US 12,424,005 B2
Image processing apparatus and image processing method for identifying a classification type of a document image
Makoto Enomoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,354.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-177091 (JP), filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137138 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06V 30/10 (2022.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G06V 30/413 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 30/10 (2022.01) [G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G06V 30/413 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory that stores a program; and
at least one processor that executes the program to perform:
obtaining, by character recognition processing, one or more character strings recognized from a document image obtained by scanning a document;
identifying information on a company which issued the document based on the obtained one or more character strings and a predefined condition;
identifying a company name of the company which issued the document, the company name being included in the obtained one or more character strings; and
outputting information on a company name,
wherein the identified company name is output as the information on the company name in a case where the company name is identified, and
wherein the identified information on the company is output as the information on the company name instead of the company name in a case where the company name is not identified and the information on the company is identified.