IP Library Granted Patent US 10,255,494
Granted Patent B2
US 10,255,494 · App. 14/991,200 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Shinya Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Naoyuki Enomoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yozo Kashima (Kanagawa, JP); Yusuke Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,255,494
App. No.
14/991,200
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image information of an image of an original document, a recognition unit that recognizes from the image information acquired by the acquisition unit each of plural entry items and an entry remark written differently from the plural entry items, included in the image, and an associating unit that associates the entry remark with one of the entry items in accordance with a relationship between a location of the entry items recognized by the recognition unit and a location of the entry remark.

Claims (37)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a processor programmed to:

acquire image information of an image of an original document;

recognize from the acquired image information each of a plurality of entry items and an entry remark written differently from the plurality of entry items, included in the image; and

associate the entry remark with one of the entry items in accordance with a relationship between a location of the recognized entry items and a location of the recognized entry remark;

wherein each of the plurality of entry items is recognized by:

capturing a density distribution of the acquired image information in vertical and horizontal directions;

identifying a plurality of projections, a projection being a location where a density peak in the horizontal direction and a density peak in the vertical direction overlap; and

combining adjacent projections among the identified plurality of projections into a single block, the single block corresponding to one of the plurality of entry items.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to:

acquire the image information of the image including character information; and

in accordance with a predetermined rule, recognize a region where each of the entry items included in the image is written; and

in accordance with the character information of the image, recognize the entry remark written separately from the region where each of the entry items is written.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to recognize the entry remark present in an area predetermined as an area where the entry remark associated with one of the entry items is written.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to associate with the entry item the entry remark present within another region that satisfies a predetermined condition with reference to the region where the entry item is written.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to associate the entry remark with the entry item closest to the location of the entry remark from among the entry items.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is programmed to output, for each of the entry items, the entry remark that is associated with the entry item.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the entry item includes a portion written by a single user, and the entry remark is written in an operation performed by another user.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the entry item comprises at least one of a question and an answer to the question, and the entry remark comprises a score evaluating the entry item.

9. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring image information of an image of an original document;

recognizing from the acquired image information each of a plurality of entry items and an entry remark written differently from the plurality of entry items, included in the image; and

associating the entry remark with one of the entry items in accordance with a relationship between a location of the recognized entry items and a location of the recognized entry remark;

wherein each of the plurality of entry items is recognized by:

capturing a density distribution of the acquired image information in vertical and horizontal directions;

identifying a plurality of projections, a projection being a location where a density peak in the horizontal direction and a density peak in the vertical direction overlap; and

combining adjacent projections among the identified plurality of projections into a single block, the single block corresponding to one of the plurality of entry items.

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

acquiring image information of an image of an original document;

recognizing from the acquired image information each of a plurality of entry items and an entry remark written differently from the plurality of entry items, included in the image; and

associating the entry remark with one of the entry items in accordance with a relationship between a location of the recognized entry items and a location of the recognized entry remark;

wherein each of the plurality of entry items is recognized by:

capturing a density distribution of the acquired image information in vertical and horizontal directions;

identifying a plurality of projections, a projection being a location where a density peak in the horizontal direction and a density peak in the vertical direction overlap; and

combining adjacent projections among the identified plurality of projections into a single block, the single block corresponding to one of the plurality of entry items.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2016
From: NAKAMURA, SHINYA; ENOMOTO, NAOYUKI; KASHIMA, YOZO; SUZUKI, YUSUKE
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037439/0709 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-180539 · Sep 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170076150A1 · Mar 16, 2017
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