| CPC H04N 1/00339 (2013.01) [G06F 16/35 (2019.01); H04N 1/00331 (2013.01); H04N 1/00408 (2013.01); H04N 1/00514 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an operation device;
a storage that stores classification determination information, the classification determination information comprising a determination criterion rule, including an overall classification rule and a user classification rule, for classifying image data on a document input to the image forming apparatus;
a memory that stores instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions stored in the memory to:
input image data on a document;
acquire the input image data on the document;
acquire, from the acquired image data, feature quantity that is information with which the document is distinguishable; and
update the user classification rule, wherein
the user classification rule is information in which a criterion for classifying a document having a specific feature quantity is set for each user in association with the specific feature quantity,
when a user uses the operation device to perform a specific classification operation on the image data on the document having the acquired feature quantity, the processor further executes the instructions to change a criterion of the user classification rule of the user associated with the acquired feature quantity to a criterion corresponding to the specific classification operation, the overall classification rule is a determination criterion applied to all users and is information in which a criterion for classifying a document having the specific feature quantity is set in association with the specific feature quantity,
in a case where the overall classification rule and the user classification rule of a user are set in association with the specific feature quantity, when image data on a document input by the user and having the specific feature quantity is classified, the user classification rule of the user is preferentially applied such that the image data input by the user is classified and stored, and in a case where the overall classification rule is set in association with the specific feature quantity and the user classification rule of each user is not set, when the image data on the document input by the user and having the specific feature quantity is classified, the overall classification rule is applied such that the image data input by the user is classified and stored,
the processor further executes the instructions to update the overall classification rule in the classification determination information based on overall rule update condition information preset in the storage,
in a case where the overall classification rule and the user classification rule of a plurality of users are set in association with the specific feature quantity, when a criterion corresponding to an identical classification operation is set in any of the user classification rules of the users and the overall rule update condition information is satisfied, the processor executes the instructions to change a criterion of the overall classification rule associated with the specific feature quantity to the criterion corresponding to the identical classification operation, and
in a case that:
an event causing a change in the criterion of the overall classification rule associated with the specific feature quantity occurs, if a rule update condition information is set to valid, the criterion of the overall classification rule associated with the specific feature quantity, before the change, is set as the criterion of the user classification rule of the user, else if
the rule update condition information is set to invalid, the criterion of the user classification rule of the user corresponding to the overall classification rule is not changed, and the criterion of the user classification rule of the user is previously set, the criterion of the user classification rule of the user which is previously set is maintained.
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