INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

accept designation of an area including an item and a set of one or more options for the item, the item being contained in a form image to be recognized, to define the form image;

extract the item and the set of one or more options from the area; and

perform control to display a definition that associates the item with the set of one or more options.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the set of one or more options comprises a plurality of check boxes to which check marks are applicable, or a plurality of character strings around which borders are applicable.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to accept designation of an area including the plurality of check boxes and the plurality of character strings.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform control to display a recognition result obtained by recognizing an item name related to the item and a recognition result obtained by recognizing one or more option names related to the set of one or more options.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform control to display a recognition result obtained by recognizing an item name related to the item and a recognition result obtained by recognizing one or more option names related to the set of one or more options.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform control to display a recognition result obtained by recognizing an item name related to the item and a recognition result obtained by recognizing one or more option names related to the set of one or more options.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform control to receive a correction of the recognition result obtained by recognizing the item name and the recognition result obtained by recognizing the one or more option names.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform control to receive a correction of the recognition result obtained by recognizing the item name and the recognition result obtained by recognizing the one or more option names.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform control to receive a correction of the recognition result obtained by recognizing the item name and the recognition result obtained by recognizing the one or more option names.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the form image includes a plurality of frames, and

wherein the processor is further configured to associate a frame including the item with a frame including the set of one or more options among the plurality of frames, the frame including the item being a neighboring frame of the frame including the set of one or more options.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to associate a neighboring frame that is located near the frame including the set of one or more options and that includes a single character string, as the frame including the item, with the frame including the set of one or more options.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the set of one or more options comprises a plurality of check boxes to which check marks are applicable, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect one or more ruled lines included in the area;

divide the area into a plurality of groups using the one or more ruled lines; and

extract a group indicating the item and a group indicating the set of one or more options from among the plurality of groups such that a group including no check box and including a single character string is extracted as the group indicating the item and a group including a plurality of check boxes and a plurality of character strings each arranged adjacent to one of the check boxes is extracted as the group indicating the set of one or more options.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the set of one or more options comprises a plurality of character strings around which borders are applicable, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect one or more ruled lines included in the area;

divide the area into a plurality of groups using the one or more ruled lines; and

extract a group indicating the item and a group indicating the set of one or more options from among the plurality of groups such that a group including no check box and including a single character string is extracted as the group indicating the item and a group including no check box and including a plurality of character strings is extracted as the group indicating the set of one or more options.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the plurality of character strings, the determination being based on presence or absence of a separator between characters.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the set of one or more options comprises a plurality of character strings around which borders are applicable, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect one or more ruled lines included in the area;

divide the area into a plurality of groups using the one or more ruled lines; and

extract a group indicating the item and a group indicating the set of one or more options from among the plurality of groups such that a group in a column including no check box and including a single character string is extracted as the group indicating the item and groups in a plurality of columns below the group indicating the item in which no check box is included in each of the plurality of columns and a single character string is included in each of the plurality of columns are extracted as the group indicating the set of one or more options.

16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

accepting designation of an area including an item and a set of one or more options for the item, the item being contained in a form image to be recognized, to define the form image;

extracting the item and the set of one or more options from the area; and

performing control to display a definition that associates the item with the set of one or more options.

17 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

means for accepting designation of an area including an item and a set of one or more options for the item, the item being contained in a form image to be recognized, to define the form image;

means for extracting the item and the set of one or more options from the area; and

means for performing control to display a definition that associates the item with the set of one or more options.