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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Soga, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a situation of setting a file name and the like by using a character string obtained by performing OCR processing to a scan image, a file name and the like can be immediately set with less calculation resources. There is provided an apparatus for performing a predetermined process to a scan image obtained by scanning a document, including: a display control unit configured to display a UI screen for performing the predetermined process, the UI screen displaying a character area in the scan image in a selectable manner to a user; and a setting unit configured to perform OCR processing to a character area selected by a user via the UI screen and set supplementary information for the predetermined process by using a character string extracted in the OCR processing, wherein the setting unit, during a period of time before a user makes the selection, performs OCR processing in advance under a predetermined condition to a character area included in the scan image, in a case where the selected character area is a character area having undergone OCR processing in advance, uses a result of the OCR processing to set supplementary information for the predetermined process.