Patent ID: 8090728
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: means for extracting objects included in an original document; obtaining means for obtaining a keyword for each of the extracted objects by performing at least one of image analysis and document analysis for each of the extracted objects; means for storing object data of each of the extracted objects with the keyword that is obtained for each of the extracted objects by the obtaining means in a storage device; visualizing means for visualizing the objects included in the original document based on the stored object data on a display unit; selecting means for selecting at least two objects from the visualized objects in accordance with a user instruction; keyword-displaying means for simultaneously displaying the keywords stored with the at least two objects selected by said selecting means, wherein the keyword-displaying means does not display the keywords stored with objects that are not selected by said selecting means; and keyword assigning means for changing the displayed keywords into inputted keywords based on a user instruction, thereby collectively changing the keywords being stored with the object data of the selected at least two objects into the inputted keywords.