JP2017094535A - Image formation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation device capable of inserting information corresponding to a keyword detected from an original into that original for printing, and generating and editing the information that is inserted by users.SOLUTION: A keyword that has been inputted is associated with an information to be inserted, for registration. According to an instruction from a user, the information for inserting which is registered can be edited and added. The information for inserting that is associated with one keyword detected from an original data for registration is associated with one keyword and inserted in the original data, for image formation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that inserts and prints information related to print contents.

  In general, one image forming apparatus installed in an office or the like is shared by a plurality of people. Therefore, it is considered that the image forming apparatus has a potential as a medium used for transmitting and sharing information to other users other than the image forming apparatus.

  For example, by enabling the user of the image forming apparatus to transmit information to and share information with other users, the user's opinion can be easily extracted, and other users can be alerted and notified. Can be expected. As a method of using the image forming apparatus for information transmission, for example, there are methods described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 below.

JP 2012-244427 A JP 2009-225263 A

  Since the methods described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are systems based on advertisement distribution according to a specific keyword in the print contents, only the distribution source of the advertisement has the specific keyword. It is not possible to change the content (advertisement) inserted according to

  Therefore, the methods described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above do not correspond to cases where, for example, the insertion content created by one user is modified or added by another user.

  The present invention is intended to solve the above problem, and information corresponding to a keyword detected from a document can be inserted into the document for printing, and information to be inserted is created and edited by users. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus that can perform such a process.

  The gist of the present invention for achieving the object lies in the inventions of the following items.

[1] A registration content reception unit that receives input of keywords and insertion information;
A storage unit for registering and storing the keyword received by the registration content receiving unit and the information for insertion;
In accordance with an instruction from a user, an editing unit that edits and adds the insertion information stored in the storage unit;
A manuscript acceptance unit that receives manuscript data input;
A keyword detection unit for detecting the keyword stored in the storage unit from the document data received by the document reception unit;
An output image for creating an output image in which the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword detected by the keyword detection unit is inserted in the document data in association with the one keyword The creation department;
An image forming unit that forms an image according to the output image created by the output image creating unit;
An image forming apparatus comprising:

  In the above invention, the keyword and the insertion information are registered in advance in association with each other, and when the document data is printed, the keyword is detected from the document data, and the insertion registered in association with the detected keyword. The information is inserted into the document data in association with the keyword and printed. The user can register new keywords and insertion information to the image forming apparatus, edit the registered insertion information, and add insertion information to the already registered keywords. You can. Accordingly, information can be shared and edited between users via printed matter, and useful information can be shared smoothly between users.

[2] An attribute information receiving unit that receives attribute information corresponding to the keyword stored in the storage unit,
The storage unit registers and stores the attribute information received by the attribute information reception unit in association with the keyword,
The output image creation unit, based on attribute information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword, inserts information for insertion stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. The image forming apparatus according to [1], wherein whether or not to insert the original data is switched.

  In the above invention, based on the attribute information registered in association with one keyword detected from the document data, whether or not to insert the insertion information corresponding to the one keyword into the document data is switched. For example, by setting so that insertion information corresponding to a keyword having a specific attribute is not inserted, insertion of insertion information that is considered unnecessary for a user who performs printing is prevented and insertion of unnecessary insertion information is performed. To prevent.

[3] The image formation according to [2], wherein the attribute information includes a frequency of editing or adding the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. apparatus.

[4] The attribute information includes the number of users who edited or added the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. [2] or [3] The image forming apparatus described in 1.

[5] The attribute information includes information indicating a sharing range of the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. Any one of [2] to [4] The image forming apparatus according to claim 1.

[6] The attribute information includes information indicating a type of the information for insertion stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. Any one of [2] to [5] The image forming apparatus according to one.

[7] A designation receiving unit that receives designation regarding the insertion from a user who has input the document data;
In any one of [1] to [6], the output image creation unit switches whether to insert insertion information into the document data in accordance with the designation received by the designation receiving unit. The image forming apparatus described.

  In the above invention, according to the designation from the user, it is switched whether or not the insertion information corresponding to the keyword detected from the document data is inserted into the document data. Since the user who performs printing directly designates whether or not the insertion information is necessary, it is possible to prevent unnecessary insertion information from being inserted.

[8] The image forming apparatus according to any one of [1] to [7], wherein the registration content receiving unit receives the input by voice.

[9] The editing unit edits or adds the insertion information associated with the one keyword from a user different from the user who has received the input of the one insertion information associated with the one keyword. The image forming apparatus according to any one of [1] to [8], wherein an instruction is received.

  In the above invention, the insertion information registered in the storage unit can be edited and added by a user other than the user who registered the insertion information. Thereby, the information for insertion registered by one user can be corrected by another user.

  According to the image forming apparatus of the present invention, information corresponding to a keyword detected from a document can be inserted into the document and printed, and information to be inserted can be created and edited between users.

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a PC terminal via a network. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention registers an input keyword, insertion information, and the like. It is a figure which shows the table | surface which put together the registered information group for insertion. It is a figure which shows a mode that a keyword is detected and the information for insertion is inserted. It is a figure which shows a mode that the information for insertion to narrow down is inserted. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing when the image forming apparatus executes a print job.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a printing system including an image forming apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this printing system, the image forming apparatus 10 and two PC terminals 40 are connected via a LAN (Local Area Network) 3.

  The image forming apparatus 10 optically reads an original and prints a duplicate image on a recording sheet (prints a copy of the original). The image forming apparatus 10 stores the read original image data as a file or saves it to an external device. This is a so-called multi-function peripheral equipped with a function for executing a job such as a scan job to be transmitted or a print job (print job) for printing and outputting an image related to document data received from the PC terminal 40 on a recording sheet. .

  The PC terminal 40 creates document data using document editing software, image editing software, or the like, and transmits a print job including the document data to the image forming apparatus 10.

  The image forming apparatus 10 of the present invention receives input of keywords and insertion information from the PC terminal 40, an operation unit 32 (see FIG. 2) described later, and the like, registers them in association with each other, and stores them. When a print job is executed, a keyword registered in the apparatus is detected from the original data of the print job, and each detected keyword is inserted in association with the keyword. An output image in which information is associated with the keyword is inserted into the document data is created, and printing is performed based on the output image. As a result, it is possible to obtain a printed matter in which information relating to a keyword appearing in a document of the print job is automatically inserted just by inputting the print job.

  Further, in the image forming apparatus 10, even if the user is different from the user who registered the insertion information, the registered insertion information can be edited and added. For example, the user A who has confirmed the printed material in which the insertion information registered by the user B is inserted adds new insertion information corresponding to the same keyword as the insertion information, or the insertion information registered by the user B Can be corrected or added. As a result, users can share information and exchange information, and information circulation occurs.

  Next, the configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the image forming apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The image forming apparatus 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 that comprehensively controls the operation of the image forming apparatus 10. The CPU 11 has a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a nonvolatile memory 14, a hard disk device 15, an image processing unit 16, a scanner unit 17, a printer unit 18, and a facsimile via a bus. A communication unit 19, a network communication unit 20, a voice input unit 21, and an operation panel 30 are provided.

  The CPU 11 is based on an OS (Operating System) program, and executes middleware, application programs, and the like. Various programs are stored in the ROM 12, and each function of the image forming apparatus 10 is realized by the CPU 11 executing various processes according to these programs. The ROM 12 stores a program for the CPU 11 to execute a series of controls of the image forming apparatus 10.

  The RAM 13 is used as a work memory for temporarily storing various data when the CPU 11 executes processing based on a program, an image memory for storing image data, and the like.

  The nonvolatile memory 14 is a memory (flash memory) whose stored contents are not destroyed even when the power is turned off, and is used for storing various setting information. The hard disk device 15 is a large-capacity nonvolatile storage device, and corresponds to an OS program, various application programs, user information, print data and image data, job information history, keywords input by the user, and the keywords. Insertion information is saved.

  The image processing unit 16 performs processing such as image enlargement / reduction, rotation, rasterization processing for converting print data into image data, image data compression / decompression processing, and the like.

  The scanner unit 17 performs a function of optically reading a document and acquiring image data. The scanner unit 17 sequentially moves, for example, a light source that irradiates light on a document, a line image sensor that receives the reflected light for one line in the width direction, and a reading position in line units in the length direction of the document. An optical path composed of a moving unit, a lens or a mirror that guides the reflected light from the document to the line image sensor and forms an image, a conversion unit that converts the analog image signal output from the line image sensor into digital image data, etc. It is configured with. In the present embodiment, a document (object to be read) is set on an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) or platen glass before the user performs reading. When the document is set on the ADF, the document is conveyed by the ADF, and the image data is acquired by reading the document while moving the document relative to the reading position. When the document is set on the platen glass, the document is read with the document placed on the platen glass, and image data is acquired.

  The printer unit 18 has a function of forming an image corresponding to image data on a recording sheet. Here, it has a recording paper transport device, a photosensitive drum, a charging device, a laser unit, a developing device, a transfer separation device, a cleaning device, and a fixing device, and forms an image by an electrophotographic process. It is configured as a so-called laser printer. Other methods may be used for image formation.

  The facsimile communication unit 19 performs a function of transmitting / receiving image data to / from an external device having a facsimile function through a public line.

  The network communication unit 20 performs a function of communicating data with the PC terminal 40 and other external devices through a network such as the LAN 3.

  The operation panel 30 includes a display unit 31 and an operation unit 32. Among these, the operation unit 32 includes a switch unit 33 such as a start button and a touch panel unit 34. The display unit 31 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) and the like, and has a function of displaying various operation screens, setting screens, and the like. The CPU 11 performs control related to display contents displayed on the operation panel 30 and control related to reception of operations by the operation panel 30.

  The touch panel unit 34 is provided on the display unit 31. The touch panel unit 34 detects a touch position (coordinate position) on the display unit 31 pressed by a touch pen or a finger, a flick operation, a drag operation, and the like. Further, the CPU 11 recognizes a handwritten input by the user from a continuously detected change in touch position (operation information).

  The voice input unit 21 has a function of receiving voice input from the user. For example, instead of the key input at the operation unit 32, the voice input unit 21 can receive an input operation by voice.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, when the CPU 11 executes a program, a function of receiving input of keywords, attribute information, and insertion information, a function of associating these with each other and registering them in the own device are registered. A function for editing and adding information for insertion according to an instruction from the user, a function for detecting a registered keyword from document data, and information for insertion registered in association with one detected keyword. A function for creating an output image inserted in document data in association with a keyword, a function for determining whether or not to insert insertion information corresponding to one keyword detected from document data, and the like are achieved. Details will be described later.

  Next, a process in which a user registers a keyword and insertion information corresponding to the keyword in the image forming apparatus 10 will be described.

  FIG. 3 shows a state in which the image forming apparatus 10 registers a keyword and insertion information input from the user. In the embodiment of the present invention, the user inputs the keyword attribute information (sharing range and type in the figure) together with the keyword and insertion information. The image forming apparatus 10 registers various input information in association with each other and stores them in the hard disk device 15.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the user performs the above-described input on the operation panel 30 of the image forming apparatus 10. The contents (keywords, insertion information, etc.) input by an external device such as the PC terminal 40 may be transmitted to the image forming apparatus 10 and these information may be input to the image forming apparatus 10. Note that the input method is not limited to key input from the operation unit 32, and may be voice input from the voice input unit 21, or the like.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the insertion information registration table 60 in which the keyword input and registered by the above method and the insertion information are registered in association with each other. In the insertion information registration table 60, attribute information and insertion information are registered in association with each keyword. The attribute information includes a sharing range, type, number of edits, number of editors, and the like. In the example of FIG. 4, four keywords A to D are registered.

  The shared range corresponds to, for example, a department name related to a keyword. The shared range is information that defines the range of users who should insert the insertion information associated with the keyword into the document (or the range of users who should not be inserted).

  The type indicates what kind of genre the keyword (or insertion information associated with the keyword) is, such as opinion, advertisement, recruitment, and the like.

  The number of edits indicates the number of times the insertion information associated with the keyword has been edited or added. The number of editors indicates the number of people (users) who edited or added the information for insertion associated with the keyword.

  The shared range and type are input by the user in accordance with the user inputting a keyword. As for the number of edits and the number of editors, the image forming apparatus 10 automatically registers initial values when keywords are registered. Further, the number of edits and the number of editors are automatically updated by the image forming apparatus 10 each time editing or addition to the insertion information corresponding to the keyword is performed.

  The attribute information is used as a criterion for switching whether or not to insert information for insertion corresponding to one keyword detected from document data into the document data. Details will be described later.

  Next, an outline of processing when printing is performed by inserting insertion information corresponding to the detected keyword will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a print job is input, the image forming apparatus 10 detects a keyword registered in the insertion information registration table 60 from the original data of the print job, and specifies its position (S1). In the figure, three keywords (A, B, C) are detected along with their positions.

  Thereafter, the insertion information corresponding to the detected keyword is inserted after the keyword in the document data to create an output image, and printing is performed based on the output image (S2). In FIG. 5, an output image in which insertion information corresponding to the keyword is inserted after each of the three detected keywords (A, B, C) is created and printed.

  Accordingly, the user who sees the printed matter of FIG. 5 can obtain the insertion information corresponding to each of the three keywords (A, B, C) together with the contents indicated by the document data.

  In the image forming apparatus 10, users can add new insertion information corresponding to registered keywords or edit already registered insertion information. For example, when the user who has determined that the insertion information of the keyword A is incorrect is corrected (corrected or added) by looking at the printed matter of FIG. A user who has performed printing based on document data including the keyword A can obtain a printed material in which the corrected insertion information is inserted. In this way, it is possible to create information circulation by sharing information and exchanging information between printing users.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, when a plurality of insertion information are registered in association with one keyword, all of the plurality of insertion information is inserted after the keyword in the document data. When a keyword appears multiple times in the manuscript data, insertion information may be inserted at all locations where the keyword appears, or insertion information is inserted only at the location where the keyword appears first. May be.

  When the registered insertion information is edited, only the insertion information after editing is inserted. Alternatively, the editing content related to the insertion information is stored, and the original insertion information and the editing content related to the insertion information are inserted together. Alternatively, both the original insertion information and the edited insertion information may be inserted.

  If no keyword registered in the insertion information registration table 60 of FIG. 4 is detected from the document data included in the print job, the image forming apparatus 10 performs printing based on the original document data.

  Next, a case will be described in which whether or not the insertion information corresponding to the keyword detected from the document data is inserted into the document data is switched.

  When the insertion information is inserted into the document data, the amount of insertion information to be inserted is large, and it may be difficult to read the original content of the document data. For example, when insertion information with a large number of characters is inserted or when multiple pieces of insertion information are inserted, the number of pages increases, and the contents of a predetermined page of the original document data are moved to the next page. There is a possibility.

  Therefore, the image forming apparatus 10 restricts the insertion of insertion information when the amount of insertion information scheduled to be inserted exceeds a certain level. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the amount of insertion is limited because the amount of information to be inserted exceeds the threshold. In FIG. 6, three keywords (A, B, and C) registered in the image forming apparatus 10 are detected from the document data. When all the insertion information corresponding to each keyword is inserted, the insertion amount of the insertion information is inserted. Therefore, the insertion information corresponding to the keywords A and B is not inserted, and an output image in which only the insertion information corresponding to the keyword C is inserted is created and printed.

  Here, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to insert each piece of insertion information, and the insertion of the insertion information determined to be unnecessary is stopped. Whether or not to insert each piece of information for insertion is determined based on, for example, attribute information registered in association with a keyword. Hereinafter, a case where it is determined whether to insert each piece of insertion information based on the attribute information will be described with a plurality of examples.

(Example 1, judgment by sharing range)
In Example 1, in the insertion information registration table 60 of FIG. 4, the one keyword is determined depending on whether or not the user who submitted the job belongs to the range indicated by the shared range corresponding to the one keyword detected from the document data. It is determined whether or not to insert the corresponding insertion information.

  For example, in the insertion information registration table 60 of FIG. 4, when the keyword A is included in the manuscript data of the print job submitted by the user belonging to the development headquarters, the insertion information is inserted. For the user's print job, the insertion information is not inserted even if the keyword A is included in the document data. On the contrary, the insertion may be prohibited when the user is in the development headquarters, and the insertion may be permitted when the user is in a department other than the development headquarters.

  The sharing range is not limited to the department, but may be defined by user attributes such as internal / external, head office, XX branch office, gender, and age. It may be expressed by AND and OR of a plurality of attributes.

(Example 2, judging by type)
In Example 2, in the insertion information registration table 60 of FIG. 4, the type corresponding to one keyword detected from the document data is determined depending on whether or not the type of information desired by the user who submitted the print job is the one. It is determined whether or not the insertion information corresponding to the keyword is inserted. For example, a desired genre is registered in advance for each user. The number of genres that can be registered may be one or more. If the manuscript data includes the keyword A of the “opinion” genre, and the user who has input the print job (original data) is the user who desires the genre of “opinion”, the keyword A Insert insertion information corresponding to.

(Example 3, judging by editing frequency)
In Example 3, whether or not to insert the insertion information is determined depending on whether or not the frequency of editing the insertion information corresponding to one keyword detected from the document data is equal to or higher than a certain level. The frequency of editing may be, for example, the total number of times the insertion information corresponding to one keyword has been edited so far, or the number of times the information has been edited within a certain period, or output (printing) the keyword. ) The ratio between the number of people and the number of edits.

(Example 4, judging by the number of editors)
In Example 4, whether or not to limit the insertion of the insertion information is determined depending on whether or not the number of people who edited the insertion information corresponding to one keyword detected from the document data is equal to or greater than a certain number.

  In the above-described examples 1 to 4, it is determined whether or not to insert insertion information corresponding to one keyword detected from the document data. However, the user has attribute information (sharing range, editing frequency, edited). The number of people, types, etc.) may be designated, and only keywords that match the designation may be detected from the document data, and insertion information corresponding to the keywords may be inserted. As a specific example, if the user designates department A as the sharing range, only the keyword for which the sharing range is set as department A is detected from the document data, and insertion information corresponding to the keyword is inserted.

  Up to this point, whether or not each piece of insertion information is to be inserted is determined based on only one type of attribute information, but may be determined based on a combination of two or more types of attribute information.

  Further, based on information other than the attribute information, it may be determined whether or not to insert each piece of insertion information. Several examples are given below.

(Example 5: Judged when there are multiple pieces of information for insertion)
In Example 5, when there are a plurality of pieces of insertion information corresponding to one keyword detected from the document data, not all of them are inserted, but only a part thereof is inserted. For example, only a predetermined number of pieces of information for insertion are inserted from the latest registered (or edited or added) time, or only information having a certain amount of information or more is inserted.

(Example 6, judging by insertion frequency)
In Example 6, if certain insertion information is inserted and printed many times in the document data within a certain period, it is determined that the insertion information is already shared between the users, and subsequent printing is performed. Then do not insert. Specifically, the user inputs a recommended frequency in advance, and determines whether or not to insert the information for insertion depending on whether or not the frequency of inserting the information for insertion is a certain level or more.

  The number of pieces of insertion information to be inserted may be limited by a method other than Examples 1 to 6 described above. Of the above-described Examples 1 to 6 and other methods, it may be determined in advance whether the insertion information is to be inserted or not, and the user who submits the print job May be specified.

  Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the insertion information from being excessively inserted into the printed material. In the embodiment of the present invention, the insertion target is limited only when the amount of insertion information to be inserted is equal to or greater than a certain amount, but the insertion target is limited regardless of the amount of insertion information to be inserted. May be.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed when the image forming apparatus 10 executes a print job. First, when a print job is received (step S101), keyword detection is started from the original data of the print job (step S102).

  The keyword is detected for each keyword to be detected registered in the insertion information registration table 60. If there is a keyword to be detected but not yet detected in the document data (step S103; Yes), it is determined by the above-described method whether or not the insertion information corresponding to the keyword is inserted (step S104). ).

  If it is determined that the insertion information corresponding to the detected keyword is to be inserted (step S104; Yes), the insertion information corresponding to the keyword is inserted into the document data in association with the keyword (step S105). The process proceeds to S106.

  If there is no keyword to be detected in the document data (step S103; No), the process proceeds to step S106. Even when it is determined not to insert the insertion information corresponding to the detected keyword (step S104; No), the process proceeds to step S106.

  In step S106, it is determined whether or not the processing in steps S103 to S105 has been completed for all the detection target keywords registered in the insertion information registration table 60. For all the detection target keywords, the process returns to step S103 and continues until the process of step S103 to step S105 is completed (step S106; No).

  When the processing from step S103 to step S105 is completed for all keywords to be detected (step S106; Yes), an output image is created (step S107). When the output image is printed (step S108), this process is terminated.

  If no keyword registered in the insertion information registration table 60 is detected, or if there is no insertion information determined to be inserted, the output image is not created directly. You may print from original data.

  Next, a case where the insertion information registered in the insertion information registration table 60 is deleted will be described. In the image forming apparatus 10, since the user can freely edit or add the insertion information registered in the insertion information registration table 60, new insertion information or existing information can be added to one keyword. Editing contents for the insertion information are registered one after another.

  When the information for insertion and the contents of editing increase explosively, there is a high possibility that the contents are meaningless contents (for example, blame or slander) for the user who inputs the print job. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 10 is registered within a certain period when the frequency of editing calculated from the newly registered information for insertion or the number of editing contents within a certain period exceeds a certain value. Delete insertion information and edits. For example, when the total of the number of pieces of insertion information and editing contents newly registered within one hour exceeds 20, the information is deleted.

  There is a high possibility that information for insertion and editing contents that have passed for a long time since registration have already been shared between users. Therefore, the image forming apparatus 10 deletes the insertion information and the editing content that has passed for a certain period after registration.

  In this manner, the image forming apparatus 10 creates and prints an output image in which information for insertion corresponding to a keyword detected from document data is associated with the keyword and inserted into the document data. Also, users can register new insertion information or edit registered insertion information with respect to the image forming apparatus 10. As a result, information can be shared and edited between users, and information circulation occurs.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to that shown in the embodiment, and there are changes and additions within the scope of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the insertion information corresponding to one keyword is inserted after the one keyword in the document data. However, if the information is inserted in association with the one keyword, the insertion location is It may be another place. For example, insert it before the keyword, insert it so that it comes to the end (free space) of the paper, insert a pedestal after the keyword, and insert the insertion information at the bottom of the same page. May be. The information for insertion may be an image or a QR (Quick Response) code instead of characters.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, only the case of executing a print job has been described, but the job may be a copy job or a scan job. When executing a copy job and a scan job, keywords are detected by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) from an image (original data) obtained by scanning, and an insertion image corresponding to the detected one keyword is obtained. Then, an output image inserted in association with the one keyword is created and output.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Image forming apparatus 11 ... CPU
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Claims (9)

A registration content reception unit that receives input of keywords and insertion information,
A storage unit for registering and storing the keyword received by the registration content receiving unit and the information for insertion;
In accordance with an instruction from a user, an editing unit that edits and adds the insertion information stored in the storage unit;
A manuscript acceptance unit that receives manuscript data input;
A keyword detection unit for detecting the keyword stored in the storage unit from the document data received by the document reception unit;
Output for creating an output image in which the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword detected by the keyword detection unit is inserted into the document data in association with the one keyword An image creation unit;
An image forming unit that forms an image according to the output image created by the output image creating unit;
An image forming apparatus comprising: An attribute information receiving unit that receives attribute information corresponding to the keyword stored in the storage unit;
The storage unit registers and stores the attribute information received by the attribute information reception unit in association with the keyword,
The output image creation unit, based on attribute information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword, inserts information for insertion stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein whether or not to insert the original data is switched. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information includes a frequency at which the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword is edited or added. 4. The image formation according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information includes the number of users who edited or added the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. apparatus. 5. The attribute information includes information indicating a shared range of the insertion information stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. 5. Image forming apparatus. The attribute information includes information indicating a type of the information for insertion stored in the storage unit in association with the one keyword. 6. Image forming apparatus. A designation receiving unit that receives designation regarding the insertion from a user who has input the document data;
The output image creation unit switches whether or not to insert insertion information into the document data in accordance with the designation received by the designation accepting unit. Image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration content receiving unit receives the input by voice. The editing unit receives an instruction to edit or add the insertion information associated with the one keyword from a user different from the user who has received input of the one insertion information associated with the one keyword. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus.

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