IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

To allow a document reading unit to collectively read various types of ID cards and perform data management according to every ID type.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 1 comprises: a document reading unit 5 that collectively reads a plurality of documents placed on a document placement surface; an individual image cut-out unit 102 that cuts out individual images from image data obtained through the reading; a character recognition unit 105 that recognizes characters included in the individual images for each of the individual images; a document determination unit 106 that determines, for each of the individual images, whether the name of a type is included in the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 105 for each of the individual images; an acquisition unit 107 that acquires, from the characters recognized by the character recognition unit 105 for the individual image determined to include the name of the type, the details of a plurality of characters corresponding one by one to the names of a plurality of items; and a data creation unit 111 that creates, for each of the individual images, document data in which the name of the type determined by the document determination unit 106 and the details of the plurality of characters acquired by the acquisition unit 107 are associated with each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】原稿読取部において各種のＩＤカードを一括して読み取ってＩＤタイプ毎に応じたデータ管理を行なうことを可能にする。【解決手段】画像形成装置１は、原稿載置面に載置された複数の原稿を一括して読み取る原稿読取部５と、読み取りで得られた画像データから各個別画像を切り抜く個別画像切抜部１０２と、個別画像に含まれる文字を個別画像ごとに認識する文字認識部１０５と、文字認識部１０５が個別画像ごとに認識した文字の中に種類名が含まれるか否かを個別画像ごとに判定する原稿判定部１０６と、当該種類名を含むと判定された個別画像について文字認識部１０５が認識した文字の中から、複数の項目名に一対一で対応する複数の文字内容をそれぞれ取得する取得部１０７と、原稿判定部１０６が判定した種類名と取得部１０７が取得した複数の文字内容とを対応付けた原稿データを個別画像ごとに生成するデータ生成部１１１と、を備える。【選択図】図１