# US 2023/0056798 A1 · Document processing device and document processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0056798 A1 - Document ID: US20230056798A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/889,427 - Filed: 2022-08-17 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-23 - Assignees: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Ryuichi Aoyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056798A1 ## CPC - G06F 40/123: Storage facilities - G06F 3/1201: {Dedicated interfaces to print systems} - G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets} - G06F 3/127: {by using hot folders, e.g. folder for which print settings or print data management rules are set in advance} - G06F 3/1288: {in client-server-printer device configuration} - G06F 16/93: Document management systems - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a document processing device includes a plurality of storage units, a specification unit, and a processing unit. The storage units are set with respectively different setting information. The storage unit stores a processing target document. The specification unit specifies a processing target area determined by the setting information set in the storage unit for each of the documents respectively stored in the plurality of storage units. The processing unit executes, for each document, a predetermined process on a content located in the processing target area specified by the specification unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A document processing device, comprising: a plurality of storage units configured to be set with respectively different setting information, and to store a respective processing target document; a specification unit configured to specify a processing target area determined by the setting information set in each storage unit associated with each of the processing target documents respectively stored in the plurality of storage units; and a processor configured to execute, for each processing target document, a predetermined process on a content located in the processing target area specified by the specification unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein: the processing target document includes a plurality of contents in which different areas become processing targets by the setting information set in the different storage units, and the processor executes a same process on the content located in the processing target area specified by the specification unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The document processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: an output unit configured to output the processing target document on which the predetermined process is executed by the processor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The document processing device according to claim 3, wherein the output unit outputs the processing target document to a printer according to a printing instruction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The document processing device according to claim 3, wherein the output unit outputs the processing target document to a storage medium according to a storage instruction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein: each of the plurality of storage units is constituted by a folder in a memory. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein: the specification unit is further configured to specify a plurality of processing target areas that do not overlap with each other. ### Claim 8 A document processing method of causing a computer including a plurality of storage units configured to be set with respectively different setting information and to store a respective processing target document to perform functions including: specifying a processing target area determined by the setting information set in each storage unit associated with each of the processing target documents respectively stored in the plurality of storage units; and executing, for each processing target document, a predetermined process on a content located in the processing target area specified. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The document processing method according to claim 8, wherein: the processing target document includes a plurality of contents in which different areas become processing targets by the setting information set in the different storage units, and further comprising: executing a same process on the content located in the processing target area specified. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The document processing method according to claim 8, further comprising: outputting the processing target document on which the predetermined process is executed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The document processing method according to claim 10, further comprising: outputting the processing target document to a printer according to a printing instruction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The document processing method according to claim 10, further comprising: outputting the processing target document to a storage medium according to a storage instruction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The document processing method according to claim 8, wherein: each of the plurality of storage units is constituted by a folder in a memory. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The document processing method according to claim 8, further comprising: specifying a plurality of processing target areas that do not overlap with each other. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium causing a computer to execute a document processing method of causing the computer including a plurality of storage units configured to be set with respectively different setting information and to store a respective processing target document to perform functions including: specifying a processing target area determined by the setting information set in each storage unit associated with each of the processing target documents respectively stored in the plurality of storage units; and executing, for each processing target document, a predetermined process on a content located in the processing target area specified. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein: the processing target document includes a plurality of contents in which different areas become processing targets by the setting information set in the different storage units, and further comprising: executing a same process on the content located in the processing target area specified. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising: outputting the processing target document on which the predetermined process is executed. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, further comprising: outputting the processing target document to a printer according to a printing instruction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17, further comprising: outputting the processing target document to a storage medium according to a storage instruction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising: specifying a plurality of processing target areas that do not overlap with each other.