Patent ID: 8571359

Claim:
An image processing device which generates an electronic document according to a predetermined format, comprising: at least a processor and memory, cooperating to function as: an analyzing unit configured to analyze an image and extract character areas; a character recognition unit configured to recognize characters in the character areas extracted by said analyzing unit and obtain character code data of the recognition result; a character layout extracting unit configured to extract character layout information about the character areas extracted by said analyzing unit; a vectorization unit configured to obtain vector drawing data by vectorizing the character areas extracted by said analyzing unit; a background generation unit configured to generate a background image; an electronic document generation unit configured to generate an electronic document which stores the character code data as text editing data of the electronic document and stores the vector drawing data, the background image and character drawing data as layout editing data of the electronic document, the character drawing data being obtained by combining the character layout information extracted by said character layout extracting unit and the character code data, wherein the stored vector drawing data, the stored background image and the stored character drawing data are drawn in a layout editing pane presented by a predetermined program when the electronic document is displayed with the predetermined program, and wherein the stored character code data is drawn in a text editing pane presented by the predetermined program when the electronic document is displayed with the predetermined program.