015, “;” is selected in the pull-down selection area 1016 to indicate that the two parameters are separated by a semicolon “;”. In the selection area 1018 of the character code setting field 1017, “EUC” is selected as the character code of the character string included in the information 204-C obtained by decoding.

  Next, in the folder name setting screen 1020 shown in FIG. 12C, “no tag 2” is selected in the name element selection area 1021 as the setting for automatically generating the folder name as “Company A folder”, and the name The element selection areas 1022 and 1023 are not selected. In the selection area 1025 of the concatenated character setting field 1024, “None” is selected because only the character string “No tag 2” is used as the folder name. In the folder name label field 1026, the contents set in this screen (here, “(no tag 2)”) are displayed.

  Furthermore, in the file name setting screen 1030 shown in FIG. 12D, “no tag 1” is selected in the name element selection area 1031 as the setting for automatically generating the file name with “A company delivery note”, and the name The element selection areas 1022 and 1023 are not selected. In the selection area 1035 of the concatenated character setting field 1034, “None” is selected because only the character string “No tag 1” is used as the file name. In the file name label field 1036, the contents set in this screen (here, “(no tag 1)”) are displayed.

  Other points such as the file name format at the time of saving and the role of the “setting” button 1037 are not different from the example described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an example in which only the file name is embedded without a tag in the code added to the standard document. FIG. 13A shows a state in which a code 203 is added to the standard document 202, and a file name is embedded without a tag in information 204-D obtained by decoding the code 203. Yes. The UI screen shown in FIG. 13B is the code setting screen 1000 shown in FIG. Here, since the tag is not included in the information 204-D obtained by decoding the code 203, nothing is input in the input areas 1011 to 1014 corresponding to the tags 1 to 4, respectively. Since only one parameter is included in the information 204-D obtained by decoding, the selection area 1016 in the delimiter setting field 1015 is not selected. In the selection area 1018 of the character code setting field 1017, “SJIS” is selected as the character code of the character string included in the information 204-D obtained by decoding.

  Next, in the folder name setting screen 1020 shown in FIG. 13C, since parameters 204 that can be used as folder names are not included in the information 204-D obtained by decoding, all name element selection areas 1021 to 1023 are included. Is not selected. “None” is selected in the selection area 1025 of the connected character setting field 1024. The folder name label 1026 displays a message indicating that it is stored in the top folder (here, “share” designated in the area 632 in FIG. 6D), which is the top layer folder of the file server 130. Has been.

  Further, in the file name setting screen 1030 shown in FIG. 13D, as the setting for automatically generating the file name with “A company delivery note”, in the name element selection area 1031 as in FIG. “No tag 1” is selected, and the name element selection areas 1032 and 1033 are not selected. “None” is also selected in the selection area 1035 of the connected character setting field 1034. In the file name label field 1036, the contents set in this screen (here, “(no tag 1)”) are displayed.

  Other points such as the file name format at the time of saving and the role of the “setting” button 1037 are not different from the example described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example when only the folder name is embedded without a tag in the code added to the standard document. FIG. 14A shows a state in which a code 203 is added to the standard document 202, and a folder name is embedded without a tag in the information 204-E obtained by decoding the code 203. Yes. The UI screen shown in FIG. 14B is the code setting screen 1000 shown in FIG. Here, since the tag is not included in the information 204-E obtained by decoding the code 203, nothing is input in the input areas 1011 to 1014 corresponding to the tags 1 to 4, respectively. Since only one parameter is included in the information 204-E obtained by decoding, the selection area 1016 in the delimiter setting column 1015 is not selected as in FIG. 13B. In the selection area 1018 of the character code setting field 1017, “UTF-8” is selected as the character code of the character string included in the information 204-E obtained by decoding.

  Next, in the folder name setting screen 1020 shown in FIG. 14C, “no tag 1” is selected in the name element selection area 1021 as the setting for automatically generating the folder name as “Company A folder”, and the name The element selection areas 1022 and 1023 are not selected. In the selection area 1025 of the connection character setting field 1024, “None” is selected because only the character string “No tag 1” is used for the folder name. In the folder name label field 1026, the contents set in this screen (here, “(no tag 1)”) are displayed.

  Furthermore, in the file name setting screen 1030 shown in FIG. 14 (d), the parameter 204 that can be used as the file name is not included in the information 204-E obtained by decoding, so all the name element selection areas 1031 to 1033 are displayed. Not selected. “None” is selected in the selection area 1035 of the connected character setting field 1034. As a method for determining the file name in this case, for example, a method of adding a serial number to a fixed character string is generally used, and a message to that effect is displayed on the file name label 1036.

  Other points such as the file name format at the time of saving and the role of the “setting” button 1037 are not different from the example described with reference to FIG.

  As described above, in the folder name setting screen 1020 and the file name setting screen 1030 of this embodiment, the user can set how to handle a character string without a tag.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing for determining and storing the storage folder and file name of the generated scanned image data according to the present embodiment.

  In step 1501, the control unit 111 receives a result obtained by decoding the code from the decoding unit 116, and acquires character string data. Specifically, the character string data is obtained by analyzing (interpreting) the decoded result data as the character code data set in the character code setting field 1017 of the code setting screen 1000. With this configuration, character string data can be acquired without being garbled. For example, in the case of the decoding information 204-B in FIG. 11, “USER: Suzuki \ nBUMON: Sales Department 1 \ nKA: Sales Department 2 \ nSHOHIN: NotePC” is acquired as character string data.

  In step 1502, the control unit 111 divides the acquired character string data according to the setting contents of the delimiter setting field 1015 on the code setting screen 1000. For example, in the case of the decode information 204-B in FIG. 11, “new line” is designated as the delimiter. Therefore, using the line feed code “\ n”, “USER: Suzuki”, “BUMON: Sales Department 1”, “KA: Sales Section 2”, and “SHOHIN: NotePC”. Data (hereinafter, the divided character string is referred to as “divided character string”) is acquired.

  In step 1503, the control unit 111 initializes the variable i of the loop counter and the variable N of the counter of the untagged value (i = 1, N = 1 is set).

  In step 1504, the control unit 111 determines whether any tag set in the tag setting field 1010 of the code setting screen 1000 is included in the i-th divided character string. If the tag set in the target divided character string is included, the process proceeds to step 1505. On the other hand, if the tag set in the target divided character string is not included, the process proceeds to step 1506.

  In step 1505, the control unit 111 acquires a character string corresponding to the tag value from the divided character string, and stores the value as a value associated with the corresponding tag X (X is any one of 1 to 4 in this embodiment). Store and hold in For example, in the case of the decoding information 204-B in FIG. 11, since the first divided character string “USER: Suzuki” includes the tag character string “USER:” set in the tag 1, this tag character string The character string “Suzuki” following is acquired as a tag value and held as a value associated with tag 1.

  In step 1506, the control unit 111 stores and holds the i-th divided character string in the storage unit 115 as the untagged value N.

  In step 1507, the control unit 111 increments (+1) the untagged value counter variable N.

  In step 1508, the control unit 111 increments (+1) the variable i of the loop counter.

  In step 1509, the control unit 111 determines whether there is an unprocessed divided character string. Specifically, the determination is made based on whether or not the variable i of the loop counter has reached the maximum number of tag values to be acquired (4 in this embodiment). If processing has been completed for all the divided character strings, the process proceeds to step 1510. On the other hand, if there is an unprocessed divided character string, the process returns to step 1504 to continue the process for the next divided character string.

  In step 1510, the control unit 111 determines whether the name element selection area 1031 (first name element) on the file name setting screen 1030 is not selected. If the first name element has not been selected, the process proceeds to step 1511. On the other hand, if the first name element has been selected, the process proceeds to step 1512.

  In step 1511, the control unit 111 determines the file name as a fixed value + sequential number (for example, “FILE_001”).

  In step 1512, the control unit 111 determines whether the name element selection area 1032 (second name element) on the file name setting screen 1030 is not selected. If the second name element has not been selected, the process proceeds to step 1513. On the other hand, if the second name element has been selected, the process proceeds to step 1514.

  In step 1513, the control unit 111 determines the character string of the name element (first name element) selected in the name element selection area 1031 as a file name. For example, if a tag X (X is any one of 1 to 4) is set as the first name element, the tag value associated with the tag X held in step 1505 becomes the file name.

  In step 1514, the control unit 111 determines whether the name element selection area 1033 (third name element) on the file name setting screen 1030 is not selected. If the third name element has not been selected, the process proceeds to step 1515. On the other hand, if the third name element has been selected, the process proceeds to step 1516.

  In step 1515, the control unit 111 uses the character string of the name element (first and second name elements) selected in the name element selection areas 1031 and 1032, using the concatenated character selected in the concatenated character setting field 1034. The file name is determined for the concatenated name.

  In step 1516, the control unit 111 uses the character string of the name element (first to third name elements) selected in the name element selection area 1031 to 1033, using the concatenated character selected in the concatenated character setting field 1034. The file name is determined for the concatenated name.

  In step 1517, the control unit 111 determines whether the name element selection area 1021 (first name element) on the folder name setting screen 1020 is not selected. If the first name element has not been selected, the process proceeds to step 1518. On the other hand, if the first name element has been selected, the process proceeds to step 1519.

  In step 1518, the control unit 111 determines not to generate a folder, and determines the file storage folder as the top-level folder of the file server 130 (top folder 300 in FIG. 3).

  In step 1519, the control unit 111 determines whether or not the name element selection area 1022 (second name element) on the folder name setting screen 1020 is not selected. If the second name element has not been selected, the process proceeds to step 1520. On the other hand, if the second name element has been selected, the process proceeds to step 1521.

  In step 1520, the control unit 111 determines the character string of the name element (first name element) selected in the name element selection area 1021 as the folder name of the storage folder. For example, if a tag X (X is any one of 1 to 4) is set as the first name element, the tag value associated with the tag X held in step 1505 becomes the folder name.

  In step 1521, the control unit 111 determines whether the name element selection area 1023 (third name element) on the folder name setting screen 1020 is not selected. If the third name element has not been selected, the process proceeds to step 1522. On the other hand, if the third name element has been selected, the process proceeds to step 1523.

  In step 1522, the control unit 111 uses the character string of the name element (first and second name elements) selected in the name element selection areas 1021 and 1022, using the concatenated character selected in the concatenated character setting field 1024. The linked name is determined as the folder name of the storage folder.

  In step 1523, the control unit 111 uses the character string of the name element (first to third name elements) selected in the name element selection area 1021 to 1023 using the concatenated character selected in the concatenated character setting field 1024. The linked name is determined as the folder name of the storage folder.

  Finally, in step 1524, the control unit 111 stores the scan image data in the storage destination folder in the file server 130 determined in this flow using the file name determined in this flow.

  According to the present embodiment, the file name and folder at the time of sorting transmission can be changed by changing the setting according to the format of the character string data embedded in the code added to the document without changing the program. It is possible to generate names automatically.

(Other examples)
The present invention supplies a program that realizes one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read and execute the program This process can be realized. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

Claims (21)

Operating means for receiving an instruction from a user regarding the position of a code present on the manuscript;
Scanning means for scanning a document after receiving the instruction;
Search means for searching for a code from a position corresponding to the position on the document in the image data obtained by the scan;
Decoding means for decoding the code found by the search;
And a processing means for performing processing on the image data based on the information obtained by the decoding. The scanning means determines whether the orientation of the document is portrait or landscape,
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position in the image data where the search unit searches for a code is determined by rotating the position on the document based on the determination result.   The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position in the image data from which the search unit searches for a code includes a position based on an instruction received by the operation unit and a position obtained by inverting the position.   4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the search means finds the code from the inverted position, the process includes a process of inverting the image data.   The code position on the document is automatically searched by the search means, and the obtained code position is stored in the storage means. In subsequent scans, the code position stored in the storage means is searched for in the search means. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is designated as a target area.   The processing for the image data is to store the image data obtained by the scan in a predetermined folder, and at that time, the storage destination folder is determined based on the information obtained by the decoding. The apparatus according to claim 1.   The process for the image data is to store the image data obtained by the scan as a file with a predetermined file name in a predetermined folder, and at this time, based on the information obtained by the decoding The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a file name is determined. Storage means for storing a first position specified by the position information and a second position determined on the basis of the first position based on the position information of the code present on the document;
Scanning means for scanning the document based on a user instruction;
Search means for searching for a code from image data obtained by the scan with the first and second positions stored in the storage means as search target areas;
An apparatus comprising: means for performing a predetermined process on the image data based on information obtained by decoding a code found by the search.   9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the user instruction includes an instruction to specify the first and second positions stored in the storage unit as a search target area. Means for accepting an instruction including position information of a code existing on the document accompanied by scanning of the document;
Scanning means for scanning a document based on the instructions;
Retrieval means for retrieving a code from the image data obtained by the scan, using the first position specified by the position information and the second position determined based on the first position as a target area for retrieval When,
An apparatus comprising: means for performing a predetermined process on the image data based on information obtained by decoding a code found by the search. A determination unit for determining a direction in which the document is placed;
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the second position is a position obtained by rotating the first position, which is determined based on a result of the determination. The instruction includes information on the orientation of the document,
The second position is a position obtained by rotating the first position by 180 degrees when the orientation specified by the orientation information of the document matches the orientation of the document actually placed. The apparatus according to claim 11.   When the code is found from a second position obtained by rotating the first position by 180 degrees, the predetermined process includes a process of rotating the image data by 180 degrees. Item 13. The device according to Item 12. The instruction includes information on the orientation of the document,
When the orientation specified by the orientation information of the document is different from the orientation of the actually placed document, the second position is a position obtained by rotating the first position by 90 degrees and 270 degrees. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:   When the code is found from a second position obtained by rotating the first position by 90 degrees and 270 degrees, the predetermined processing includes the image data according to an angle at which the code is found. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a rotating process. Means for creating a user interface screen for the user to perform the instruction;
The user interface screen has a button for performing the instruction,
The code position in the position information associated with the button is a position obtained by performing an automatic search using the entire surface of the document as a code search target, or a position manually input by a user. Item 16. The apparatus according to any one of Items 10 to 15. The predetermined process is to store the image data obtained by the scan in a storage folder,
The apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 16, wherein the storage destination folder is determined based on information obtained by the decoding. The predetermined process is to store the image data obtained by the scan with a file name attached to a storage folder;
The apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 17, wherein the file name is determined based on information obtained by the decoding. Tag setting means for setting a tag included in a code present on the manuscript;
Delimiter setting means for setting a delimiter for delimiting a character string included in the code;
Obtaining means for decoding the code to obtain the data of the character string;
A dividing unit for dividing the character string data acquired by the acquiring unit using the set delimiter;
Using the tag set by the tag setting means, using the holding means for holding the character string data after division obtained by the dividing means as a tag value, and the tag value held by the holding means, An apparatus comprising: a generation unit configured to generate a file name and a storage destination folder name when storing image data obtained by scanning. The holding unit holds the divided character string data as an untagged value when the tag set by the tag setting unit is not included in the divided character string data obtained by the dividing unit. And
The said generation means produces | generates the file name and folder name of a storage place at the time of storing the image data obtained by scanning using the said untagged value hold | maintained. apparatus. A character code setting means for setting a character code of a character string included in the code;
The acquisition unit acquires the data of the character string by analyzing the data obtained by decoding the code as a character code set by the character code setting unit. The apparatus according to 20.