Image processing device, image reading apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• a scanner that reads an image formed on a document;
• and
• a processor and associated memory configured to:
• obtain image information of a second region to detect by way of character recognition of the second region an erecting direction of the image read by the scanner, the second region being defined in the image in advance for each of a plurality of types of the document according to a criterion different from a criterion for defining a first region in the image, in which character recognition is performed;
• and
• output character information of the first region, the character information being recognized in accordance with the erecting direction of the image obtained from the image information,
• wherein an erecting direction of the first region is indeterminable by the character recognition.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute functions, the functions comprising:

• obtaining image information of a second region to detect by way of character recognition of the second region an erecting direction of an image formed on a document, the second region being defined in the image in advance for each of a plurality of types of the document according to a criterion different from a criterion for defining a first region in the image, in which character recognition is performed;
• and
• outputting character information of the first region, the character information being recognized in accordance with the erecting direction of the image obtained from the image information,
• wherein an erecting direction of the first region is indeterminable by the character recognition.