ELECTRONIC BOOK PRODUCTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC BOOK SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC BOOK PRODUCTION METHOD AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate search for a character string running across a plurality of character areas in a page image of a complicated layout when the page image is displayed without changing the layout.SOLUTION: An electronic book production device comprises: an image acquisition section 202 for acquiring a page image; a character area detection section 204 for detecting a character area from the page image; a character recognition section 206 for recognizing characters in the character area; a character position information acquisition section 208 for acquiring character position information indicating a character position for each of the characters; a reading order determination section 210 for determining a reading order between character areas on the basis of character area positions and continuity of characters between character areas; an electronic book data generation section 222 for generating electronic book data including the page image, character information, the character position information, and order information of the characters or the character areas; and an electronic book data output section 224 for outputting the electronic book data.