Abstract: A document search system includes: a hardware processor that: stores a plurality of pieces of data; extracts first data including an image object from among the plurality of pieces of data, the image object representing text or a graph; specifies, from among the plurality of pieces of data, one or more pieces of second data including an object having a degree of similarity equal to or larger than a threshold with respect to the image object; and associates the image object included in the first data with the one or more pieces of second data.

Abstract: An image forming system includes: a display panel; a voice inputter that receives an instruction by voice; and a hardware processor that: analyzes a voice content that has been received by the voice inputter; determines input regarding setting of at least one or more of preliminarily provided adjustment functions based on an analysis result from the hardware processor; determines whether the voice content contains input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function based on a determination result from the hardware processor; and displays a selection screen on the display panel based on a determination result from the hardware processor when the voice content does not contain the input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function.

Abstract: An image forming system includes: a display panel; a voice inputer that receives an instruction by voice; and a hardware processor that: analyzes a voice content that has been received by the voice inputter; determines input regarding setting of at least one or more of preliminarily provided adjustment functions based on an analysis result from the hardware processor; determines whether the voice content contains input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function based on a determination result from the hardware processor; and displays a selection screen on the display panel based on a determination result from the hardware processor when the voice content does not contain the input of a setting value of a corresponding adjustment function.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image reading device that may include: a first receiver receiving a reading job execution instruction by voice input; a second receiver receiving an instruction to convert first image data into second image data; and a CPU. The CPU may set a value of a setting category required for execution of a reading job to a first selectable value when no instruction is provided by the voice input for the setting category; execute the reading job according to the first selectable value to obtain the first image data; and generate the second image data from the first image data when the instruction to convert the first image data is received. The second image data may be equivalent to image data that would be obtained by the reading job executed according to a second selectable value, and the second image data can be generated from the first image data, but the reverse is not possible.

Abstract: An image processing system includes one or more image processing apparatuses connected to a network, and a portable information terminal having a function to preregister an image processing job to the image processing apparatus, wherein the portable information terminal includes a registration destination receiving unit configured to receive a selection of an image processing apparatus, a setting receiving unit configured to display a condition setting screen and receive setting input by a user, and a sending unit configured to send, to the image processing apparatus selected, first information on the execution condition of image processing and second information on a configuration of the condition setting screen, and each image processing apparatus includes a preregistration unit configured to preregister an image processing job, and a display control unit configured to generate a job setting display screen and display the job setting display screen on an operation panel.

Abstract: A document reading device includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a document; a background member having a mark for correcting an inclination of the document; a color reading unit configured to read an image of the document and to output color image data; a monochrome reading unit configured to read the image of the document and to output monochrome image data; a switching unit configured to switch between a first state and a second state; and a hardware processor configured to switch into the first state at the time of a color mode, and to switch into the second state at the time of the monochrome mode, configured to detect the inclination of the document, and configured to correct the inclination of the color image data, and to correct the inclination of the monochrome image data, in accordance with the detected inclination of the document.

Abstract: An image reading device includes: a scanner glass; photo-sensors arranged at intervals in a main scanning direction to read a document conveyed in a sub-scanning direction; an adjuster that adjusts the size of an overlapping area between a first and second image obtained by neighboring photo-sensors, the overlapping area constituting a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image; a superimposing portion that shifts either one of images of the first and second area to the other one; a judgment portion that judges whether the images having different focal depths exist based on the degree of matching between the first and second area; and a detector that detects a foreign body on the scanner glass platen by detecting a continuous image stretching in a document conveying direction in both of the images having different focal depths, if the images having different focal depths exist.

Abstract: An image reading device includes: a scanner glass; photo-sensors arranged at intervals in a main scanning direction to read a document conveyed in a sub-scanning direction; an adjuster that adjusts the size of an overlapping area between a first and second image obtained by neighboring photo-sensors, the overlapping area constituting a first area of the first image and a second area of the second image; a superimposing portion that shifts either one of images of the first and second area to the other one; a judgment portion that judges whether the images having different focal depths exist based on the degree of matching between the first and second area; and a detector that detects a foreign body on the scanner glass platen by detecting a continuous image stretching in a document conveying direction in both of the images having different focal depths, if the images having different focal depths exist.

Abstract: A document reading device includes: a conveying unit configured to convey a document; a background member having a mark for correcting an inclination of the document; a color reading unit configured to read an image of the document and to output color image data; a monochrome reading unit configured to read the image of the document and to output monochrome image data; a switching unit configured to switch between a first state and a second state; and a hardware processor configured to switch into the first state at the time of a color mode, and to switch into the second state at the time of the monochrome mode, configured to detect the inclination of the document, and configured to correct the inclination of the color image data, and to correct the inclination of the monochrome image data, in accordance with the detected inclination of the document.

Abstract: An image processing device, comprises: a display part; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation; an image inputting part for inputting image data; a storage part for storing the image data; an image processing part for performing image processing in accordance with a processing process set in advance; an image outputting part for outputting an image in a predetermined way to output based on the processed image data; a display controlling part for displaying a processing path to process the image data on the display part, and for moving an icon image corresponding to the image data along the processing path; and a job controlling part for temporarily suspending the processing performed by the image processing part or the image outputting part when the manipulation detecting part detects the operation on the display part, and making change in the image processing or the way to output.

Abstract: A background pattern image combining apparatus for combining a background pattern image with an input image is provided. The background pattern image includes a plurality of first isolated points having a size that can be read by an image reader and a plurality of second isolated points having a size that cannot be read by the image reader. The background pattern image combining apparatus includes a detector that detects, in the input image, a specific area which is an area having a specific state, and a combining portion that combines the background pattern image with the input image by placing not the plurality of first isolated points but the plurality of second isolated points in the specific area, and, by placing the plurality of first isolated points and the plurality of second isolated points in an area other than the specific area.

Abstract: An image processing system includes one or more image processing apparatuses connected to a network, and a portable information terminal having a function to preregister an image processing job to the image processing apparatus, wherein the portable information terminal includes a registration destination receiving unit configured to receive a selection of an image processing apparatus, a setting receiving unit configured to display a condition setting screen and receive setting input by a user, and a sending unit configured to send, to the image processing apparatus selected, first information on the execution condition of image processing and second information on a configuration of the condition setting screen, and each image processing apparatus includes a preregistration unit configured to preregister an image processing job, and a display control unit configured to generate a job setting display screen and display the job setting display screen on an operation panel.

Abstract: An image processing device, comprises: a display part; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation; an image inputting part for inputting image data; an image processing part for performing various types of image processing sequentially in accordance with a processing process set in advance; a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one by one; an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through all various types of the image processing; and a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of various types of the image processing on the display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image on the display part. The display controlling part updates the displayed processing path, thereby displaying a progress of the image processing to process the image data, and updates the thumbnail image in conjunction with the update of the displayed processing path.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprising: an input portion that inputs image data of a plurality of pages of document; a password detector that detects a password given to each of the pages; a password judger that judges from a detecting result drew by the password detector about each of the pages, whether or not a shared password issued for each page in common is detected in addition to an individual password uniquely issued for each page; an entry requester that requests entry of a shared password if it is judged by the password detector that a shared password is detected, and requests entry of an individual password about each of the pages if it is judged by the password detector that a shared password is not detected; and an output permitting portion that permits image data of all the pages each having a shared password, which is the image data inputted by the input portion, if the appropriate shared password is entered in response to the request for entry of a shared password, and permits image data of

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: an input portion that inputs image data of a plurality of pages of document; a password detector that detects a password given to each of the pages; a password judger that judges from the detecting results drew by the password detector whether or not different passwords are detected from each of the pages; a correlation judger that judges about each of the pages if the password judger judges that different passwords are detected from each of the pages, whether or not the passwords are correlated to each other; and an output permitting portion that permits the image data of all the pages, which are the image data inputted by the input portion, to be outputted without requesting entry of all passwords, if it is judged about each of the pages that the passwords are correlated to each other, on the other hand, requests entry of a password about each of the pages if it is judged about at least one of the pages that the passwords are not correlated to each other, then permi

Abstract: An image processing device, comprises: a display part; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation; an image inputting part for inputting image data; an image processing part for performing various types of image processing sequentially in accordance with a processing process set in advance; a thumbnail image generating part for generating a thumbnail image one by one; an image outputting part for outputting an image based on the image data which is processed through all various types of the image processing; and a display controlling part for displaying a processing path of various types of the image processing on the display part, and for displaying the thumbnail image on the display part. The display controlling part updates the displayed processing path, thereby displaying a progress of the image processing to process the image data, and updates the thumbnail image in conjunction with the update of the displayed processing path.

Abstract: An image processing device, comprises: a display part; a manipulation detecting part for detecting an operation; an image inputting part for inputting image data; a storage part for storing the image data; an image processing part for performing image processing in accordance with a processing process set in advance; an image outputting part for outputting an image in a predetermined way to output based on the processed image data; a display controlling part for displaying a processing path to process the image data on the display part, and for moving an icon image corresponding to the image data along the processing path; and a job controlling part for temporarily suspending the processing performed by the image processing part or the image outputting part when the manipulation detecting part detects the operation on the display part, and making change in the image processing or the way to output.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the invention specifies, in a scanned image of an original, a first region including a specific form pattern (a two-dimensional bar-code pattern or the like) with the digital information embedded therein and a second region not including the specific form pattern to apply the image processing to the scanned image. More particularly, the image processing apparatus applies different processing to the first region and the second region, respectively. For example, a working degree to the first region is made smaller than a working degree to the second region to apply the specific image working processing to both the regions.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is an image processing apparatus capable of reading a security paper document that has a ground design pattern and performing image processing, and is provided with: a second modification processing unit that visualizes a latent image included in the ground design pattern; a first modification processing unit that performs a modification process so that the latent image included in the ground design pattern is not visualized; a CPU that performs authentication regarding whether or not a user of the security paper document is an authorized user; and a CPU that performs control so that the first modification processing unit performs modification processing and the latent image is not visualized, or performs control so that the latent image is not visualized by the second modification processing unit, in the case where the user has been authenticated as an authorized user of the security paper document.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, comprises: a document reader that reads images printed in a plurality of areas in a document; a printer that prints on a sheet image data read out from the document by said document reader; a security code detector that detects a security code given to each of the plurality of areas in said document; a password detector that detects a password given at least to one of the plurality of areas in said document; an entry requestor that requests a password to be entered; a password judgment part that judges whether or not said entered password is an appropriate one that corresponds to the password detected by the password detector; and a controller that decides an operation performed by said printer, to print image data from the area having the given password, depending on the judgment result drew by said password judgment part.