Information processing system for obtaining read data of handwritten characters, training a model based on the characters, and producing a font for printing using the model

1. An information processing system comprising:

an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet;

a reading device configured to read an original;

a unit configured to acquire, using the reading device, a read image from an original on which a handwritten character is written;

a unit configured to acquire, based on the read image, a partial image that is a partial region of the read image and a binarized image that expresses the partial image by two tones;

a unit configured to perform learning of a learning model based on learning data that uses the partial image as a correct answer image and the binarized image as an input image;

a unit configured to acquire print data including a font character;

a unit configured to generate conversion image data including a gradation character obtained by inputting the font character to the learning model; and

a unit configured to cause the image forming device to form an image based on the generated conversion image data.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a unit configured to detect a character included in the read image; and

a unit configured to generate the partial image based on a result of the detection.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein a step of performing the detection is one of a step of performing edge extraction and a step of performing contour extraction.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the partial image is an image including one character.

5. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the partial image is an image including a part of one character.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the part of the character is one of a vertical line portion, a horizontal line portion, a stop portion, and a sweeping portion.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a unit configured to divide the read image into a plurality of partial regions each having a predetermined size; and

a unit configured to generate the partial image as an image of one region of the plurality of partial regions.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a unit configured to generate the binarized image by binarizing the partial image.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display information; and

a unit configured to cause the display device to display a screen for designating a sending destination of the read image.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display device configured to display information; and

a unit configured to cause the display device to display a screen capable of designating whether to perform processing using the learning model in image formation of the print data.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the font character is one of a hiragana, a katakana, a Chinese character, and an alphabet.

12. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the learning model is a learning model that has learned that a lower portion of a vertical line included in a character becomes dark.

13. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the learning model is a learning model that has learned that a right side portion of the vertical line included in the character becomes dark.

14. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the learning model is a learning model that has learned that an intersection portion of the vertical line included in the character becomes dark.

15. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the learning model is a learning model that has learned gradation for the stop portion included in the character.

16. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the learning model is a learning model that has learned gradation for the sweeping portion included in the character.

17. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a unit configured to acquire a read image obtained by reading, by a reading device, an original on which a handwritten character is written;

a unit configured to acquire, based on the read image, a partial image that is a partial region of the read image and a binarized image that expresses the partial image by two tones; and

a unit configured to generate learning data that uses the partial image as a correct answer image and the binarized image as an input image,

wherein the learning data is used for learning of a learning model that outputs a gradation character having gradation in response to input of a font character.

18. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet;

a unit configured to acquire print data including a font character;

a unit configured to acquire image data including a gradation character obtained by inputting the font character to a learning model based on the print data; and

a unit configured to cause the image forming device to form an image based on the acquired image data,

wherein the learning model is a learning model learned using learning data that uses a partial image as a correct answer image and a binarized image as an input image, and

the partial image is an image of a partial region of a read image obtained by reading, by a reading device, an original on which a handwritten character is written, and the binarized image is an image that expresses the partial image by two tones.