Abstract: An information processing apparatus learns an attribute-positional relation in a form for learning to create an attribute-positional relation rule for a character string in a form, determines correspondence between a character string in a result of character recognition executed on an image of the form for learning and an attribute in form data for learning based on the form for learning to create a character string attribute model for acquiring a probability of an attribute of the character string in the form, applies the character string attribute model to a character string in a result of character recognition executed on an image of the form to acquire the probability of an attribute, and corrects the probability based on a position in the form of the character string in the result of the character recognition executed on the image of the form and the attribute-positional relation rule.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus learns an attribute-positional relation in a form for learning to create an attribute-positional relation rule for a character string in a form, determines correspondence between a character string in a result of character recognition executed on an image of the form for learning and an attribute in form data for learning based on the form for learning to create a character string attribute model for acquiring a probability of an attribute of the character string in the form, applies the character string attribute model to a character string in a result of character recognition executed on an image of the form to acquire the probability of an attribute, and corrects the probability based on a position in the form of the character string in the result of the character recognition executed on the image of the form and the attribute-positional relation rule.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU), a storage device storing a document digitization program, and a reading device that reads an image from an original document. The CPU executes the document digitization program to implement an image acquiring section, an added handwriting extracting section, and a document editing section. The image acquiring section acquires an image of a markup document, which is the original document modified by handwriting, using the reading device. The added handwriting extracting section extracts an added handwriting from the image of the markup document. The document editing section edits a raw original document, which is the original document without the modification, according to a modification instruction given through the added handwriting to generate a digitized document. The document editing section alters a position of at least some of characters and graphics included in the raw original document to generate the digitized document.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a reading device, an image obtaining unit, a revised-portion extracting unit, a region extracting unit, a layout index determining unit, and an original document editing unit. The layout index determining unit determines an index of a layout of the initial original document based on the region extracted by the region extracting unit. The original document editing unit edits the initial original document with a correction content instructed with the revised portion extracted by the revised-portion extracting unit according to the index determined by the layout index determining unit, so as to generate a digitized document. The layout index determining unit determines a continuity between the regions of characters. The original document editing unit edits the initial original document as a continued plurality of the regions that are determined to have a continuity by the layout index determining unit.

Abstract: An image forming system prints an image including a plurality of objects. At least a part of the objects overlap with one another. The image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances a resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at an upper side in the image object. When the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of the part corresponding to the object in the image object, the rendering circuit decides a color of the boundary based on the color information.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The computer includes a print data generating circuit to generate print data of an image. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit to execute rendering of the image based on the print data. The computer includes an image generating circuit generates an image object to indicate a state where the objects are overlapped in the image with a reduced resolution at least partially. The print data generating circuit generates the print data including the at least one object included in the image and the image object generated by the image generating circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at upper side in the image object.

Abstract: An image forming system prints an image including a plurality of objects. At least a part of the objects overlap with one another. The image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances a resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at an upper side in the image object. When the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of the part corresponding to the object in the image object, the rendering circuit decides a color of the boundary based on the color information.

Abstract: An image forming system includes a computer and an image forming apparatus. The computer includes a print data generating circuit to generate print data of an image. The image forming apparatus includes a rendering circuit to execute rendering of the image based on the print data. The computer includes an image generating circuit generates an image object to indicate a state where the objects are overlapped in the image with a reduced resolution at least partially. The print data generating circuit generates the print data including the at least one object included in the image and the image object generated by the image generating circuit. When the rendering circuit processes the image object, the rendering circuit enhances the resolution of a part corresponding to the object in the image object based on a shape of the object overlapped at upper side in the image object.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a grouping preference unit configured to register user preference information on a storage device based on a user operation, the user preference information indicating how objects within an image are to be classified into groups; an image analysis unit configured to detect the objects within the image; and a grouping unit configured to read the user preference information from the storage device and classify the objects detected within the image into the groups indicated in the read user preference information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a specific graphic form storage section, an image determination section, and determination color conversion processing section. The specific graphic form storage section is configured to store a visual image of a specific graphic form and attribute information specific to the specific graphic form as a reference image and reference attribute information, respectively. The image determination section is configured to determine at least one of (i) whether or not an image matching with the reference image is included in target data and (ii) whether or not an image having the reference attribute information is included in the target data, and detect the image identified through the determination as an image corresponding to the specific graphic form. The color conversion processing section is configured to perform specific color conversion processing for the image corresponding to the specific graphic form.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read information as image data, a character recognition unit configured to recognize individual characters included in the image data, a grouping unit configured to group the individual characters recognized into one or more character string based on character information indicating a format of the character, a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string for which a link is to be created based on an importance of the character string obtained by the grouping, a character search unit configured to search the image data in which the characters have been recognized for the character string having the same character base among the character strings extracted, and a link setting unit configured to link the character strings having the same character base that are retrieved to each other based on the importance.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a specific graphic form storage section, an image determination section, and determination color conversion processing section. The specific graphic form storage section is configured to store a visual image of a specific graphic form and attribute information specific to the specific graphic form as a reference image and reference attribute information, respectively. The image determination section is configured to determine at least one of (i) whether or not an image matching with the reference image is included in target data and (ii) whether or not an image having the reference attribute information is included in the target data, and detect the image identified through the determination as an image corresponding to the specific graphic form. The color conversion processing section is configured to perform specific color conversion processing for the image corresponding to the specific graphic form.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an image reading unit configured to read information as image data, a character recognition unit configured to recognize individual characters included in the image data, a grouping unit configured to group the individual characters recognized into one or more character string based on character information indicating a format of the character, a character extraction unit configured to extract a character string for which a link is to be created based on an importance of the character string obtained by the grouping, a character search unit configured to search the image data in which the characters have been recognized for the character string having the same character base among the character strings extracted, and a link setting unit configured to link the character strings having the same character base that are retrieved to each other based on the importance.

Abstract: A document management apparatus includes: a handwriting extracting unit configured to extract a handwritten comment area within a document image; a data management unit configured to store, in a storage device, document image data indicative of the document image and, in association therewith, handwritten data that defines content of the handwritten comment area within the document image; and a handwriting operation unit configured to update, upon receipt of an operation for editing content of the handwritten comment area, the handwritten data in accordance with the operation for editing.

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus including: a grouping preference unit configured to register user preference information on a storage device based on a user operation, the user preference information indicating how objects within an image are to be classified into groups; an image analysis unit configured to detect the objects within the image; and a grouping unit configured to read the user preference information from the storage device and classify the objects detected within the image into the groups indicated in the read user preference information.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rendering time calculating unit configured to calculate rendering times for respective pieces of intermediate data, a rendering control unit configured to determine which of a pre-rendering process and a real-time rendering process is to be performed on the respective pieces of intermediate data based on the rendering times, rendering being performed before output of a piece of intermediate data in the pre-rendering process and rendering being performed in parallel with output of another piece of intermediate data in the real-time rendering process, and the rendering control unit further configured to allow a rendering unit to perform either of the pre-rendering process or the real-time rendering process, a reading unit configured to read the pieces of rendered data, and an output unit configured to output to a printer engine the pieces of rendered data read by the reading unit.

Abstract: A color adjustment apparatus comprises an input unit for receiving an input operation, a color adjustment display segment for displaying orthogonal coordinate systems between a pre color adjustment hue axis and an adjustment target axis indicative of a degree of adjustment of a hue, saturation, or lightness and an adjustment line indicative of a relationship between before color adjustment and after color adjustment on the orthogonal coordinate systems, an adjustment line changing unit for changing the adjustment line in response to an operation by the input unit, and a color adjustment unit for adjusting a hue, saturation, and lightness of a target image in correspondence with the adjustment line changed by the adjustment line changing unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rendering time calculating unit configured to calculate rendering times for respective pieces of intermediate data, a rendering control unit configured to determine which of a pre-rendering process and a real-time rendering process is to be performed on the respective pieces of intermediate data based on the rendering times, rendering being performed before output of a piece of intermediate data in the pre-rendering process and rendering being performed in parallel with output of another piece of intermediate data in the real-time rendering process, and the rendering control unit further configured to allow a rendering unit to perform either of the pre-rendering process or the real-time rendering process, a reading unit configured to read the pieces of rendered data, and an output unit configured to output to a printer engine the pieces of rendered data read by the reading unit.

Abstract: A color adjustment apparatus comprises an input unit for receiving an input operation, a color adjustment display segment for displaying orthogonal coordinate systems between a pre color adjustment hue axis and an adjustment target axis indicative of a degree of adjustment of a hue, saturation, or lightness and an adjustment line indicative of a relationship between before color adjustment and after color adjustment on the orthogonal coordinate systems, an adjustment line changing unit for changing the adjustment line in response to an operation by the input unit, and a color adjustment unit for adjusting a hue, saturation, and lightness of a target image in correspondence with the adjustment line changed by the adjustment line changing unit.