Patent ID: 8508795
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus that inserts corresponding information, which corresponds to character information contained in image data, to the image data in a form of an electronic file, the information processing apparatus comprising: an image-data obtaining unit that obtains image data containing a plurality of pieces of character information; a corresponding-information obtaining unit that obtains corresponding information that corresponds to the character information obtained from the image data; an area-information obtaining unit that obtains area information that indicates an area to which the corresponding information is to be inserted, depending on a formation of lines containing the character information; an insertion-style determining unit that determines an insertion style of the corresponding information based on the obtained area information; and an information-insertion control unit that records, via a processor, the image data and the corresponding information on different layers in the electronic file and inserts the corresponding information into the image data in a visible color according to the insertion style determined by the insertion-style determining unit.