JP5720156B2 - Electronic document processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic document processing apparatus and a program.

  In recent years, due to the widespread use of inexpensive scanners and paperless fax machines, a method for electronically managing forms, contracts, and the like that have been conventionally managed with paper has become widespread.

  As a method for managing documents electronically, for example, Patent Document 1 simultaneously displays a plurality of categories based on additional information such as shooting location and date when displaying a list of images to be managed. A method for easily finding a target image has been proposed.

JP 2005-202635 A

  One of the objects of the present invention is a process for storing an electronic document in a storage destination when a part of the image area in the image information representing the electronic document satisfies a condition associated with the storage destination for storing the electronic document. It is to provide an electronic document processing apparatus and program for executing the above.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is an image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document, and a storage destination selecting means for selecting a storage destination for storing the electronic document. An image area designating unit for designating a partial image area of the image information generated by the image generating unit, and the image area designated by the image area designating unit corresponding to the storage destination in advance. An electronic document processing apparatus comprising: storage processing means for executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document, storage destination selecting means for selecting a storage destination for storing the electronic document, and the image generating means. An image area designating unit for designating a part of the image area of the image information generated by the image area, and the image area designated by the image area designating unit satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination And a storage processing unit that does not execute a process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the electronic document is not stored.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 3, the storage processing unit is configured to perform processing for enlarging and displaying the image region designated by the image region designating unit in a predetermined region corresponding to the storage destination. The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination is executed when a condition regarding the position of the electronic document is satisfied.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided: a means for specifying a character string existence area representing a character string existence area in the image information; and a condition relating to a position of an area predetermined for the storage destination. 4. The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for updating based on a position of the overlapping character string existence area. 5.

  The invention according to claim 5 further includes character string recognition means for recognizing a character string included in the image area, and the storage processing means is configured such that the character string recognized by the character string recognition means is the character string recognized by the character string recognition means. 3. The process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination is executed when a predetermined character string condition corresponding to the storage destination is satisfied. The electronic document processing apparatus described in 1. above.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the image information generating unit generates image information representing each image of a plurality of electronic documents, and the storage destination selecting unit stores the plurality of electronic documents. The image area designating unit designates at least a part of the image area in the image information for each image information representing the plurality of electronic documents generated by the image information generating unit, and stores the image information. For each piece of image information representing each of the plurality of electronic documents generated by the image information generation unit specified by the image region specification unit, the processing unit stores at least a part of the image region in the image information. A process for storing the electronic document represented by the image information in the storage destination when a predetermined condition corresponding to the An electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document, storage destination selecting means for selecting a storage destination for storing the electronic document, and generation by the image generating means. The image area designating unit for designating a part of the image area of the image information and the image area designated by the image area designating unit satisfy a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination A program for causing a computer to function as storage processing means for executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the electronic document is stored in the storage destination when a part of the image area in the image information representing the electronic document satisfies a condition associated with the storage destination in which the electronic document is stored. Can be executed.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the electronic document is stored in the storage destination unless a part of the image area in the image information representing the electronic document satisfies the condition associated with the storage destination for storing the electronic document. It is possible to control so as not to execute the processing for doing so.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, as compared with the case where the present configuration is not provided, processing for enlarging and displaying the content of a part of the image area of the image information representing the image of the electronic document has been confirmed. And processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination can be executed.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the character string existence area representing the character string existence area in the image information is specified, and the condition relating to the position of the area predetermined for the storage destination is set to the character string existence overlapping the area. Can be updated based on the location of the region.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when it is confirmed that the specific character string is included in the image information representing the image of the electronic document, the processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination can be executed.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of electronic documents are stored when processing that satisfies the conditions associated with the storage destination for storing the electronic documents is performed on image information representing the plurality of electronic documents. Processing for storing first can be executed.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the process that satisfies the condition associated with the storage destination storing the electronic document is performed on the image information representing the electronic document, the electronic document is stored in the storage destination. The computer can be made to function to execute a process for the purpose.

It is a block diagram which shows the main structural examples of the electronic document processing apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the main processes performed by a control part. It is a figure explaining an example which the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 1st embodiment accumulate | stores a document as an electronic document in a document storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the document formed on the original document processed by the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 1st embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the display screen displayed in a display part, after the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 1st embodiment acquires an electronic document from a document storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the storage location information in the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 1st embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen that is displayed by enlarging a partial area of image information by a display unit after the electronic document processing apparatus according to the first embodiment receives an instruction from an operation unit. It is a figure explaining an example of a display screen after the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 1st embodiment stores the electronic document in the storage location which permitted storage of the said electronic document. It is a functional block diagram which shows the main processes performed by the control part in the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the storage location information in the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 2nd embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which a part of a designated area of image information is displayed by a display unit after an electronic document processing apparatus according to a second embodiment receives an instruction from an operation unit. It is a functional block diagram which shows the main processes performed by the control part in the electronic document processing apparatus concerning 3rd embodiment. After the electronic document processing apparatus that does not have the configuration of the character string existence area specifying unit and the storage destination information changing unit included in the electronic document processing apparatus according to the third embodiment receives an instruction from the operation unit, the display unit displays image information. It is a figure explaining an example of the display screen displayed by enlarging a part of area. It is a figure explaining the method of specifying the area | region where the character string exists in a character string presence area | region identification part. FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of a portion surrounded by XIV in FIG. 13.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, an electronic document processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration example of an electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic document processing apparatus 1 includes a control unit 10, a storage unit 20, a document reading unit 30, and an interface unit 40.

  The control unit 10 is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like, and operates according to a program stored in the storage unit 20. Specific contents of the processing performed by the control unit 10 will be described in detail later. The program may be provided by being stored in an information recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, or may be provided via a network such as the Internet.

  The storage unit 20 can be realized by a RAM (Random Access Memory), a memory element such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a hard disk, or the like. The storage unit 20 stores a program (software) executed by the control unit 10. The storage unit 20 also operates as a work memory that stores various data used in the course of processing performed by the control unit 10.

  The document reading unit 30 can be realized by a scanner device or the like. The document reading unit 30 reads a document image (including text, line diagrams, photographs, etc.) formed on a document to be processed in accordance with an instruction input from the control unit 10, and the document image Is generated and output to the control unit 10. An electronic document generated by scanning a document using a scanner device or the like may be acquired in advance by the electronic document processing device 1 after being stored in the document storage unit 31 or from an external device. The electronic document processing apparatus 1 may be acquired via a network. The document storage unit 31 may be realized by using a part of the storage area of the storage unit 20 described above.

  The interface unit 40 can be realized by a touch panel, a liquid crystal display, an input device (keyboard, mouse, touchpad, etc.) and the like. The interface unit 40 displays a screen (for example, image information representing a display image of an electronic document) based on data input from the control unit 10 in accordance with an instruction input from the control unit 10 to the user. Further, the interface unit 40 outputs to the control unit 10 an input of an operation instruction from a user regarding the electronic document performed by the electronic document processing apparatus 1 or image information represented in the electronic document. As an operation instruction input from the user, an instruction to specify a part of the image area in the image information, an instruction to specify and enlarge a part of the image area in the image information, and a part of the image area in the image information are specified. For example, an instruction for recognizing a character string included in the designated area is given as an example.

  The data storage unit 50 can be realized by a hard disk or the like. The data storage unit 50 includes a storage location for storing an electronic document, and stores the electronic document in the storage location according to an instruction input from the control unit 10. Further, the data storage unit 50 outputs storage destination information of the storage destination held by the data storage unit 50 to the control unit 10. Specific contents of the storage location information will be described in detail later. The data storage unit 50 may be realized by using a part of the storage area of the storage unit 20 described above.

  Next, the contents of the process performed by the control unit 10 will be described in detail. A program executed by the control unit 10 according to the present embodiment includes an image information generation unit that generates image information representing a display image of an electronic document, a storage destination selection unit that selects a storage destination for storing the electronic document, and an image generation When an image area designating unit for designating a part of the image area of the image information generated by the means and an image area designated by the image area designating unit satisfy a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination And a storage processing unit that executes processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating main processing performed by the control unit 10. Each functional unit functionally included in the control unit 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  For example, the electronic document acquisition unit 11 acquires an electronic document stored in the document storage unit 31. Information relating to the electronic document acquired by the electronic document acquisition unit 11 is output to the image information generation unit 12 and the storage processing unit 17. Further, for each acquired electronic document, for example, a result of analyzing information added to the electronic document is output to a storage destination selection unit 14 for selecting a storage destination for storing the electronic document and a determination unit 15. To do. Here, the information added to the electronic document is information other than the image data of the electronic document included in the electronic document. For example, information on the paper size of the electronic document (page layout information of the electronic document) and the electronic document itself Additional information (metadata, annotations) and the like with a high level of abstraction are included.

  The image information generation unit 12 generates image information representing a display image presented to the user based on the image data of the electronic document input from the electronic document acquisition unit 11. The image information generated by the image information generation unit 12 is output to the display control unit 42 and the image area designation unit 13. Further, the image information generation unit 12 generates an image for displaying a partial region of the image information designated by the image region designation unit 13 and outputs the image to the display control unit 42.

  The operation reception unit 41 receives an operation instruction input from the interface unit 40 (operation unit 40B) that outputs an operation instruction input from the user to the control unit 10, and receives an image area designation unit 13, a display control unit 42, and the like. , Output to.

  The image area designating unit 13 is one of the image information generated by the image information generating unit 12 based on the image information output from the image information generating unit 12 and the operation instruction from the user output from the operation receiving unit 41. The process of designating the image area of the copy is performed. The designated image area is output to the determination unit 15 and the image information generation unit 12 again.

  The storage location information acquisition unit 16 acquires storage location information from the data storage unit 50. Then, the acquired storage location information is output to the determination unit 15.

  Here, the storage location information will be described. In the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, in order to store an electronic document in a storage destination, it is necessary to satisfy a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination. Here, the predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination is, for example, that the image information representing the electronic document or the display image of the electronic document has a specific feature corresponding to the storage destination, or the display image of the electronic document. For example, the image information to be represented is processed based on an operation for confirming the content of the image information corresponding to the storage destination (a process for designating a partial image area of the image information). Therefore, conditions necessary for storing the electronic document are respectively determined in advance in the plurality of storage destinations provided in the data storage unit 50. In the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, the storage destination information is necessary for image information representing an electronic document or a display image of the electronic document in order to execute processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination. It is assumed that this condition is expressed.

  The storage destination information includes, for example, information added to the electronic document (page layout information such as paper size, character string direction, orientation of printing such as landscape / longitudinal document, metadata, presence / absence of annotation), Image data (for example, color / monochrome, presence / absence of an approval stamp), an area range to be confirmed in image information representing a display image of an electronic document, whether an area range to be confirmed in image information should be enlarged and confirmed, Whether or not a specific character string (keyword) is included in the image information is set.

  Further, it is preferable that the storage location information is given a condition that is determined based on a process of designating a part of image information representing a display image of the electronic document. As a result, when a process for designating a partial image area in the image information representing the processed electronic document that satisfies the conditions associated with the storage destination for storing the electronic document is received, the electronic document is stored in the storage destination. To execute the process. The electronic document is stored in the storage location unless a process for designating a part of the image area in the image information representing the processed electronic document that satisfies the condition associated with the storage location for storing the electronic document is accepted. Do not execute the process.

  The determination unit 15 inputs the electronic document, the image information representing the display image of the electronic document, the image region designating a part of the image information representing the display image of the electronic document, the storage location information, Are compared to determine whether to execute processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination. The result of the determination is input to the display control unit 42 regardless of whether or not to execute processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination. Further, when the determination result is a result of executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination, that is, the determination unit 15 satisfies that the electronic document satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination. Is determined, the electronic document is output to the storage processing unit 17 having storage control means for controlling the electronic document to be stored in an executable state.

  The storage processing unit 17 accepts the electronic document output from the electronic document acquisition unit 11 and the determination result on whether or not to store the electronic document output from the determination unit 15, and the determination result is the electronic document Is stored in the storage location, the processing for storing the electronic document in the storage location is executed, and the determination result stores the electronic document in the storage location. If this is prohibited, the processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination is not executed.

  The storage destination selection unit 14 creates a storage destination list from the data storage unit 50 and outputs it to the display control unit 42. In addition, information added to the electronic document acquired by the electronic document acquisition unit 11 is acquired. The storage destination selection unit 14 prioritizes storage destination candidates based on information added to the electronic document acquired when the storage destination list is created.

  The display control unit 42 receives the input image information generated by the image information generation unit 12, the determination result determined by the determination unit 15, the user operation result received by the operation reception unit 41, and the storage destination selection The list of storage destinations selected by the unit 14 and the interface unit 40 (display unit 40A) are output.

  Here, the case where the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment stores an electronic document to be processed in a storage destination will be specifically described.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example in which the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment stores the document 2 as an electronic document in the document storage unit 31. FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of a document 2 formed on a document to be processed, which is processed by the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. The paper size of the document 2 is A4, and the document 2 includes an area ({(200,300), (400,200), (300,280), (400,280)}) surrounded by position coordinates ( An area (hereinafter referred to as area A) surrounded by position coordinates 2A of the applicant's address, {(0,210), (100,210), (0,300), (100,300)} 2B) is described in the application plan.

  In this embodiment, the electronic document is created by bundling the face sheets 3 together with the plurality of documents 2. The face sheet 3 has a QR code 3A. The QR code 3A includes information for specifying a storage location for storing the electronic document. In the present embodiment, information indicating that storage in the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ plan A” is prioritized is included as information for specifying the storage location for storing the electronic document of the QR code 3A. Information included in the QR code 3A is added to the electronic document, and when the electronic document processing apparatus 1 acquires the electronic document, the information is output to the storage destination selection unit 14 as information added to the electronic document.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the display screen 100 displayed on the display unit 40A after the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment acquires an electronic document from the document storage unit 31. The plurality of electronic documents stored in the document storage unit 31 are acquired by the electronic document acquisition unit 11, and image information representing a display image of the electronic document is generated by the image information generation unit 12. The generated image information is input to the display control unit 42 and displayed on the first display area 101 of the display screen 100 displayed on the display unit 40A.

  In the first display area 101 of FIG. 4, a plurality of pieces of image information generated by the image information generation unit 12 are displayed. The user performs an operation of designating or enlarging a partial area of the image information on the image information of the electronic document displayed in the first display area 101.

  In the second display area 102 of FIG. 4, a storage list created by the storage destination selection unit 14 is displayed. In the present embodiment, the electronic document is added with information “application form, A plan, Yokohama city” by the QR code 3A. Based on the information added by the QR code 3A, the storage location selection unit 14 displays the storage location list so that the storage location of “application form ¥ A plan ¥ Yokohama city” is preferentially selected. Create

  In the display screen 100 of FIG. 4, a check box 103 corresponding to the displayed image information is displayed. When the electronic document is stored in the storage destination, the storage destination is selected, then the check button 103 is checked, and finally the “classify” button 104 is pressed to store the electronic document in the storage destination. Complete. In the display screen 100 shown in FIG. 4, the check box 103 is in a state in which the check is not accepted, and storage in the storage destination is impossible. In order to make it impossible to store the data in the storage destination, in addition to not accepting the check in the check box 103, for example, the “classify” button 104 may not be pressed.

  Next, it is verified whether or not the storage destination where the electronic document displayed in the first display area 101 is to be stored is the storage destination preferentially selected in the second display area 102. There is a need to. In order to determine whether the storage destination where the electronic document is to be stored is correct, it is necessary to confirm the contents of the application address description 2A in area A and the application plan description 2B in area B in FIG. 3B. However, since it is difficult to confirm the contents of the display image 100 displayed in FIG. 4, it cannot be determined whether it is the correct storage destination. Therefore, it is necessary to perform processing for designating a portion to be confirmed of the image information displayed in the first display area 101 and confirming the description content of the area.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the storage location information 200 in the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the storage destination information 200 is set with a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination. In the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan” shown in FIG. 4, the sheet size is A4, and the area range to be confirmed in the image information is {(200,300), (400,200), (300, 280), (400, 280)}, {(0, 210), (100, 210), (0, 300), (100, 300)}. Storage destination information 200 is set as a predetermined condition that an area range to be confirmed in the information should be enlarged and confirmed at a magnification of X%.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a display screen in which a part of the image information is enlarged and displayed by the display unit 40A after the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment receives an instruction from the operation unit 40B. FIG.

  The image information displayed in the first display area 101 in FIG. 6 is a new image that is displayed in an enlarged manner based on an input from the operation receiving unit 41 that has received an operation from the operation unit 40B. Displayed as correct image information. The display screen 100B in FIG. 6 is obtained by performing an operation for designating the area A on the image information A110 on the display screen 100A in FIG. 4 and then performing an operation for performing X% enlargement processing on the designated area. is there.

  At this time, when there are a plurality of pieces of image information displayed in the first display area 101, the degree of similarity with the one image information input from the operation receiving unit 41 or the one image information is displayed. Other image information associated with each other based on a comparison between a template (information such as a diagram) and a template set in advance is received from the operation reception unit 41 that has received one image information. The same input as the input may be performed, and the same processing as that performed on one piece of image information may be performed. Any method for measuring the degree of similarity may be used as long as it is an existing technique. In FIG. 6, the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 are regarded as similar electronic documents, and an operation instruction for the image information A110 from the operation unit 40B. A part of each image information in the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 is enlarged by X% and displayed as new image information.

  Here, the determination unit 15 includes the area designated by the image area designation unit 13, the magnification of the displayed image area generated by the image information generation unit 12, the information added to the electronic document, and the storage location information. To determine whether or not to execute the process of storing in the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan”. In FIG. 4, the confirmation operations performed on the image information A110, image information B111, image information D113, image information E114, image information F115, and image information G116 are as follows. This satisfies the conditions set in advance in the “¥ A Plan”. Therefore, the determination unit 15 stores the electronic document represented by each of the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 as a storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan. It is determined that it is permitted to execute the processing stored in “”.

  The determination unit 15 outputs the determination result to the storage processing unit 17. The storage processing unit 17 receives the determination result of the determination unit 15 and stores the respective electronic documents represented by the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116. Allow to store in "Application form \ Yokohama City \ A Plan".

  The determination result is also input to the display control unit 42. As shown in FIG. 6, the display control unit 42 that has received the determination result updates each of the check buttons 103 to a state 103A in which a check can be received and a state 103B in which a check cannot be received. The display unit 40A is instructed to display to the user that the document is ready to be stored in the selected storage location.

  In FIG. 6, after the check button 103 corresponding to the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 is checked, the image information A110, the image information B111, and the image information are displayed. Each electronic document represented by D113, image information E114, image information F115, and image information G116 is stored in the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan” when the “classify” button 14 is pressed. Is done.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display screen after the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment stores the electronic document in a storage destination that permits storage of the electronic document. The electronic document represented by the image information D113 in FIG. 7 should not be stored in the storage location “application form \ Yokohama City ¥ A plan” as a result of being enlarged and displayed in the first display area 101, but the storage location “ The check button 103B is not checked because the user has determined that it should be stored in the “Application Form \ Kawasaki City \ A Plan” and is not stored in the storage location of “Application Form \ Yokohama City \ A Plan”. is there.

  The storage destination of each electronic document represented by the image information C112, the image information D113, and the image information H117 in FIG. 7 is continuously determined based on the storage destination information of another storage destination.

[Second Embodiment]
The electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment designates a part of an image area of image information representing a display image of an electronic image as storage location information, and a character string included in the designated image area. When the character recognition result satisfies a predetermined character string condition corresponding to the storage destination, a process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination is executed.

  FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram illustrating main processing performed by the control unit 10 in the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment. The program executed by the control unit 10 according to the present embodiment is configured to functionally include a character string recognition unit 18.

  The character string recognition unit 18 recognizes a character string included in the image area designated by the image area designation unit 13. The character string recognition unit 18 is realized by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) or the like. The character string recognized by the character string recognition unit 18 is output to the determination unit 15.

  If the determination unit 15 determines that the character string recognized by the character string recognition unit 18 satisfies the storage destination information including a predetermined character string condition corresponding to the storage destination, the storage processing unit 17 executes processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination.

  The case where the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment stores the electronic document to be processed in the storage destination will be specifically described.

  The electronic document processing device 1 according to the second embodiment stores a document as an electronic document in the document storage unit 31, and the processing target processed by the electronic document processing device 1 according to the second embodiment. The document formed on the original document is the same as that described in the specific example of the first embodiment. After the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment acquires an electronic document from the document storage unit 31, the display screen 100 shown in FIG. 4 displayed on the display unit 40A is also the same as in the first embodiment. This is the same as that described in the specific example.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the storage location information 201 in the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, the storage destination information 201 is set with a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination “application form ¥ Yokohama City ¥ A plan”. In the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan” shown in FIG. 9, the paper size is A4, and the area range to be confirmed in the image information is {(200,300), (400,200), (300,280). ), (400, 280)}, {(0, 210), (100, 210), (0, 300), (100, 300)}. In the area range to be confirmed, a predetermined condition is set to include the keywords “Yokohama City” and “A Plan”, which are keywords associated with the folder name.

  The electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment designates a partial image area of the image information on the image information displayed in the first display area 101, and performs, for example, enlargement processing or the like on the designated area. Character string recognition processing can be performed.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a display screen on which a part of the designated area of the image information is displayed by the display unit after the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment receives an instruction from the operation unit 40B. It is a figure explaining.

  The image information displayed in the first display area 101 is based on an input from the operation reception unit 41 that has received an operation from the operation unit 40B. ).

  At this time, when there are a plurality of pieces of image information displayed in the first display area 101, the degree of similarity with the one image information input from the operation receiving unit 41 or the one image information is displayed. Other image information associated with each other based on a comparison between a template (information such as a diagram) and a template set in advance is received from the operation reception unit 41 that has received one image information. The same input as the input may be performed, and the same processing as that performed on one piece of image information may be performed. Any method for measuring the degree of similarity may be used as long as it is an existing technique. In FIG. 10, the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 are regarded as similar electronic documents, and an operation instruction from the operation unit 40B for the image information A110. A part of each of the image information in the image information B111, the image information D113, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 is interlocked with the image information, and the OCR process is performed as new image information. Some areas are displayed.

  Here, the determination unit 15 includes an area designated by the image area designation unit 13, a character string recognized by the character string recognition unit 18 in the designated area, information added to the electronic document, and storage location information 201. Are compared with each other to determine whether or not to execute the process of storing in the storage location “application form \ Yokohama city \ A plan”. In FIG. 4, the confirmation operations performed on the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 are stored in the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan”. Satisfies the predetermined conditions. Accordingly, the determination unit 15 stores the electronic document represented by each of the image information A110, the image information B111, the image information E114, the image information F115, and the image information G116 in the storage location “application form ¥ Yokohama city ¥ A plan”. A determination is made to permit execution of the process.

  The determination unit 15 outputs the determination result to the storage processing unit 17. The storage processing unit 17 receives the determination result of the determination unit 15, and stores each electronic document represented by the image information A 110, the image information B 111, the image information E 114, the image information F 115, and the image information G 116 as a storage destination “application form”. Permit to store in “Yokohama City ¥ A Plan”.

  The determination result is also input to the display control unit 42. As shown in FIG. 6, the display control unit 42 that has received the determination result updates each of the check buttons 103 to a state 103A in which the check can be accepted and a state 103B in which the check cannot be accepted, The display unit 40A is instructed to display to the user that the document is ready to be stored.

  The process of storing the subsequent electronic document in the storage destination is the same as that shown in the specific example in the first embodiment.

[Third embodiment]
The electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment includes, for example, the description 2A of the applicant's address to be described in the area A in the document 2 shown in FIG. 3B and the application plan to be described in the area B. Even when the description 2B is deviated from each of the regions A and B, the character string existing region indicating the existing region of the character string deviated from each of the regions A and B in the image information is specified. The conditions relating to the positions of the areas A and B predetermined for the storage destination are updated based on the position of the character string existence area overlapping the area.

  FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing main processes performed by the control unit 10 in the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment. The program executed by the control unit 10 according to the present embodiment is configured to functionally include a character string existence area specifying unit 19 and a storage location information changing unit 21.

  The character string existence area specifying unit 19 specifies an area where a character string exists in the image information generated by the image information generation unit 12. The result of specifying the area where the character string exists in the image information generated by the image information generation unit 12 is output to the storage location information change unit 21.

  When the storage destination information changing unit 21 has an area where the area where the character string specified by the character string existing area specifying unit 19 exists and the area predetermined in the storage destination information of the storage destination overlap. The condition relating to the position of the area predetermined for the storage destination acquired by the storage destination information acquisition unit 16 is updated based on the position of the character string existence area overlapping the area.

  The case where the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment stores an electronic document to be processed in a storage destination will be specifically described.

  The method in which the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment stores a document as an electronic document in the document storage unit 31 is the same as the method performed by the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. In addition, the document formed on the document to be processed, which is processed by the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, is in the area A as described in the specific example in the first embodiment. The description 2A of the address of the applicant to be described and the description 2B of the application plan to be described in the region B are different in that they are described out of the region.

  FIG. 12 illustrates an electronic document processing apparatus that does not have the configuration of the character string existence area specifying unit 19 and the storage destination information changing unit 21 included in the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of 100 C of display screens which are enlarged and displayed by 40 A of display parts after receiving.

  As shown in the display screen 100C, the document read by the document reading unit 30 includes an applicant address description 2A to be described in the area A and an application plan description 2B to be described in the area B. Since the information is described by deviating from a predetermined area according to the storage destination information, sufficient confirmation cannot be performed only by specifying a part of the image information and enlarging and displaying the specified image area. For the same reason, a character string is not recognized correctly only by designating a part of image information and performing OCR processing on the designated image area.

  Therefore, the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment is described with being shifted from each of the areas A and B in the image information by including the character string existence area specifying unit 19 and the storage destination information changing unit 21. A character string existing area representing the character string existing area is specified, and the conditions regarding the positions of the areas A and B predetermined for the storage destination are updated based on the position of the character string existing area overlapping the area.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a method for specifying an area where a character string exists in the character string existing area specifying unit 19. As shown in FIG. 13, for example, when the image information is created according to a predetermined template, the difference between the image information and the image information of the predetermined template is extracted.

  An image 300 shown in FIG. 13 is an image after extracting a difference from image information of a predetermined template from image data of an electronic document. Next, the character string block 301 is recognized from the extracted image 300, and grouping is performed by grouping (identifying an area). The technique for recognizing the lump 301 from the extracted image 300 and performing grouping (identifying an area) is not particularly limited to the above-described method. Information relating to the character string existence area specified by the character string existence area specifying unit 19 is input to the storage location information changing unit 21.

  The storage location information changing unit 21 compares the information related to the character string existing region 301 specified by the character string existing region specifying unit 19 with the information related to the position of the region 302 predetermined for the storage destination.

  FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of a portion surrounded by XIV in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the character string existence area 301 </ b> A specified by the character string existence area specifying unit 19 and the area 302 </ b> A predetermined for the storage destination have areas 303 that overlap each other. In such a case, the storage location information changing unit 21 updates the condition relating to the location of the region predetermined for the storage location based on the location of the character string existence region that overlaps the region.

  With the above-described update, the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment can process the character string existence area specifying unit 19 and the storage location even when processing a document that is described with a deviation from the area that should originally be described. By having the information changing unit 21, a display screen 100A as shown in FIG. 4 is obtained, and the same processing as the electronic document processing apparatus 1 according to the first or second embodiment is performed.

  In the electronic document processing apparatuses according to the first, second, and third embodiments, the image information generation unit 12 generates image information representing each image of a plurality of electronic documents, and the storage destination selection unit 14 The image area specifying unit 13 selects at least a part of the image information for each image information representing the plurality of electronic documents generated by the image information generating unit 12. An image area is designated, and the storage processing unit 17 performs at least a part of the image information for each piece of image information representing a plurality of electronic documents generated by the image information generation unit 12 specified by the image area specifying unit 13. When the image area satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination, processing for storing the electronic document represented by the image information in the storage destination is executed. It may be.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electronic document processing apparatus, 10 Control part, 11 Electronic document acquisition part, 12 Image information generation part, 13 Image area designation | designated part, 14 Storage location selection part, 15 Determination part, 16 Storage location information acquisition part, 17 Storage processing part, 18 character string recognition unit, 20 storage unit, 30 document reading unit, 31 document storage unit, 40 interface unit, 40A display unit, 40B operation unit, 41 operation reception unit, 42 display control unit, 50 data storage unit, 100, 100A , 100B, 100C display screen, 101 first display area, 102 second display area, 200, 201 storage location information.

Claims (12)

Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
In the image information generated by the image generation means , accepting an instruction from a user to arbitrarily specify a part of the image area, an image area specifying means for specifying the image area;
A process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image area specified by the image area specifying means satisfies a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area corresponding to the storage destination; Storage processing means to execute;
An electronic document processing apparatus comprising: Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
In the image information generated by the image generation means , accepting an instruction from a user to arbitrarily specify a part of the image area, an image area specifying means for specifying the image area;
A process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image area specified by the image area specifying means does not satisfy a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area corresponding to the storage destination; Storage processing means not to be executed;
An electronic document processing apparatus comprising: The storage processing means includes
Processing to enlarge and display the image area specified by the image area specifying means,
A process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area corresponding to the storage destination is satisfied;
The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1. Means for specifying a character string existence region representing a character string existence region in the image information;
Means for updating a condition relating to the position of the area predetermined for the storage destination based on the position of the character string existing area overlapping the area;
The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic document processing apparatus is an electronic document processing apparatus. A character string recognizing unit for recognizing a character string included in the image region;
The storage processing unit stores the electronic document in the storage destination when the character string recognized by the character string recognition unit satisfies a predetermined character string condition corresponding to the storage destination. Execute the process to
The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic document processing apparatus is an electronic document processing apparatus. The image information generation means generates image information representing each image of a plurality of electronic documents,
The storage location selection means selects a storage location for storing the plurality of electronic documents,
The image area designating unit accepts an instruction from a user to arbitrarily designate a part of the image area in the image information for each image information representing the plurality of electronic documents generated by the image information generating unit. , Specify the image area,
For each piece of image information representing each of the plurality of electronic documents generated by the image information generation unit specified by the image region specifying unit, the storage processing unit includes at least a part of the image region in the image information. A process for storing the electronic document represented by the image information in the storage destination when a condition relating to a position of a predetermined region corresponding to the storage destination is satisfied;
The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 1. Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
In the image information generated by the image generation means, an instruction from a user that arbitrarily specifies a part of the image area is received, an image area specifying means for specifying the image area, and
A process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image area specified by the image area specifying means satisfies a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area corresponding to the storage destination; Storage processing means to execute,
As a program to make the computer function as. Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
Image area designating means for designating a partial image area of the image information generated by the image generating means;
Storage processing for executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image region specified by the image region specifying means satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination Means,
The storage processing means includes
Processing to enlarge and display the image area specified by the image area specifying means,
A process for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area corresponding to the storage destination is satisfied;
An electronic document processing apparatus. Means for specifying a character string existence region representing a character string existence region in the image information;
Means for updating a condition relating to the position of the area predetermined for the storage destination based on the position of the character string existing area overlapping the area;
The electronic document processing apparatus according to claim 9. Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
Image area designating means for designating a partial image area of the image information generated by the image generating means;
Storage processing for executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image region specified by the image region specifying means satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination Means,
Means for specifying a character string existence region representing a character string existence region in the image information;
Updating a condition relating to the position of the area predetermined for the storage destination based on the position of the character string existing area overlapping the area;
An electronic document processing apparatus. Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
Image area designating means for designating a partial image area of the image information generated by the image generating means;
Storage processing for executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image region specified by the image region specifying means satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination As a means to make the computer function,
The storage processing means further includes
Processing to enlarge and display the image area specified by the image area specifying means,
A program for causing a function to execute processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area corresponding to the storage destination is satisfied. Image information generating means for generating image information representing a display image of an electronic document;
Storage location selection means for selecting a storage location for storing the electronic document;
Image area designating means for designating a partial image area of the image information generated by the image generating means;
Storage processing for executing processing for storing the electronic document in the storage destination when the image region specified by the image region specifying means satisfies a predetermined condition corresponding to the storage destination means,
Means for specifying a character string existence region representing a character string existence region in the image information;
Means for updating a condition relating to a position of a predetermined area for the storage destination based on a position of the character string existing area overlapping the area;
As a program to make the computer function as.

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