Data medium discrimination information database creating apparatus, data medium discrimination information database managing apparatus, computer readable recording medium recorded thereon data medium discrimination information database creating program, and data medium discriminating apparatus

摘要

An apparatus has a temporary registration unit which extracts candidate information, which can be data medium discrimination information, about a data medium from image data, relates it to the data medium, and register them in a registration candidate database when the data medium discrimination information about the data medium is not retained in a data medium discrimination information database, and a registration unit which relates the candidate information to the kind of the data medium, and registers them as the data medium discrimination information in the data medium discrimination information database. The data medium discrimination information database retaining a pair of the kind of data medium and data medium discrimination information about the data medium used to discriminate the data medium can be automatically kept in the optimal state according to a distribution frequency of the data medium, whereby an excellent rate of document discrimination is attained.