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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Masaya Fujitani, Sakai, JP;
Takashi Usui, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a reader that reads a document and generates first document data; a first extractor that extracts first character information included in the first document data; a second extractor that searches a storage device storing a plurality of pieces of document data and extracts one or more pieces of second document data including second character information related to the first character information; and an estimator that estimates a file name to be set for the first document data from the first character information, on basis of a naming rule for a file name of the second document data based on a relation between the second character information and the file name of the second document data.