JP2019061034A - Image formation device and word registration program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an image forming device and a word registration program capable of reducing a burden on a worker who registers words in dictionary information.SOLUTION: An MFP includes a communication unit which receives print data, a print data character string acquiring means which acquires a character string in S123 from the print data received by the communication unit, a word acquisition means which acquires a word in S124 from the character string acquired by the print data character string acquiring means by natural language acquisition processing, and a word registration means which registers the word acquired by the word acquisition means in a dictionary information in S125.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus and a word registration program for registering words in dictionary information.

  Conventionally, as a technology for registering words in dictionary information, there is known a robot apparatus for registering words obtained by character recognition from an image captured by a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera in dictionary information for voice recognition (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-044080

  For speech recognition, an acoustic dictionary in which sound information is stored and a language dictionary in which word information is stored are used, and the degree of completion of these dictionaries affects the performance of speech recognition. Therefore, these dictionaries need to be updated from time to time.

  For example, when the technology of speech recognition is used in a company, since a company may have its own unique word for each company, it is preferable that the company's own word be registered in the language dictionary. Here, when the speech recognition technology is used in a company, the conversation content in the company may include confidential information, so from the viewpoint of security, updating of the acoustic dictionary and the language dictionary is It is often done within.

  However, in the technology described in Patent Document 1, since a special device called a robot device needs to be used to register a word in dictionary information, the burden on a worker who registers a word in dictionary information is large. There is a problem of

  Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide an image forming apparatus and a word registration program capable of reducing the burden on a worker who registers words in dictionary information.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: a communication device for receiving print data; print data character string acquiring means for acquiring a character string from the print data received by the communication device; and the print data character string acquiring means The information processing apparatus is characterized by further comprising: word acquisition means for acquiring a word from the character string by natural language processing; and word registration means for registering the word acquired by the word acquisition means in dictionary information.

  With this configuration, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention acquires words based on the character string acquired from the print data received by the communication device, so that comparison of input of print data to a relatively general device such as an image forming apparatus is performed. It is possible to register a word in the dictionary information by a general general operation, and it is possible to reduce the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a specific process execution unit that executes a specific process on the print data received by the communication device, and the print data string acquisition unit is configured to execute the specific process execution unit by the specific process execution unit. The character string may be acquired from the print data for which a specific process is performed.

  According to this configuration, the image forming apparatus of the present invention not only executes a specific process when performing a specific process on print data received by the communication device, but also registers a word in the dictionary information. Since the execution is performed, the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a reading device for reading an image from a document, an image character string acquiring unit for acquiring a character string from the image read by the reading device, and the image character string acquiring unit It is characterized by comprising: word acquisition means for acquiring a word from a character string by natural language processing; and word registration means for registering the word acquired by the word acquisition means in dictionary information.

  With this configuration, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention acquires a word based on the character string acquired from the image read by the reading device, and therefore, it is referred to as a document reading instruction to a relatively general device called an image forming apparatus. A word can be registered in the dictionary information by a relatively general operation, and the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  The image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a specific process execution unit that executes a specific process on the image read by the reading device, and the image character string acquisition unit is configured to execute the specific process by the specific process execution unit. The character string may be obtained from the image on which processing is performed.

  With this configuration, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention executes not only the specific process but also the registration of the word in the dictionary information when the specific process is performed on the image read by the reading device. Therefore, the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  In the image forming apparatus of the present invention, the specific process may be at least one of printing, storing and transmitting.

  According to this configuration, the image forming apparatus of the present invention performs printing when at least one of printing, storage and transmission is performed on print data received by the communication device or an image read by the reading device. Since not only storage of at least one of storage and transmission but also registration of a word in dictionary information is also performed, the burden on a worker who registers a word in dictionary information can be reduced.

  The image forming apparatus of the present invention may further include voice recognition means for performing voice recognition using the dictionary information.

  With this configuration, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention not only registers the word in the dictionary information but also executes voice recognition using the dictionary information in which the word is registered, so that convenience can be improved.

  A word registration program according to the present invention includes an image forming apparatus including a communication device for receiving print data, print data character string acquiring means for acquiring a character string from the print data received by the communication device, and the print data character string A word acquiring unit for acquiring a word from the character string acquired by the acquiring unit by natural language processing, and a word registering unit for registering the word acquired by the word acquiring unit in dictionary information Do.

  According to this configuration, the image forming apparatus executing the word registration program of the present invention acquires words based on the character string acquired from the print data received by the communication device. A word can be registered in the dictionary information by a relatively common operation of inputting print data, and the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  A word registration program according to the present invention includes an image forming apparatus including a reading device for reading an image from a document, an image character string acquiring unit for acquiring a character string from the image read by the reading device, and the image character string acquiring unit A word acquiring unit for acquiring a word from the character string acquired by the natural language processing and a word registering unit for registering the word acquired by the word acquiring unit in dictionary information.

  With this configuration, the image forming apparatus executing the word registration program of the present invention acquires words based on the character string acquired from the image read by the reading device. A word can be registered in the dictionary information by a relatively general operation such as a document reading instruction, and the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  The image forming apparatus and the word registration program of the present invention can reduce the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information.

It is a block diagram of a word registration system concerning a 1 embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the image forming apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in the case of an MFP. It is a block diagram of a computer shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the image forming apparatus shown in FIG. 2 when transmitting data of an image read from an original by a scanner to a computer via a communication unit. FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of an image read from a document in the operation shown in FIG. 4; 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the image forming apparatus shown in FIG. 2 when printing an image on a recording medium by a printer based on print data received by a communication unit. It is a figure which shows an example of the print data handled in the operation | movement shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the image forming apparatus shown in FIG. 2 when performing voice recognition.

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

  First, the configuration of a word registration system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word registration system 10 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the word registration system 10 includes an image forming apparatus 20 and a computer 30 such as a PC (Personal Computer).

  The image forming apparatus 20 and the computer 30 can communicate with each other via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet.

  The image forming apparatus 20 is, for example, an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral), a printer-only machine, a scanner-only machine, a copy-only machine, or a fax-only machine.

  The word registration system 10 can include one or more image forming apparatuses similar to the image forming apparatus 20 in addition to the image forming apparatus 20.

  The word registration system 10 may include one or more computers similar to the computer 30 in addition to the computer 30.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the image forming apparatus 20 in the case of the MFP.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 20 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays various information and an operation unit 21 which is an input device such as a button to which various operations are input. The display unit 22, a printer 23 which is a printing device for printing an image on a recording medium such as paper, a scanner 24 which is a reading device for reading an image from a document, an external facsimile machine (not shown) and a public telephone line A fax communication unit 25 that is a fax device that performs fax communication via a communication line, and a communication unit that is a communication device that communicates with an external apparatus directly via a network or wired or wireless without a network. Semiconductor memory that stores various types of information, HDD (Hard A storage unit 27, which is a non-volatile storage device such as a disk drive, and a control unit 28 that controls the entire image forming apparatus 20 are provided.

  The storage unit 27 can store an acoustic dictionary 27a in which information of sound is stored for speech recognition. The storage unit 27 can store at least one acoustic dictionary similar to the acoustic dictionary 27 a as well as the acoustic dictionary 27 a. The storage unit 27 can store an acoustic dictionary for each user who uses speech recognition. The storage unit 27 can store an acoustic dictionary for each event for which speech recognition is used, such as a specific conference acoustic dictionary. The storage unit 27 can store an acoustic dictionary for each place where speech recognition is used, such as an acoustic dictionary for a specific meeting room, for example.

  The storage unit 27 can store the language dictionary 27 b in which information of words is stored for speech recognition. The storage unit 27 can store at least one language dictionary similar to the language dictionary 27 b as well as the language dictionary 27 b. The storage unit 27 can store a language dictionary for each user who uses speech recognition. The storage unit 27 can store a language dictionary for each event for which speech recognition is used, such as a language dictionary for a specific conference. The storage unit 27 can store a language dictionary for each place where speech recognition is used, such as a language dictionary for a specific conference room, for example.

  The storage unit 27 stores a word registration program 27c for registering words in a language dictionary as dictionary information. For example, the word registration program 27c may be installed in the image forming apparatus 20 at the manufacturing stage of the image forming apparatus 20, or may be added to the image forming apparatus 20 from an external storage medium such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. It may be installed, or may be additionally installed on the image forming apparatus 20 from the network.

  The control unit 28 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM) storing a program and various data, and a random access memory (RAM) used as a work area of the CPU. There is. The CPU executes a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 27.

  The control unit 28 executes the word registration program 27 c to acquire a character string from the image character string acquiring unit 28 a that acquires a character string from the image read by the scanner 24 and the print data received by the communication unit 26. Print data character string acquiring unit 28b, word acquiring unit 28c for acquiring a word by natural language processing from the character string acquired by the image character string acquiring unit 28a or the print data character string acquiring unit 28b, and the word acquiring unit 28c A word registration unit 28d for registering the acquired word in the language dictionary, and a specific process execution unit 28e for executing a specific process on the image read by the scanner 24 or the print data received by the communication unit 26 Speech recognition means 28f for performing speech recognition using a language dictionary To achieve.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the computer 30. As shown in FIG.

  The computer 30 is used as an operation unit 31 which is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse to which various operations are input, a display unit 32 which is a display device such as an LCD to display various information, and an audio input device such as a microphone. A voice input unit 33, a communication unit 34 which is a communication device for communicating with an external device directly via a network or by wire or wireless directly without using a network, and a semiconductor memory for storing various information, A storage unit 35, which is a non-volatile storage device such as an HDD, and a control unit 36 that controls the entire image forming apparatus 20 are provided.

  The storage unit 35 stores a printer driver 35a for generating print data for the image forming apparatus 20 (see FIG. 2).

  The storage unit 35 stores a voice recognition application 35 b as an application program that uses voice recognition by the image forming apparatus 20. The storage unit 35 can store at least one voice recognition application that uses voice recognition by the image forming apparatus 20, in addition to the voice recognition application 35b.

  The printer driver 35a and the voice recognition application may be installed on the computer 30, for example, at the manufacturing stage of the computer 30, or may be an external storage such as a USB memory, a CD (Compact Disk), or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). The program may be additionally installed from the medium to the computer 30, or may be additionally installed from the network to the computer 30.

  The control unit 36 includes, for example, a CPU, a ROM that stores programs and various data, and a RAM that is used as a work area of the CPU. The CPU executes a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 35.

  Next, the operation of the word registration system 10 will be described.

  First, an operation of the image forming apparatus 20 in the case of transmitting data of an image read from a document by the scanner 24 to the computer 30 via the communication unit 26 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of the image forming apparatus 20 when transmitting data of an image read from a document by the scanner 24 to the computer 30 via the communication unit 26.

  The control unit 28 of the image forming apparatus 20 is shown in FIG. 4 when execution of an operation of transmitting data of an image read from a document by the scanner 24 to the computer 30 via the communication unit 26 is instructed via the operation unit 21. Execute the action.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 28 reads an image from a document by the scanner 24 (S101).

  Next, the specific process execution unit 28e transmits the data of the image read in S101 to the computer 30 via the communication unit 26 (S102).

  Next, the image character string acquiring unit 28a acquires a character string from the image read in S101 by character recognition using an optical character recognition (OCR) function (S103). For example, when the image read in S101 is the image 40 shown in FIG. 5, the image character string acquiring unit 28a acquires a character string “print characters” from the image 40.

  Next, the word acquiring unit 28c acquires a word from the character string acquired in S103 by natural language processing (S104). For example, if the character string acquired in S103 is "print characters", the word acquisition unit 28c performs morphological analysis on the character string "print characters" to obtain the noun "character" and the particle " "O", get four words "no" "print" and verb "to".

  Next, the word registration unit 28d registers the word acquired in S104 in the language dictionary on the storage unit 27 (S105), and ends the operation shown in FIG. Here, when the language dictionary for registering words does not exist in the storage unit 27, the word registration unit 28d newly creates a language dictionary on the storage unit 27 and registers the words in the created language dictionary. In addition, when the word scheduled to be registered in the language dictionary has already been registered in the language dictionary, the word registration unit 28d does not register this word in the language dictionary.

  The processes of S103 to S105 may be performed prior to the process of S102, or may be performed in parallel with the process of S102.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 20 in the case where the printer 23 prints an image on a recording medium based on the print data received by the communication unit 26 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation of the image forming apparatus 20 when the printer 23 prints an image on a recording medium based on print data received by the communication unit 26.

  The computer 30 generates print data for the image forming apparatus 20 by the printer driver 35a according to an instruction input via the operation unit 31, and transmits the generated print data to the image forming apparatus 20 via the communication unit 34. Do. When the control unit 28 of the image forming apparatus 20 receives the print data via the communication unit 26, the control unit 28 executes the operation shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the specific process execution means 28e interprets the print data received by the communication unit 26 (S121).

  Next, the specific process execution means 28e prints an image on a recording medium by the printer 23 based on the print data interpreted in S121 (S122).

  Next, the print data character string acquisition unit 28b acquires a character string from the print data interpreted in S121 (S123). For example, when the target print data is the print data 50 illustrated in FIG. 7, the print data character string acquisition unit 28 b acquires a character string “print characters” from the print data 50.

  Next, as in the process of S104, the word acquiring unit 28c acquires a word from the character string acquired in S123 by natural language processing (S124).

  Next, as in the process of S105, the word registration unit 28d registers the word acquired in S124 in the language dictionary on the storage unit 27 (S125), and ends the operation illustrated in FIG.

  The processes of S123 to S125 may be performed prior to the process of S122 or may be performed in parallel with the process of S122.

  Note that the control unit 28 of the image forming apparatus 20 receives an instruction to edit the language dictionary stored in the storage unit 27 through the operation unit 21, or the communication unit 26 from an external device such as the computer 30. It is possible to execute in response to an instruction input via. That is, the control unit 28 adds a specific word input through the operation unit 21 or the communication unit 26 to a specific language dictionary, deletes a specific word from a specific language dictionary, or a specific language dictionary Correct a specific word included in the document, delete a specific language dictionary from the storage unit 27, duplicate a specific language dictionary in the storage unit 27, or select a specific language dictionary as a word dictionary for a specific user , A specific language dictionary as a word dictionary for a specific event, or a specific language dictionary as a word dictionary for a specific place.

  Further, the control unit 28 of the image forming apparatus 20 instructs the language dictionary stored in the storage unit 27 to be input via the operation unit 21 or from an external device such as the computer 30 via the communication unit 26. It is possible to transmit to the outside according to the input instruction. That is, control unit 28 copies or moves the language dictionary stored in storage unit 27 to an external image forming apparatus or an external computer via a network or via an external storage medium such as a USB memory. It is possible.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 20 in the case of executing voice recognition will be described.

  When the voice recognition application is activated according to the instruction input through the operation unit 31, the control unit 36 of the computer 30 instructs the user through the display unit 32 to input the voice to the voice input unit 33. Therefore, the user inputs a voice to the voice input unit 33. When a voice is input to the voice input unit 33, the control unit 36 requests the image forming apparatus 20 to perform voice recognition by transmitting the voice input to the voice input unit 33 to the image forming apparatus 20.

  The control unit 28 of the image forming apparatus 20 executes the operation shown in FIG. 8 when voice recognition is requested.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the operation of the image forming apparatus 20 when performing speech recognition.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the voice recognition unit 28f of the image forming apparatus 20 executes the requested voice recognition using the acoustic dictionary and the language dictionary stored in the storage unit 27 (S141).

  Next, the control unit 28 executes an operation according to the result of the speech recognition performed in S141 (S142), and ends the operation shown in FIG.

  As the operation executed in S142, for example, a character string as a result of the speech recognition performed in S141 is returned to the computer 30, or an operation according to the character string as a result of speech recognition performed in S141 For example, there is a case of executing an operation of sending back specific information stored in the storage unit 27 to the computer 30. The control unit 28 executes an operation according to the voice recognition application executed in the computer 30 in S142.

  For example, voice recognition using a voice recognition application (hereinafter, referred to as a "conference voice recognition application") for storing the content of speech of participants in a meeting as a character string will be described.

  The manager of the meeting starts the identification information of the meeting to be held (hereinafter referred to as “meeting identification information”), the information on the holding place of the meeting (hereinafter referred to as “held place information”), and the speech recognition application for the meeting. By sending an e-mail (hereinafter referred to as "meeting request mail") including a hyperlink of (1) to the meeting attendee, the meeting attendee is requested to attend the meeting. The attendees of the meeting join the meeting according to the meeting request mail after the meeting request mail is received by the computer. Then, the meeting participant clicks the hyperlink included in the meeting request mail in the meeting. When the hyperlink included in the meeting request mail is clicked, the meeting participant's computer starts the conference speech recognition application installed on this computer. Then, the computer executing the meeting voice recognition application notifies the image forming apparatus 20 of the identification information of the participant and the meeting identification information and the holding place information included in the meeting request mail. Therefore, the voice recognition means 28f of the image forming apparatus 20 includes an acoustic dictionary and a language dictionary for the user corresponding to the identification information of the participant notified from the computer of the conference participant, and the meeting identification notified from the computer An acoustic dictionary and a language dictionary for events according to information, and an acoustic dictionary and a language dictionary for places according to venue information notified from the computer will be used in speech recognition requested from the computer hereafter . Then, the speech recognition unit 28 f stores the character string corresponding to the speech by the participants of the conference in a specific file on the storage unit 27 in a distinguishable manner for each participant.

  The image forming apparatus 20 executes voice recognition using three types of dictionaries: a dictionary for users, a dictionary for events, and a dictionary for places. However, the image forming apparatus 20 may execute voice recognition using two or less types of dictionaries, or may perform voice recognition using four or more types of dictionaries.

  As described above, the image forming apparatus 20 acquires a word from the image read in S101 by the scanner 24 based on the character string acquired in S103 (S104). A word can be automatically registered in the dictionary information (S105) by a relatively common operation of instructing the reading of a document to the device (S105), and the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  When the image forming apparatus 20 executes transmission via the communication unit 26 on an image read by the scanner 24 (S102), the image forming apparatus 20 not only executes transmission via the communication unit 26, but also transmits the information to the dictionary information. Since the word registration (S105) is also performed, the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  Note that the image forming apparatus 20 may execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information except when the transmission of the image read by the scanner 24 is performed via the communication unit 26. For example, in the case where the image forming apparatus 20 performs transmission via the fax communication unit 25 on an image read by the scanner 24, that is, when performing fax transmission, registration of a word in dictionary information is performed. You may. Further, when the image forming apparatus 20 executes printing by the printer 23 on an image read by the scanner 24, that is, when executing copying, the image forming apparatus 20 may execute registration of a word in the dictionary information. The image forming apparatus 20 may execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information when storing the image read by the scanner 24 in the storage unit 27. Further, the image forming apparatus 20 may execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information when executing a specific operation other than transmission, printing and storage on the image read by the scanner 24.

  The image forming apparatus 20 may independently execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information for the image read by the scanner 24 independently of the other operation. That is, the image forming apparatus 20 may read the image from the document by the scanner 24 only for the registration of the word in the dictionary information.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, a word obtained by character recognition from an image captured by a CCD camera is registered in dictionary information. An image captured by a CCD camera may contain unclear character strings depending on the imaging environment of the CCD camera. However, since the image forming apparatus 20 registers the word obtained by character recognition from the clear image read by the scanner 24 which is a device dedicated to reading an image from a document in the language dictionary, the appropriate word is registered in the language dictionary can do.

  Since the image forming apparatus 20 acquires a word from the print data received by the communication unit 26 based on the character string acquired in S123 (S124), the comparison of input of print data to a relatively general device called an image forming apparatus is performed. It is possible to automatically register a word in the dictionary information (S125) by a general general operation, and it is possible to reduce the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information.

  When the image forming apparatus 20 executes printing by the printer 23 on the print data received by the communication unit 26 (S122), the image forming apparatus 20 not only executes printing by the printer 23, but also registers the word in the dictionary information Since S125) is also performed, the burden on the worker who registers the word in the dictionary information can be reduced.

  Note that the image forming apparatus 20 may execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information also except when printing by the printer 23 is performed on the print data received by the communication unit 26. For example, when the image forming apparatus 20 executes transmission of print data received by the communication unit 26 to another image forming apparatus or an external device such as a computer via the communication unit 26, the dictionary information may be used as dictionary information. You may perform registration of the word. Further, when the image forming apparatus 20 executes storage of the print data received by the communication unit 26 in the storage unit 27, the image forming apparatus 20 may execute registration of a word in the dictionary information. Further, the image forming apparatus 20 may execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information when performing a specific operation other than printing, transmission and storage on the print data received by the communication unit 26.

  The image forming apparatus 20 may independently execute the registration of the word in the dictionary information for the print data received by the communication unit 26 independently of the other operation. That is, the image forming apparatus 20 may receive the print data by the communication unit 26 only for the registration of the word in the dictionary information.

  The image forming apparatus 20 not only registers the word in the dictionary information, but also performs voice recognition using the dictionary information in which the word is registered (S141), so that convenience can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, image forming apparatus 20 executes voice recognition based on the voice input from computer 30. However, when the image forming apparatus 20 includes a voice input device, voice recognition may be performed based on the voice input from the voice input device.

  The image forming apparatus 20 may also provide an acoustic dictionary and a language dictionary for voice recognition performed by an external device such as the computer 30.

  In the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 20 automatically registers words in the language dictionary for speech recognition. However, the image forming apparatus 20 may automatically register a word in a dictionary other than the language dictionary for speech recognition. For example, the image forming apparatus 20 may automatically register a word in the dictionary for the OCR function.

20 image forming apparatus 24 scanner (reading device)
26 Communication unit (communication device)
27b Language dictionary (dictionary information)
27c word registration program 28a image character string acquisition means 28b print data character string acquisition means 28c word acquisition means 28d word registration means 28e identification processing execution means 28f voice recognition means 40 images 50 print data

Claims (8)

A communication device for receiving print data;
Print data string acquisition means for acquiring a character string from the print data received by the communication device;
Word acquisition means for acquiring a word by natural language processing from the character string acquired by the print data character string acquisition means;
And a word registration unit for registering the word acquired by the word acquisition unit in dictionary information. A specific process execution unit that performs a specific process on the print data received by the communication device;
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print data character string acquisition unit acquires the character string from the print data for which the specific process is executed by the specific process execution unit. A reading device that reads an image from a document;
An image character string acquiring unit that acquires a character string from the image read by the reading device;
Word acquisition means for acquiring a word by natural language processing from the character string acquired by the image character string acquisition means;
And a word registration unit for registering the word acquired by the word acquisition unit in dictionary information. And a specific process execution unit that performs a specific process on the image read by the reading device,
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image character string acquiring unit acquires the character string from the image on which the specific process is executed by the specific process executing unit.   The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific process is at least one of printing, storing, and transmitting.   The image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising voice recognition means for performing voice recognition using the dictionary information. An image forming apparatus comprising a communication device for receiving print data;
Print data string acquisition means for acquiring a character string from the print data received by the communication device;
Word acquisition means for acquiring a word by natural language processing from the character string acquired by the print data character string acquisition means;
And a word registration unit that registers the word acquired by the word acquisition unit in the dictionary information. In an image forming apparatus provided with a reading device for reading an image from a document,
An image character string acquiring unit that acquires a character string from the image read by the reading device;
Word acquisition means for acquiring a word by natural language processing from the character string acquired by the image character string acquisition means;
And a word registration unit that registers the word acquired by the word acquisition unit in the dictionary information.

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