JP2019161515A - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve efficiency in a system that distributes a character string included in a scanned image as text data.SOLUTION: A document management device 13 transmits text data in which a character string included in a scanned image read by a multifunction device 11 is converted to a text to a distribution destination device 14. The document management device 13 includes an image data acquisition unit 152 that acquires image data of the scanned image from the multifunction device 11, a range information acquisition unit 153 that acquires range information indicating a processing range to be subjected to text processing in the scanned image, an OCR processing unit 154 that generates text data in which a character string existing in the processing range is converted into a text by performing text processing on a portion corresponding to the processing range on the basis of the range information, and a text data transmission unit 156 that transmits the text data to the distribution destination device 14.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program.

  As a scanning solution that provides a service using a scanner function, there is an information distribution service that distributes information generated based on image data acquired by a reading device such as a scanner or a multifunction peripheral to a predetermined information processing device.

  For example, in a system in which data communication is performed between a reading device and an information processing device using a plurality of wireless communication methods, for the purpose of shortening the waiting time required for checking a reading result, the reading device performs reading processing and The preceding reading process performed under simpler reading conditions than the reading process is executed, and when the short-range communication is established with the information processing apparatus, the reading result of the preceding reading process is transmitted to the information processing apparatus, A technique is disclosed that transmits a reading result of a reading process to an information processing apparatus when long-distance communication is established with a processing apparatus (Patent Document 1).

  In the information distribution service as described above, a service that provides a user with a character string included in an image read by a reading device as text data is desired. When realizing such a service, a server (image processing apparatus) connected to the reading apparatus via a network and having an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) function may be used. However, in the prior art, when the OCR process is executed, it is necessary to transmit the image data of the entire image to the server even if the character string is included in only a part of the read image. For this reason, a decrease in processing speed or the like becomes a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to improve efficiency in a system that distributes a character string included in a scanned image as text data.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, one embodiment of the present invention is an image that transmits text data obtained by converting a text string included in a scanned image read by a reading device to a predetermined information processing device. An image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of the scanned image from the reading device, and a range information acquisition unit that acquires range information indicating a processing range to be subjected to text processing in the scanned image A text conversion unit that generates text data in which a character string existing in the processing range is converted into text by performing text processing on a portion corresponding to the processing range based on the range information; and the text data And a transmitting unit that transmits the information to a predetermined information processing apparatus.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to improve the efficiency in the system which distributes the character string contained in a scanned image as text data.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image processing system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the multifunction peripheral according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the mobile terminal, the document management system, the distribution destination device, and the administrator terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the image processing system according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a workflow according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the workflow management table according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file selection screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a page selection screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a range selection screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for selecting a processing range according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a preview screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the OCR result information according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing example in the image processing system according to the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited by the following embodiments, and constituent elements in the following embodiments include those that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art, those that are substantially the same, and those in the so-called equivalent range. . Various omissions, substitutions, changes, and combinations of the components can be made without departing from the scope of the following embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image processing system 1 according to the embodiment. The image processing system 1 is a system that provides a text data distribution service that distributes text data obtained by converting a character string included in an image into a predetermined distribution destination. The image processing system 1 is a multifunction device 11 (reading device), a mobile terminal 12 (terminal) ), A document management device 13 (image processing device), a distribution destination device 14 (information processing device), an administrator terminal 15, and a network 16.

  The multifunction device 11 is an electronic device having a scanner function, a copy function, a printer function, a facsimile function, and the like. The mobile terminal 12 is an information processing apparatus used by a user (mainly an end user), and may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook PC (Personal Computer), or the like. The document management apparatus 13 is an information processing apparatus that performs various processes related to the text data distribution service, and may be a server computer or the like. The distribution destination apparatus 14 is an information processing apparatus that receives distribution of text data generated by the document management apparatus 13, and may be, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook PC, a desktop PC, or a storage. The document management apparatus 13 can transmit the generated text data in association with metadata to a mail server, a storage in a cloud environment, or the like. The administrator terminal 15 is an information processing apparatus that performs a setting process for managing the document management apparatus 13, and is mainly used by a system administrator. The network 16 is a computer network that enables transmission / reception of information between a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and is a TCP / IP LAN (Local Area Network), VPN (Virtual Private Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like. Can be configured.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the multifunction machine 11 according to the embodiment. The multifunction device 11 includes a controller 21 that controls the entire multifunction device 11, a plotter engine 22 that prints an image on a print medium, an operation panel 23 that receives an input operation by a user, and a scanner that reads an image on a document and acquires image data. 24 and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 25 for storing various data.

  The controller 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 31, a system memory 32, an NV-RAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory) 33, an engine I / F (Interface) 34, a drawing memory 35, a host I / F 36, a program ROM ( Read Only Memory) 37, font ROM 38, panel I / F 39, and scanner I / F 40. The NV-RAM 33 stores various settings. The engine I / F 34 enables communication between the plotter engine 22 and the controller 21. The communication I / F 36 establishes communication between the mobile terminal 12 and the document management apparatus 13. The program ROM 37 stores a program that realizes various functions of the multifunction machine 11, an application program that realizes the functions of the image processing system 1, and the like. The font ROM 38 stores data relating to fonts for printing. The panel I / F 39 enables communication between the operation panel 23 and the controller 21. The scanner I / F 40 enables communication between the scanner 24 and the controller 21. The units 31 to 40 and the HDD 25 included in the controller 21 are connected via an internal bus 41.

  The controller 21 generates drawing data by performing predetermined conversion processing (rendering or the like) on print data (for example, PDF (Portable Document Format) data or the like) corresponding to the print job, and generates the drawing data in the plotter engine 22. Based on this, print processing is executed. The drawing memory 35 stores image data acquired by the scanner 24, print data, drawing data generated by performing conversion processing on the image data, and the like. The image data may be stored in a storage device (HDD 25, NV-RAM 33, etc.) other than the drawing memory 35. The controller 21 transmits image data, drawing data, and the like stored in the drawing memory 35 and the like to the document management apparatus 13 via the communication I / F 36. The plotter engine 22 reads a program, setting information, and the like stored in the program ROM 37, the NV-RAM 33, etc., and expands them in a memory area of the system memory 32 that provides a working memory area of the CPU 31. Further, the plotter engine 22 executes the printing process and the copying process by using the drawing memory 35 as a work area for the image forming process.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the mobile terminal 12, the document management system 13, the distribution destination device 14, and the administrator terminal 15 according to the embodiment. The mobile terminal 12, the document management system 13, the distribution destination device 14, and the administrator terminal 15 according to this example have the same configuration as a general-purpose computer, and include a CPU 51, a RAM 52, a ROM 53, a storage 54, and an I / F 55. Are connected via a bus 56. An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 57, an operation unit 58, and the network 16 are connected to the I / F 55.

  The CPU 51 is an electronic circuit that performs arithmetic processing, and performs processing for controlling operations of the devices 12 to 15. The RAM 52 is a volatile storage device that can read and write information at high speed, and functions as a work area when the CPU 51 processes information. The ROM 53 is a read-only nonvolatile storage device, and stores firmware and application programs. The storage 54 is a nonvolatile storage device that can read and write information, and stores an OS (Operating System), a control program, an application program, and the like. The I / F 55 is a device for connecting the bus 56, the LCD 57, the operation unit 58, and the network 16. The LCD 57 is a visual user interface that transmits information to the user. The operation unit 58 is a user interface for the user to input information, and is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like, for example. Note that the document management system 13 and the distribution destination device 14 may not be provided with either one or both of the LCD 57 and the operation unit 58.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the image processing system 1 according to the embodiment. The multifunction machine 11 includes a reading unit 101, a workflow selection unit 102, and a text distribution application 103.

  The reading unit 101 scans an image on a document and acquires image data. The reading unit 101 can be configured using the scanner 24, the scanner I / F 40, the CPU 31, the drawing memory 35, the HDD 24, and the like.

  The workflow selection unit 102 performs processing for selecting a workflow desired by the user from a plurality of workflows registered in advance. In this embodiment, a workflow for realizing a text data distribution service can be selected. The workflow selection unit 102 can be configured using the CPU 31, the system memory 32, the NV-RAM 33, and the like.

  The text distribution application 103 is an application for realizing a function of distributing text data obtained by converting a character string included in a scanned image into text by OCR processing (text conversion processing) to the distribution destination device 14. The text distribution application 103 includes a connection processing unit 111 and a range selection unit 132.

  The connection processing unit 111 performs connection processing for establishing communication between the multifunction machine 11 and the mobile terminal 12. The specific method of the connection process is not particularly limited, and should be appropriately selected according to the use conditions. For example, Bluetooth (registered trademark), the Internet, or the like may be used.

  The range selection unit 112 performs processing for selecting a processing range to be subjected to OCR processing from the scanned image. The method for selecting the processing range is not particularly limited, and may be performed using, for example, the operation panel 23 of the multifunction machine 11. The text distribution application 103 can be configured using the CPU 31, system memory 32, program ROM 37, operation panel 23, panel I / F 39, and the like.

  The mobile terminal 12 includes a text distribution application 121. The text distribution application 121 realizes a function of distributing text data obtained by converting a character string included in a scanned image into text by OCR processing to the distribution destination device 14 in the same manner as the text distribution application 121 included in the multifunction machine 11. It is an application for. The text distribution application 121 of the mobile terminal 12 includes a connection processing unit 131 and a range selection unit 132.

  The connection processing unit 131 performs connection processing for establishing communication between the multifunction device 11 and the mobile terminal 12 in the same manner as the connection processing unit 111 of the multifunction device 11.

  Similar to the range selection unit 112 of the multifunction machine 11, the range selection unit 132 performs a process of selecting a processing range to be subjected to OCR processing from the scanned image. The method for selecting the processing range is not particularly limited, but may be performed using, for example, the LCD 57 and the operation unit 58 of the mobile terminal 12. The text distribution application 121 can be configured using the CPU 51, RAM 52, ROM 53, storage 54, LCD 57, operation unit 58, I / F 55, and the like.

  The document management apparatus 13 includes a workflow management unit 151, an image data acquisition unit 152, a range information acquisition unit 153, an OCR processing unit 154 (text conversion unit), a preview processing unit 155, and a text data transmission unit 156 (transmission unit). .

  The workflow management unit 151 manages (adds, edits, deletes, etc.) workflows that can be executed by the multifunction machine 11. Workflow management can be performed via the administrator terminal 15 used by the system administrator. The workflow management unit 151 can be configured using, for example, the CPU 51, RAM 52, storage 54, I / F 55, and the like.

  The image data acquisition unit 152 acquires image data of an image scanned by the reading unit 101 of the multifunction machine 11. The image data acquisition unit 152 can be configured using the CPU 51, RAM 52, storage 54, I / F 55, and the like.

  The range information acquisition unit 153 acquires range information indicating the processing range selected by the range selection unit 112 of the multifunction device 11 or the range selection unit 132 of the mobile terminal 12. The range information acquisition unit 153 includes range information indicating a processing range (first processing range) corresponding to the “subject” of the e-mail and a processing range (second processing range) corresponding to the “text” of the e-mail. Get the range information shown. The range selection / acquisition unit 153 may be configured using, for example, the CPU 51, RAM 52, storage 54, I / F 55, and the like.

  Based on the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit 152, the range information acquired by the range information acquisition unit 153, etc., the OCR processing unit 154 performs OCR processing on the processing range of the scanned image. Then, text data in which a character string existing in the processing range is converted into text is generated. The OCR processing unit 154 converts subject text data obtained by converting a character string existing in the processing range corresponding to “subject” into text, and body text data obtained by converting the character string existing in the processing range corresponding to “body” into text. And generate The OCR processing unit 154 can be configured using the CPU 51, RAM 52, storage 54, and the like.

  The preview processing unit 155 performs processing for displaying a preview screen for allowing the user to confirm the result of the OCR processing on the UI (LCR 57 or the like) of the mobile terminal 12 or the UI (operation panel 23 or the like) of the multifunction machine 11. The preview processing unit 155 can be configured using the CPU 51, RAM 52, I / F 55, and the like.

  The text data transmission unit 156 transmits the text data generated by the OCR processing unit 154 to the distribution destination device 14. The text data transmission unit 156 transmits, for example, an email in which the subject text data and the body text data are associated with each other to the distribution destination device 14. The text data transmission unit 156 can be configured using the CPU 51, RAM 52, storage 54, I / F 55, and the like.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a workflow according to the embodiment. The workflow 61 according to this example executes a text data distribution service, and includes a scan step S11, a range selection step S12, an OCR step S13, a preview step S14, and a text data distribution step S15. For example, when the user operates the operation panel 23 of the multifunction machine 11 and selects the workflow 61 from among a plurality of workflows registered in advance, the text data distribution service is started.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the workflow management table 65 according to the embodiment. The workflow management table 65 is information indicating an instance of a workflow (job). In this example, a “user ID” that identifies a user, a “job ID” that identifies a job, a “workflow model ID” that identifies a workflow, A “distribution destination” for specifying the distribution destination of the text data, a “document name” indicating the document name of the scanned image, an “original image path” for specifying the image data to be subjected to OCR processing, and a preview image of the OCR result Information such as “preview image path” to be specified and “OCR result” to specify data after OCR processing is associated. The workflow management table 65 is managed by the workflow management unit 151. The OCR processing unit 154, the preview processing unit 155, the text data transmission unit 156, etc. execute the respective processes with reference to the workflow management table 65.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the file selection screen 70 according to the embodiment. The file selection screen 70 is a screen for selecting a file (original image) to be displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 12 and subject to OCR processing. The file selection screen 70 is displayed after the user scans a document with the multifunction device 11, starts the text distribution application 121 of the mobile terminal 12, and establishes communication between the mobile terminal 12 and the multifunction device 11. The file selection screen 70 according to this example includes a file list 71 composed of a plurality of file names corresponding to each of the documents scanned by the user, and the user selects a desired file name from the file list 71. It is configured to be selectable. In this example, an all distribution button 72 that is operated when all files in the file list 71 are selected and an end button 73 that ends the text distribution application 121 are provided.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the page selection screen 74 according to the embodiment. The page selection screen 74 according to this example is a screen for selecting a page to be subjected to OCR processing from the files selected as described above and displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 12. The page selection screen 74 according to this example includes a progress indicator 75 indicating the progress status of the workflow 61, a page thumbnail 76 that simplifies and displays the contents of each of one or more pages included in the selected file, and a page thumbnail 76. A continue button 77 for confirming the selection and a cancel button 78 for canceling the page selection process are included. The user can select a page to be subjected to OCR processing by selecting a desired page thumbnail 76 on the page selection screen 74.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a range selection screen 80 according to the embodiment. The range selection screen 80 according to this example is a screen that is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 12 and selects the processing range 82 that is the target of the OCR processing from the scanned image 81 of the page selected as described above. The range selection screen 80 according to the present example is also used to select which item (subject name or text) in the mail the result of the OCR process is to be output. The range selection screen 80 according to this example includes a frame display button 84 for displaying a range designation frame 83 surrounding the processing range 82, a subject output button 85 for outputting the result of the OCR processing as a subject of the mail, and a result of the OCR processing. A text output button 86 to be output as the text of the mail, a delete button 87 for deleting the range designation frame 83, a determination button 88 for determining the processing range 82, and a cancel button 89 for canceling the range selection processing are included.

  The user can set a processing range corresponding to “subject” and a processing range corresponding to “text” using the range selection screen 80 as described above. The mobile terminal 12 receives the range information (first range information) indicating the processing range corresponding to “subject” and the range information (second range information) indicating the processing range corresponding to “text”. 13 to send.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for selecting the processing range 82 according to the embodiment. In the selection method according to this example, the user can select the processing range 82 by designating two frame points P1 and P2 in the scan image 81. When the user designates the upper left frame point P1 and the lower right frame point P2 of the designated range 82 (range designated frame 83) on the display of the mobile terminal 12 or on the operation panel 23 of the multifunction machine 11, the processing range 82 Is selected. According to such a method, the coordinate information of the two frame points P1 and P2 can be set as range information indicating the processing range 82, so that the information amount can be reduced. Note that the above selection method is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the processing range 82 may be selected by the user performing an operation of surrounding a desired range with a finger, a touch pen, or the like.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a preview screen 90 according to the embodiment. The preview screen 90 according to the present example is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 12, and the text data generated based on the file, page, processing range 82, item (subject or body) selected as described above is correct. It is a screen for making a user confirm whether or not. The preview screen 90 according to this example includes a progress indicator 75, a preview thumbnail 91 that displays a preview of the OCR result for each page, distribution destination information 92 that indicates a distribution destination, state information 93 that indicates the current state, preview (OCR processing) The button includes a continue button 95 for approving the result), a redo button 96 for redoing the OCR process, and a cancel button 97 for canceling the preview process. When the user presses the preview thumbnail 91 corresponding to the page to be confirmed, a preview of the result of the OCR processing of the page is displayed, and the user converts the result of the OCR processing, that is, the character string existing in the processing range 82 into text. It can be confirmed whether or not the process is properly performed. When the user approves the preview and presses the continue button 95, the text data of the preview content is distributed to the distribution destination device 14 indicated by the distribution destination information 92. Note that the preview screen 90 preferably displays a preview screen including subject text data and body text data based on data received from the document management apparatus 13.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a data structure example of the OCR result information 98 according to the embodiment. The OCR result information 98 includes an item selected by the user (Title (subject name) or Message (body)), a result obtained by converting the text in the processing range 82 selected by the user (Result), and a user selected This is information associated with the page number (Page Number). By using such OCR result information 98, the generated text data can be distributed to the distribution destination device 14.

  FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing example in the image processing system 1 according to the embodiment. When the user selects the workflow 61 corresponding to the text data distribution service via the operation panel 23 of the multifunction device 11 (S101) and performs an operation of scanning the document (S102), the multifunction device 11 acquires the acquired image data of the document. Is transmitted to the document management apparatus 13 (S103), and the document management apparatus 13 stores the received image data in a recording medium (such as the storage 54) (S104).

  Thereafter, the text distribution application 103 of the multifunction device 11 is activated, and connection information (operation method, password, etc.) for establishing communication between the multifunction device 11 and the mobile terminal 12 is displayed on the operation panel 23 (S105). When the user activates the text distribution application 12 of the mobile terminal 12 based on the connection information (S106), communication between the multifunction device 11 and the mobile terminal 12 is established (S107).

  Thereafter, the document management apparatus 13 transmits file selection screen data for displaying the file selection screen 70 (see FIG. 7) to the mobile terminal 12 (S108). The mobile terminal 12 displays the file selection screen 70 based on the file selection screen data (S109). When the user selects a desired file on the file selection screen 70 (S110), the mobile terminal 12 transmits selected file data indicating the selected file to the document management apparatus 13 (S111).

  Thereafter, the document management apparatus 13 transmits page selection screen data for displaying the page selection screen 74 (see FIG. 8) to the mobile terminal 12 (S112). The mobile terminal 12 displays the page selection screen 74 based on the page selection screen data (S113). When the user selects a desired page on the page selection screen 74 (S114), the mobile terminal 12 transmits selected page data indicating the selected page to the document management apparatus 13 (S115).

  Thereafter, the document management apparatus 13 transmits range selection screen data for displaying the range selection screen 80 (see FIG. 9) to the mobile terminal 12 (S116). The mobile terminal 12 displays the range selection screen 80 based on the range selection screen data (S117). When the user selects a desired processing range 82 and an item (subject or body) on the range selection screen 80 (S118), the mobile terminal 12 indicates the processing range data indicating the selected processing range 82 and the selected item. The item data is transmitted to the document management apparatus 13 (S119).

  The document management apparatus 120 performs OCR processing on the image in the processing range 82 based on the received processing range data, and generates text data in which a character string existing in the processing range 82 is converted into text (S120). Based on the received item data and the generated text data, preview screen data for displaying the preview screen 90 (see FIG. 11) is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 12 (S121). The mobile terminal 12 displays the preview screen 90 based on the preview screen data (S122). When the user confirms the preview screen 90 and performs an operation of approving the contents (S123), the mobile terminal 12 transmits an approval signal indicating approval to the document management apparatus 13 (S124). When receiving the approval signal, the document management apparatus 13 distributes text data corresponding to the preview screen 90 to the distribution destination apparatus 14 (S126).

  Through the processing as described above, it is possible to generate text data by performing OCR processing only on the processing range 82 selected by the user, and distribute the generated text data to a desired distribution destination device 14. As a result, it is possible to reduce the amount of image data transmitted from the multifunction machine 11 to the document management apparatus 13 when executing the OCR process, and it is possible to prevent a reduction in processing speed and the like.

  In the above, an example in which the operation of selecting a file, a page, a processing range 82 and an item, and an operation of confirming a preview is performed using the mobile terminal 12 has been described. The operation panel 23 may be used.

  A program for realizing the functions of the image processing system 1 is a file in an installable or executable format, and a computer-readable storage such as a CD-ROM, a memory card, a CD-R, and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). It is stored on a medium and provided as a computer program product.

  Further, the program may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. Further, the program may be provided via a network such as the Internet without being downloaded. Further, the program may be provided by being preinstalled in a ROM or the like. Further, the program may have a module configuration including functions that can be realized by the program among the functional units included in the image processing system 1. The functions realized by the program are loaded into the main storage device by reading the program from the storage medium and executing it. That is, the function realized by the program is generated on the main storage device.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve efficiency in a system that distributes character strings included in a scanned image as text data.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the said embodiment is shown as an example and is not intending limiting the range of invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, changes, and combinations can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment and its modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image processing system 11 Multifunction machine 12 Mobile terminal 13 Document management apparatus (image processing apparatus)
14 Distribution destination device 15 Administrator terminal 16 Network 21 Controller 22 Plotter engine 23 Operation panel 24 Scanner 25 HDD
31 CPU
32 System memory 33 NV-RAM
34 Engine I / F
35 Drawing memory 36 Communication I / F
37 Program ROM
38 Font ROM
39 Panel I / F
40 Scanner I / F
41 Internal bus 51 CPU
52 RAM
53 ROM
54 Storage 55 I / F
56 Bus 57 LCD
58 Operation Unit 61 Workflow 65 Workflow Management Table 70 File Selection Screen 71 File List 72 All Distribution Buttons 73 End Button 74 Page Selection Screen 75 Progress Indicator 76 Page Thumbnail 77 Continue Button 78 Cancel Button 80 Range Selection Screen 81 Scan Screen 82 Processing Range 83 Range designation frame 84 Frame display button 85 Subject output button 86 Text output button 87 Delete button 88 Enter button 89 Cancel button 90 Preview screen 91 Preview thumbnail 92 Distribution destination information 93 Status information 95 Continue button 96 Redo button 97 Cancel button 98 OCR result information DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Reading part 102 Workflow selection part 103,121 Text delivery application 111,131 Connection processing part 112, 32 range selection unit 151 workflow management unit 152 the image data acquisition unit 153 selection acquisition unit 154 OCR processing unit 155 preview processor 156 text data transmitting unit P1, P2 frame point

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Claims (6)

An image processing device that transmits text data obtained by converting a character string included in a scanned image read by a reading device into a predetermined information processing device,
An image data acquisition unit for acquiring image data of the scanned image from the reading device;
A range information acquisition unit for acquiring range information indicating a processing range to be subjected to text processing in the scanned image;
A text conversion unit that generates text data in which a character string existing in the processing range is converted into text by performing text processing on a portion corresponding to the processing range based on the range information;
A transmission unit for transmitting the text data to a predetermined information processing apparatus;
An image processing apparatus comprising: The transmitter transmits the text data in an e-mail format;
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1. The range information acquisition unit acquires a processing range corresponding to a subject and a processing range corresponding to a text,
The text conversion unit generates subject text data in which a processing range corresponding to the subject is converted into text, and body text data in which a processing range corresponding to the body is converted into text,
The transmitting unit transmits an email in which the subject text data and the body text data are associated;
The image processing apparatus according to claim 2. An image data acquisition unit for acquiring image data of a scanned image read by the reading device;
A receiving unit that receives a first processing range corresponding to a subject of the scanned image and a second processing range corresponding to a body;
A first transmission unit that transmits first range information indicating the first processing range received by the reception unit and second range information indicating the second processing range to an external device;
A receiving unit configured to receive preview screen data constituting a preview screen including subject text data obtained by converting the first processing range into text and body text data obtained by converting the second processing range into text from the external device;
A display unit for displaying the preview screen based on the preview screen data;
A second transmission unit for transmitting an instruction to transmit the subject text data and the body text data to a predetermined information processing device to the external device;
A terminal equipped with. An image processing method for transmitting text data in which a character string included in a scanned image read by a reading device is converted to text to a predetermined information processing device,
Obtaining image data of the scanned image from the reading device;
Obtaining range information indicating a processing range to be subjected to text processing in the scanned image;
Generating text data in which a character string existing in the processing range is converted into text by performing text processing on a portion corresponding to the processing range based on the range information;
Transmitting the text data to a predetermined information processing device;
An image processing method including: To a computer that transmits text data obtained by converting a character string included in a scanned image read by a reading device to a predetermined information processing device,
Processing for obtaining image data of the scanned image from the reading device;
Processing for acquiring range information indicating a processing range to be subjected to text processing in the scanned image;
Processing to generate text data in which a character string existing in the processing range is converted into text by applying text processing to a portion corresponding to the processing range based on the range information;
Processing for transmitting the text data to a predetermined information processing device;
A program that executes

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