JPH0883286A - Method and device for document processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a document processing method and device making it possible to retrieve document data together for plural retrieval words and improving the efficiency of a retrieving work. CONSTITUTION: Plural character strings to be retrieved are stored as inhibition words in an inhibition word dictionary 9a and whether the character string matching with the reading character strings which are successively fetched from document data to a candidate buffer 8a and are composed exists or not is decided. When the reading character string does not match with all the inhibition words, this character string is moved to a standby buffer 8b. When the reading character string matches with any one of the inhibition words, at first, an image extension is performed for the contents of the standby buffer 8b on an image memory 8c and next, the image extension on the image memory 8c is performed so that the existence area of the reading character string within the candidate buffer 8a may be discriminated. Thus, when the image data corresponding to a page is extended to the image memory 8c, this image data is outputted to a printer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing method and apparatus for creating and editing documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a search process in a document processing apparatus has been performed on one word or phrase. Also, there is no method to show search results in a printed document,
As a result of the search, a method of displaying or printing a list of information such as pages and lines in which the searched word or phrase exists is used.

[0003]

In the above conventional technique, when a plurality of words and phrases are to be searched, it is necessary to repeat the search for each one kind of words and phrases. Also, the search results cannot be identifiable in the printed document.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a document processing method and apparatus capable of collectively searching document data for a plurality of search words and improving the efficiency of the search operation. The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to make it possible, as a result of a search, to display an area in which a corresponding character string exists in an image different from the character string, and display or print the search word clearly. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document processing method and apparatus that enable the above.

It is another object of the present invention that, as a result of the search, when the area in which the corresponding character string exists is represented by an image different from the character string, the size of the image is determined by the character string. It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing method and apparatus which have the same size as the case of being expanded and have no influence on the output states other than the searched character string.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] and

The document processing apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object has the following configuration, that is, the storage means for storing a plurality of character strings to be searched and the document data are sequentially fetched. When the read character string does not match any of the character strings stored in the storage means, and the determining means that determines whether or not the read character string matches any of the character strings stored in the storage means, A first expanding means for expanding the read character string into image data; and image data for identifying the existing area of the read character string when the read character string matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage means. Second developing means for developing the image data and output means for outputting the image data developed by the first and second developing means.

According to the above arrangement, a plurality of character strings to be searched are stored, and it is determined whether or not they match the read character string which is sequentially read from the document data. Here, if the read character string does not match any of the search character strings, the first expanding means expands the image data. On the other hand, the read character string that matches any one of the search character strings is expanded into image data by the second expanding means so that the existing area of the character string can be identified. Then, the image data obtained by the first and second developing means is output to, for example, a display device or a printing device by the output means.

Therefore, it becomes possible to collectively search for a plurality of types of words and phrases, and the search results can be expressed in a printed document or on the screen.

Preferably, the second expanding means expands the read character string by the first expanding means when the read character string matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage means. Expand in a blank area of the same size as.
This is because when a prohibited word that prohibits display, printing, etc. is registered as the search character string, the existing portion can be represented by a blank space. Furthermore, since this blank area has the same size as when the corresponding character string is expanded in the image, it does not affect the display position or printing position of other characters, that is, it changes the appearance of the entire document. It is possible to express without.

Further, preferably, the second expanding means is capable of reading the read character string when the read character string matches any of the character strings stored in the storing means, and the first expanding means. It is expanded to image data so that it can be distinguished from the image by.

Further, a document processing apparatus according to another configuration of the present invention which achieves the above object is provided with a storage means for storing a plurality of character strings to be searched and a read character string formed by sequentially capturing document data. A determination unit that determines whether or not the read character string matches any of the character strings stored in the storage unit; and if the read character string does not match any of the character strings stored in the storage unit, the read character string Is expanded into image data, and a second expansion is expanded into image data indicating an existing area of the read character string when the read character string matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage means. Means, holding means for holding the position of the image developed by the second developing means and a character string corresponding thereto, and the developing means developed by the first and second developing means. A first display means for displaying the image,
When one of the images expanded by the second expanding means displayed by the displaying means is designated, a corresponding character string is acquired from the holding means and displayed based on the position of the designated image. 2 display means.

According to the above arrangement, when the retrieved character string is displayed by another image, by designating that portion, the character string displayed by the other image is identified. It becomes possible to know immediately.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[First Embodiment] <Description of Apparatus> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the arrangement of a document processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a CRT display device (hereinafter referred to as CRT1), which is a document being edited,
Display various message menus. 2 is video R
The image displayed on the screen of the CRT 1 is expanded and stored in the AM (VRAM). 3 is a bit move unit (BM
U) controls data transfer between memories or between memory and each device. Reference numeral 4 is a keyboard provided with various keys for editing a document, and reference numeral 5 is a pointing device (PD) used for pointing icons on the screen. Reference numeral 6 denotes a CPU, which controls each part of the apparatus based on a control program stored in the ROM 7.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a ROM, which stores various control programs executed by the CPU 6 (programs for editing documents, error processing programs, and programs for realizing the processing of this embodiment described later). 8 is R
The AM is used as a work area when the CPU 6 executes the various programs described above. The RAM 8 is a candidate buffer 8a, a standby buffer 8b, an image memory 8
c, a start position area 8d. Each function will be clarified in the operation description below.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a hard disk drive (HD
D), 10 is a floppy disk drive (FDD)
Each disk stores application programs, data, libraries, etc., which will be described later. 11
Is a network interface (Net-IF), which controls and diagnoses data on the network in order to transfer data to and from another device via the network. 12 is an I connecting between the above-mentioned units.
/ O bus (consisting of an address bus, a data bus and a control bus).

It is possible to connect a magneto-optical disk drive (MOD), a streamer, a second hard disk, a CD-ROM, etc. as a storage device to this apparatus. Furthermore, a printing device such as a printer can be connected as an output device directly or via a network.
It is also possible to connect an image input device (scanner or the like) and take in image data to this device.

The control program stored in the ROM 7 in this embodiment may be stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk (HD) or a floppy disk (FD) connected to the apparatus. Further, it may be stored on another device connected to the network. In this case, the control program reads R from the storage medium storing it.
It is loaded into the AM 8 and executed by the CPU 6. Therefore, the control program defined in this embodiment can be supplied to the system or device via a storage medium such as FD or HD or a network.

<Prohibited Word Dictionary> In the present embodiment, a table in which the words and phrases used in the search processing described below are registered in the hard disk 9 on the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 (hereinafter referred to as the prohibited word dictionary 9a). Is stored. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the prohibited word dictionary 9a.

FIG. 2 shows the case where six words are registered. Reference numeral 21 indicates a registration table, and each word / phrase record is composed of the word length (number of bytes) and the word / phrase. Further, the word / phrase is stored in the shift JIS code as shown by 22. Further, in the records in the table, for convenience of the dictionary search process, the shift JIS code is divided into 1 byte, and the words are sorted and arranged in ascending order.

The prohibited word dictionary 9a has a structure as shown in FIG. 21 and uses the shift JIS code on the assumption that the processing program in this embodiment handles the data of the shift JIS code system. This is because Needless to say, the structure of the prohibited word dictionary 9a also has a different format according to the code system, assuming that the processing program handles data of other code systems.

The prohibited word dictionary 9a can be arbitrarily added or deleted by the user by a processing program on this apparatus.

<Printing Process> The printing process of a document created by the document processing application according to this embodiment will be described.
In the printing process of the present embodiment, the word / phrase registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a is searched, and the area of the searched word / phrase is printed blank.

When the user gives an instruction to print using the document processing application, the print processing routine shown in FIG. 3 is executed. The printing process in this embodiment is
The print image is once expanded in the image memory 8c on the document processing apparatus, and the image is transferred to the printer page by page.

The details of the printing process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S32, 1 byte is read from the beginning of the document data. Step S3
In 3, the end of the document data is judged. In this embodiment, an end command of 1 byte is set at the end of the document data. Therefore, in step S33, it is determined whether 1 byte read in step S32 is an end command.

If it is determined in step S33 that the document data has not ended, the process proceeds to step S34. In step S34, 1by read in step S32
te is additionally stored in the candidate buffer 8a.

In step S35, the contents of the candidate buffer 8a are searched in the forbidden word dictionary 9a as shown in FIG. In step S35, the candidate buffer 8a
If the words in the word match completely with the words registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a, that is, the words in the candidate buffer 8a may match the words in the prohibited word dictionary 9a. In this case, the process returns to step S32 to read the next 1 byte of the document data.

If the word / phrase in the candidate buffer 8a does not match any of the words / phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a in step S35, the process proceeds to step S36. In step S36, the first 1 byte in the candidate buffer 8a is additionally set in the standby buffer 8b,
The content of the candidate buffer 8a is shifted by 1 byte.
Then, the process returns to step S32, and the next 1b of the document data
read yte.

Further, in step S35, if the word / phrase in the candidate buffer 8a exactly matches any of the word / phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a, step S3.
Proceed to 7. In step S37, the data in the standby buffer 8b is developed into an image from the start position (initial value is preset) stored in the start position area 8d. The developed image data is stored in the image memory 8c. In step S38, the position of the end of the image expanded in step S37 (adjustment by line end is appropriately performed by the document processing program), that is, the next image expansion start position is stored in the start position area 8d. Next, in step S39, the size of the area (area required when the data in the candidate buffer 8a (which is any word registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a at this stage) is image-developed (area Size). If necessary, an inquiry is made to a program for controlling fonts and drawing.

In step S40, step S39
The area size obtained in step S38 is added to the image development start position stored in step S38 to obtain the next image development start position, and this is stored in the start position area 8d as the start position. Then, in step S41, the contents of the candidate buffer 8a and the standby buffer 8b are cleared. After that, the process returns to step S32, the next 1 byte of the document data is read, and the above process is repeated for the read document data.

If it is determined in step S33 that the data has ended, the process proceeds to step S42. In step S42, the data stored in the standby buffer 8b is expanded into an image from the start position set in the start position area 8d. Further, in step S43, step S4
Candidate buffer 8 following the end of the image developed in 2
Image development of the data in a. And step S
At 44, printing is started by transferring the image data stored in the image memory 8c to the printer.

Although the processing at the end of the page is omitted in the above description, at the end of the page, the document processing program appropriately responds at the timing of image development, and printing can be performed in page units.

FIG. 4 shows a processing example when the processing of FIG. 3 is performed using the prohibited word dictionary 9a shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, 51 is a document editing window, 52 is a menu bar for document processing, and 53 is a document editing area. When this document is printed using the prohibited word dictionary 9a shown in FIG. 2, a print result 54 is obtained. 55 is a non-printing area corresponding to "NG word" registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a, and 56 is a non-printing area corresponding to "prohibited word". These non-printing area sizes are completely the same as the area sizes when the words to be originally printed are actually printed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to collectively search a plurality of words / phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a. Furthermore, the retrieved results are
Since it is shown in blank in the printed document, workability such as document proofreading work is improved. Also, the size of the blank matches the size of the word or phrase existing in that part at the time of printing.

In the first embodiment, the forbidden word is described as an example of the search word that can be collectively searched.
It goes without saying that the target of the search word is not limited to this.

Further, in the first embodiment, as a method of displaying the search result of the prohibited word, the presence of the prohibited word and its position are shown by displaying the portion corresponding to the display of the prohibited word with a blank. Therefore, the "fill-in-the-blank problem" and the like can be created by simply using the existing text data and designating the prohibited words. That is, by designating the character string of the problematic part (hole) as a prohibited word, it is not displayed on the output matter, and the layout of the entire sentence is not broken.

[Embodiment 2] In the above-described Embodiment 1, the display portion of the word / phrase registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a at the time of printing is shown in blank. In the second embodiment, the prohibited word dictionary 9a shown in FIG. 2 is used so that the words and phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a are not displayed on the screen. Since the configuration of the document processing apparatus and the configuration of the prohibited word dictionary 9a of the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment (FIGS. 1 and 2), the description thereof is omitted here.

The screen display procedure in the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a screen display procedure in the second embodiment. or,
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an execution result of the screen display process according to the second embodiment. In the display processing on the screen in the second embodiment, the display image is temporarily stored in the memory (VRAM2) on the device.
Expand to and display the image page by page.

First, this process is started by designating the "proofreading" menu in the document processing application. To specify the "Calibration" menu, use the menu bar 8 in Fig. 6.
Select "Display" in 2 and pull down menu 87
Is displayed, and “calibration” is selected from the pull-down menu 87.

In FIG. 5, steps S62 to S66 are performed in steps S32 to S32 of the first embodiment (FIG. 3).
Since it is the same as step S36, the description is omitted here. In step S65, when the word / phrase in the candidate buffer 8a completely matches any of the word / phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a, the process proceeds to step S67.

In step S67, the standby buffer 8
The data in b is image-developed from the start position (initial value is set) stored in the start position area 8d. In step S68, the position of the end of the image expanded area in step S67 (adjustment by line end is appropriately performed by the document processing program), that is, the next image expansion start position is stored in the start position area 8d. Next, in step S69, the area size required when the image of the data in the candidate buffer 8a is developed is obtained. Here, an inquiry is made to the program that controls font control and drawing as necessary. Then, a gray rectangle having the obtained area size is drawn from the recording start position stored in the start position area 8d (image development on the VRAM 2).

In step S70, the candidate buffer 8a
RA of the words in the page, the current page, and the position within the page
It is stored in the search result table (not shown) configured in M8. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of the search result table. As shown in FIG. 7, the search result table contains
The start position and end position of each gray area, and the words and phrases corresponding to the gray area are stored. The search result table is stored in the RAM 8. The use of the search result table will be described later.

In step S71, step S69
The area size obtained in step S68 is added to the image development start position stored in step S68, and the next image development start position is stored in the start position area 8d as the start position. Then, after the contents of the candidate buffer 8a and the standby buffer 8b are cleared in step S72, the process returns to step S62 to read the next 1 byte of the document data, and the above processing is repeated.

If it is determined in step S63 that the data has ended, the process proceeds to step S73. In step S73, an image is developed from the start position stored in the start position area 8d on the VRAM 2 set in step S71 and the like based on the data stored in the standby buffer 8b. Further, in step S74, following the image developed in step S73, the data in the candidate buffer 8a is image-developed. When the image data is expanded in the VRAM 2 in this way, step S75
This is displayed on the screen of CRT1. Although the processing at the end of the page is omitted in the above description, the document processing program appropriately handles the end of the page at the timing of image expansion,
Display in page units.

In the second embodiment, it is possible to immediately display the original data (corresponding word / phrase) by double-clicking the area displayed in the gray rectangle with the pointing device 5. This is realized by referring to the search result table described above. The processing procedure at this time will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a switching procedure of search result display in the second embodiment.

When the gray rectangle displayed on the CRT 1 is double-clicked in step S81, the process proceeds to step S82. In step S82, the position of the double-clicked CRT 1 on the screen and the start / end position of each gray rectangle stored in the search result table are referenced to identify the corresponding gray rectangle. In step S83, the phrase corresponding to the specified gray rectangle is extracted from the search result table. Then, in step S84, the word or phrase extracted in step S83 is developed into an image and stored in the corresponding gray rectangular area on the VRAM. Then, in step S85, the screen of the CRT 1 is updated.

By the above processing, the portion displayed in the gray rectangle is immediately changed to the corresponding word / phrase.

FIG. 6 shows an operation example when the above processing is executed by using the prohibited word dictionary 9a shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, 81 is a document editing window, 82 is a menu bar for document processing, and 83 is a document editing area. 8
When "Display" is selected from the menu 82 on the Windows 1 window, a pull-down menu 87 is displayed. When "calibration" is specified from the pull-down menu 87, the display result 84 is obtained. Here, 85 is a gray rectangle corresponding to "NG word", and 86 is a gray rectangle corresponding to "prohibited word". These area sizes are exactly the same as the area sizes when the words to be originally displayed are actually displayed.

Further, when the user double-clicks on the window 84 with the pointing device 5 the area displayed as a gray rectangle, the gray rectangle is cleared, and the phrase originally displayed is displayed. For example, when the gray rectangle 86 is double-clicked, the character "prohibited word" is displayed. Therefore, it is possible to delete the word / phrase determined to be a prohibited term (that is, the searched word / phrase) and input a new character.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to collectively search for a plurality of words,
The area corresponding to the searched word or phrase is indicated by a gray rectangle. Therefore, for example, when a word to be proofread is set as a search target, a portion to be proofread is indicated by a gray rectangle, and operability of proofreading work is improved. Further, the gray rectangle displayed as the search result can be immediately switched to the original character and the original character can be easily confirmed. This is convenient because the original character can be easily confirmed especially when a plurality of phrases are set as search targets.

[Third Embodiment] In the second embodiment, the prohibited word dictionary 9a shown in FIG. 2 is used, and the words and phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a are displayed in a gray area.
Further, a search result table is provided for confirming the word / phrase corresponding to the gray area, and the word / phrase corresponding to the gray area is displayed by double-clicking the gray area. In the third embodiment, by displaying the searched position in a shaded manner, it is possible to grasp the search position and the search target phrase at the same time, and the search result table is unnecessary. Since the configuration of the document processing apparatus of the third embodiment and the configuration of the prohibited word dictionary 9a are the same as those of the first embodiment (FIGS. 1 and 2), description thereof will be omitted here.

The screen display procedure in the third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 9 to 10. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the screen display procedure in the third embodiment.
Further, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an execution result of the screen display processing in the third embodiment. In the display processing on the screen in the second embodiment, the display image is temporarily stored in the memory (VRA) on the device.
Expand to M2) and display the image page by page.

First, this process is started by designating the "table" menu in the document processing application. To specify the “table” menu, select “search” on the menu bar 112 in FIG. 10 to display the pull-down menu 117.
This is done by selecting "table" from 7.

In FIG. 9, steps S92 to S96 are the same as steps S32 to S32 in the first embodiment (FIG. 3).
Since it is the same as step S36, the description is omitted here. In step S95, if the word / phrase in the candidate buffer 8a exactly matches any of the word / phrases registered in the prohibited word dictionary 9a, the process proceeds to step S97.

In step S97, the standby buffer 8b
The data inside is developed into an image from the start position (the initial value is set) stored in the start position area 8d and stored in the VRAM 2. In step S98,
The position of the end of the image expanded area in step S97 (adjustment by line end is appropriately performed by the document processing program), that is, the next image expansion start position is stored in the start position area 8d. Next, in step S99, the candidate buffer 8
The data in a is developed into an image, which is stored from the image development start position of the VRAM 2, and the area size is obtained. Here, an inquiry is made to the program that controls font control and drawing as necessary.

In step S100, step S9
In step 8, the area corresponding to the area size obtained in step S99 is shaded from the image development start position stored in the start position area 8dn. In step S101, the area size obtained in step S99 is set to the step S
Add to the image development start position stored in 98,
The next image development start position is stored in the start position area 8d as the start position. Then, in step S102, the contents of the candidate buffer 8a and the standby buffer 8b are cleared.
After that, the process returns to step S92 and the next 1 by of the document data is returned.
Read te.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S93 that the data has ended, the process proceeds to step S103. Step S
In 103, the data stored in the standby buffer 8b is developed into an image and stored from the set start position (stored in the start position area 8d) of the VRAM2. Further, in step S104, the candidate buffer 8a
The data in the image is developed as an image and drawn in the VRAM2.
Then, in step S105, the image data stored in the VRAM 2 is displayed on the CRT 1. Although the processing at the end of the page is omitted in the above description, the document processing program appropriately responds to the end of the page at the timing of image development, and displays the page.

FIG. 10 shows an example in which the process of FIG. 9 is performed using the prohibited word dictionary 9a shown in FIG. Figure 10
In the figure, 111 is a document editing window, 112 is a menu bar for document processing, and 113 is a document editing area. When “Search” is selected from the menu 112 on the window 111 and “Table” is specified from the pull-down menu, the display result 114 is obtained. Reference numeral 115 is a shaded area applied to the area corresponding to the "NG word", and 116 is a shaded area applied to the area corresponding to the "prohibited word". These area sizes are exactly the same as the area sizes when the words to be originally displayed are actually displayed.

As described above, according to the third embodiment,
All the words and phrases stored in the table shown in the forbidden word dictionary 9a can be collectively searched by only the operation of designating one menu.

In each of the above embodiments, the prohibited word dictionary 9a is used.
Although the word (prohibited word) registered in is searched, it is obvious that the present invention can be applied to not only the prohibited word but also a normal search word. Further, in each of the above embodiments, a prohibited word is used as a search word, and it is assumed that, for example, a newspaper or a broadcast manuscript is searched for a plurality of predetermined words or phrases such as a broadcast prohibited word. Explained. However, in the present invention, since the dictionary for registering the search words only needs to have the search words registered prior to the search, it can be configured to sequentially specify the search words and perform the search as in a normal search operation. Is clear. For example, a screen for registering a search word is displayed on the CRT 1, and a plurality of search words are input from the keyboard 4,
This can be realized by sequentially registering the dictionary (table) as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to each of the above-described embodiments, it is possible to register a plurality of types of words and phrases as search words and perform a batch search by a simple operation after these searches. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of work such as proofreading a document.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a case where it is achieved by supplying a program that causes a system or an apparatus to execute the processing defined by the present invention.

[0064]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Document data can be collectively searched for a plurality of search words, and the efficiency of search work is improved.

Further, according to another configuration of the present invention, as a search result, an area in which the corresponding character string exists can be represented by an image different from the character string, and the search result is displayed clearly. And printing are possible.

According to another aspect of the present invention, as a result of the search, when the area in which the corresponding character string exists is represented by an image different from the character string, the size of the image is determined by the character size. It is possible to make the size the same as when the column is expanded, and it is possible to have no effect on the output states other than the searched character string.

[0067]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document processing apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a prohibited word dictionary in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an image data output procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an execution result of print processing according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a screen display procedure according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an execution result of screen display processing according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of a search result table according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a search result display switching procedure according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a screen display procedure according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an execution result of screen display processing according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT 2 VRAM 3 BMU 4 keyboard 5 pointing device 6 CPU 7 ROM 8 RAM 8a candidate buffer 8b standby buffer 8c image memory 8d start position area 9 hard disk drive 9a forbidden word dictionary 10 floppy disk drive 11 network interface

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Hironari Yamaguchi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Mamoru Nagata 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Yasuhiko Sasaki 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a plurality of character strings to be searched, and whether or not a read character string formed by sequentially capturing document data matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage means. Determination means for determining, and if the read character string does not match any of the character strings stored in the storage means, a first expanding means for expanding the read character string into image data, and the read character string is Second matching means for expanding the existing area of the read character string into image data distinguishable from the image by the first expanding means when any of the character strings stored in the storing means is matched; 2. A document processing device, comprising: an output unit that outputs the image data expanded by the expansion unit. 2. The second expansion means, when the read character string matches any of the character strings stored in the storage means, has the same size as the read character string expanded by the first expansion means. The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein the document processing device develops in a blank area. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output means records an image on a recording medium based on the image data developed by the first and second developing means. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output means performs display on a screen based on the image data developed by the first and second developing means. 5. The second expanding means can read the read character string when the read character string matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage means, and the first expanding means can read the read character string.
The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing apparatus develops the image data so that the image data is displayed so as to be distinguishable from the image. 6. A storage means for storing a plurality of character strings to be searched, and whether or not a read character string formed by sequentially capturing document data matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage means. Determination means for determining, and if the read character string does not match any of the character strings stored in the storage means, a first expanding means for expanding the read character string into image data, and the read character string is Second expanding means for expanding into image data indicating an existing area of the read character string when it matches with any of the character strings stored in the storing means, and the position of the image expanded by the second expanding means Holding means for holding the corresponding character string, first display means for displaying the image developed by the developing means first and second developing means, and display by the display means. When one of the images expanded by the second expanding means is designated, a second display means for acquiring and displaying a corresponding character string from the holding means based on the position of the designated image is displayed. A document processing device comprising: 7. The image data indicating the existing area of the read character string in the second expanding means is a rectangle having the same size as the size of the read character string expanded in the first expanding means. The document processing apparatus according to claim 6. 8. A storage step of storing a plurality of character strings to be searched, and whether or not a read character string formed by sequentially capturing document data matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage step. A determination step of determining, and a first expansion step of expanding the read character string into image data when the read character string does not match any of the character strings stored in the storing step; A second expansion step of expanding the existing area of the read character string into image data so that the existing area of the read character string can be identified when it matches with any of the character strings stored in the storage step; A document processing method, comprising: an output step of outputting data. 9. A storage step of storing a plurality of character strings to be searched, and whether or not a read character string formed by sequentially capturing document data matches any one of the character strings stored in the storage step. A determination step of determining, and a first expansion step of expanding the read character string into image data when the read character string does not match any of the character strings stored in the storing step; A second expanding step of expanding into image data indicating an existing area of the read character string when any of the character strings stored in the storing step matches, and a position of the image expanded by the second expanding step A holding step of holding the corresponding character string; a first displaying step of displaying the image developed by the developing step first and second developing steps; and a displaying step of the displaying step. When one of the images developed in the second developing step is specified, a second display step of acquiring and displaying a corresponding character string from the holding step based on the position of the specified image is displayed. A document processing method, comprising: