JP2004086619A - Full name chinese character retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a full name Chinese character retrieval system whose processing efficiency can be improved by displaying the candidates of full name Chinese characters in the order of high use frequency. <P>SOLUTION: An ID card preparing system 1 is provided with an OCR device 2, a personal computer 4 and a printer 6. The data of an application read by the OCR device 2 are displayed through a monitor 42. When any error is generated in displayed full name Chinese characters, a candidate button 44 is depressed, and the candidates of full name Chinese characters are displayed. The full name Chinese characters are stored with use frequency so as to be associated with personal information such as one's domiciles or ages, and the candidates of the full name Chinese characters are displayed in the order of high use frequency. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a first and last name kanji search system for searching for first and last name kanji described in an application form.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, when creating an ID card, the operator receives an application form filled in by the applicant, reads the application form with an optical character recognition (OCR) device, compares the misrecognized location with the application form, and enters a key. To correct. At this time, the information read from the application form is displayed via the monitor.
[0003]
For example, when the displayed first and last name kanji of the applicant is different from the first and last name kanji of the application form, the first and last name kanji database is searched with the automatically recognized first and last name reading as a key, and the corresponding first and last name kanji candidates are displayed via the monitor.
[0004]
The operator finds the corresponding kanji from the plurality of displayed first and last name kanji candidates and determines the processing.
[0005]
After correcting the erroneous recognition in this manner, the application information is printed out based on the determined application contents, and an ID card is created.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned conventional first and last name kanji search method, when displaying the first and last name kanji candidates on the monitor, a plurality of candidates are displayed in the order stored in the database, so it takes time for the operator to search for the corresponding first and last name kanji. It takes a long time to process.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a first and last name kanji search system capable of displaying first and last name kanji candidates in descending order of use frequency and improving processing efficiency.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a first and last name kanji search system of the present invention includes a reading device that reads the personal information from an application form that describes personal information such as first and last name readings, first and last name kanji, home address, age, and gender by character recognition processing. A display unit for displaying the result of reading by the reading device, a database storing the first and last name kanji together with the use frequency associated with the personal information, an input unit for receiving a correction input of the reading result, and A candidate button for extracting from the above, and based on the pressing of this candidate button, searching the database using the personal information as a key, extracting the first name, last name and kanji corresponding to the personal information in descending order of use frequency, And a control unit for displaying as a first and last name kanji candidate via a display unit.
[0009]
According to the invention described above, the first and last name kanji are associated with personal information and stored in the database together with the frequency of use, and when personal information is used as a search key to extract first and last name kanji candidates from the database, the frequently used names are frequently used according to the personal information. First and last name kanji are extracted in order and displayed via the display unit. Thereby, the first and last name kanji can be displayed in descending order of the frequency of use according to the permanent address, age, gender, etc., and the trouble of the operator searching for the same first and last name kanji as described in the application can be reduced.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0011]
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an ID card issuing system 1 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a system 1) to which a first and last name kanji search system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
[0012]
The system 1 has an optical character recognition (OCR) device 2 (reading device), a personal computer (PC) 4, and a printer 6 (output device).
[0013]
The OCR device 2 reads the application form in which the applicant applying for the issuance of the ID card has filled in personal information such as first name and last name, first and last name kanji, permanent address, age and gender, performs OCR processing on the read data, and performs recognition. As a result, the data is input to the PC main body 41.
[0014]
The PC 4 has a monitor 42 (display unit) and a keyboard 43 (input unit) in addition to the PC main body 41 (control unit). The keyboard 43 is provided with a candidate button 44 as a command key for displaying candidates for first and last name kanji, which will be described later. The PC main body 41 displays the recognition result input from the OCR device 2 via the monitor 42, and receives a correction input of the recognition result via the keyboard 43.
[0015]
In addition, the PC main body 41 has a database 10 (not shown here) in which first and last names and kanji are stored together with the use frequency associated with the personal information.
[0016]
The printer 6 prints out the personal information based on the confirmed application data that has been corrected through the keyboard 43 and creates an ID card for the applicant.
[0017]
FIG. 2 shows a modification of the system 1. Here, a plurality of PCs 4 are connected to a network via a network cable 8, a common database 10 is held on this network, and the database 10 is shared by the plurality of PCs 4.
[0018]
Here, the processing operation of the system 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0019]
First, the application form received by the operator from the applicant is read by the OCR device 2 (step 1). Then, the personal information of the application form is displayed via the monitor 42 as a recognition result by the OCR device 2 (step 2). FIG. 4 shows a display example of the recognition result.
[0020]
The operator compares the displayed personal information with the personal information entered in the application form, and confirms whether or not there is an error in the recognition result by the OCR device 2 (step 3). If there is an error in the recognition result (step 3; YES), the operator makes a correction input via the keyboard 43 (step 4), and the application data is determined based on the fact that the display contents match the contents of the application form (step 4). Step 5).
[0021]
Then, the personal information is printed by the printer 6 based on the determined application data, and an ID card is created (step 6).
[0022]
If there is an error in the recognition result of the first and last name kanji in the personal information at the time of the correction input in step 4, the operator presses the candidate button 44 of the keyboard 43, the database 10 is searched, and the candidate of the first and last name kanji is displayed in the PC main unit 41. Is obtained (extracted) and displayed in a list via the monitor 42 (step 7).
[0023]
5 (a) and 5 (b) show data examples of last name kanji and first name kanji stored in the database 10, respectively, and show display examples of last name kanji and first name kanji candidates displayed in a list via the monitor 42. 6 (a) and 6 (b).
[0024]
Further, at the timing when the application data is determined in step 5, the usage frequency of the first and last name kanji included in the application data is updated on the database 10 and rewritten. For example, when the data shown in FIG. 4 is determined, the usage frequency of the data D1 in FIG. 5A is incremented by one, and the usage frequency of the data D2 in FIG. 5B is incremented by one.
[0025]
Hereinafter, a method of extracting and displaying first and last name kanji candidates will be described with reference to some specific examples.
[0026]
For example, if there is an error in the surname kanji in the personal information as shown in FIG. 4 which is recognized from the application form in step 1 and displayed on the monitor 42 in step 2, the operator puts an error on the wrong surname kanji. The cursor is moved and the candidate button 44 on the keyboard 43 is pressed. As a result, surname / kanji candidates are extracted from the database 10 and displayed in a list via the monitor 42.
[0027]
At this time, the family name kanji data of FIG. 5A is searched using the family name reading and the permanent address in the personal information as keywords, and the corresponding family name kanji is extracted in descending order of the frequency of use. For example, when the domicile is Goto in Tokyo, the most frequently used surname kanji “Goto, Goto, Goto” is extracted in the order of “Goto”, followed by “Goto”, “Goto”.
[0028]
Then, a list of surname / kanji candidates as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed via the monitor 42 in the order in which the PC body 41 extracts the surname / kanji from the database 10. At this time, the surname kanji not extracted by the keyword search, that is, the surname kanji not used at this time (for example, “five parties”) is displayed after the candidate extracted by the keyword search.
[0029]
On the other hand, in the case of extracting and displaying the candidates for the name kanji, the cursor is moved to the name kanji that has been erroneously recognized, and the candidate button 44 is pressed. At this time, the name kanji data of FIG. 5 (b) is searched using the name kana, home address, age, and gender as the keywords in the personal information of the applicant, and the corresponding name kanji is extracted in descending order of the frequency of use. Is displayed.
[0030]
For example, in the case of extracting candidates for famous Chinese characters of “Koichi” whose permanent address is Tokyo, gender is male, and the date of birth is December 25, 1981 (case 1), Is a male and the candidate of the name “Koichi” whose birth date is Jan. 3, 1995 is extracted (case 2), the order of the name kanji extracted from the database 10 as shown in FIG. Will be different.
[0031]
In case 1, since the date of birth was the 1980's, "Koichi", "Koichi", "Koichi", and "Koichi" were sequentially extracted from "Koichi", which is the most frequently used data of the relevant age. Are displayed in this order.
[0032]
In case 2, since the date of birth was the 1990's, "Koichi", "Koichi", "Koichi", and "Koichi" were sequentially extracted from "Koichi", which is the most frequently used data of the relevant age. Are displayed in this order.
[0033]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the personal information such as permanent address, age, and gender are used as keys to store first and last names and kanji in the database 10 together with the frequency of use, and the data content of the database 10, that is, the frequency of use of each data, Is updated, the first and last name kanji can be extracted and displayed in descending order of use frequency using personal information as a search key. For this reason, the operator of the system 1 can view the first and last name kanji candidates in the order of use frequency in consideration of personal information such as home address, age, and gender. Kanji can be found more easily and quickly, and processing efficiency can be improved.
[0034]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention.
[0035]
As shown in FIG. 2, as a method of using one database 10 shared by a plurality of PCs 4, for example, a person whose permanent address is in Kanto moves to Kansai, and searches the database 10 common throughout Japan in Kansai. A case where an ID card is created can be considered. In this case, if the data on the permanent address is excluded from the search key and the database 10 is searched, there is no problem even if one database 10 is used nationwide.
[0036]
Conversely, by creating and preparing the database 10 for each region, it becomes possible to perform a search in which conditions relating to the permanent address are reflected, and this is effective for more local use of the database 10.
[0037]
In any case, the usage frequency of each data in the database 10 is updated when the application data for creating the ID card is determined. In this case, the database 10 having information on the applicant's home address is updated. Is updated.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, since the first and last name kanji search system of the present invention has the above-described configuration and operation, the first and last name kanji candidates can be displayed in descending order of use frequency, and processing efficiency can be improved. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of an ID card issuing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a modification of the system in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation in the system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a recognition result by the OCR device.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of data of surname kanji stored in a database (a) and an example of data of surname kanji (b).
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a surname kanji candidate displayed on a monitor (a) and an example of a surname kanji candidate (b).
FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a method of extracting and displaying a name kanji in descending order of use frequency.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... ID card creation system, 2 ... OCR apparatus, 4 ... Personal computer, 41 ... PC main body, 42 ... Monitor, 43 ... Keyboard, 44 ... Candidate button, 6 ... Printer, 8 ... Network cable, 10 ... Database.

Claims (5)

A reading device for reading the personal information from the application form in which personal information such as first and last name kana, first and last name kanji, permanent address, age, and gender are described by a character recognition process;
A display unit for displaying a reading result by the reading device;
A database storing first and last name kanji together with the use frequency associated with the personal information,
An input unit for receiving a correction input of the reading result;
A candidate button for extracting the first and last name kanji candidates from the database,
Based on the depression of the candidate button, the database is searched using the personal information as a key, the first and last name kanji corresponding to the personal information are extracted in descending order of use frequency, and the first and last name kanji candidates are displayed through the display unit. A control unit to display as
The first and last name kanji search system characterized by having. 2. The first and last name according to claim 1, further comprising an output device for printing out the determined personal information by matching the personal information described in the application form with the personal information displayed via the display unit. Kanji search system. The control unit extracts and displays, from the database, last name kanji candidates corresponding to the last name furigana from the database in descending order of use frequency, using the personal name as a key. 2. The first and last name kanji search according to claim 1, wherein the name, kanji, home address, age, and gender are used as keys to extract and display the name kanji candidates corresponding to the first name from the database in descending order of use frequency. system. 4. The first and last name kanji search according to claim 3, wherein the control unit displays unused first and last name kanji candidates after the first and last name kanji candidates displayed through the display unit in the descending order of use frequency. system. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the database is shared with a plurality of control units via a network.

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