IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To read specific information on a document without the existence of a template. SOLUTION: The document is read from a scanner 108 as image data (S201). A character area is extracted from the read image data (S202). The position information of the character area is stored in a RAM (random access memory) 103. Cells are extracted from the read image data (S203). Character recognition is applied to the extracted character area (S204). A character (tag) serving as a keyword is inputted, and the inputted keyword is compared with the character code for retrieval (S205). A cell located near the retrieved keyword is estimated and selected (S206). The character code in the selected sell is specified by comparing the position information of the cell with the position information of the character code (S207).