Image Processing Apparatus Folder Naming via OCR Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies struggle to efficiently set a folder path using a character string from a document, especially when the document does not include the intended character string in a specified area, leading to increased user effort and time in managing image data from multiple document pages.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that includes a scan unit, a character recognition unit, a display unit, a reception unit, a determination unit, and a storage unit. The apparatus scans multiple document pages, recognizes character strings, displays them to the user, receives a selected character string, determines a folder name based on the selection, and stores the image data in that folder, allowing all pages to be stored in the same folder.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the user selects a folder name from character recognition results for each page, then the folder name can be set accurately, but it takes time and effort for operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs character recognition on all document pages in advance and stores the results. When the user initiates a scan, the pre-recognized character strings are immediately available for selection, eliminating the need to perform recognition during the folder name selection process and thus reducing user operation time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system displays recognized character strings from document pages to the user, providing feedback that allows the user to select the appropriate folder name. This feedback mechanism ensures accurate folder name selection while the system handles the time-consuming recognition process automatically in the background.
2Measurement precision
If the user sets folder paths manually for each document, then the folder name can be accurately determined, but user effort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs character recognition on document pages and presents the recognized strings to the user for folder name selection. This self-service approach eliminates the need for users to manually determine folder names, significantly reducing user effort while maintaining accurate folder name determination through automated OCR processing.
3Measurement precision
If character recognition is performed on each document page separately, then the folder name can be determined, but the process becomes complex when multiple pages are involved
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the character recognition process across multiple document pages by performing recognition on all pages and storing the results in a centralized structure. This allows the system to handle multiple pages uniformly and simplifies the overall processing complexity while maintaining accurate folder name determination through consolidated recognition results.
Data Source
AI summary
Images of the plurality of document pages are scanned to generate image data with one scanning instruction. A single folder named with a received character string is determined as a storage destination of image data corresponding to the plurality of document pages generated with the scanning instruction.