JPH03105669A - Business form processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute a business form processing by a paperless method by saving the whole of image data of a business form, and also, executing a recognition of the inside of a designated frame and displaying it, and executing a correction and editing of the data in accordance with necessity. CONSTITUTION:The whole of image data of a business form which is read or received by a controller 2 with a business form reader 1 is stored and saved in a large capacity storage device 4, and also, a character recognition in a designated frame of the image data is executed by a character recognizing device 3 and a result of recognition is stored and saved in a large capacity storage device 4. Subsequently, a terminal control part 8 displays the result of recognition in a fixed position on a display device 7-1, and also, the image data of the whole saved in accordance with an instruction of missing, etc., of the display contents from an operator is fetched and displayed as it is or by enlarging and inverting it, etc., and a character, etc., read by the operator are corrected and edited. In such a way, the business form processing can be executed efficiently and easily by a paperless method, based on the image data.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a form processing system that performs form processing based on image data of a form, the system saves the entire form image data, recognizes and displays within a specified frame, and If the displayed content is missing or meaningless, the saved image data can be displayed in its entirety, enlarged, or reversed, and even if the form is skewed or upside down, it can be used as an image data. The purpose of this system is to enable vapor-less, efficient and easy form processing based on Recognition is performed and displayed, and in response to instructions from the operator such as missing display content, the entire saved image data is retrieved and displayed as is or enlarged or reversed, and then corrected and edited. Measures will be taken to ensure that forms can be processed. [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a form processing system that processes forms based on image data of forms. In recent years, FAX
Paperless, using OCR reader and terminal
There is a need for a system that can easily process forms using key-inless technology. [Problems that conventional technology and inventions aim to solve] Conventionally, image data of forms read by FAX or OCR reading devices can also be sent to Party B within a specified frame. It recognizes characters from image data and displays them at fixed positions on the screen. At this time, if the image data of the form read by the OCR reader or the image data of the form sent by fax is skewed or upside down for some reason, characters may not be recognized. Since nothing is displayed at a fixed position on the screen, there is a problem that documents to be read are rejected or read again, making it impossible to process efficiently. In particular, in the case of image data sent via a line by FAX, how is the form of the image data (skewed,
There was a problem in that it was unclear whether the image was turned upside down (upside down, etc.), which caused inconvenience in Baberless processing.

The present invention saves the entire image data 6 of a form, recognizes and displays the area within a specified frame, and stores the saved image data in the event that the displayed content is missing or meaningless. Display the entire image, enlarge it, or invert it,
The purpose of this system is to enable efficient and easy pageless form processing based on image data, even if the form is skewed or upside down.

[Means to solve problems]

Means for solving the problem will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, a form reading device 1 reads g-slips and reads image data.

The control device 2 stores the entire image data of the read or sent form in the mass storage device 4, or causes the character recognition device 3 to recognize characters within a designated frame of the image data. It performs various controls such as storing data in the human capacity storage device yl4. The terminal control unit 8 displays, on the display device 7, image data within a specified frame, an entire image data, inverted/enlarged entire image data, and the like.

[Effect]

As shown in FIG. The character recognition device 3 recognizes the characters within the designated frame, the recognition results are stored in the mass storage device 4, and the terminal control unit 8 displays the recognition results at a fixed position on the display device 7-1. In addition, in response to instructions from the operator regarding missing display content, etc., the entire saved image data can be retrieved and displayed as is or enlarged or reversed, and characters read by the operator can be corrected. I am making it possible to edit it.

Therefore, if you save the entire image data of the read or sent form, it will also recognize and display within the specified frame, and if there are any omissions or meaningless displays in the displayed content, it will By displaying the image data in its entirety, enlarging it, inverting it, etc., and processing the form by referring to it, the image data can be displayed even if the image data of the form is skewed or upside down. This makes it possible to process forms efficiently and easily without vapor.

〔Example〕

Next, the structure and operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail using FIGS. 1 and 2.

In FIG. 1, a form reading device 1 is a FAX or OCR reading device, and is used to generate image data of a form. In the case of FAX, image data obtained by receiving and demodulating data sent via a line is input to the control device 2. On the other hand, in the case of an OCR reading device, image data obtained by reading an inserted form is input to the control device 2. The control device 2 stores the entire image data of the read or sent form in the mass storage device 4 as illustrated entire image data 5,
Character recognition device 3 recognizes characters within the specified frame of image data.
This process is performed and stored in the large capacity storage device 4 as a group of image data within designated frames 6 (described later with reference to FIG. 2(a)).

The large-capacity storage device 4 is a large-capacity external storage device such as a DASD that stores and saves image data and the like.

The character recognition device 6 performs character recognition of image data within a specified frame of the entire image data.

The display device 7-1 displays character recognition results at a fixed position, displays an entire image of a form, and so on.

The operation console 7-2 is used to give instructions to display the entire image, input data, etc. when the character recognition results displayed on the display device 7-1 are missing. It is. The terminal control unit 8 includes a display device 7-1
, which controls the operation console 7-2 and displays the image within the specified frame. -1, and accept key input from the console 7-2. next,
Using the flowchart in Figure 2, we will explain in detail the operations of Figure 1. FIG. 2(A) shows an image data storage/v2alt flowchart.

In FIG. 2 (a), ■ reads the form.

This uses an OCR reading device, which is the form reading device 1 in Figure 1, to read the form and generate image data. Incidentally, the image data of the form sent via the line may be received and demodulated by the FAX which is the form reading device 1 to generate the image data of the form.

■ Saves the entire read image data. The control device 2 in FIG. 1 transfers the entire image data of the received form to the mass storage device 4 through the route shown in
It is stored and saved as the entire image data 5. ■ Performs character recognition. This performs character recognition on the image data within the specified frame sent from the M control device 2 in FIG.

■ saves the image data and recognition results within the specified frame. This stores and saves the image data within the designated frame and the @ recognition result (character code, etc.) on the large capacity storage device 40 as a group of image data within the designated frame 6 via the route (■). Through the above processing, the entire image data of the read or sent form is stored and saved as the entire image data 5 in the mass storage device 4, and the result of character recognition of the image data within the specified frame ( (character code, etc.) and image data within the character frame are stored and saved in the mass storage device 4 as a designated frame image data group 6.

Next, FIG. 2(b) shows a form processing flowchart.

In FIG. 2 (opening), ■ displays the recognition results within the specified frame. This is the mass storage device i! at 0 in Figure 2 (a). ! 4, the recognition results (character codes, etc.) stored as the designated frame image data group 6 are displayed as images (characters, etc.) at a fixed position on the display device 7-1. @ determines whether processing is possible. This allows the operator to visually inspect the recognized results (characters, etc.) of the image data within the designated character frame displayed at a fixed position on the display device 7-1 in [phase] and determine whether the form can be processed. Then, press the appropriate key (press the key to continue processing, or press the key to instruct display of the entire image data since processing is not possible). If YES (if you press the continue processing key), press ◎ to perform terminal processing (data correction, &g
) and completes the form processing. On the other hand, in the case of No (when the key instructing the display of the entire image data is pressed), the [phase] is performed.

[Phase] displays the entire image data. this is,
The terminal control unit 8 reads out the entire image data 5 from the mass storage device 4 and displays it on the display device 7-1.

[Phase] determines whether processing is possible. This occurs when the operator visually inspects the entire image data of the form displayed on the display device 7-1 in [phase], determines that the form can be processed, and presses the continue processing key, or when the @ form is skewed. This means pressing a key indicating that processing is not possible by flipping it upside down, etc. If YES (pressing a key to continue processing), 0 indicates terminal processing (data correction, editing, etc.) and completes the form processing. On the other hand, in the case of NO (when the key indicating that processing is not possible is pressed), the image data is enlarged and inverted (inverted vertically) using [Phase] and displayed on the display device 7-1 again, and then [ [phase] is manipulated and performed. If the process is not possible even after enlarging or inverting the image using [Phase], the process will end this winter.

As described above, if the recognition result within the specified frame of the image data is displayed and the form processing is possible, the data is corrected or edited as necessary and the form processing is completed, while the recognition result is displayed. If the form cannot be processed, the entire image can be displayed, and the entire image can be viewed even if the form is skewed or upside down. It becomes possible to perform form processing using paperless. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the entire image data of a read or sent form is saved, and the image data within the specified frame is recognized and displayed, and the missing part of the displayed content is removed. If there is a problem or the display is meaningless, display the saved image data in its entirety, enlarge it, invert it, etc., and process the form fA! Because the system uses a double-sided system, even if the form is skewed or upside down, it can be processed easily and efficiently without paper based on image data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the present invention. In the figure, ■ is a form reading device, 2 is a control device, 3 is a character recognition device, 4 is a mass storage device, 5 is whole image data, 6 is a group of image data within a specified frame, 7-1 is a display device, 7 -2 represents a console, and 8 represents a terminal control unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a form processing system that processes forms based on image data of forms, the system saves the entire image data of the forms that have been read or sent, and also recognizes characters within a specified frame of this image data. In response to instructions from the operator about missing display content, etc., the entire saved image data is retrieved and displayed as is or enlarged/inverted, and then corrected/edited to create a form. A form processing system characterized in that it is configured to be able to process.