IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR RECONSTRUCTING DATA

Device, method and computer program capable of obtaining from image data document data readable and effectively adherable in a region of definite form without waste. According to the device, method and computer program, a document block containing a specific image such as a headline and a body text is extracted from among image data to be processed, character code is recognized from a character image of the specific image within the document block, the document block is reconstructed in a specific shape, and character code data corresponding to the recognized character code is laid out within the reconstructed document block.