Abstract: A translation device comprises a character recognition unit that recognizes text data in a text region of an input image; a translator that translates the text data in the text region; and a layout configuration processor that generates data containing the translated text data in the text region and graphics in the input image, wherein a layout of the input image is maintained in a layout of the image of the data generated by the layout configuration processor.

Abstract: A document editing device has a editing unit and a supplementary information editing unit. The editing unit edits a manuscript element of a document. The supplementary information editing unit edits the supplementary information of the document based on a result of editing the manuscript element by the editing unit. The document is a electronic document read by a reading device.

Abstract: A document translation method having extracting a term from a document, executing a substitute process and outputting the term in a predetermined manner. The process of executing a substitute process on the term is performed in a translating process when the term from the document matches a term predetermined by a user. The substitute process is corresponding to the term and predetermined by the user.

Abstract: A translation device has a translation processing unit that outputs character-area-character data by performing a translation process on the character-area-character data of an input image representing a figure-containing document, and outputting figure-area-character data by performing a translation process on the figure-area-character data of an input image representing a figure-containing document, a figure identification information searching unit that searches figure identification information used to identify a figure contained in a character area of the figure-containing-translation data, a linked page number searching unit that searches a page number in a character area of the figure-containing-translation data, a page number extracting unit that extracts a page number of a page included in figure area of figure identification information, and a page number rewriting unit that rewrites the searched page number linked to the figure identification information to the extracted page number of a page.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing characters includes a text structure analyzing unit that analyzes an input image of text composed of mixed typed and handwritten characters and separates the input text image into predefined text imaging regions, a character clipping unit that clips characters one by one in each of the text imaging regions separated by the text structure analyzing unit, a feature vectors calculating unit that calculates feature vectors of the clipped characters for each of the text imaging regions, a feature vectors aggregating unit that aggregates the calculated feature vectors over a predefined range of the input text image, and a typed and handwritten character separation unit that separates characters involved in the input text image into the typed characters and the handwritten characters, based on a result of the aggregation by the feature vectors aggregating unit.

Abstract: The retrieval condition acquisition unit receives a logical operation expression of the keywords as a retrieval condition from a user. The matching document retrieval unit acquires a list of the document IDs corresponding to the keywords inputted, from the word index of the document information storage unit, and applies a specified logical operation to the result to acquire the matching document IDs. The related keyword calculation unit acquires the keywords extracted from the matching documents retrieved by the matching document retrieval unit as the related keywords, and calculates the degrees of relatedness of each of the matching documents. The related part extraction unit accumulates the degrees of relatedness of the related keywords as to each of the matching documents, and extracts the sentences with the appearance orders in the text kept, in the order of the sentence having a higher accumulated value, until the total length of the sentences extracted becomes longer than a predetermined length.

Abstract: A document processing device comprises: an image capturing unit that captures an image and acquires image data; a region separating section that extracts from the image data, image data of a printed region and image data of a hand-drawn region; a printed text data acquiring section that acquires printed text data in the printed region; a hand-drawn text data acquiring section that acquires hand-drawn text data in the hand-drawn region; a printed language specifying section that specifies language of the printed text data; a hand-drawn language specifying section that specifies language of the hand-drawn text data; a translation processing section that generates translated text data by translating the printed text data to the language that has been specified by the hand-drawn language specifying section.

Abstract: A translation processing method comprising: registering a type of annotation with a corresponding translation rule in a table; identifying a text to be processed; extracting a type of annotation and character information from the text identified at the identifying step; identifying a text element to which the annotation extracted at the extracting step is to be added; determining a translation rule corresponding to the type of annotation by referring to the table; and translating the text element identified in the annotation identifying step, by applying the translation rule determined at the translation rule determining step is provided.

Abstract: A translation device comprises a character recognition unit that recognizes text data in a text region of an input image; a translator that translates the text data in the text region; and a layout configuration processor that generates data containing the translated text data in the text region and graphics in the input image, wherein a layout of the input image is maintained in a layout of the image of the data generated by the layout configuration processor.

Abstract: In a translation processing method, a document is input; characteristic information is extracted from the input document; a translation style is selected according to the characteristic information; and the input document is translated using the selected translation style.

Abstract: A document editing device has a editing unit and a supplementary information editing unit. The editing unit edits a manuscript element of a document. The supplementary information editing unit edits the supplementary information of the document based on a result of editing the manuscript element by the editing unit. The document is a electronic document read by a reading device.

Abstract: A document translation method having extracting a term from a document, executing a substitute process and outputting the term in a predetermined manner. The process of executing a substitute process on the term is performed in a translating process when the term from the document matches a term predetermined by a user. The substitute process is corresponding to the term and predetermined by the user.

Abstract: A translation device has a translation processing unit that outputs character-area-character data by performing a translation process on the character-area-character data of an input image representing a figure-containing document, and outputting figure-area-character data by performing a translation process on the figure-area-character data of an input image representing a figure-containing document, a figure identification information searching unit that searches figure identification information used to identify a figure contained in a character area of the figure-containing-translation data, a linked page number searching unit that searches a page number in a character area of the figure-containing-translation data, a page number extracting unit that extracts a page number of a page included in figure area of is figure identification information, and a page number rewriting unit that rewrites the searched page number linked to the figure identification information to the extracted page number of a page.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing characters includes a text structure analyzing unit that analyzes an input image of text composed of mixed typed and handwritten characters and separates the input text image into predefined text imaging regions, a character clipping unit that clips characters one by one in each of the text imaging regions separated by the text structure analyzing unit, a feature vectors calculating unit that calculates feature vectors of the clipped characters for each of the text imaging regions, a feature vectors aggregating unit that aggregates the calculated feature vectors over a predefined range of the input text image, and a typed and handwritten character separation unit that separates characters involved in the input text image into the typed characters and the handwritten characters, based on a result of the aggregation by the feature vectors aggregating unit.

Abstract: A character recognition apparatus includes: a separation processing unit that separates, into printed character portions and handwritten character portions, data of a document in which printed characters and handwritten characters are mixed; a printed character portion recognition processing unit that character-recognizes the printed character portions; and a handwritten character portion recognition processing unit that utilizes the character recognition result of the printed character portions to character-recognize the handwritten character portions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a character recognition apparatus including: plural dictionary databases that contain terms or characters classified into respective fields; a determination unit that determines which field the contents of a document shown by document image data belong to; a selection unit that selects a dictionary database pertaining to the field determined by the determination unit from among the plural dictionary databases; a recognition unit that recognizes a term or a character written in the document shown by the document image data by using the terms or characters stored in the selected dictionary database as candidates; and an output unit that outputs the result of recognition by the recognition unit.

Abstract: The cross-lingual retrieval system of the present invention retrieves second language sentences which are appropriate translations of a query written in a first language using pair data without being greatly influenced by the difference in expression between the query and sentences to be the object of retrieval, length of the query or sentences to be the object of retrieval or the like. In the system, a pair data storing unit stores multiple pairs each having a first language sentence and a second language sentence having the same meaning. As a query receiving unit receives a query written in the first language, a first retrieving unit retrieves first language sentences similar to the query from a set of first language sentences stored in the pair data storing unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an associate document retrieving apparatus capable of associate document retrieval which reflects the relation among keywords connected by logical operators in a retrieval expression. In the apparatus, a document information storing element associates each of the documents with a keyword extracted from the document and stores the associated documents. A retrieval expression obtaining element receives a retrieval expression containing retrieval keywords that may be connected by logical operators. A number of documents calculating element specifies objective keywords from within the extracted keywords stored in the document information storing element and calculates several numbers of different kinds of documents.

Abstract: The present invention provides a document processing apparatus, word extracting apparatus, word extracting method and storage medium for storing a word extracting program, capable of appropriately presenting effective associate words to the user. A retrieving element executes retrieval of documents based on a retrieval condition inputted through a retrieval condition inputting element. A keyword designating element designates an arbitrary word among the words included in the retrieved documents as an associate-word-searching word and designates other words as candidates for an associate word. A simultaneous appearance probability calculating element calculates a simultaneous appearance probability of the associate-word-searching word and one of the candidates for the associate word in any of the retrieved documents. A first independent appearance probability calculating element obtains an independent appearance probability of the associate-word-searching word in each of all documents.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for searching through structured documents provides for inputting a structured document including a plurality of reference units, an adjacent two of which are partitioned by a tag. Then the reference units of the input structured document are divided, followed by compressing each of the reference units so divided, extracting at least one word from each of the reference units so divided, and generating tuples, each of which includes the location of one of the compressed reference units and at least the one word that was extracted from the reference unit corresponding to one of the compressed reference units. Search indexes are generated, each of which includes one word and at least one location of the compressed reference unit, including the one word out of the tuples, each of which includes the location of one of the compressed reference units and at least the one word that was extracted from the reference unit corresponding to the compressed reference unit.