Patent ID: 7003157

Claim:
A sheet image processing system for processing a plurality of types of sheets, comprising: an image acquiring unit which acquires an image of a sheet; an image editing unit which creates a binary image and a multi valued image based on the image obtained by said image acquiring unit; a sheet identifying unit which identifies a type of the sheet using the binary image created at said image editing unit, a recognizing unit which character recognizes said binary image created at said image editing unit based on an identification result of the type of the sheet identified by said sheet identifying unit; and an area separating unit which, based on a result of sheet type identification at said sheet identifying unit, separates an image of a predetermined area according to a type of the sheet from the binary image and multi-valued image created at said image editing unit, a display unit which, based on the result of the sheet type identification showing a check, displays the multi-valued image of a whole of said check as well as a binary image of a transaction amount of money and a person's name involved, and a multi-valued image of a stamp, that are separated at said area separating unit, and also displays a result of character recognition on the transaction amount of money and person's name made by said recognizing unit.