JP2018190062A - Information processing apparatus and file name setting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a workload on an operator related to setting of a file name of image data acquired by a scanner, etc.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 1 comprises: an image reading part 10 that reads a document to acquire image data; an operation receiving part 102 that receives operation instructions from an operator; a recognition area setting part 103 that sets a recognition area in the image data where character strings are to be recognized according to the details received by the operation receiving part 102; a character string recognition part 104 that recognizes character strings in the recognition area in the image data; a file name setting part 105 that sets a file name in storing the image data from the character strings recognized by the character string recognition part 104; and a data storage control part 106 that stores the image data in a data accumulation device with the set file name. The recognition area setting part 103 maintains the recognition area until a predetermined condition is satisfied.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a file name setting method, and more particularly to a technique for setting a file name.

  An information processing apparatus such as a scanner or a multifunction peripheral has a function of storing image data generated by reading a document in a data storage device such as an HDD. At that time, the operator can set an appropriate file name for the image data, but manually setting the file name every time is complicated. As a technique for solving such a problem, for example, in Patent Document 1 below, character recognition is performed on a predetermined region (preset region) of an image file, and the size or color of the character or character string obtained by the character recognition is described. A technique is disclosed in which a character of a predetermined size and color is used as the file name of an image file.

JP 2005-56315 A

  According to the automatic file name generation technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is convenient for the operator to save the trouble of setting the file name each time the document is read, but the character reading area is set every time the document is read. -Another troublesome for the operator to check and select whether the file name that has been selected or automatically set is appropriate is an obstacle to improving the convenience of the operator.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to reduce the work burden on an operator regarding the setting of the file name of image data acquired by a scanner or the like.

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image reading unit that reads a document to acquire image data, an operation reception unit that receives an operation instruction from an operator, and the content received by the operation reception unit, A recognition area setting unit that sets a recognition area in which image data should be recognized in image data, a character string recognition unit that recognizes a character string in the recognition area in the image data, and a character string recognized by the character string recognition unit A file name setting unit for setting a file name when storing the image data from, and a data storage control unit for storing the image data in the data storage device with the set file name, the recognition area setting unit Is to maintain the setting of the recognition area until a predetermined condition is satisfied.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a file name setting method comprising: an information processing device including an image reading unit that reads a document and obtains image data; and an operation receiving unit that receives an operation instruction from an operator. A file name setting method to be set, wherein a recognition area in which a character string is to be recognized in image data read by the image reading unit is set according to contents received by the operation receiving unit, and the recognition in the image data is performed A character string is recognized in the area, a file name for storing the image data from the recognized character string is set, the image data is stored in the data storage device with the set file name, and is determined in advance. The setting of the recognition area is maintained until the condition is satisfied.

  According to the present invention described above, it is possible to reduce the work burden on the operator regarding the setting of the file name for the image data obtained by the scanner.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a first embodiment of image data storage processing by an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a figure which shows an example (technical specification) of the original document read by the image reading part. It is a figure which shows another example (invoice) of the original document read by the image reading part. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the display part at the time of recognition area setting operation. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of image data storage processing by an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of image data storage processing by an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a fourth embodiment of image data storage processing by an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

  Hereinafter, an image forming apparatus as an example of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and a file name setting method will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the image forming apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the image forming apparatus.

  The image forming apparatus 1 is a multifunction machine having a plurality of functions such as a facsimile communication function, a copy function, a printer function, and a scanner function. As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus 1 includes an apparatus main body 2, an image reading unit 10 disposed above the apparatus main body 2, and a connecting unit provided between the image reading unit 10 and the apparatus main body 2. 3.

  The image reading unit 10 is an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) having a document transport unit 11 and a scanner that optically reads a document transported by the document transport unit 11 or a document placed on a contact glass (not shown). is there. The image reading unit 10 acquires image data as an image formation target by reading a document one by one.

  In the apparatus main body 2, an image forming unit 20, a paper feeding unit 30, an image memory 40, a storage unit 50, a communication unit 60, and the like are accommodated.

  The image memory 40 is an area for temporarily storing image data read by the image reading unit 10.

  The image forming unit 20 reads image data stored in the image memory 40 and forms (prints) an image on a sheet supplied from the sheet feeding unit 30 using the data. The printed paper is discharged to the discharge tray 4.

  The storage unit 50 is a large-capacity storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

  The communication unit 60 is a communication interface including a communication module such as a LAN chip (not shown). The image forming apparatus 1 is connected to another PC (Personal Computer) or the like via a network, and transmits / receives data to / from the PC connected by the communication unit 60.

  A display unit 70 and an operation unit 80 are arranged on the front side of the apparatus main body 2. The display unit 70 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) and an organic EL (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display. For example, an operation screen for instructing the operation of the image reading unit 10 is displayed on the display unit 70.

  The operation unit 80, for example, a start key for instructing execution of a print job or the like, a determination key (enter key) for performing a confirmation operation on a GUI (Graphical User Interface) constituting the operation screen, and a numerical value input Numerical value input keys and the like, and accepts an operation on the screen displayed on the display unit 70 from the user.

  The image forming apparatus 1 further includes a control unit 100. The control unit 100 includes a processor, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a dedicated hardware circuit. The processor is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a micro processing unit (MPU).

  The control unit 100 executes a control program such as an information processing program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 50 by the processor, so that the control unit 101, the operation reception unit 102, the recognition area setting unit 103, the character It functions as a column recognition unit 104, a file name setting unit 105, a data storage control unit 106, and a document type determination unit 107. In addition, each said structure of the control unit 100 may be each comprised by the hard circuit irrespective of the operation | movement based on the above-mentioned control program.

  The control unit 101 governs overall operation control of the image forming apparatus 1. The control unit 101 is connected to the image reading unit 10, the image forming unit 20, the paper feeding unit 30, the image memory 40, the storage unit 50, the communication unit 60, the display unit 70, the operation unit 80, and the like. It controls the operation of each of the above mechanisms and transmits / receives signals or data to / from each mechanism.

  The operation receiving unit 102 receives an instruction for reading a character string in a document read by the image reading unit 10 and a recognition area in which the character string is to be recognized in the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10. Accepts instructions to specify. For example, the operation accepting unit 102 is arranged on the soft key displayed on the display unit 70 or the operation unit 80 by the operator touching the image data displayed on the display unit 70 to specify an area. A character string reading instruction from the operator is accepted by selecting a document type by touching or pressing a hard key.

  The recognition area setting unit 103 sets a recognition area where a character string should be recognized in the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10 in accordance with the content of the instruction received by the operation receiving unit 102. Furthermore, the recognition area setting unit 103 maintains this recognition area setting until a predetermined condition is satisfied.

  The character string recognition unit 104 recognizes a character string in the recognition area in the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10. The character string recognition unit 104 recognizes a character string in the recognition area using OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and extracts text data. More specifically, when the character string recognition unit 104 recognizes a character in the recognition area, the character string recognition unit 104 identifies what character each character is, and extracts text data corresponding to the character string formed by the character.

  The file name setting unit 105 sets a file name for saving the image data for the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10 based on the character string recognized in the recognition area by the character string recognition unit 104. To do. The file name setting unit 105 changes the file name of the file stored in the data storage device under certain conditions described later.

  The data storage control unit 106 attaches the file name set by the file name setting unit 105 to the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10 and is connected to the image forming apparatus 1 via the storage unit 50 or the network. The data is stored in a data storage device such as a storage device in a not-illustrated PC or server device. The data storage control unit 106 adds metadata (accompanying information) to the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10 and stores the metadata in the data storage device.

  The document type determination unit 107 causes the character string recognition unit 104 to recognize a character string in a predetermined type determination area (described later) of the document read by the image reading unit 10, and based on the recognized character string, Determine the type.

  Next, a first embodiment of a storage process for image data acquired by the image reading unit 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the first embodiment of the first embodiment of the image data storing process by the image forming apparatus 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example (technical specification) of a document to be read by the image reading unit 10. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example (invoice) of a document to be read by the image reading unit 10.

  First, under the control of the control unit 101, the image reading unit 10 reads a document and acquires image data (S1). Examples of originals are shown in FIGS. In the manuscript shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, a title such as “technical specification” or “invoice” is written in the area A1. 4 and 5, an area A1 is a document type determination area. In the format of the technical specification in FIG. 4, the area A2 is an area where a document-specific number such as a document number is written, and the area A3 is an area where auxiliary information such as a technical item is written. In the invoice format shown in FIG. 5, the area A2 is an area where a document-specific number such as a billing number is written, and the area A3 is an area where auxiliary information of a billing destination is written. is there. Note that the positions of the areas A1, A2, and A3 may differ depending on the type of document.

  Returning to the description with reference to FIG. When the image data of the document is acquired, the recognition area setting unit 103 sets a recognition area that is a target area for acquiring a character string for setting a file name from all the areas indicated by the image data. (S2). When the recognition area is not set (for example, when the original is read for the first time) (NO in S2), the operation receiving unit 102 receives an instruction to read a character string in the original from the operator (S3). The recognition area setting unit 103 sets a recognition area in which the character string is to be recognized in the image data in accordance with the content received by the operation receiving unit 102 (S4). On the other hand, if the recognition area is set (YES in S2), the process jumps to step S5 of the character string recognition process described later.

  The processes of S3 and S4 will be described in detail. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the display unit 70 when the recognition area is set. For example, the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10 is displayed on the display unit 70 by the control unit 101. When the operator touches an arbitrary portion of the image data displayed on the display unit 70 and slides his / her finger on the diagonal line as it is, a slide operation indicating the diagonal line is accepted by the touch panel function provided in the display unit 70. . The operation receiving unit 102 receives a rectangular frame having the diagonal line. Thereby, the recognition area setting unit 103 sets the area surrounded by the rectangular frame received by the operation receiving unit 102 as a recognition area where a character string should be recognized in the image data. In the example of FIG. 6, an example is shown in which the recognition area setting unit 103 sets the area A <b> 2 as a recognition area in which character strings are to be recognized in the image data.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when a recognition area in which the character string is to be recognized is set in the image data, the character string recognition unit 104 performs the character string in the recognition area (area A2 in FIGS. 4 and 5 in the present embodiment). Is recognized (S5).

  When the character string in the recognition area is recognized, the file name setting unit 105 sets the recognized character string as the file name of the image data (S6).

  When the file name is set, the data storage control unit 106 attaches the image data to the image forming apparatus 1 via the storage unit 50 or the network with the file name set by the file name setting unit 105. The data is stored in a data storage device such as a connected unillustrated PC or a storage device in the server device (S7).

  When the data storage ends, the recognition area setting unit 103 determines whether a predetermined condition for determining whether to clear or maintain the recognition area is satisfied (S8). For example, the recognition area setting unit 103 may request that the operator resets the image forming apparatus 1 after a certain period of time has elapsed when the image forming apparatus 1 has not been operated. When it is determined that either one of the instructions to set a new recognition area is received from the operator (YES in S8), the currently set file is determined as satisfying the predetermined condition. The recognition area for name setting is cleared (S9).

  On the other hand, when the recognition area setting unit 103 determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied (NO in S8), the recognition area setting unit 103 maintains the currently set recognition area. This eliminates the need for the operator to set a recognition area for the original when the image reading unit 10 next reads a new original.

  Next, processing for discriminating the document type, assigning a file name to each document type and saving the image data will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a second embodiment of the image data storing process performed by the image forming apparatus 1.

  In the second embodiment, the recognition area setting unit 103 uses the character string recognition unit 104 to recognize the character string used for the document type determination by the document type determination unit 107. 50. As a premise, this type determination area is the same location in each original regardless of the original type, for example, when originals of different types are used for reading originals. That is, the character string recognizing unit 104 uses the region (for example, the region A1 of each document shown in FIGS. 4 and 5) in the same position in the image data obtained by document reading by the image reading unit 10 as a type determination region. Recognizing the column, the document type determination unit 107 determines the document type based on the recognized character string. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the area A1 is a type determination area.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the recognition area setting unit 103 stores an A2 area for each document type. For example, the recognition area setting unit 103 stores the area A2 illustrated in FIG. 4 in the case of the technical specification, and the area A2 illustrated in FIG.

  First, the image reading unit 10 reads a document and acquires image data (S11).

  When the image data of the document is acquired, the document type determination unit 107 sends the character string in the type determination region (region A1 in this embodiment) as a predetermined region for the image data to the character string recognition unit 104. Recognize (S12). The document type determination unit 107 may cause the character string recognition unit 104 to recognize character strings in the entire area of the image data.

  When the character string recognition unit 104 recognizes the character string in the type determination area, the document type determination unit 107 determines the type of document based on the recognized character string (S13). For example, in the case of a technical specification (FIG. 4), the character string “technical specification” is recognized by the character string recognition unit 104 from the area A1 of the image data. In the case of an invoice (FIG. 5), the character string recognition unit 104 recognizes the character string “invoice” from the image data area A1. Thereby, the document type determination unit 107 determines the type of document. For example, the document type determination unit 107 determines the document type as a technical specification when the recognized character string is “technical specification”, and requests the document type when the recognized character string is “invoice”. Judged as a letter. In addition, when the character string recognizing unit 104 causes the character string recognizing unit 104 to recognize character strings in the entire area of the image data, for example, the word type most frequently included in the recognized character string is determined as the document type. To.

  When the document type is determined, the recognition area setting unit 103 reads the recognition area (area A2 in the present embodiment) corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determination unit 107 from the storage unit 50 and sets it. (S14). For example, the recognition area setting unit 103 reads and sets the area A2 shown in FIG. 4 in the case of a technical specification and the area A2 shown in FIG. 5 in the case of an invoice.

  When the recognition area in which the character string is to be recognized is set in the image data, the character string recognition unit 104 recognizes the character string in the recognition area (S15). For example, in the case of a technical specification, the document number written in the area A2 shown in FIG. 4 is recognized, and in the case of a bill, the billing number written in the area A2 shown in FIG. 5 is recognized.

  When the character string in the area A2 as the recognition area is recognized, the file name setting unit 105 sets the recognized character string as the file name of the image data (S16). For example, the document number is set as the file name of the image data in the case of a technical specification and the request number in the case of an invoice.

  When the file name is set, the data storage control unit 106 connects the image data to the image forming apparatus 1 via the storage unit 50 and the network with the file name set by the file name setting unit 105. Are stored in a data storage device such as a storage device in the PC or server device (S17).

  Thus, when the image reading unit 10 reads a new document, the character string is recognized from each recognition area set for each type of document, and the recognized character string is attached as a file name. Image data obtained by reading a document can be saved. As a result, even if the operator does not input information indicating the document type to the image forming apparatus 1, the image data obtained by reading the document is stored with the character string extracted from the different recognition area for each document type as the file name. It becomes possible.

  By the way, when a file with the file name set by the file name setting unit 105 already exists in the image data storage destination, the image data cannot be stored with the file name, or an existing file exists depending on the image data. Problems such as overwriting occur. Therefore, it is necessary to set the file name of the image data so that it does not overlap with the file name of the file that already exists in the image data storage destination. Hereinafter, such image data storage processing will be described as a third embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a third embodiment of image data storage processing by the image forming apparatus 1. Note that the third embodiment basically performs the same processing as the processing in the second embodiment, and is a modification of the second embodiment. Therefore, the processing different from the second embodiment will be mainly described. .

  First, when the document type determination unit 107 determines the document type, the recognition region setting unit 103 sets the first recognition region and the second recognition region corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determination unit 107. (S21). For example, when the operator repeats the above-described operation of designating the diagonal line on the screen of the image data displayed on the display unit 70, the operation receiving unit 102 and the recognition region setting unit 103 cause the region A2 region, The A3 area (an example is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5) is sequentially set. In this embodiment, the recognition area setting unit 103 sets the first set area, that is, the area A2 as the first recognition area, and sets the second set area A3 as the second recognition area for each document type. For example, it is stored in the storage unit 50. When the document type determination unit 107 determines the document type, the recognition area setting unit 103 stores the first recognition area and the second recognition area corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determination unit 107. Read from and set.

  When the first and second recognition areas are set in the image data, the character string recognition unit 104 recognizes the first character string in the first recognition area and the second character string in the second recognition area. (S22). For example, in the technical specification shown in FIG. 4, the document number written in the area A2 is recognized as the first character string, and the auxiliary information written in the area A3 is recognized as the second character string. In the specification shown in FIG. 5, the claim number written in the area A2 is recognized as a first character string, and the auxiliary information written in the area A3 is recognized as a second character string.

  When the first and second character strings are recognized, the file name setting unit 105 checks whether or not a file having the same file name as the first character string exists in the image data storage destination ( S23). When the file having the same file name as the first character string does not exist in the image data storage destination (NO in S23), the file name setting unit 105 sets the first character string as the file name of the image data ( S24).

  On the other hand, if a file having the same file name as the first character string exists in the image data storage destination (YES in S23), the image data cannot be stored with the first character string as the file name as it is. The file name setting unit 105 sets a character string obtained by concatenating the second character string to the first character string as the file name of the image data (S25).

  When the file name is set, the data storage control unit 106 connects the image data to the image forming apparatus 1 via the storage unit 50 or the network with the file name set by the file name setting unit 105. Is stored in a data storage device such as a storage device in the PC or server device (S26).

  As a result, the file name of the image data can be set so as not to overlap with the file name of the file already existing in the image data storage destination.

  Furthermore, when a file with the same file name as the file name set by the file name setting unit 105 already exists in the image data storage destination, the file name is to be stored this time so that the file names do not overlap each other. The file name of the image data is set as a character string obtained by concatenating the second character string to the first character string, and the file name of the file with the same file name already existing in the storage destination is changed. You may do it. Hereinafter, such image data storage processing will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a fourth embodiment of image data storage processing by the image forming apparatus 1. Note that the fourth embodiment basically performs the same processing as the processing in the third embodiment, and is a modification of the third embodiment. Therefore, the processing different from the third embodiment will be mainly described. .

  First, when the document type determination unit 107 determines the document type, the recognition region setting unit 103 sets the first recognition region and the second recognition region corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determination unit 107. (S31). For example, areas A2 and A3 in the technical specifications and invoices shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are set as the first and second recognition areas.

  When the first and second recognition areas are set in the image data, the character string recognition unit 104 recognizes the first character string in the first recognition area and the second character string in the second recognition area. (S32). For example, in the technical specification shown in FIG. 4, the document number written in the area A2 is recognized as the first character string, and the auxiliary information written in the area A3 is recognized as the second character string. In the specification shown in FIG. 5, the claim number written in the area A2 is recognized as a first character string, and the auxiliary information written in the area A3 is recognized as a second character string.

  When the first and second character strings are recognized, the file name setting unit 105 checks whether or not a file having the same file name as the first character string exists in the image data storage destination ( S33). When a file having the same file name as the first character string does not exist in the storage destination of the image data (NO in S33), the file name setting unit 105 sets the first character string as a storage target as a new file. It is set as a file name for the image data to be executed (S34). Then, the data storage control unit 106 adds the second character string to the image data as metadata (S35), and the image data with the added metadata is the file name set by the file name setting unit 105. Then, it is saved as a new file in a data storage device such as a storage device in a PC or server device (not shown) connected to the image forming apparatus 1 via the storage unit 50 or the network (S36).

  On the other hand, when a file having the same file name as the first character string exists in the image data storage destination (YES in S33), the image data cannot be stored with the first character string as the file name. Therefore, the file name setting unit 105 sets a character string obtained by concatenating the second character string to the first character string as the file name for the image data to be saved (S37).

  The data storage control unit 106 adds the file name set by the file name setting unit 105 to the image data and connects the image data to the image forming apparatus 1 via the storage unit 50 or the network. The data is stored in a data storage device such as a storage device in a PC or server device (S38).

  Further, the file name setting unit 105 selects the metadata (that is, the first file) associated with the file from the file having the same file name as the first character string in S33, which exists in the storage destination of the image data. 2 character string), and the file name of the file is changed to the first character string + metadata, and the data storage control unit 106 converts the file into the first character string + metadata (second character). The file name is changed to (column) and saved in the data storage device (S39). As a result, the file whose file name is the same as the first character string in S33 is changed to the first character string + metadata (second character string), and then the data storage device Will be saved again.

  In S39, the file name setting unit 105 selects the metadata attached to the file from the file having the same file name as the first character string in S33, which exists in the storage destination of the image data. If (that is, the second character string) cannot be obtained, that is, if the file does not contain metadata, the file name of the file is concatenated with a predetermined number in the first character string. In addition to changing to a column, the metadata added to the image data is added to the file, and the data storage control unit 106 changes the file name to the first character string + a predetermined number. Then, it may be stored in the data storage device with the metadata added. The predetermined number is a number used to distinguish from the file name of the image data, such as “1” or “2”.

  According to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to automatically set the file name of the image data to be newly saved so as not to overlap with the file name of the file already existing in the image data saving destination. Furthermore, in order to change the file name (first character string) of an existing file to a name to which metadata (second character string) is added, the name of the existing file and the newly saved file name are changed. It is possible to save these files after unifying names into a format of first character string + metadata (second character string). If the file name setting unit 105 uses the format of the first character string + metadata (second character string), and the file names of these files are the same, the file name of any one of the files is set. These characters are saved after adding additional characters to the name (first character string + metadata (second character string)).

  The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the image forming apparatus is shown as an example of the information processing apparatus, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this case. The information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied to, for example, a scanner apparatus, a facsimile machine, and a personal computer in addition to an image forming apparatus.

  In the fourth embodiment described with reference to FIG. 9, instead of the image data acquired by the image reading unit 10, a file for a word processor used in a personal computer or the like, a file for a spreadsheet software, etc. It can also be applied as a general document file.

  Further, the control program described in the above embodiment may be recorded on a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium such as a hard disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a semiconductor memory. In this case, a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium that records the control program is an embodiment of the present invention.

1 Image forming device (information processing device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image reading part 50 Memory | storage part 101 Control part 102 Operation reception part 103 Recognition area setting part 104 Character string recognition part 105 File name setting part 106 Data storage control part 107 Document type determination part

Claims (9)

An image reading unit for reading image data to obtain image data;
An operation reception unit for receiving operation instructions from an operator;
A recognition area setting unit that sets a recognition area in which the character string is to be recognized in the image data in accordance with the content received by the operation reception unit;
A character string recognition unit for recognizing a character string in the recognition area of the image data;
A file name setting unit for setting a file name when saving the image data from the character string recognized by the character string recognition unit;
A data storage control unit that stores the image data in the data storage device with the set file name;
The recognition area setting unit is an information processing apparatus that maintains the setting of the recognition area until a predetermined condition is satisfied.   The recognition area setting unit maintains the setting of the recognition area as the predetermined condition that the information processing apparatus is reset when a state where the information processing apparatus is not operated elapses for a predetermined time or longer. The information processing apparatus described in 1.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recognition area setting unit maintains the setting of the recognition area on the condition that the operator logs out from the information processing apparatus.   The recognition area setting unit maintains the setting of the recognition area based on the predetermined condition that the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to set a new recognition area for the character string recognition unit from the operator. The information processing apparatus according to 1. A storage unit for storing the recognition area in the image data of each document for each document type;
The operation receiving unit receives an instruction to specify a document type from a user,
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recognition area setting unit reads and sets a recognition area corresponding to a document type indicated by an instruction received by the operation reception unit from the storage unit. A storage unit for storing a recognition area for recognizing a character string in image data of each document for each document type;
A document type determination unit for causing the character string recognition unit to recognize a character string included in the image data and determining the type of the document based on the recognized character string;
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recognition area setting unit reads and sets a recognition area corresponding to the document type determined by the document type determination unit from the storage unit.   The document type determination unit causes the character string recognition unit to recognize a character string included in a predetermined type determination area of the image data, and determines the type of the document based on the recognized character string. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6. The recognition area setting unit sets a first recognition area and a second recognition area where a character string is to be recognized in the image data according to the content received by the operation reception unit,
The character string recognition unit recognizes a first character string in the first recognition area and a second character string in the second recognition area in the image data;
The file name setting unit sets the first character string as the file name of the image data when a file having the same file name as the first character string does not exist in the storage destination of the image data, When a file having the same file name as the first character string exists at the storage destination of the image data, a character string obtained by concatenating the second character string to the first character string is used as the image data file. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is set to a name. A file name setting method for setting a file name by an information processing apparatus including an image reading unit that reads a document and acquires image data and an operation receiving unit that receives an operation instruction from an operator,
In accordance with the content accepted by the operation accepting unit, a recognition area where a character string should be recognized in the image data read by the image reading unit is set.
Recognizing a character string in the recognition area in the image data;
Set a file name when saving the image data from the recognized character string,
The image data is stored in the data storage device with the set file name,
A file name setting method for maintaining the setting of the recognition area until a predetermined condition is satisfied.