Image forming apparatus capable of creating electronic document data with high browsing capability
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorYoshio Komaki
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Abstract
To convert a source document having an additionally-handwritten portion into PDF data, an image forming apparatus scans the source document and reads it, and extracts an additionally-written region from image data. Additionally, based on a position of the additionally-written region, the image forming apparatus sets an annotation frame, which is a size of a region on the PDF data for inserting the additionally-written region into the PDF data as an annotation, and a position where the data is displayed.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a read unit reading an image of a source document and obtaining image data;
- an electronic document production unit producing electronic document data for allowing a display apparatus to display said image data thereon, based on said image data;
- an extraction unit extracting from said image data an additionally-written region including an additionally-handwritten portion;
- a production unit producing annotation data based on said additionally-written region;
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- a setting unit calculating a position for allowing said display apparatus to display said annotation data on said electronic document data, based on a position of said additionally-written region on said image data, and setting the calculated position for said annotation data.
A method of creating electronic document data based on image data obtained by reading an image of a source document, comprising the steps of:
- extracting from said image data an additionally-written region including an additionally-handwritten portion;
- producing annotation data based on said additionally-written region;
- and
- calculating a position for allowing a display apparatus to display said annotation data on said electronic document data, based on a position of said additionally-written region on said image data, and setting the calculated position for said annotation data.
A computer readable medium which records a program causing a computer to execute electronic document data creation processing of creating electronic document data based on image data obtained by reading an image of a source document, the program causing said computer to execute the processing including the steps of:
- extracting from said image data an additionally-written region including an additionally-handwritten portion;
- producing annotation data based on said additionally-written region;
- and
- calculating a position for allowing a display apparatus to display said annotation data on said electronic document data, based on a position of said additionally-written region on said image data, and setting the calculated position for said annotation data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.