Patent ID: 6539116
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus for managing entered document image data including one or more blocks of data, each of the blocks being a text block or a non-text block, comprising:layout analyzing means for obtaining layout data by analyzing layout of the entered document image data, wherein the layout data include position data and attribute data of each block in the document image, wherein the attribute data for the text block(s) and the non-text block(s) are different; character recognition means for character-recognizing character images in text blocks that have been analyzed by said layout analyzing means; language analyzing means for applying language analysis to results of character recognition performed by said character recognition means; creating means for creating other words from words obtained as results of language analysis performed by said language analyzing means; and storage means for storing the created other words in association with the corresponding layout data.