JP5962234B2 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

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

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an image reading apparatus, when a document including a plurality of documents is read, a partition sheet is inserted between the documents so that a document separation position is specified and subsequent processing in document units is automated. It has been known.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a data processing apparatus that generates a unique management number in association with bibliographic information and prints a document partition sheet on which the management number and bibliographic information are printed. By scanning with the partition sheet obtained in this manner added to the first page of the document, it is possible to manage the document at an accurate separation position while reading a plurality of documents at once.

  Further, in the prior art, as the partition paper, not only a dedicated paper but also a full-color blank paper or a single-color blank paper is used. Further, a partition sheet on which predetermined information is printed, such as the partition sheet of Patent Document 1, is also known.

  However, there is a demand for increasing the utility value of the partition paper, not just for specifying the document separation position. On the other hand, in the technique of Patent Document 1, although predetermined information is printed on the partition sheet, there is a problem that a user operation is required to print information on the partition sheet, and the burden on the user is heavy. It was.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that can increase the utility value of a partition sheet with a simple operation.

To solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention includes a originals pages, a reading unit reading in units of pages a document comprising a plurality of partition sheet pages that separates between document pages, by the reading unit A page determination unit that determines whether a target page corresponding to the page read data is a document page or a partition page based on the read page reading data in units of pages, and the document page by the page determination unit a determination pages as being, for each of a plurality of document pages group separated by said plurality of partition sheet page, one information included in the page read data each document page included in the document page group a related information generating unit that generates a relevant information about the document page group to extract the parts was determined to be the partition sheet page by the page determining unit For each page read data corresponding to the over-di, the relevant information of the originals page group just before the partition sheet page, added to the page read data corresponding to the division paper pages, obtaining edit page read data Data comprising an editing unit, and an output unit for the page read data corresponding to the plurality of partition sheet page outputs the document reading data corresponding to the document to change the edit page read data corresponding to the page read data It is characterized by that.

Further, the present invention is an image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus, wherein a reading step for reading a document including a document page and a plurality of partition pages separating the document pages in units of pages, and the reading step A page determination step for determining whether the target page corresponding to the page reading data is a document page or a partition page based on the page reading data in page units read in step, and the document in the page determination step For each of a plurality of manuscript page groups that are determined to be pages and separated by the plurality of divider paper pages, information of information included in each of the page reading data of the manuscript pages included in the manuscript page group a related information generating step of generating additional information about the document page group by extracting a portion, the partition in the page judgment step For each page read data corresponding to is determined to be page, the relevant information of the originals page group just before the partition sheet page, added to the page read data corresponding to the division paper pages, edited a data editing step of obtaining a page read data, it outputs the document reading data corresponding to the document to change the edit page read data page read data corresponding to the plurality of partition sheet page corresponding to the page read data And an output process.

In addition, the present invention is a program, wherein the computer is configured to read a document including a document page and a plurality of partition pages separating the document pages in a page unit, and a page unit read by the reading unit. A page determination unit that determines whether the target page corresponding to the page reading data is a manuscript page or a partition page, and the page determination unit determines that the page is the manuscript page. For each of a plurality of document page groups divided by the plurality of partition paper pages, a part of information included in each of the page read data of the document pages included in the document page group is extracted. a related information generating unit that generates a relevant information about the document page group was determined to be the partition sheet page by the page determining unit Bae For each page read data corresponding to the di-, the relevant information of the originals page group just before the partition sheet page, added to the page read data corresponding to the division paper pages, data editing obtaining edit page read data parts and, in order to function the page read data corresponding to the plurality of partition sheet page as an output unit for outputting the document reading data corresponding to the document to change the edit page read data corresponding to the page read data It is a program.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that the utility value of the partition paper can be increased by a simple operation.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the image processing apparatus. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document to be read by the image processing apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document to be read by the image processing apparatus. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data configuration of the representative character string storage unit. FIG. 5A is a diagram of an example of edited page read data. FIG. 5B is a diagram of an example of the edited page read data. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of document reading data obtained for a document to be read by the reading unit. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing by the image processing apparatus. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing document reading data according to the first modification. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing edited page reading data according to the second modification. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing edited page read data according to the third modification. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the relationship between the original reading data and the printing paper on which an image is formed. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the original reading data and the printing paper on which an image is formed. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the image processing apparatus according to the fourth modification. FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the image processing apparatus. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the image processing system.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing apparatus 1 according to the embodiment. The image processing apparatus 1 includes a reading unit 100, a page reading data storage unit 101, an output unit 102, a page number counter 103, a page determination unit 104, an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) unit 105, and a representative character string extraction. Unit 106, representative character string storage unit 107, related information generation unit 108, and data editing unit 109.

  The reading unit 100 reads a document in units of pages. Specifically, an original document mounted on an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) or the like is read by the head of the reading unit 100 including an optical sensor in the order of feeding, and image data in page units, that is, page read data is obtained. The reading unit 100 writes the obtained page reading data in the page reading data storage unit 101. The page reading data storage unit 101 stores a plurality of pages of page reading data included in a document as one file, that is, as document reading data in units of documents. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the reading target is only one side (front surface) of each sheet.

  2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating an example of a document to be read by the image processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. A document to be read includes a plurality of sheets. More specifically, the manuscript includes manuscript paper (manuscript page) on which the manuscript content is displayed and a partition paper (partition paper page) for separating the document in the manuscript.

  2 and 3, a partition sheet a (partition sheet page 1) for separating the document pages 1 and 2 and the document pages 3 to 4 is inserted between the document pages 2 and 3. Has been. A partition sheet b (partition sheet page 2) for separating the document pages 3 to 4 and the document pages 5 to 6 is inserted between the document page 4 and the document page 5. Thus, a plurality of document pages in the document are classified into three groups of document page groups A, B, and C. When the user desires to manage a plurality of pages included in a document by dividing them into a plurality of document page groups in units of pages, the user partitions the page into the boundary positions of the document page groups of the document to be read by the reading unit 100. Insert paper in advance.

  Here, the partition paper is a paper different from the paper of the original page. Specifically, the partition sheet may be a sheet that can distinguish between the original page and the partition sheet page in the page determination unit 104 to be described later, such as a blank sheet, a full-color monochrome sheet, a tab sheet suitable for partitioning applications, and the like. Is mentioned. In the present embodiment, an example in which white paper or full-color monochrome paper is used as the partition paper will be described.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the page number counter 103 counts the number of pages read by the reading unit 100, that is, the number of pages. The page number counter 103 counts each of the original pages and the partition paper pages corresponding to the partition paper as one page. That is, in the document shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the number of pages is 1 for document page 1, the number of pages is 2 for document page 2, and the number of pages is 3 for partition page 1.

  The page determination unit 104 determines whether the page to be read by the reading unit 100 is an original page or a partition page based on the page reading data obtained by the reading unit 100. Specifically, the page determination unit 104 obtains the luminance distribution of the page read data, and determines that the page is a partition page when the frequency of the specific luminance value is greater than a preset threshold value.

  As another example, when the partition paper is tabbed paper, the page determination unit 104 detects the presence or absence of a tab, and determines whether the page is a partition paper page or a manuscript page based on the detection result. You may judge.

  The OCR unit 105 extracts character data from the page reading data stored in the page reading data storage unit 101 by OCR processing. The OCR process is a process of analyzing the characteristics of image data, determining the character likeness, and converting it into a character code. By the OCR process, various information such as character arrangement position, character size, and certainty of character recognition can be obtained in addition to the character code.

  Based on the result of the OCR processing by the OCR unit 105, the representative character string extraction unit 106 extracts a representative character string representing the contents of each original page from the character data of the original page. Specifically, the representative character string extraction unit 106 extracts a character string arranged at the top of the page as a representative character string. For example, in the manuscript page 1 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a character string of “monthly report” arranged at the top is extracted as a representative character string. The representative character string extraction unit 106 further writes the extracted representative character string in the representative character string storage unit 107 in association with the number of pages counted by the page number counter.

  Note that the method of extracting the representative character string is not limited to the embodiment, and various methods can be adopted. As another example of extracting the representative character string, a character string having the largest size or a character string in which the position of the bullet character is arranged on the leftmost side of the page may be extracted as the representative character string. As another example, a grammatical analysis of the character obtained by the OCR unit 105 may be performed, and a character string having the maximum importance of the character string based on the analysis result may be extracted as a representative character string. . The representative character string may be extracted by combining these extraction methods.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data configuration of the representative character string storage unit 107. The representative character string storage unit 107 stores the representative character string in association with the number of pages counted by the page number counter 103 with respect to the page from which the representative character string is extracted.

  When the page determination unit 104 determines that the page is a partition page, the related information generation unit 108 determines the page of the partition page based on the page information and the count number stored in the representative character string storage unit 107. Related information to be added to the read data is generated. The data editing unit 109 adds the related information obtained by the related information generation unit 108 to the page read data corresponding to the partition page to be processed. Hereinafter, the page reading data to which the related information is added is referred to as edited page reading data.

  Here, the related information is information relating to a document page group immediately before the partition page to be processed. FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are diagrams illustrating an example of edited page read data to which related information is added. The related information includes information in which the number of pages of each document page included in the document page group immediately before the partition sheet to be processed is associated with the representative character string. The related information further includes display information “partition paper” as a partition image indicating a partition paper page. Further, in the edited page read data corresponding to the partition paper page 1 and the partition paper page 2 shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, a “partition paper” display is arranged at the same position on the page, and below that. A set of page number and representative character string is arranged from top to bottom in the page order.

  As described above, the related information generation unit 108 according to the present embodiment generates related information such that the same partition image is arranged at the same arrangement position in any edited page read data. Further, as described above, the related information generation unit 108 generates related information that is arranged in the edited page read data according to the same arrangement rule for the number of pages and the set of representative character strings.

  In this way, the fixed character string is arranged at the same position or the representative character string is arranged according to the same arrangement rule, so that the impression of the layout of the divider page is fixed, so that the user can easily arrange the divider page. Can be visually recognized.

  The related information generated by the related information generation unit 108 may be information related to the document page group immediately before the partition sheet, and the type thereof is not limited to the embodiment. For example, the partition image is not limited to the embodiment, and may be an image instead of a character string. The related information may be only the number of data or only the representative character string. In the present embodiment, all the representative character strings of each original page are included in the related information. Instead, a predetermined original page such as a representative character string of the first original page of the original page group is used. Only the representative character string may be included in the related information.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of document reading data obtained for a document to be read by the reading unit 100. The original reading data includes edit page reading data instead of the page reading data obtained by the reading unit 100 for the partition page.

  The output unit 102 transmits the document read data stored in the page read data storage unit 101 to another apparatus. Note that the original reading data in the page reading data storage unit 101 includes edited page reading data corresponding to the partition page. As another example, the output unit 102 may be an image forming apparatus, and may form an image corresponding to the original read data on a print sheet.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing by the image processing apparatus 1. In the processing, first, the page number counter 103 clears the page number counter (step S1). Next, the reading unit 100 reads one page of the document and writes the obtained page reading data in the page reading data storage unit 101 (step S2). Next, the page number counter 103 increments the value by 1 (step S3).

  Next, the page determination unit 104 performs page determination. When the page is an original page (No at Step S4), the OCR unit 105 performs OCR processing on the page reading data obtained by the reading unit 100 (Step S5). Next, the representative character string extraction unit 106 extracts a representative character string from the page read data based on the result of the OCR process (step S6). Next, the representative character string extraction unit 106 writes the extracted representative character string and the number of pages of the page read data of the extraction source in association with each other to the representative character string storage unit 107 (step S7).

  When the reading of the document is completed (step S8, Yes), the output unit 102 outputs the page reading data stored in the page reading data storage unit 101 as the document reading data (step S9). On the other hand, if there is a page that has not been read (step S8, No), the process proceeds to step S2, and the process after step S2 is performed on the unprocessed page.

  In step S4, when the reading target page of the reading unit 100 is a partition page (step S4, Yes), the related information generation unit 108 displays the representative character string and page stored in the representative character string storage unit 107. Based on the number, related information is generated (step S11).

  At this time, the representative character string storage unit 107 stores a representative character string of each document page in the document page group immediately before the partition page to be processed by the related information generation unit 108. Therefore, the related information generation unit 108 can obtain the representative character string of the immediately preceding document page group by referring to the representative character string storage unit 107.

  Next, the data editing unit 109 adds related information to the page reading data corresponding to the partition page, and obtains editing page reading data (step S12).

  When the editing of the page reading data of the partition page is completed, the data editing unit 109 deletes the representative character string stored in the representative character string storage unit 107 (step S13). Then, the process proceeds to step S8. Thus, the reading process by the image processing apparatus 1 is completed.

  As described above, according to the image processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the user only inserts a predetermined partition sheet into the document separation position, and the page reading data corresponding to the partition sheet is partitioned by the partition sheet. The contents of a document can be added. Therefore, the user can grasp the characteristics and the number of pages of each original page group by referring to the page reading data corresponding to the partition page, and can further specify the position of the next partition page. .

  Further, when the output unit 102 is an image forming unit and an image corresponding to the original reading data is formed, the user grasps the position of the original page separation by the partition paper inserted between the original pages. In addition, by browsing the contents printed on the partition sheet, the contents of the original page group immediately before the partition sheet can be grasped, and the position of the next partition sheet can be specified. As described above, simply inserting a partition sheet makes it possible to obtain edited page reading data that can print a partition sheet with higher utility value. That is, the utility value of the partition paper can be increased with a simple operation.

  As described above, the present invention has been described using the embodiment, but various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment.

  As such a first modification example, as shown in FIG. 8, the data editing unit 109 not only edits the page reading data corresponding to the partition page, but also sets the page position of the page reading data after editing to the immediately preceding page. You may move to the page position immediately before the original page group. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the edit page read data corresponding to the partition page 1 is moved to the first page, and the page read data corresponding to the original page 1 and the original page 2 is the second page and the third page, respectively. Move to. Similarly, the edited page read data corresponding to the partition page 2 moves to the fourth page, and the page read data corresponding to the original page 3 and the original page 4 move to the fifth page and the sixth page, respectively.

  Depending on the contents of the document, it may be more convenient for the user to insert a divider page showing the contents of the document page group immediately before the document page. On the other hand, as shown in this example, the page position of the edit page read data corresponding to the partition page is changed to the page position immediately before the original page group, and is displayed in the edit page read data of the partition sheet. The content of the manuscript page can be viewed by the user prior to the actual manuscript page. Further, the position of the next partition sheet page can be specified from only the number of pages described in the partition page without looking at the content of the original page.

  From the viewpoint of changing the page position, the page reading data is preferably a document format that handles multiple pages, such as PDF (Portable Document Format) and TIFF (Tagged Image File Format). For example, in the case of PDF, the page order at the time of browsing can be changed by changing only the page number without changing the information of the document page body.

  As yet another example, the page position of the edited page read data corresponding to the partition page may be collected at the beginning or end of the document page. That is, for example, the edit page read data corresponding to the partition page 1 and the partition page 2 are the first page and the second page, respectively, and the page read data of the manuscript page 1 to the manuscript page 4 is the third page to the sixth page, respectively. You may arrange in.

  As a second modification, as shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of representative character strings may be displayed for one page of a manuscript page in the editing page reading data of a partition page. The representative character string is preferably determined comprehensively by calculating the preference from a plurality of viewpoints and digitizing it. Therefore, in this modification, the representative character string extraction unit extracts a plurality of representative character string candidates from a plurality of viewpoints. Further, the maximum information amount of the representative character string is set in advance. Then, the representative character string extraction unit selects the representative character string candidates from the top until the maximum amount of information is reached with respect to the extracted representative character string candidates, and targets the selected representative character strings. A representative character string of a manuscript page.

  In this way, by using a plurality of representative character strings, the contents reflecting the characteristics of the original page can be displayed on the partition paper page, and the difference in the contents of each original page can be expressed. Furthermore, the information amount of the representative character string that can be displayed may be set by the user.

  As a third modification, the related information generation unit 108 may generate related information that gives a partition paper page serial number to the partition paper page. In the example illustrated in FIG. 10, serial numbers “No. 1” and “No. 2” are displayed on the right side of the partition image “partition paper”. Thus, by giving a unique serial number to the partition page, it is possible to prevent the partition page from being overlooked.

  As a fourth modification, when the output unit 102 is an image forming unit, when the image forming unit forms an image of the original reading data on the printing paper, the partition page is the same as the original page. An image may be formed on a different printing paper without forming an image on the printing paper.

  When the image of the manuscript page and the divider paper page is formed on the same printing paper by performing double-sided printing of the original reading data including the divider paper page, the significance of the divider paper that separates the documents is diminished There is. Therefore, in the present modification example, as described above, an image is formed on a printing paper different from the original page for the partition paper page.

  11 and 12 are diagrams showing the relationship between the original reading data and the printing paper on which an image is formed. As shown in FIG. 11, when the partition page is present on an odd page in the original reading data, an image is formed on the surface of the print sheet. Therefore, in this case, the image forming unit discharges the printing paper on which the image of the partition paper page is formed on the front surface without performing image formation on the back surface. Then, the image forming unit forms an image of the original page following the partition paper page on the printing paper fed next.

  In the example shown in FIG. 11, the partition paper page 1 is displayed on the front surface of the printing paper 2, and no image is formed on the back surface of the printing paper 2. Then, an image of the original page 3 following the partition paper page 1 is formed on the surface of the printing paper 3.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 12, when divider pages are present on even-numbered pages in the original reading data, when duplex printing is performed in the page order, the divider pages are formed on the back side of the printing paper. Will be. Therefore, in this case, the image forming unit prints the original page immediately before the partition paper page on the front side of the print paper, and then discharges the print paper without performing image formation on the back side. An image of a partition sheet page is formed on the surface of the fed printing paper. Then, the image forming unit discharges the printing paper without forming the image on the back side of the printing paper on which the image of the partition paper page is formed, and then, on the surface of the printing paper fed next, An image of a manuscript page following the divider page is formed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 12, no image is formed on the back surface of the printing paper 2, and the image of the partition paper page 1 is formed on the front surface of the printing paper 3. Then, no image is formed on the back surface of the printing paper 3, and an image of the original page 4 following the partition paper page 1 is formed on the front surface of the printing paper 4.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing of the image processing apparatus 1 according to the fourth modification. In the image processing apparatus 1 according to the fourth modification, the page number counter 103 is cleared (step S20), and when one page of the document is read by the reading unit 100 (step S21), next, the function of the ADF is used. Printing paper is fed (step S22). Next, the page number counter 103 increments the value by 1 (step S23).

  As a result of the page determination, if the target page is a manuscript page (No at Step S24), representative character string extraction processing is performed (Step S25). Here, the representative character string extraction process is the process of steps S5 to S7 described with reference to FIG. Next, the output unit 102 forms an image of page reading data on the surface of the printing paper (step S26).

  When the reading of the document is not completed (No at Step S27), the reading unit 100 reads the next page (Step S28). Next, the page number counter 103 increments the value by 1 (step S29). If the page to be read is a document page (No at Step S30), a representative character string extraction process is performed (Step S31). Note that the representative character string extraction process of step S31 is the process of steps S5 to S7, similar to the representative character string extraction process of step S25.

  Next, the output unit 102 forms an image of page reading data on the back surface of the printing paper (step S32). Here, the printing paper used in step S32 is a printing paper on which an image is formed on the surface in step S26.

  Next, the image-formed printing paper is discharged (step S33). If the reading of the document is not completed (No at Step S34), the process returns to Step S21. In step S34, when the reading of the document is completed (step S34, Yes), the processing is completed. In step S27, when the reading of the original is completed (step S27, Yes), the process proceeds to step S33.

  On the other hand, if the target page is a partition page in step S24 (step S24, Yes) and the page to be read is a partition page in step S30 (step S30, Yes), the process proceeds to step S41. A data editing process is performed (step S41). Here, the data editing process is the process of steps S11 to S13 described with reference to FIG. Next, an image of edited page read data corresponding to the partition paper page is formed on the surface of the printing paper (step S42), and the process proceeds to step S33. This completes the process.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a multifunction peripheral as an example of the image processing apparatus 1. As shown in the figure, the image processing apparatus 1 has a configuration in which a controller 10 and an engine unit (Engine) 60 are connected by a PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) bus. The controller 10 is a controller that controls the entire image processing apparatus 1 and controls drawing, communication, and input from an operation unit (not shown). The engine unit 60 is a printer engine that can be connected to a PCI bus, and is, for example, a monochrome plotter, a one-drum color plotter, a four-drum color plotter, a scanner, or a fax unit. The engine unit 60 includes an image processing part such as error diffusion and gamma conversion in addition to a so-called engine part such as a plotter.

  The controller 10 includes a CPU 11, a north bridge (NB) 13, a system memory (MEM-P) 12, a south bridge (SB) 14, a local memory (MEM-C) 17, and an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). 16 and a hard disk drive (HDD) 18, and the north bridge (NB) 13 and the ASIC 16 are connected by an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) bus 15. The MEM-P 12 further includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12a and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 12b.

  The CPU 11 performs overall control of the image processing apparatus 1 and includes a chip set including the NB 13, the MEM-P 12, and the SB 14, and is connected to other devices via the chip set.

  The NB 13 is a bridge for connecting the CPU 11 to the MEM-P 12, SB 14, and the AGP bus 15, and includes a memory controller that controls reading / writing with respect to the MEM-P 12, a PCI master, and an AGP target.

  The MEM-P 12 is a system memory used as a memory for storing programs and data, a memory for developing programs and data, a memory for drawing a printer, and the like, and includes a ROM 12a and a RAM 12b. The ROM 12a is a read-only memory used as a program / data storage memory, and the RAM 12b is a writable / readable memory used as a program / data development memory, a printer drawing memory, or the like.

  The SB 14 is a bridge for connecting the NB 13 to a PCI device and peripheral devices. The SB 14 is connected to the NB 13 via a PCI bus, and a network interface (I / F) unit and the like are also connected to the PCI bus.

  The ASIC 16 is an IC (Integrated Circuit) for image processing having hardware elements for image processing, and has a role of a bridge for connecting the AGP bus 15, the PCI bus, the HDD 18, and the MEM-C 17. The ASIC 16 includes a PCI target and an AGP master, an arbiter (ARB) that forms the core of the ASIC 16, a memory controller that controls the MEM-C 17, and a plurality of DMACs (Direct Memory) that rotate image data using hardware logic. (Access Controller) and a PCI unit that performs data transfer between the engine unit 60 via the PCI bus. The ASIC 16 is connected with an FCU (Facile Control Unit) 30, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 40, and an IEEE 1394 (the Institute of Electrical Engineers 50) interface via an PCI bus. The operation display unit 20 is directly connected to the ASIC 16.

  The MEM-C 17 is a local memory used as a copy image buffer and a code buffer, and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 18 is a storage for storing image data, programs, font data, and forms. It is.

  The AGP bus 15 is a bus interface for a graphics accelerator card proposed for speeding up graphics processing. The AGP bus 15 speeds up the graphics accelerator card by directly accessing the MEM-P 12 with high throughput. It is.

  The program executed by the image processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

  A program executed by the image processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is a file in an installable format or an executable format, such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-R, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. You may comprise so that it may record and provide on a computer-readable recording medium.

  Furthermore, the program executed by the image processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. The program executed by the image processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  A program executed by the image processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a module configuration including the above-described units (page number counter, page determination unit, OCR unit, representative character string extraction unit, related information generation unit, and data editing unit). As actual hardware, a CPU (processor) reads out a program from the ROM and executes the program so that each unit is loaded onto the main storage device and each unit is generated on the main storage device. It has become.

  Note that the image processing apparatus may be an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer, a scanner apparatus, or a facsimile apparatus.

  In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 15, the image processing system 2 corresponding to the above-described image processing apparatus may be realized by a plurality of apparatuses 201 to 203 connected via the network 200.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image processing apparatus 100 Reading part 101 Page reading data memory | storage part 102 Output part 103 Page number counter 104 Page determination part 105 OCR part 106 Representative character string extraction part 107 Representative character string memory | storage part 108 Related information generation part 109 Data editing part

Japanese Patent No. 4298287

Claims (9)

A reading unit that reads a document including a document page and a plurality of partition pages separating the document pages in units of pages;
A page determination unit that determines whether a target page corresponding to the page reading data is a manuscript page or a partition page based on page-read page reading data read by the reading unit;
Wherein a determined pages and original pages by the page determination unit, for each of a plurality of document pages group separated by said plurality of partition sheet page, read the page of the document pages included in the document page group A related information generation unit that extracts a part of information included in each data and generates related information about the document page group;
The relative page judgment section the partition sheet page each page read data corresponding to the determined page that allows the the relevant information of the originals page group just before the partition sheet page, corresponding to the partition sheet page A data editing unit for adding the page reading data to obtain the edited page reading data;
And an outputting unit for outputting the document reading data corresponding to the document to change the edit page read data page read data corresponding to the plurality of partition sheet page corresponding to the page read data An image processing apparatus. A counting unit that counts the number of pages of the page reading data obtained by the reading unit;
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information generation unit generates the related information indicating the number of pages of the plurality of document page groups. A character recognition processing unit that performs character recognition processing on the page reading data corresponding to the pages determined to be the plurality of document pages by the page determination unit;
The related information generation unit extracts a representative character string representing the contents of the plurality of document pages based on a result of the character recognition process, and generates the related information indicating the extracted representative character string. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is characterized. Wherein the data editing unit, characterized in that to said page read data each of the plurality of partition sheet page, and further adding a partition image indicating that said a plurality of partition sheet page, obtaining the edit page read data The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Wherein the data editing unit, the editing page reading page location of the data relative to each of the plurality of partition sheet pages in the document reading data of the document, just before immediately before the page read data of originals page group of the partition sheet page 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus is changed to the page position. Wherein the data editing unit, with respect to the page read data corresponding to each of the plurality of partition sheet page, and further adding a serial number of the plurality of partition sheet page included in the document, to obtain the edit page read data The image processing apparatus according to claim 1. The output unit is an image forming unit that forms an image on printing paper,
The image forming unit discharges the print paper without forming an image on a page immediately before or immediately after the plurality of partition paper pages when forming an image of the original read data on the front and back surfaces of the print paper. by paper, according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized by forming an image of said plurality of partition sheet page reading to that editing page corresponding to data on the surface of the printing paper Image processing apparatus. An image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus,
A reading process of reading a document including a document page and a plurality of partition pages separating the document pages in units of pages;
A page determination step of determining whether a target page corresponding to the page reading data is a manuscript page or a partition page based on page reading data in page units read in the reading step;
A page the is determined in a page determining step is the document page, for each of a plurality of document pages group separated by said plurality of partition sheet page, read the page of the document pages included in the document page group A related information generating step of extracting a part of information included in each data and generating related information about the manuscript page group;
The relative page determining step the partition sheet page each page read data corresponding to the determined page to be in the the relevant information of the originals page group just before the partition sheet page, corresponding to the partition sheet page A data editing step for adding the page reading data to obtain the edited page reading data;
And comprising an output step of outputting the document reading data corresponding to the document to change the edit page read data page read data corresponding to the plurality of partition sheet page corresponding to the page read data Image processing method. Computer
A reading unit that reads a document including a document page and a plurality of partition pages separating the document pages in units of pages;
A page determination unit that determines whether a target page corresponding to the page reading data is a manuscript page or a partition page based on page-read page reading data read by the reading unit;
Wherein a determined pages and original pages by the page determination unit, for each of a plurality of document pages group separated by said plurality of partition sheet page, read the page of the document pages included in the document page group A related information generation unit that extracts a part of information included in each data and generates related information about the document page group;
The relative page judgment section the partition sheet page each page read data corresponding to the determined page that allows the the relevant information of the originals page group just before the partition sheet page, corresponding to the partition sheet page A data editing unit for adding the page reading data to obtain the edited page reading data;
Program for functioning as an output unit for outputting the document reading data corresponding to the document to change the edit page read data page read data corresponding to the plurality of partition sheet page corresponding to the page read data.

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