INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

To improve security in image processing using an external device provided on a cloud.SOLUTION: An information processing device includes: reading means for reading image information of a document; determination means for executing character recognition processing on the read image information and determining characters which are subject to strict confidentiality and which are included in processing results of the character recognition processing; and transmission means for transmitting, to the external device, a processing request for image processing performed on the image information in a case where the number of the determined characters subjected to the strict confidentiality is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】クラウド上に設けられた外部装置を利用した画像処理におけるセキュリティを高めることができる。【解決手段】原稿の画像情報を読み取る読取手段と、読み取られた画像情報に対する文字認識処理を実行し、文字認識処理の処理結果に含まれる厳秘対象の文字を判別する判別手段と、判別された厳秘対象の文字の文字数が所定の閾値より少ない場合、前記画像情報に対する画像処理の処理要求を、外部装置に対して送信する送信手段と、を備える情報処理装置。【選択図】図１