Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10706276-B2
Application number	US-201815881482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2018
Priority date	Jan 30, 2017
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a character recognition processing unit configured to execute character recognition processing on the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more character string blocks included in the image data, from the image data, a selection unit configured to select a character string block to be used for setting of a file name, from among the one or more character string blocks acquired by the acquisition unit, and a setting unit configured to set the file name of image data by using a character recognition result of the character recognition processing unit for the character string block selected by the selection unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a character recognition processing unit configured to execute character recognition processing on image data;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more character string blocks included in the image data, from the image data;
a selection unit configured to select a character string block to be used for setting of a file name, from among the one or more character string blocks acquired by the acquisition unit; and
a setting unit configured to set the file name of image data, in accordance with a naming rule, by using a character recognition result of the character recognition processing unit for the character string block selected by the selection unit;
a managing unit configured to manage one or more correction results of correction by a user operation for the file name set by the setting unit; and
a generation unit configured to generate a new naming rule based on the one or more correction results managed by the management unit,
wherein the new naming rule includes a character string before the correction by the user operation and a character string after the correction by the user operation.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
further comprising a display unit configured to display the one or more character string blocks acquired by the acquisition unit, in an identifiable manner,
wherein the selection unit selects a character string block from among the one or more character string blocks displayed by the display unit, according to a user instruction.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the display unit displays the file name of the image data set by the setting unit.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising an acceptance unit configured to accept a user instruction for modifying the file name set by the setting unit,
wherein the display unit displays the file name modified by the user instruction accepted by the acceptance unit.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a reading unit configured to read an original document,
wherein the image data is obtained by reading the original document by the reading unit.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage unit configured to store identification information about image data, in association with a file naming rule set by the setting unit,
wherein the setting unit sets a file name of new image data, by using a file naming rule associated with identification information about image data stored in the storage unit similar to the new image data, among one or more file naming rules stored in the storage unit.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the file naming rule includes information for identifying the character string block selected by the selection unit.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the acquisition unit acquires a character string block, a position of the character string block, and a size of the character string block, from the image data.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the setting unit selects a file naming rule associated with identification information about image data similar to the new image data, from the one or more file naming rules stored in the storage unit, by using the position and the size of the character string block acquired by the acquisition unit.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising an acceptance unit configured to accept a modification for the file name set by the setting unit from a user,
wherein the storage unit stores information about the modification for the file name accepted by the acceptance unit, in association with the image data.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the setting unit sets the file name of the new image data, by using the information about the modification for the file name associated with the identification information about the image data similar to the new image data.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit is capable of setting predetermined information about the image data, as a file name of the image data.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the predetermined information is at least information indicating a name of a user logging in when the image data is read, or a date and time when the image data is generated.

14. A control method for an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
performing character recognition processing on image data;
acquiring one or more character string blocks included in the image data;
selecting a character string block to be used for setting of a file name of the image data, from among the acquired one or more character string blocks;
setting the file name of the image data, in accordance with a naming rule, using a character recognition result in the character recognition processing for a character included in the selected character string block;
managing one or more correction results of correction by a user operation for the set file name; and
generating a new naming rule based on the one or more managed correction results,
wherein the new naming rule includes a character string before the correction by the user operation and a character string after the correction by the user operation.

15. The image processing method according to claim 14 , further comprising displaying the acquired one or more character string blocks, in an identifiable manner,
wherein the selected character string block is a character string block selected from among the displayed one or more character string blocks according to a user instruction.

16. A storage medium storing a computer program executing a control method for an image processing apparatus, the control method comprising:
performing character recognition processing on image data;
acquiring one or more character string blocks included in the image data;
selecting a character string block to be used for setting of a file name of the image data, from among the acquired one or more character string blocks;
setting the file name of the image data, in accordance with a naming rule, using a character recognition result in the character recognition processing for a character included in the selected character string block;
managing one or more correction results of correction by a user operation for the set file name; and
generating a new naming rule based on the one or more managed correction results,
wherein the new naming rule includes a character string before the correction by the user operation and a character string after the correction by the user operation.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Arakawa Junya

Classifications

• G06F16/5846 Primary

  using extracted text · CPC title

• G06V10/7788

  the supervisor being a human, e.g. interactive learning with a human teacher · CPC title

• G06V30/414

  Extracting the geometrical structure, e.g. layout tree; Block segmentation, e.g. bounding boxes for graphics or text · CPC title

• G06F18/41

  Interactive pattern learning with a human teacher · CPC title

• G06V30/10

  Character recognition · CPC title