Patent ID: 8270717
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A metadata determination method comprising: an extraction step of extracting character data from print data; a rasterizing step of rasterizing the print data into a raster image; a region dividing step of dividing the raster image into a character region and a non-character region; and a determination step of determining character data used for metadata based on the raster image of the character region and the character data extracted in said extraction step and drawn at approximately the same position as the character region, wherein if there is a plurality of character data items extracted in said extraction step and drawn at approximately the same position as a character image cut out from the raster image of the character region, said determination step determines the character data used for the metadata by pattern matching between the character image and the plurality of character data items.