US-12626480-B2 - Information processing system, processing method, and recording medium

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Abstract

An information processing system communicably connectable to one or more apparatuses and configured to execute a plurality of processes, includes: a data storing unit configured to store, in response to a user operation on a first apparatus, setting information associating identification information identifying content of a particular process among the plurality of processes and the particular process; an area identifying unit configured to identify an area including the identification information from image data received from a second apparatus; and a processing unit configured to execute the particular process, based on the identified arca and the setting information.

Inventors

Kohji KAMBARA
Shuhei AKIYAMA

Assignees

Kohji KAMBARA
Shuhei AKIYAMA

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20220302
Priority Date: 20210312

Claims (16)

1 . An information processing system communicably connectable to one or more apparatuses and configured to execute a plurality of processes, the information processing system comprising: a memory to store, in response to a user operation on a first apparatus, setting information associating, for each one of the plurality of processes, a process among the plurality of processes and identification information identifying content of the process; processing circuitry configured to receive, from the first apparatus, second image data including the identification information, identify an area in the second image data received from the first apparatus, the identified area including the identification information of a particular process among the plurality of processes, store area information of the area that is identified, a particular process corresponding to the identification information in the area, and an application selected by the user at the first apparatus, execute the particular process on a third image data received from a second apparatus, based on the area information and the particular process associated with the application selected at the second apparatus, and output data including the area on which the particular process is executed.
2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein: the identification information includes color information.
3 . The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein: the particular process includes optical character recognition (OCR), and the memory is to store information indicating that, as the area that is identified, a different recognition target is to be recognized in accordance with the color information.
4 . The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein; the recognition target comprises at least one of a character string, a postal code, an email address, a single-byte alphanumeric character, a number, or a uniform resource locator (URL).
5 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: transmit screen information to the first apparatus, the screen information being information on a screen on which the identification information and the particular process are associated with each other.
6 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein: the memory is to store the particular process and the identification information in association with each other, based on the identification information, the identification information being included in the second image data received from the first apparatus.
7 . The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein: the memory is to store the particular process and the identification information in association with each other, based on position information in the identification information included in the first image data, the particular process being a process to be performed by the information processing system.
8 . The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: receive second image data of a predetermined document from the first apparatus; and detect an area from the second image data, the area including the identification information associated with the particular process, wherein the memory is to store position information of the area in association with the particular process.
9 . The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein; the processing circuitry is configured to receive third image data of the predetermined document from the second apparatus, the area on which the particular process is executed being identified from the third image data, and the particular process that is executed being associated with the position information of the area.
10 . The information processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: output a file including the data on which the particular process is executed, and store the file in an external service system.
11 . The information processing system according to claim 10 , wherein: the particular process includes a process of designating one or more file names, and the processing circuitry is configured to set the acquired data in a file name of the file.
12 . The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein; the first image data includes position information of an area corresponding to the content of the particular process, and the memory is to store the particular process and the identification information in association with each other, based on the identification information included in the area indicated by the position information and the content of the particular process corresponding to the area indicated by the position information.
13 . The information processing system according to claim 12 , wherein: the memory stores the position information of an area corresponding to the content of the particular process in association with identification information in the first image data.
14 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein: the particular process includes one of optical character recognition (OCR), optical mark recognition (OMR), trimming, translation, masking, and encryption.
15 . A processing method, comprising: storing, in response to a user operation on a first apparatus, setting information associating, for each one of a plurality of processes, a process among the plurality of processes and identification information identifying content of the process; receiving, from the first apparatus, second image data including the identification information; identifying an area in the second image data received from the first a second apparatus, the identified area including the identification information of a particular process among the plurality of processes; storing area information of the area that is identified, a particular process corresponding to the identification information in the area, and an application selected by the user at the first apparatus; executing the particular process on a third image data received from a second apparatus, based on the area information and the particular process associated with the application selected at the second apparatus; and outputting data including the area on which the particular process is executed.
16 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing computer readable code for controlling a computer system to carry out a method comprising: storing, in response to a user operation on a first apparatus, setting information associating, for each one of a plurality of processes, a process among the plurality of processes and identification information identifying content of the process; receiving, from the first apparatus, second image data including the identification information; identifying an area in the second image data received from the first apparatus, the identified area including the identification information of a particular process among the plurality of processes; storing area information of the area that is identified, a particular process corresponding to the identification information in the area, and an application selected by the user at the first apparatus; executing the particular process on a third image data received from a second apparatus, based on the area information and the particular process associated with the application selected at the second apparatus; and outputting data including the area on which the particular process is executed.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is based on PCT filing PCT/IB2022/051819, filed on Mar. 2, 2022, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2021-040561, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, and 2021-090252, filed on May 28, 2021, the entire disclosure of each is hereby incorporated by reference herein. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, a processing method, and a recording medium. BACKGROUND ART Processing of forms such as expense claim forms, invoices, bills, or purchase order forms is common in daily work of an organization such as a company or a group. A person in charge in the organization performs the task of extracting handling dates, case numbers, amounts of money, or the like from forms or tabulating handling dates, case numbers, amounts of money, or the like in forms on a daily basis. A technique for digitizing such a form has been devised (see, for example, PTL1). PTL1 discloses a technique for detecting a highlighted area including an area filled with a chromatic color in a read image of an original document and a circled area including an area circled by the chromatic color, and classifying the highlighted area as an area for a first process and the circled area as an area for a second process. CITATION LIST Patent Literature PTL 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication 2019-096178-A SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem In the related art, however, it is difficult for a user to associate marks with processes. For example, if the user fails to register the correspondence between marks and processes on a predetermined sheet by marking the sheet with a marker pen or the like, the person in charge performs the task of setting the correspondence between the marks and the processes in a file or the like. Solution to Problem According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an information processing system communicably connectable to one or more apparatuses and configured to execute a plurality of processes includes a data storing unit that stores setting information in which identification information identifying content of a particular process among the plurality of processes and the particular process are associated with each other, in response to a user's operation on a first apparatus; an area identifying unit that identifies an area including the identification information from image data received from a second apparatus; and a processing unit that executes the particular process, based on the identified area and the setting information. Advantageous Effects of Invention It is possible to provide an information processing system that allows a user to associate identification information to be added to a predetermined sheet with processes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings are intended to depict example embodiments of the present invention and should not be interpreted to limit the scope thereof. The accompanying drawings are not to be considered as drawn to scale unless explicitly noted. Also, identical or similar reference numerals designate identical or similar components throughout the several views. FIG. 1 is a view illustrating processes or operation for associating a mark with a process in a data output system according to a first embodiment. FIG. 2A is a view illustrating setting of area information in a form according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2B is a view illustrating acquisition of data from the form using the area information according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view illustrating registration (task 1) of a correspondence between a color and a process using a registration sheet according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a view illustrating an example of a management site according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a correspondence (task 2) between area information and a process using the original of a form according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a process (task 3) to be performed on an area in a form using the form according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example system configuration of the data output system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example hardware configuration of an information processing system and a terminal apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example functional configuration of a device, the terminal apparatus, and the information processing system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 11 is a view illustrating an example of application processing information stored in an application processing information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 12A is a view schematically illustrating a series of processes performed by an application according