Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

An information processing method comprising:

• capturing an image of a document using an image camera;
• determining whether an area to be processed in the document captured by the image camera is specified, the determination including:
• firstly determining, with the image camera, whether a marker is placed on the surface of the document, the marker comprising machine-readable code;
• when it is determined that the marker is not placed on the surface of the document, secondly determining whether area information indicating the area to be processed is registered;
• when it is determined that both the marker is not placed on the surface of the document and the area information is not registered, thirdly determining whether the area information is registered after a predetermined area on the surface of the document is registered as a target;
• and
• executing processing in response to at least one of the first determining, the second determining and the third determining being affirmative, and ending image capture without processing when each of the first, second and third determinings are negative.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

• capturing an image of a document using an image camera;
• determining whether an area to be processed in the document captured by the image camera is specified, the determination including:
• firstly determining, with the image camera, whether a marker is placed on the surface of the document, the marker comprising machine-readable code;
• when it is determined that the marker is not placed on the surface of the document, secondly determining whether area information indicating the area to be processed is registered;
• when it is determined that both the marker is not placed on the surface of the document and the area information is not registered, thirdly determining whether the area information is registered after a predetermined area on the surface of the document is registered as a target;
• and
• executing processing in response to at least one of the first determining, the second determining and the third determining being affirmative, and ending image capture without processing when each of the first, second and third determinings are negative.