Patent ID: 8339622
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a vectorizing unit configured to convert bitmap image data into vectorized data; an integrated document generating unit configured to generate an integrated document which includes the vectorized data and metadata; an accompanying information extraction unit configured to extract one or more of accompanying information relating to the bitmap image data from the bitmap image data; a registration unit configured to register the accompanying information that meets a predetermined condition out of the one or more of accompanying information extracted by the accompanying information extraction unit as the metadata of the integrated document, and not to register the accompanying information that does not meet the predetermined condition; a similarity determining unit configured to determine the similarity between the integrated document generated by the integrated document generating unit and another integrated document; and an accompanying information obtaining unit configured to obtain the accompanying information included in the metadata of the other integrated document which has a greater similarity than a fixed similarity with the integrated document, wherein the registration unit registers the accompanying information that matches the accompanying information obtained by the accompanying information obtaining unit from the accompanying information extracted by the accompanying information extraction unit.