Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12028499-B2
Application number	US-202318364854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2023
Priority date	Nov 21, 2022
Publication date	Jul 2, 2024
Grant date	Jul 2, 2024

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to determine a type of a document read by a scanner, set a top-bottom determination method based on the type of the document, and determine a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the top-bottom determination method. The target image is obtained by reading the document with the scanner.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
determine a type of a document read by a scanner based on a number of characters or numerals contained in the document;
select a top-bottom determination method from a plurality of top-bottom determination methods based on the type of the document; and
determine a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the selected top-bottom determination method, the target image being obtained by reading the document with the scanner.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the type of the document based on setting information indicating whether to perform character recognition on the target image.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the type of the document based on a feature value of the target image.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to input the target image to a learned model so as to determine the type of the document, the learned model having learned a relationship between an image representing a content of a document and a type of the document.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the document read by the scanner includes a plurality of documents, and the circuitry is configured to determine the type of the document for each of the plurality of documents.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
present, to a user, the top-bottom determination method set based on the type of the document; and
update the top-bottom determination method in accordance with an operation input by the user.

7. The image processing apparatus according claim 1 , further comprising the scanner to read the document to obtain the target image.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the top-bottom determination method comprises:
selecting an optical character recognition (OCR) top-down determination method when the type of the document is determined to be a text document; and
selecting an artificial intelligence (AI) top-down determination method when the type of the document is determined to be a photograph.

9. An image processing method comprising:
determining a type of a document read by a scanner based on a number of characters or numerals contained in the document;
selecting a top-bottom determination method from a plurality of top-bottom determination methods based on the type of the document; and
determining a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the selected top-bottom determination method, the target image being obtained by reading the document with the scanner.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of program codes which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
determining a type of a document read by a scanner based on a number of characters or numerals contained in the document;
selecting a top-bottom determination method from a plurality of top-bottom determination methods based on the type of the document; and
determining a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the selected top-bottom determination method, the target image being obtained by reading the document with the scanner.

Assignees

• Itoh Shinya
• Sakuyama Hiroyuki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Itoh Shinya
• Sakuyama Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H04N1/00482

  outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution · CPC title

• H04N1/00336

  with an apparatus performing pattern recognition, e.g. of a face or a geographic feature (image or video recognition or understanding of scenes G06V20/00) · CPC title

• H04N1/00331

  with an apparatus performing optical character recognition (character recognition G06V30/10) · CPC title

• G06V30/1463

  Orientation detection or correction, e.g. rotation of multiples of 90 degrees · CPC title

• H04N1/00037

  Detecting, i.e. determining the occurrence of a predetermined state (H04N1/00031 takes precedence) · CPC title