Patent attributes
A personal information separation unit separates a document image containing personal information into a personal information image containing the personal information and a general information image that does not contain the personal information on the basis of the document image, and transmits the general information image to a cloud server. A recognition result integration unit receives a general recognition result that is the recognition result of the character recognition processing for the general information image from the cloud server, and acquires a target recognition result that is the recognition result of the character recognition processing for the document image in accordance with the general recognition result and the information based on the personal information image.