IP Library Patent Application 16917913
Patent Application
App. No. 16/917,913

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

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16/917,913
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a first image read from a sheet with multiple first regions that include respectively writing locations of multiple choices that are unselected, acquire a second image read from a sheet with one of the choices selected and with information indicating that the one of the choices has been selected, the information being written at the writing location of the selected choice, output a selection result of the selected choice, the selection result determined in accordance with an arithmetic result of an arithmetic operation performed between a first value determined from the first region in the first image and a second value determined from a region in the second image corresponding to the first region, and exclude from the selection result the choice having the arithmetic result having a value equal to or above a specific value.

Claims (30)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising

a processor configured to

acquire a first image read from a sheet with a plurality of first regions that include respectively writing locations of a plurality of choices that are unselected,

acquire a second image read from a sheet with one of the choices selected and with information indicating that the one of the choices has been selected, the information being written at the writing location of the selected choice, and

output a selection result of the selected choice, the selection result determined in accordance with an arithmetic result of an arithmetic operation performed between a first value determined from the first region in the first image and a second value determined from a region in the second image corresponding to the first region, and exclude from the selection result the choice having the arithmetic result having a value equal to or above a specific value.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first image includes a second region that is set to include a plurality of the first regions forming a set, and

wherein the processor is configured to attach, to the second region, identification information indicating whether a set of choices corresponding to the set of the first regions is multiple-answers acceptable or unacceptable.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to output, in accordance with the identification information, as the selection result a choice that is determined in accordance with criteria that is different depending on whether the set of the choices is multiple-answers acceptable or unacceptable.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to output as the selection result a choice having a maximum arithmetic result among the set of the choices that is multiple-answers unacceptable.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to output as the selection result a plurality of choices that are determined by comparing the arithmetic result with a threshold among the set of the choices that is multiple-answers acceptable.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to output as the selection result a choice having the arithmetic result equal to or above the threshold and below the specific value.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first regions are set to a first color and the first image includes a second region that is set to the first color or a second color and includes a plurality of the first regions forming a set, and

wherein the processor is configured to output as the selection result a choice that is determined in accordance with a determination as to whether the set in the second region is multiple-answers acceptable, the determination being made depending on whether the color of the second region is the first color or the second color.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is set to a first color, and

wherein the processor is configured to extract the first region from the first image in accordance with the first color.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to

acquire a third image read from a sheet with the first region not set and the choices unselected, and

extract the first region in accordance with a difference process performed between the first image and the third image.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to extract the first region using the third image if using the third image is selected as a method of extracting the first region on a screen.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first value is a number of black points within a writing region corresponding to the first region in the first image and the second value is a number of black points within a region corresponding to the writing region in the second image.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic result is a ratio of the second value to the first value.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the arithmetic result is a difference between the second value and the first value.

14 . An information processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to

acquire a first image read from a sheet with a plurality of first regions that include respectively writing locations of a plurality of choices that are unselected,

acquire a second image read from a sheet with one of the choices selected and with information indicating that the one of the choices has been selected, the information being written at the writing location of the selected choice, and

output a selection result of the selected choice, the selection result determined in accordance with an arithmetic result of an arithmetic operation performed between a first value determined from the first region in the first image and a second value determined from a region in the second region corresponding to the first region, and exclude from the selection result the choice having a value that is determined from a region outside a region corresponding to the first region in the second image and is equal to or above a specific value.

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

acquiring a first image read from a sheet with a plurality of first regions that include respectively writing locations of a plurality of choices that are unselected;

acquiring a second image read from a sheet with one of the choices selected and with information indicating that the one of the choices has been selected, the information being written at the writing location of the selected choice; and

outputting a selection result of the selected choice, the selection result determined in accordance with an arithmetic result of an arithmetic operation performed between a first value determined from the first region in the first image and a second value determined from a region in the second image corresponding to the first region, and excluding from the selection result the choice having the arithmetic result having a value equal to or above a specific value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056294/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2020
From: OKADA, SHIGERU; KUBO, SHUSAKU; ADACHI, SHINTARO; KOBAYASHI, KUNIHIKO; SUZUKI, YUSUKE
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053130/0216 →