IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,355,927
Granted Patent B2
US 12,355,927 · App. 17/373,740 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Inventors: Fumi Kosaka (Kanagawa, JP); Shigeru Okada (Kanagawa, JP); Shusaku Kubo (Kanagawa, JP); Yusuke Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Masayuki Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Jun Ando (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00641G06V30/416H04N1/04G06V30/10
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Patent No.
US 12,355,927
App. No.
17/373,740
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire plural scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media including a plural standard document bundles each of which is a set of a standard document and a related document related to the standard document, extract a title from the plural scanned images, extract, from the plural scanned images, an identifier that is assigned to be common within one standard document bundle and to be different between different standard document bundles, and divide the plural scanned images into bundles such that a scanned image from which the title is extracted is set as a bundle head, scanned images having the same identifier are included in the same bundle, and scanned images having different identifiers are included in different bundles.

Claims (38)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire a plurality of scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media including a plurality of standard document bundles each of which is a set of a standard document and a related document related to the standard document;

extract a title from the plurality of scanned images;

extract, from the plurality of scanned images, an identifier that is assigned to be common within one standard document bundle and to be different between different standard document bundles;

only perform a comparison on identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title;

divide the plurality of scanned images according to a comparison result of the identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title; and

divide the plurality of scanned images into bundles such that a scanned image from which the title has been extracted is set as a bundle head, scanned images having the same identifier are included in the same bundle, and scanned images having different identifiers are included in different bundles.

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

extract the identifier by performing an extraction process of at least one of an item or a value corresponding to the identifier designated in advance by a user on the plurality of scanned images.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

execute a process of extracting the title and a process of extracting the identifier in this order.

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

execute a process of extracting the title and a process of extracting the identifier in this order.

5. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire a plurality of scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media including a plurality of standard document bundles each of which is a set of a standard document and a related document related to the standard document;

extract a title from the plurality of scanned images;

extract an identifier including predefined text from the plurality of scanned images;

only perform a comparison on identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title;

divide the plurality of scanned images according to a comparison result of the identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title; and

divide the plurality of scanned images into bundles such that a scanned image from which the title has been extracted is set as a bundle head, and a scanned image that is arranged to be continuous from the scanned image from which the title has been extracted and has a common identifier is included in the same bundle.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the identifier is text indicating an attached document of a scanned image preceding the scanned image having the identifier, or a page number that is continuous from the scanned image preceding the scanned image having the identifier.

7. An information processing apparatus comprising:

means for acquiring a plurality of scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media including a plurality of standard document bundles each of which is a set of a standard document and a related document related to the standard document;

means for extracting a title from the plurality of scanned images;

means for extracting, from the plurality of scanned images, an identifier that is assigned to be common within one standard document bundle and to be different between different standard document bundles;

means for only performing a comparison on identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title;

means for dividing the plurality of scanned images according to a comparison result of the identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title; and

means for dividing the plurality of scanned images into bundles such that a scanned image from which the title has been extracted is set as a bundle head, scanned images having the same identifier are included in the same bundle, and scanned images having different identifiers are included in different bundles.

8. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a plurality of scanned images obtained by scanning a bundle of paper media including a plurality of standard document bundles each of which is a set of a standard document and a related document related to the standard document;

extracting a title from the plurality of scanned images;

extracting, from the plurality of scanned images, an identifier that is assigned to be common within one standard document bundle and to be different between different standard document bundles;

only performing a comparison on identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title;

dividing the plurality of scanned images according to a comparison result of the identifiers extracted from the plurality of scanned images including the title; and

dividing the plurality of scanned images into bundles such that a scanned image from which the title has been extracted is set as a bundle head, scanned images having the same identifier are included in the same bundle, and scanned images having different identifiers are included in different bundles.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: KOSAKA, FUMI; OKADA, SHIGERU; KUBO, SHUSAKU; SUZUKI, YUSUKE; YAMAGUCHI, MASAYUKI; ANDO, JUN
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056874/0894 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-050773 · Mar 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220311889A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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