Paper medium information encrypting system, decrypting system, program and method

1. A paper medium information encrypting system comprising:

a digital image acquiring unit configured to acquire a digital image of information by capturing an image of a paper medium on which the information is recorded;

an area designating information acquiring unit configured to acquire an area designating information on the basis of the information recorded on the paper medium;

an encryption area designating unit configured to designate an encryption target partial area in the digital image acquired by said digital image acquiring unit;

an image converting unit configured to convert the image of the partial area into a processed image on the basis of an encryption key;

a pixel value converting unit configured to generate a converted image having a regularity at a spaced interval, used for specifying a position of the partial area when performing decryption, by adding a predetermined value to pixel values of the processed image according to a checkered pattern, without increasing a number of the pixels; and

an output unit configured to output an encrypted image containing the converted image having the regularity at the spaced interval,

wherein said encryption area designating unit designates, as the encryption target partial area, an area specified by the area designating information for specifying the encryption target partial area on the digital image.

2. A paper medium information encrypting system according to claim 1 , further comprising an area designating information retaining unit configured to retain the area designating information in a way that associates the area designating information with identifying information for identifying the area designating information,

wherein said area designating information acquiring unit acquires the area designating information associated with the identifying information in pieces of the area designating information retained by said area designating information retaining unit.

3. A paper medium information encrypting system according to claim 2 , further comprising an identifying information acquiring unit configured to acquire the identifying information recorded on the paper medium from the digital image acquired by said digital image acquiring unit,

wherein said area designating information acquiring unit acquires the area designating information associated with the identifying information acquired by said identifying information acquiring unit in the pieces of the area designating information retained by said area designating information retaining unit.

4. A paper medium information encrypting system according to claim 1 , further comprising a keyword detecting unit configured to read a character string in the digital image acquired by said digital image acquiring unit and detecting a keyword contained in the digital image by comparing the readout character string with a keyword defined as a predetermined character string,

wherein said area designating information acquiring unit acquires the area designating information by generating the area designating information for specifying an area associated with the keyword detected by said keyword detecting unit.

5. A paper medium information encrypting system according to claim 1 , wherein said area designating information acquiring unit acquires the area designating information for designating a first partial area and a second partial area, and

said image converting unit converts the first partial area and the second partial area into processed images based on encryption keys that are different from each other.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a paper medium information encrypting program for making a computer, to which a paper medium imaging apparatus is connected, execute:

acquiring a digital image of information by capturing an image of a paper medium on which the information is recorded;

acquiring an area designating information on the basis of the information recorded on the paper medium;

designating an encryption target partial area in the digital image acquired by said acquiring of the digital image;

converting the image of the partial area into a processed image on the basis of an encryption key;

generating a converted image having a regularity at a spaced interval, used for specifying a position of the partial area when performing decryption, by adding a predetermined value to pixel values of the processed image according to a checkered pattern, without increasing a number of the pixels; and

outputting an encrypted image containing the converted image having the regularity at the spaced interval,

wherein said designating of the encryption target partial area designates, as the encryption target partial area, an area specified by the area designating information for specifying the encryption target partial area on the digital image.

7. A paper medium information encrypting method by which a computer system including a paper medium imaging apparatus executes:

acquiring a digital image of information by capturing an image of a paper medium on which the information is recorded;

acquiring an area designating information on the basis of the information recorded on the paper medium;

designating an encryption target partial area in the digital image acquired in said acquiring of the digital image;

converting the image of the partial area into a processed image on the basis of an encryption key;

generating a converted image having a regularity at a spaced interval, used for specifying a position of the partial area when performing decryption, by adding a predetermined value to pixel values of the processed image according to a checkered pattern, without increasing a number of the pixels; and

outputting an encrypted image containing the converted image having the regularity at the spaced interval,

wherein said designating includes designating, as the encryption target partial area, an area specified by the area designating information for specifying the encryption target partial area on the digital image.