JP4645349B2 - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that performs character recognition and outputs recognized character information.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a business card management system is known in which characters written on a business card are read as image information, character recognition is performed, and a search query can be performed by registering the recognized character information in a database. For example, in the technique described in Patent Document 1 below, character information written on a business card is read by item by a business card information reading unit, and a database is searched using the recognized personal name and company name as keys. And when the corresponding information is not found, this is a technique for registering character information read from a business card in a database.
JP-A-6-274550

  The technology described in Patent Document 1 requires a sufficient character recognition rate. However, with the current character recognition technology (so-called OCR technology), a sufficient character recognition rate is achieved when a special font is used for a business card. May not be obtained. In addition, it is still good to use characters such as business cards, but when reading handwritten text, the actual situation is that the character recognition rate drops significantly.

  Therefore, for example, when handwritten text is made into a database using such developing character recognition technology, registration into the database is performed based on misrecognized information, and the user cannot later understand the information. May occur.

  The present invention has been considered in view of such problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique that allows a user to confirm registered information later even when a sufficient character recognition rate cannot be obtained. To do.

  An information processing apparatus according to claim 1, which has been made to solve the above problem, includes an image information input unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. Among these, the image information input means is means for inputting image information. Further, the determination means determines whether to perform character recognition based on the image information input by the image information input means and output the recognized character information or whether to output the image information input by the image information input means as image information. This is a means for making a determination based on a determination criterion considering the character recognition rate. The output means is means for outputting character information or image information based on the determination result of the determination means. Note that, for example, a database apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus of the present invention via a network can be considered as a destination to which the output unit outputs character information and image information. The information processing apparatus itself may be provided with storage means for storing information, and output to the storage means. Further, the output means may output character information or image information for all the image information input by the image information input means, but only one or a plurality of specific areas in the input image information. Character information or image information may be output as an output target.

  According to such an information processing apparatus, by appropriately setting the determination criteria used by the determination means, characters that are erroneously recognized in the character recognition by the information processing apparatus are output to the database as image information as they are. For characters that can be recognized normally, character information obtained as a result of character recognition is output to the database. The current character recognition technology using information processing apparatuses is inferior to human character recognition, but there are many character information that can be recognized by human character recognition. For these reasons, according to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to greatly reduce the fact that the user cannot understand the information registered in the database later.

  Further, in the present invention, the image information input means is composed of a plurality of types of means capable of inputting image information independently, and the judgment criterion is the type of image information input means that inputs the target image information. Has been. Specifically, a case is assumed in which the image information input unit includes a unit for inputting image information suitable for character recognition and a unit for inputting image information unsuitable for character recognition. When image information is input from a means for inputting image information suitable for character recognition, character recognition is performed to output character information, and image information is input from means for inputting image information unsuitable for character recognition. In such a case, the image information is output as it is.

  If this is the case, the above-described determination (determination of whether to output the image information as it is or to perform character recognition and output as character information) is performed simply by determining the type of means that has input the image information. Therefore, the determination can be made easily, which contributes to the speeding up of the information processing apparatus.

The plural types of means in the image information input means are particularly preferably a scanner means for inputting image information by a scanner function and a facsimile receiving means for inputting image information by a facsimile reception function. The determining means determines that the image information input by the scanner means should be character-recognized and output the character information, and the image information input by the facsimile receiving means should be output as the image information. Thus not good. In general, the image information input by the scanner means is fine, while the image information input by the facsimile receiving means is coarse. Accordingly, the image information input by these means has a significantly different character recognition rate.

  For this reason, if the output format is determined according to the type of means for inputting the image information for the image information having such a significantly different character recognition rate, the information processing apparatus can be speeded up. In particular, information can be output in a format that matches the actual situation.

Also, the program according to claim 2 which has been made to solve the above problems, the computer, the image information input step of inputting image information, a character recognition based on the image information input in the image information input step performed Based on the determination result in the determination step, which determines whether the recognized character information should be output or whether the image information input in the image information input step should be output as image information based on a determination criterion considering the character recognition rate , Functioning as an output step for outputting character information or image information, and the image information input step is composed of a plurality of types of steps in which image information can be input independently, and the determination criterion is the target image information The type of the image information input step in which is input. In the determining step, the image information input in the scanner step is determined to be subjected to the character recognition to output character information, and the image information input in the facsimile step is determined to be image information. It is characterized in that it should be output as it is.

  If such a program is executed by a computer built in the information processing apparatus, the same effect as the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 described above can be obtained. Further, the program can be distributed using a network or the like, and the replacement of the program in the information processing apparatus is easier than the replacement of the parts. Therefore, it is possible to easily improve the function of the information processing apparatus.

Embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment at all, and can take a various form.
[Description of configuration]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a multifunction machine 11 in which the function of the information processing apparatus of the present invention is incorporated. The MFP 11 includes a LAN communication unit 13, a WAN communication unit 15, a FAX communication unit 17, a FAX encoding unit 19, a FAX decoding unit 21, a PC communication unit 23, a storage medium access unit 25, a recording unit 27, a reading unit 29, data A storage unit 31, a setting storage unit 33, an operation unit 35, a display unit 37, and a control unit 39 are provided.

The LAN communication unit 13 is connected to the LAN and communicates with various other devices connected to the LAN.
The WAN communication unit 15 is connected to the WAN and communicates with various other devices connected to the WAN.

  The FAX communication unit 17 is connected to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), transmits the encoded data passed from the FAX encoding unit 19 to other devices connected to the PSTN, and others connected to the PSTN. The data transmitted from the device is transferred to the FAX decoding unit 21.

The FAX encoding unit 19 encodes the data passed from the control unit 39 according to the facsimile standard, and passes it to the FAX communication unit 17.
The FAX decoding unit 21 decodes data conforming to the facsimile standard delivered from the FAX communication unit 17 to make data that can be processed by the control unit 39 and passes the data to the control unit 39.

The PC communication unit 23 has a function of communicating with a personal computer using a communication standard such as the USB standard or the IEEE 1394 standard based on a command from the control unit 39.
The storage medium access unit 25 accesses a memory card (storage medium) based on a command from the control unit 39, reads data from the memory card, and writes data to the memory card.

The recording unit 27 has a function of recording an image on a paper medium by a recording method such as a laser transfer method or an ink jet method based on a command from the control unit 39.
The reading unit 29 has a function of reading an image recorded on a paper medium as image data by an element having a reading function such as a CCD based on a command from the control unit 39.

  The data storage unit 31 has a nonvolatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores or reads data based on a command from the control unit 39. The data storage unit 31 includes a document table that stores document information and a form table that stores form information used when storing the document information. Details of the document table and the form table will be described later.

  The setting storage unit 33 is a storage unit that stores setting information set for the operation of the multifunction machine 11 by the user operating the operation unit 35 or the like. It is composed of a flash memory or the like.

  The operation unit 35 includes a touch panel configured integrally with the display surface of the display unit 37 and mechanical keys arranged around the display unit 37, and is used by the user to input various instructions. is there.

The display unit 37 is configured by a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like, and displays information according to a command from the control unit 39.
The control unit 39 is configured around a well-known microcomputer including a CPU, ROM, RAM, SRAM, I / O, a bus line connecting these configurations, and the like, and is based on the program stored in the ROM. Various processes are executed by comprehensively controlling each unit.

  Next, the document table stored in the data storage unit 31 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a part of the document table in a tabular form. Each record (document record) of the document table includes a document ID, a form ID, a date time, an input type ID, a partner address, fields 1 to It consists of eleven items, field 6.

The document ID input to the document ID item is an ID for uniquely identifying the document record, and is information that is automatically generated when the record is inserted.
The form ID input to the form ID item is an ID for specifying a record in the form table, and is information set when a document record is inserted.

The date / time input to the date / time item is date and time information when the document record is inserted, and is automatically generated when the record is inserted.
The input type ID input to the input type ID item is an ID representing the input type of the input image that forms the document record. Specifically, when the input image is a facsimile image input via the FAX communication unit 17, an ID “FXR” is assigned, and when the input image is a scanner image input via the reading unit 29, “ An ID “SCN” is assigned.

  The partner address input in the partner address field is the transmission source address (telephone number) of the facsimile image when the input image constituting the document record is a facsimile image input via the FAX communication unit 17. is there. Note that if the input image that forms the document record is a scanner image input via the reading unit 29, the data of the partner address item is NULL.

  Fields 1 to 6 are items for inputting information related to the input image corresponding to the document record. Specifically, it is an item for inputting a pointer (path) to image data at a specific location in the input image or character data obtained by character recognition of the image.

  Next, the form table stored in the data storage unit 31 will be described using the table explanatory diagram shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a part of the form table in a tabular form. Each record (form record) in the form table includes a form ID, a form name, the number of fields, a field 1 (field name, upper left coordinates, right (Lower coordinates) to field 6 (field name, upper left coordinates, lower right coordinates).

The form ID input to the form ID item is an ID for uniquely identifying the form record, and is information that is automatically generated when the form record is inserted.
The form name entered in the form name field is the name of the form defined by the form record.

  The number of fields entered in the field number field is the number of valid fields defined in the form record. That is, if this value is “3”, the form record is valid data from field 1 (field name, upper left coordinate, lower right coordinate) to field 3 (field name, upper left coordinate, lower right coordinate). The data in field 4 to field 6 are indefinite.

The field name input to the field name item is the name of the area (field) to be selected in the input image. This field name is used for screen display described later.
The upper left coordinate input to the upper left coordinate item is the upper left coordinate of the region (field) in the input image. The area (field) is rectangular, and its size and position are determined by upper left coordinates and lower right coordinates described later.

The lower right coordinate input to the lower right coordinate item is the lower right coordinate of the region (field) in the input image.
Such a combination of the field name, the upper left coordinate, and the lower right coordinate can be defined as six per record. Further, it is assumed that form records corresponding to document information that may be input to the multifunction machine 11 are prepared in advance in the form table.

[Description of operation]
Next, a document saving process executed by the control unit 39, a field reading process called and executed from the document saving process, and a usage mode of the document information saved by these processes will be described. Note that a description of copy processing, scanner processing, facsimile transmission / reception processing, and the like executed by a control unit of a normal multifunction peripheral is omitted.

(1) Description of Document Saving Process First, the document saving process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This document storage process is a process that is started to be executed by the control unit 39 when the power supply to the multifunction machine 11 is started.

  When the execution of the document storage process is started, it is first determined whether or not an end instruction is detected (S110). This is determined by whether or not the operation unit 35 has received an end instruction from the user. In S110, when it is determined that the operation unit 35 has received an end instruction (S110: Yes), this process (document storage process) is ended. On the other hand, when it is determined that the operation unit 35 has not received the end instruction (S110: No), the process proceeds to S115.

  In S115, it is determined whether the FAX reception function or the scanner function is activated. The “FAX reception function” mentioned here means a function of receiving image data transmitted from another device connected to the PSTN by the FAX communication unit 17 and the FAX decoding unit 21. The “scanner function” means a function of reading an image recorded on a paper medium as image data by the reading unit 29.

  If it is determined in S115 that either the FAX reception function or the scanner function has been activated (S115: Yes), the process proceeds to S120, and it is determined that neither the FAX reception function nor the scanner function has been activated. If it has been performed (S115: No), the process proceeds to S110 described above.

  In S120, it is determined whether it can be recognized that the form data is included in the image data obtained by the FAX reception function or the scanner function. If it is determined that the form ID can be recognized (S120: Yes), the process proceeds to S125. If it is determined that the form ID cannot be recognized (S120: No), the process proceeds to S110 described above. .

In S125, an empty document record is generated on the RAM of the control unit 39, a unique serial number is set in the document ID item, and the current date / time is set in the date / time item.
In S130, the form ID included in the image data obtained by the FAX reception function or the scanner function is identified, and the identified form ID is set in the form ID item of the text record on the RAM.

  In the subsequent S135, it is determined whether or not the function activated in the multifunction machine 11 is a scanner function. When it is determined that the activated function is the scanner function (S135: Yes), the input type ID item of the document record on the RAM is set to “SCN”. Then, the process proceeds to S155. On the other hand, if it is determined that the activated function is not a scanner function (S135: No), the process proceeds to S145.

In S145, it is determined whether or not the function activated in the multifunction machine 11 is a FAX reception function. When it is determined that the activated function is the FAX reception function (S145: Yes), the input type ID item of the document record on the RAM is set to “FXR”. Then, the process proceeds to S155. On the other hand, if it is determined that the activated function is not a FAX reception function (S145: No), the process proceeds to S110 described above.

  In S155, a field reading process to be described later is executed. In subsequent S160, the document record on the RAM is inserted into the document table and registered. When registration is performed, the process proceeds to S110 described above.

(2) Description of Field Reading Process Next, the field reading process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This field reading process is a process that is called in S155 of the document storage process described above and executed by the control unit 39.

  When the execution of the field reading process is started, first, the form record of the corresponding form is read from the form table into the RAM (S210). The “form record of the corresponding form” here means a form record having the same form ID as the form ID identified in S130 of the document storage process described above.

  In subsequent S215, it is determined whether or not all the data corresponding to the number of fields defined in the field number item of the form record read in S210 has been processed. The “process” here is a process of S220 to S240 described later. If it is determined in S215 that all the data for the number of fields described above has been processed (S215: Yes), this processing (field reading processing) is terminated, and all the data for the number of fields described above has been processed. If not determined (S215: No), the process proceeds to S220.

  In S220, among the fields defined in the form record read in S210, a field (rectangular area) that has not yet been cut is cut out from the image data obtained by the above-described FAX reception function or scanner function. Note that the field to be cut out is a rectangular area determined from the upper left coordinates and the lower right coordinates defined in the form record.

  In subsequent S225, it is determined whether or not the input type ID item of the document record on the RAM is “SCN”. If it is determined that the input type ID item of the document record on the RAM is “SCN” (S225: Yes), the process proceeds to S230, and the input type ID item of the document record on the RAM is not “SCN”. Is determined (S225: No), the process proceeds to S235.

  In S230, the field (rectangular area) cut out in S220 is subjected to OCR analysis, and the obtained character data is set in the field item (for example, field 1) of the corresponding number on the RAM. Then, the process proceeds to S215 described above.

  In S235, it is determined whether or not the input type of the document record on the RAM is “FXR”. When it is determined that the input type of the document record on the RAM is “FXR” (S235: Yes), the process proceeds to S240, and it is determined that the input type of the document record on the RAM is not “FXR”. In this case (S235: No), this process (field reading process) is terminated.

  In S240, the field (rectangular area) cut out in S220 is stored as a file in the data storage unit 31, and the path is set to the field item (for example, field 1) of the corresponding number on the RAM. Then, the process proceeds to S215 described above.

(3) Description of Usage Type of Stored Document Information Next, regarding the usage mode of document information stored in the document table, “display screen in units of sentences” (screen example 301 in FIG. 6) and “in units of fields”. Will be described with reference to “display screen” (screen example 401 in FIG. 7). These screens are displayed on a display device of a personal computer connected to the multifunction machine 11 via the LAN.

  First, the “display screen in document units” will be described using the screen example 301 of FIG. In the screen example 301 of FIG. 6, a condition selection area 303 is provided at the top and a field display area 317 is provided at the bottom.

  Among them, the condition selection area 303 includes a document ID drop-down list 305, a form name drop-down list 307, a date / time drop-down list 309, an input type ID drop-down list 311, a partner address drop-down list 313, A display data drop-down list 315 is included.

  The document ID drop-down list 305 is a drop-down list in which the document ID is a member. In the initial state, the document IDs of all document records registered in the document table can be selected.

  The form name drop-down list 307 is a drop-down list in which the form name is a member. In the initial state, the form names of all the form records registered in the form table can be selected.

  The date / time drop-down list 309 is a drop-down list of which the date / time is a member, and in the initial state, the date / time of all the document records registered in the document table can be selected.

The input type ID drop-down list 311 is a drop-down list whose input type ID is a member, and “SCN” and “FXR” can be selected in the initial state.
The partner address drop-down list 313 is a drop-down list in which the partner address is a member. In the initial state, the partner addresses of all document records registered in the document table can be selected.

  The display data drop-down list 315 is a drop-down list whose members are display data types (“image”, “OCR”, “all”), and can be selected in the initial state.

  When these drop-down lists are selected by the user, the selectable members of the associated drop-down list are changed, and the selected member of each drop-down list is also changed.

  For example, when a document ID is selected by the user from the document ID drop-down list 305, the corresponding document record is searched from the document table by the selected document ID. Then, the form name corresponding to the form ID included in the retrieved document record is retrieved from the form table, and the retrieved form name is displayed as a selected member of the form name drop-down list 307. In addition, the date and time included in the retrieved document record is displayed as the selected member of the date and time drop-down list 309. In addition, the input type ID included in the retrieved document record is displayed as a selected member of the input type ID drop-down list 311.

  In addition, the partner address included in the retrieved document record is displayed as the selected member in the partner address drop-down list 313. If the input type ID included in the retrieved document record is SCN, “OCR” is displayed as the selected member in the display data drop-down list 315, and the input included in the retrieved document record. When the type ID is FXR, “image” is displayed as the selected member of the display data drop-down list 315.

  On the other hand, in the field display area 317, the member selected from each drop-down list in the condition selection area 303 is used as a condition, and the contents (field 1 to field 6) of the corresponding document record are defined in the corresponding form record. Is displayed along with the specified field name.

  Specifically, for example, if the selected member of the document ID drop-down list 305 is changed to “00003”, a document record having the document ID is searched from the document table, and the number of valid fields of the document record is the same. A form record is searched from the form table according to the form ID of the document record, and only the values defined in the field number item of the searched form record are displayed in order from the field 1. At this time, if character data is contained in field 1 of the document record, characters corresponding to the character data are displayed. If field 1 is contained in field 1 of the document record, image data specified by the path is displayed. It is read from the data storage unit 31 and displayed as an image.

  As the field name to be displayed, the form record is searched from the form table by the form ID of the document record, and the field name corresponding to the field number in the form record is used. Note that the display content of the field display area 317 is changed when any selected member of the drop-down list existing in the field display area 317 is changed. If there are a plurality of document records that match the conditions, the contents of the plurality of document records are displayed in the field display area 317, respectively.

  Further, each field name displayed in the field display area 317 in this way can be selected by the user. When one of the field names (hereinafter referred to as “target field name”) is selected by the user, a “display screen in field units” described below is displayed.

  Next, the “display screen in field units” will be described using the screen example 401 of FIG. In the screen example 401 of FIG. 7, a condition selection area 403 is provided at the top and a field display area 411 is provided at the bottom.

  Among these, the condition selection area 403 includes a form name drop-down list 405, a field name drop-down list 407, and a display order drop-down list 409.

  The form name drop-down list 405 is a drop-down list whose form name is a member. Note that the form name selected in the initial state is the form name defined in the form record having the field name of interest. The selectable members are form names of all form records existing in the form table.

  The field name drop-down list 407 is a drop-down list whose field name is a member. Note that the field name selected in the initial state is the field name of interest. The selectable members are field names existing in the form name selected in the form name drop-down list 405. That is, all field names included in the form record corresponding to the form name selected in the form name drop-down list 405 are members.

  The display order drop-down list 409 is a drop-down list whose display order is a member. The selectable members are “document ID (ascending order)”, “document ID (descending order)”, “date time (ascending order)”, “date time (descending order)”, and “document ID (ascending order)” in the initial state. "Is selected.

  Of these drop-down lists, when the selected member of the form name drop-down list 405 is changed, the selectable member of the field name drop-down list 407 is also changed accordingly (to the selected form name). All field names included in the corresponding form record are selectable members).

  On the other hand, in the field display area 411, the member selected in each drop-down list in the condition selection area 403 is used as a condition, and the content of the document record (any one of the fields 1 to 6) that matches the condition is displayed as the document ID and Listed with date and time. This display order is the display order selected in the display order drop-down list 409.

  Specifically, for example, “participant list 1” is selected in the form name drop-down list 405, “name” is selected in the field name drop-down list 407, and “document ID (ascending order)” is displayed in the display order drop-down list 409. "Is selected, all records having the form ID" A001 (participant list 1 form ID) "are retrieved from the document table, and the data of field 1 (" name ") of the retrieved records is listed. Is displayed. The document ID and date / time are displayed under the displayed name. If the data in the field 1 is character data, the character corresponding to the character data is displayed. If the data in the field 1 is a path, the image data indicated by the path is displayed as an image.

  As described above, in the MFP 11 according to the present embodiment, image data input by a facsimile reception function generally having a low recognition rate when OCR processing is performed is cut out for each field and stored in the data storage unit 31 (for paths). (In the document table). On the other hand, in general, image data input by a scanner function having a high recognition rate when OCR processing is performed is cut out for each field, subjected to OCR processing, and stored as character data in a document table. Further, the current OCR technology is inferior to human character recognition ability, but there are not a few pieces of character information that can be recognized with human character recognition ability. Therefore, according to the multifunction machine 11 of the present embodiment, it is possible to greatly reduce that the user cannot understand the document information registered in the document table later.

  Further, in the multifunction machine 11 of the present embodiment, information related to a cutout area when cutting out a field from image data is stored in the form table as a form record, and the form record is determined from the form table when cutting out the field. The field is cut out based on the determined form record. For this reason, compared with the method of determining the region to be cut out from the shading in the image data, the region to be cut out can be specified instantaneously, and therefore processing can be performed at high speed.

  Further, in the multifunction machine 11 of the present embodiment, whether the image data is stored as it is or whether it is stored as character data by performing OCR processing is determined based on whether the image data is input from the input source (that is, whether it has been input by a scanner function, FAX This is done depending on whether it is input by the reception function). In general, the image data input by the scanner function is fine, whereas the image data input by the facsimile reception function is coarse. In other words, the image data input by these means has a significantly different character recognition rate.

  Therefore, if the above-mentioned determination is performed by the input source of the image data for the image data having such a significantly different character recognition rate, the processing speed can be increased and the actual situation can be achieved. A matching decision will be made.

[Other Embodiments]
(1) In the above embodiment, the image data input by the facsimile reception function is stored as image data, and the image data input by the scanner function is subjected to OCR processing and stored as character data. Depending on the resolution of the input image data, it may be determined in which format it is stored.

  For example, if the resolution of the input image data is 200 dbi or more, OCR processing may be performed and stored as character data. If the resolution of the input image data is less than 200 dpi, the image data may be stored as it is. The reference “200 dpi” may be determined based on the size and sharpness of characters included in the image data, the ability of software for performing OCR processing, and the like.

  Further, instead of the resolution, the determination is made using image characteristics (for example, image gradation, image compression algorithm, communication mode when images are exchanged, etc.) that affect the character recognition rate. May be. Specifically, for example, if the communication mode when image data is received from another facsimile apparatus is the super fine mode or the fine mode, OCR processing is performed and stored as character data. If the communication mode is the standard mode, the image data is stored. It may be stored as data.

The correctness of character recognition is greatly influenced by the characteristics of the target image data. Therefore, if it has become as mentioned above, it will contribute to the improvement of a character recognition rate as a result.
(2) In the above embodiment, it is determined whether the image data is stored as it is in units of input image data or is stored as character data by performing OCR processing. However, the determination is made for each field to be cut out. It may be like this. As a specific determination method, a flag (a flag indicating whether image data is stored as it is or whether it is stored as character data by performing OCR processing) is set in advance in the form record, and according to this flag It is possible to work. Also, once the image area cut out as a field is subjected to OCR processing, the recognition accuracy is determined based on a predetermined criterion, and whether the character data subjected to the OCR processing is stored or the image data is stored is determined based on the determination result. You may do it.

  If this is the case, it is possible to make a decision in accordance with the actual situation for each field, so that it can be positively stored as character data. As a result, it can be efficiently stored in terms of data size (since character data is generally smaller in data size than image data).

[Correspondence with Claims]
The correspondence between the embodiments and the claims is shown. The FAX communication unit 17 and the FAX decoding unit 21 correspond to a facsimile unit, and the reading unit 29 corresponds to a scanner unit. The FAX communication unit 17, the FAX decoding unit 21, and the reading unit 29 correspond to an image information input unit.

  In addition, the processes in S225 and S235 in the field reading process described above correspond to the function as the determination unit. Further, the processing of S160 in the document storage processing described above corresponds to a function as output means.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a multifunction machine according to an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a document table. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a form table. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a document preservation | save process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a field reading process. It is an example of a screen for explaining a use form. It is an example of a screen for explaining a use form.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... MFP, 13 ... LAN communication part, 15 ... WAN communication part, 17 ... FAX communication part, 19 ... FAX encoding part, 21 ... FAX decoding part, 23 ... PC communication part, 25 ... Storage medium access part, 27 ... Recording unit, 29 ... reading unit, 31 ... data storage unit, 33 ... setting storage unit, 35 ... operation unit, 37 ... display unit, 39 ... control unit.

Claims (2)

Image information input means for inputting image information;
Character recognition whether character information recognized by performing character recognition based on the image information input by the image information input means should be output or whether the image information input by the image information input means should be output as image information Judgment means to judge according to the judgment criteria considering the rate,
Output means for outputting the character information or the image information based on the determination result of the determination means,
The image information input means is a plurality of kinds of means capable of independently inputting image information, a scanner means for inputting image information by a scanner function, and a facsimile receiving means for inputting image information by a facsimile reception function; Consisting of
The criterion, Ri kinds der of said image information input means inputs the image information of interest,
The determination means determines that the character information should be output by performing the character recognition for the image information input by the scanner means, and the image information input by the facsimile reception means remains as image information. Judging that it should be output,
An information processing apparatus characterized by the above. Computer
Image information input step for inputting image information,
Character recognition whether character information recognized by performing character recognition based on the image information input in the image information input step should be output or whether the image information input in the image information input step should be output as image information Judgment step to judge according to judgment criteria considering rate,
Based on the determination result in the determination step, function as an output step for outputting the character information or the image information,
The image information input step includes a plurality of steps in which image information can be input independently, a scanner step for inputting image information by a scanner function, and a facsimile step for inputting image information by a facsimile reception function. Configured,
The criterion, Ri kinds der of the image information input step that inputs the image information of interest,
In the determining step, it is determined that the image information input in the scanner step should be recognized and the character information should be output, and the image information input in the facsimile step Judging that it should be output as it is,
A program characterized by

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