IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENDING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent omission in search in a case where a keyword search based on text data is carried out, in an image processing apparatus that generates an image file in which image data obtained by reading a document is associated with the text data obtained by a character recognition process on the image data.

SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus includes: a character recognition section 41 for performing a character recognition process for a character included in a document, based on image data obtained by reading the document; and a formatting process section 43 for generating an image file in which text data obtained by the character recognition process are associated with the image data. The character recognition section 41 generates the text data corresponding respectively to a plurality of possible character recognition results when the plurality of possible character recognition results are detected. The formatting process section 43 generates the image file in which each of the text data produced by the character recognition section 41 is associated with the image data.

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