Patent ID: 8355578
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an area division unit configured to divide an image of a page into a plurality of areas; an attribute information addition unit configured to add, to the plurality of divided areas, attribute information depending on an attribute determination of each of the areas so that when one of the areas is determined to be a caption area, caption attribute information is added to the caption area, when another of the areas is determined to be a body text area, body text attribute information is added to the body text area, and when another of the areas is determined to be an object area, object attribute information is added to the object area; a character recognition unit configured to perform a character recognition processing on a caption area and a body text area; and a metadata processing unit configured to associate metadata with an object area accompanied by a caption area, wherein the metadata processing unit comprises: