JPH0399384A - Method for forming control program for optical reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form an OCR control program by regarding data in a collecting frame as the group of one data, to simplify data processing and to accurately read out a document by surrounding dotted circle data by a collecting frame having a specific attribute. CONSTITUTION:A document CAD system 6 forms CAD data 7, a control program forming system 11 forms a control program 12 by using the CAD data 7 and the program 12 is stored in a floppy disk 13 or a magnetic tape 15 and applied to an optical reader 3. In the case of data of OCR dotted circles, a collecting frame SF having a specific attribute is formed by specifying diagonal points P1, P2 for the OCR dotted circles and the inside of the frame SF is regarded as the group of one data to form a control program. Thus, the control program is formed by regarding plural dotted circles as one group.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Purpose of the Invention; (Industrial Application Field) This invention is based on the OC:R (Optical Charac
The present invention relates to a method for creating a control program for an optical reading device such as a ter reader.

(Conventional technology) The prior art will be explained using FIG. 1.

The control program for the optical reading device 3 that reads the OCN form is: ■ A program for reading data from the reading form 1;
■Program to check whether the read data is correct;■Transfer the read data to a floppy disk (FD)13. Programs for outputting to a medium such as magnetic tape (Ml') 15, and (2) programs for printing read data on a 611 screen or printer. Of these, in the program (2) above, in order to calculate the coordinate values of the character frame in which the characters to be read are written, the size and position of the character frame of the form 1 to be actually read is measured with a ruler. Regarding the programs (1) to (2) above, a control program specific to each optical reading device 3 must be coded using IIJ control program form 2 with the intervention of a system engineer. That is, the control program 12 created by the control program creation system 11 is written on a control program form (FC form) 2 dedicated to the control program and read into the optical reading device 3, or the keyboard of the optical reading device 3 (Fig. (not shown) and must be done manually.

In such conventional technology, the coordinate values of the program (2) are calculated by measuring the printed matter with a ruler, which is a complicated work in places where there are many places to be read. Furthermore, since the printed material is directly measured, measurement errors due to the expansion and contraction of the paper in the printed material and errors in the measurement itself occur. Furthermore, regarding the programs (1) to (2), it was necessary for a system engineer or the like with advanced knowledge to intervene. In this way, human coding errors also occur in the final coding process, and in order to create and complete one control program, it is necessary to actually read the corresponding reading form.
This required a great deal of effort and repeated testing over and over again. In order to check whether the coding was done correctly, it was necessary to perform reading tests many times. Furthermore, the control program for the optical reading device 3 is different for each manufacturer and model, so even when reading the same reading form 1, a separate control program is created for each reading device. I needed to.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the control program data that can be created from the information of the CAD design data 7 of the read form l using the form CAD system 6 used by the printing company when creating it with the printing system 8 is automatically calculated. Create and C
I) Information that cannot be obtained from the design data 7 is created manually by trial and error.
An R control program creation system IOA is being considered.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) As mentioned above, there are various drawbacks in the prior art.
When creating an OCR control program from the form CAD system 6 as in the device shown in the figure, the OCR reading form is read by marking the r dotted line circle drawn with a dropout as shown in Fig. 11 on the OCR reading form. Sometimes. In this case, the control program creation system 11 handles the ignition as separate designs, and the data itself also exists separately. Therefore, data processing becomes complicated.

This invention was made due to the circumstances mentioned above,
An object of the present invention is to provide a creation method for creating a control program for an optical reading device by surrounding an ignition with a summary frame and capturing the surrounded area as one data group.

Structure of the Invention; (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention efficiently creates a control program for an optical reading device for OCR dot ignition. The above object of the present invention is achieved by surrounding a black circle with a summary frame, and generating a control program for the optical reading device by capturing the enclosed area as one data group. be done.

(Operation) In this invention, by surrounding the black circle data, which was conventionally handled separately, with a summary frame having special attributes, the data within the summary frame can be regarded as one data group.
I am creating a control program for fR. This simplifies data processing and allows OCR forms to be read accurately.

(Embodiment) In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, CAD data 7 is created in a form CAD system 6, and a control program 12 is created in a control program creation system 11 using the CAD data 7. Created control program 1
2 is stored on a floppy disk 13 or magnetic tape 15 and provided to the optical reader 3. Alternatively, the control program 12 may be written on the control program paper 2 using the printer output 16 and may be input by visual reading or by using the control program reading function of a keyboard or OCR reader. Furthermore, it may be transferred online via the communication circuit line 14 to the host computer 4 that controls the optical reader 3. Read data 5 is generated from the optical reader 3 .

FIG. 2 shows the overall configuration of the control program creation system 11 of the present invention. A display device 111 such as a CRT that displays required messages, control programs, etc., a human power device 113 consisting of an input mechanism (tablet, mouse, etc.) for inputting data with various menus and a keyboard, and a control program and reading form are created. Form CAD used for
External storage device 114 such as a floppy disk device for reading system data and writing control programs
and printing device 1 for printing out the control program on paper.
! 5, a communication device 116 for outputting a control program using a communication line, and a computer system 112 that connects and processes each of the above devices. Note that the computer system 112 is operated by software.

In such a configuration, the processing in the system of the present invention will be explained with reference to the system flowchart shown in FIG.

When the system is activated by operating the keyboard provided on the human-powered device 113 (step 5100), a work menu as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display device 1111 (step 5101), so that the operator can From the keyboard of 113, select the work menu "'1)"
Select and input "New Creation", "2) Modify", or "3) Finish" (Step 5102).Here, for example, if "3) Finish" is selected manually (Step 5
109) terminates the system. Also, if “l) Create new” is selected manually (step 5103)
creates a control program using a screen interactive method using the display device 111 and input device f2Z113 (step 51
04). Specifically, in addition to information such as form dimensions, positional coordinates of the character frame of the characters to be read, frame height and width dimensions, frame feed pitch, and number of frames, the paper type (for optical reading devices) paper or paper copied from a copy machine, etc.), font type (
(kana characters, alphabets, numbers, kanji, symbols, etc.), the type of writing instrument entered in the reading field of the form (ballpoint pen, pencil, printed characters, etc.), the specification of the output medium of the scanned data, the file layout, etc. . Furthermore, if 2) Modification is selected in the work selection (step 5102) (step 5106), the medium of the control program that has already been created is set in the external storage device 114, and the control program is read into the computer system 112. (Step 5107). This read control program is displayed on the display device I.
ll, and is corrected in a screen interactive manner using the input device 113 (step 5108).

The control program newly created or modified in this way is
Whether to output to a medium such as the floppy disk 13 or M715 set in the external storage device 114, or to the control program paper 2 by the printing device 115,
Furthermore, it is transferred via the communication device 116 to the host computer 4 that controls the optical reading device 3 online or directly to the optical reading device 3 . The control program created in this manner is read into the optical reader 3 online or offline. Under the control of this control program, the optical reading device 3 reads the form and performs necessary processing to output read data 5.

In this invention, in addition to the OCR point circle 0 shown in FIG. 11, which was conventionally treated separately, the diagonal point P shown in FIG.
By specifying I and P2, a summary frame SF having special attributes is formed, and a control program is created by regarding the inside of the summary frame SF as one data group. By grouping the black circles in the OCR point circle 0 grouping frame SF in this way, the black circles are treated as one group and a control program is generated. The control program creation system 11 does not have the concept of a 068-point grouping frame, so it uses regular hooks with special attributes (for example, color version 9).
is regarded as a 068-point grouping frame in the program conversion system.

In addition to the black circles, there are also solid circles shown in FIG. 6 that are considered to be the same group. This is used when the "Principal" section is required to be read when reading, or when the form is already printed in non-dropout color and other items are selectively filled in.

Furthermore, in this invention, control programs that are created differently depending on each company and each model are outputted in a format suitable for each. Specifically, when outputting the control program (step 5105), the name of the OCR reader to be read is entered manually as shown in FIG.
Control programs are output in consideration of the specifications of each control program as shown in FIGS.

Figure 8 shows that the unit system differs depending on the type of OCR reader (A, B) even if it is made by the same manufacturer, and Figure 9 shows that the reference side is left reference LR and right reference for each OCR reader A and B. It shows the difference like RR.

In addition, FIG. 1θ shows that the dimensions to be measured differ depending on the presence or absence of the line mark 30. The same figure (^) has line mark 30; in this case, line mark 3
This shows that the dimension value from the edge of 0 to the OCR character frame 32 fluctuates, and FIG. ing.

In addition, as a form CAD system, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-126463 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-134757 by Mizu Applicant
issue.

JP-A-62-134760 and the like can be used.

Effects of the Invention: As described above, according to the method for creating a control program for an optical reading device of the present invention, the control program is capable of processing 0 circles and solid line circles as one data group according to instructions in the summary frame. , OCR form data processing can be performed accurately and efficiently.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a device that implements the control program creation method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the control program creation device of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the control program creation method. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the menu screen when the system of the present invention is started, Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the 'summary frame for 09,
The figure shows an example of a solid line circle, Figure 7 shows an example of a screen for manually inputting the model name of the control program to be output, and Figure 8 shows an example of the difference in the specifications of the control program. , FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the concept of subfield division, FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the method of subfield division according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of 09. 1...Reading form, 2...Control program paper, 3.
...Optical reader, 4...Host computer, 5
...Reading data, 6.Form CAD system, 7.
...CAD data, 8...Printing system, 11...
Control program creation system, 12... control program.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system that converts CAD data for a form into a control program for an optical reading device, by surrounding the OCR point circle of the CAD data for a form with a summary frame, the enclosed area is treated as one data group. A method for creating a control program for an optical reading device, characterized in that a control program for the optical reading device is generated based on the information obtained.