JP2006281701A - Bill, bill creating apparatus, bill reader, and bill creating program and bill reading program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a bill creating apparatus which creates a bill enabling a billing statement of the bill to be captured into an information processor and managed as electronic data, as in the case of an electronic data replacing system using an EDI format, even if the bill is made from paper. <P>SOLUTION: This bill creating apparatus comprises: a bill information acquiring part 101 for acquiring bill information on the details of the bill to be created; a QR code creating part 103 for creating a QR code which is acquired by coding the bill information; a bill data creating part 1014 for creating bill data in which the bill information and the QR code are arranged in a predetermined format; and a printing part 105 for printing the bill data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill that can be edited by taking a printed billing content into an information processing apparatus. The present invention also relates to an invoice creation device and an invoice creation program for creating an invoice, and an invoice reading device and an invoice reading program that can read and electronically edit the contents of the invoice. is there.

  Conventionally, for example, in a business transaction, a paper bill is sent from a billing source to a billing destination together with commodities. In a billing company in an environment where such paper bills are exchanged, the person in charge checks the bills sent by the billing source against the company's debt information while checking the billing details. , Carry out debt payment procedures. Most enterprises manage this debt management with an information system and execute a payment process. Therefore, the billing contents of an invoice sent from a billing source are managed with their own information system. The information is entered into the information system by the person in charge of the company's debt verification and payment procedure every time an invoice is received, but the invoice shape, information content and arrangement are determined by the invoicing party issuing the invoice. Because it is infinitely different, it puts a lot of effort on the person in charge.

  In order to solve such problems, a bill containing billing information described based on the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) format standardized between companies by connecting information systems between companies with communication lines is electronically An electronic data exchange system has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a storage agent system has been proposed in which a storage agent company stores various charges on behalf of a storage company in storing various charges such as telephone charges and electricity charges. In this storage agency system, invoice information for each customer received from the storage company server of the storage company is converted into two-dimensional barcode data and transmitted to each customer's portable information terminal, and the display of the portable information terminal is displayed. The two-dimensional barcode displayed on the screen is read by a POS (Point-To-Sale) terminal installed in a store where the customer pays, and the price is stored (for example, see Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-105631 JP 2003-108907 A

  However, the electronic data exchange system described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that it is difficult to implement in many small and medium-sized enterprises due to the necessity of appropriate information investment when introducing the system. In addition, EDI formats are different in different industries, and there is a problem that it is difficult to standardize EDI formats between industries. For these reasons, electronic data exchange systems are not in widespread use at present. Furthermore, since the storage agent system described in Patent Document 2 is intended to perform the storage of various personal charges, the storage agent company is assumed to be used between the storage company and the customer. When such a storage agent system is applied to transactions between companies, a company system for managing an existing bill is wasted. For this reason, it is not realistic to apply this storage agency system to transactions between companies.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and even with a bill using paper, the bill content of the bill is taken into the information processing apparatus and managed as electronic data in the same manner as the electronic data exchange system using the EDI format. The purpose is to obtain an invoice that can be made. It is another object of the present invention to provide a bill creation device that creates the bill and a bill reading device that reads the bill as electronic data.

  In order to achieve the above object, a bill according to the present invention is characterized in that code information obtained by encoding bill information which is the content of a bill is arranged together with the bill information.

  According to this invention, the person in charge who performs the debt verification and the payment procedure of the billing company reads the code information by using the invoice in which the code information including the contents of the invoice information is printed together with the invoice contents. It is possible to take in the contents of the bill information into the information processing terminal simply by performing the above, and it is possible to save time and labor that has been manually input. Further, it is not necessary for the billing party to check for errors in the contents of the bill information. As a result, there is an effect that bill information can be managed with electronic data at a significantly lower cost than when an electronic data exchange system is introduced.

  Exemplary embodiments of a bill, a bill creation device, a bill reading device, a bill creation program, and a bill reading program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the bill used in the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of an invoice according to the present invention. The bill 1 includes a bill content 2 and a QR (Quick Response) code 3 in which the bill content 2 is coded as bill information. The QR code 3 corresponds to the code information in the claims. Moreover, it is not necessary to be limited to the QR code as long as the invoice information can be encoded.

  The invoice information 20 includes basic billing information 21 consisting of basic contents of the invoice 1, billing destination information 22 relating to the billing destination, billing source information 23 relating to the billing source, and billing specification information 24 which is the billing details. , Including payment information 25 on payment terms.

  The basic billing information 21 includes a billing date 211, a bill number 212, a billing subject 213, and a billing amount 214. The billing amount 214 may be divided into, for example, a total amount, a body price, and a consumption tax. The billing address information 22 includes all or one of a billing company name 221, a billing person in charge (representative) name 222, a billing address 223, a billing telephone number, and a billing code 225. This billing address code 225 may be a business code uniquely used by the billing company or the billing company, or a database of company information existing in the world as a company information. It may be a code (hereinafter referred to as a standard code) attached to each company by a provider (for example, Teikoku Databank or JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association)) that provides the company information. The billing source information 23 includes a billing source name 231, a billing source address 232, a billing source telephone number and a billing source FAX number 233, a representative (person in charge) name 234, and a billing source code 235. Similarly to the billing destination code 225, the billing source code 235 may be a business code in each company or a standard code. The billing details information 24 includes all or one of an order (ordering) number of a billing destination, an order number 241 of a billing source, a description (product name in FIG. 1) 242, a quantity 243, a unit price 244, and an amount 245. The payment information 25 includes payment conditions 251 and transfer information including a financial institution / branch name 252, a deposit type 253, an account number 254, an account name 255, and the like. In order to create a highly versatile bill 1 that does not depend on the billing source, items included in the bill information 20 may be made to conform to the EDI format.

  Such invoice information 20 in the invoice 1 is an information processing apparatus that creates the invoice 1, for example, as described above, basic billing information 21, billing destination information 22, billing source information 23, billing description information 24, and The contents are classified for each payment information 25 and converted into data in CSV (Comma Separated Values) format or XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format. In this specification, the converted data is referred to as bill information text data. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example when the bill information of the bill of FIG. 1 is converted into the CSV format. Invoice information text data in CSV format is listed for each of the classified information 21 to 25, separated by commas, and the data (contents) corresponding to the item is similarly separated by commas on a separate line. Has been. This invoice information text data is further converted into QR code 3, and the QR code 3 is printed on paper together with the invoice information (invoice contents) 20.

  Since the QR code 3 attached to the invoice 1 is obtained by encoding text data that can edit the invoice information 20, the information processing apparatus that has read the QR code 3 converts the invoice information 20 into text. Can be processed as data. Further, if the information processing apparatus has conversion means for converting the text data into a predetermined display format, for example, the invoice 1 in the format shown in FIG. 1 can be displayed on the display means of the information processing apparatus. It becomes.

  Note that one invoice 1 usually contains one invoice, but within the amount of information that can be written in the QR code 3, a plurality of invoices can be included if possible. It can be included in one invoice 1.

  Thus, by using the invoice 1 in which the QR code 3 including the contents of the invoice information 20 is printed together with the invoice contents, the person in charge who performs the debt verification and payment procedure of the invoiced company can use the QR code 3 The content of the invoice information 20 (invoice information text data) can be taken into the information processing terminal only by performing the reading process, and there is an effect that it is possible to save the trouble of manual input. In addition, the billing side does not need to check for errors in the contents of the bill information 20. As a result, the bill information 20 can be managed with electronic data at a significantly lower cost than when an electronic data exchange system is introduced.

  Next, a bill creation apparatus for creating a bill having this QR code will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the bill creation apparatus according to the present invention. The invoice creation apparatus 100 is an apparatus arranged on the invoice source side, and includes an invoice information acquisition unit 101 that acquires invoice information 20 as the invoice contents 2 of the invoice 1 to be created, and invoice information 20 Invoice information text converting unit 102 for converting into text data (invoice information text data) in a predetermined format, QR code generating unit 103 for generating QR code 3 from the invoice information text data, invoice information 20 and QR A bill data creation unit 104 that creates bill data to be printed from the code 3, a printing unit 105 that prints the bill data, and a control unit 106 that controls each of these processing units.

  The invoice information acquisition unit 101 acquires the invoice information 20 input by the person in charge of the invoicing by an input unit (not shown), or acquires the already created invoice information 20 from the outside. When the bill information 20 is acquired from the outside, for example, when the billing source has a system for accepting orders via a network such as the Internet, the server device that accepts orders is based on the contents of the orders. For example, the bill information 20 to be created is read by the bill creation device 100 via a communication line or a portable recording medium. As described above, the bill information 20 includes billing basic information 21, billing destination information 22, billing source information 23, billing details information 24, and payment information 25.

  The invoice information text conversion unit 102 converts the invoice information 20 acquired by the invoice information acquisition unit 101 into basic billing information 21, billing destination information 22, billing source information 23, billing details information 24, and payment based on the contents. The data is classified into information 25, and the classification is converted into text data in a predetermined format such as CSV format or XML format. For example, each item in the bill information 20 is classified into any of the information 21 to 25 having contents matching the item name, and converted into text data of a predetermined format. If the invoice information 20 is classified according to the above classification from the beginning, it is not necessary to perform classification again, and it is converted into text data of a predetermined format according to the classification. Further, when the bill information acquisition unit 101 acquires the bill information 20 as text data (bill information text data) in a predetermined format, it is not necessary to perform conversion again. FIG. 2 shows an example of conversion by the bill information text conversion unit 102 when converting into text data in CSV format.

  The QR code creating unit 103 creates the QR code 3 by encoding the bill information text data converted by the bill information text converting unit 102. The QR code creating unit 103 corresponds to the code information creating means in the claims.

  The bill data creation unit 104 is a bill prepared in advance for data that is the contents of each item in the bill information 20 acquired by the bill information acquisition unit 101 and the QR code 3 created by the QR code creation unit 103. The invoice data to be printed is created by being arranged at a predetermined position in the format of the invoice. The printing unit 105 includes a printing device such as a printer, and creates the bill 1 by printing the bill data created by the bill data creation unit 104 on a print medium such as paper.

  Here, an example of the processing procedure of the bill creation method in the bill creation apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the invoice information 20 is directly input from the invoice creation device 100 (Yes in step S11), the invoice information 20 is input by a person in charge (user) from an input unit (not shown) (step S12). ), The invoice information acquisition unit 101 acquires the invoice information 20. On the other hand, when the bill information 20 has already been created by an information processing device other than the bill creation device 100 and the bill information 20 does not need to be directly input (No in step S11), the bill information 20 The invoice information acquisition unit 101 takes in the invoice information 20 through a communication line or a portable recording medium from the information processing apparatus (step S13), and acquires the invoice information 20.

  Next, the invoice information text conversion unit 102 converts the invoice information 20 acquired by the invoice information acquisition unit 101 into text data of a predetermined format, and creates invoice information text data (step S14). If the acquired invoice information 20 is text data in a predetermined format, it is not necessary to perform the process in step S14. Thereafter, the QR code creation unit 103 creates QR code 3 from the bill information text data (step S15), and the bill data creation unit 104 stores the data corresponding to each item in the bill information 20 and the QR code 3. Invoice data arranged at a corresponding position in the prepared format is created (step S16). Then, the printing unit 105 prints the invoice data created by the invoice data creation unit 104 on a print medium such as paper (step S17), creates the invoice 1, and ends the invoice creation process. Thereafter, the person in charge of the billing source delivers the printed bill 1 to the billing destination.

  The bill creation apparatus 100 described above can be configured by an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer having a storage means such as a hard disk drive, a memory, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit). In this case, the above-described processing can be executed by storing the above-described bill creation method in a storage unit of the information processing apparatus as a program for causing a computer to execute the program, and calling the program on the memory for execution. A program for causing a computer to execute the billing method is a file in an installable format or an executable format, which is a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), a flexible disk, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc). ) And recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a memory card. Further, a program for causing a computer to execute the bill creation method described above may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network.

  Next, a bill reader that reads a bill having a QR code will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the bill reading apparatus according to the present invention. The invoice reading device 120 is a device arranged on the invoice destination side, and a QR code reading unit 121 that reads the QR code 3 printed on the invoice 1 and a supplier that stores supplier information about the supplier. An information storage unit 122, a bill information storage processing unit 123 that performs a predetermined process on the bill information 20 read by the QR code reading unit 121 and stores the bill information in the bill information storage unit 124, and stores the bill information 20 An invoice information storage unit 124, a display processing unit 125 for performing processing for displaying the invoice information 20 on the display unit 126, a display unit 126 for displaying the invoice information 20, and a control for controlling these processing units. Unit 127.

  The QR code reading unit 121 is configured by a device such as a two-dimensional bar code reader, reads the QR code 3 printed on the paper invoice 1, and outputs the invoice information text data as a result to the invoice information storage processing unit. To 123. The QR code reading unit 121 corresponds to the code information reading means in the claims.

  The supplier information storage unit 122 stores supplier information relating to suppliers in the company where the bill reading device 120 is arranged. The supplier information includes all or one of the supplier company name, supplier address, supplier telephone number, representative (person in charge) name, and supplier code. This supplier information corresponds to the billing source information 23 in the bill information 20 described above. Further, the business partner code may be a business code in each company or a standard code, similar to the billing destination code 225 described above.

  The invoice information storage processing unit 123 stores the invoice information text data read by the QR code reading unit 121 in the invoice information storage unit 124 by performing predetermined processing when necessary. In the example of FIG. 5, the invoice information storage processing unit 123 uses the invoice information 23 for the invoice information text data read by the QR code reading unit 121 as the supplier information in the supplier information storage unit 122. A function for determining whether or not the information is included, and registering it in the invoice information storage unit 124 as an in-house payment destination code if included, and registering it in the invoice information storage unit 124 as a miscellaneous payment destination code if not included It shall be equipped with.

  The invoice information storage unit 124 stores the invoice information edited (classified) by the invoice information storage processing unit 123. In the example of FIG. 5, the invoice information includes information for classifying the in-house payment destination code or the miscellaneous payment destination code in addition to the invoice information 20 created by the invoice creation device 100.

  The display processing unit 125 displays display data in which the contents of each item of the invoice information in the invoice information storage unit 124 selected by the person in charge (user) are arranged at corresponding positions in a pre-registered display format. Create The display unit 126 includes a display device such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or a liquid crystal display, and displays display data created by the display processing unit 125. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a bill information display screen. This display screen 300 includes a payee information display area 310 that is a billing source and a billing details display area 320 that is the contents of the billing. In the payee information display area 310, an item 311 to be displayed in advance as a payee information format is determined, and the data of the corresponding item 311 in the invoice information 20 or its code is displayed in the display column corresponding to this item 311. Is displayed. The item 311 constituting this payee information format is composed of billing source information 23 and payment information 25 in the bill information 20, and items arbitrarily set by the billing destination. For example, the item “desired date of payment” is not included in the invoice information 20 but is arbitrarily set by the invoice destination. In the billing details display area 320, an item 321 to be displayed in advance is defined as a billing details format, and the data of the corresponding item 321 in the bill information 20 is displayed in the display column corresponding to the item 321. It is like that. The item 321 constituting this billing specification format is composed of billing basic information 21 in the bill information 20. The display screen 300 is an example, and the billing details information 24 can be displayed.

  Here, an example of the processing procedure of the bill reading method in the bill reading apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the QR code reading unit 121 reads the QR code 3 in the bill 1 sent from the billing source (step S31), and passes the bill information text data obtained as a result to the bill information storage processing unit 123. Next, the invoice information storage processing unit 123 performs processing for specifying the business partner using the business partner information. That is, it is determined whether or not the billing source code in the bill information text data is registered in the supplier information in the supplier information storage unit 122 (step S32). If the billing source code is not registered in the business partner information (No in step S32), the billing source name or billing source address in the bill information text data is the business partner information in the business partner information storage unit 122. Is registered (step S33). If the billing source name or billing source address is not registered in the business partner information (No in step S33), the billing source telephone number or transfer account (financial institution / branch name, account) in the invoice information text data Number) is registered in the supplier information stored in the supplier information storage unit 122 (step S34). If the billing source telephone number or the transfer account is not registered in the business partner information (No in step S34), it is determined that the billing source of the bill 1 is not its own partner, and the read bill information The text data is registered in the invoice information storage unit 124 with the miscellaneous payment address code (step S35), and the invoice reading process ends.

  On the other hand, if the billing source code is registered in the supplier information in step S32 (Yes in step S32), the billing source name or billing source address is registered in the supplier information (Yes in step S33). ), Or when the billing phone number or bank account is registered in the business partner information (Yes in step S35), it is determined that the billing source of the invoice 1 is its partner, The invoice information text data read by the company payee code so as to be paid by the payment system is registered in the invoice information storage unit 124 (step S36), and the invoice reading process ends.

  Note that the bill reading device 120 described above can be configured by an information processing device such as a personal computer having a storage means such as a hard disk drive, a memory, and a CPU. In this case, the above-described processing can be executed by storing the above-described bill reading method in a storage unit of the information processing apparatus as a program for causing a computer to execute the program, and calling the program on the memory for execution. A program for causing a computer to execute the bill reading method is an installable or executable file recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a DVD, or a memory card. Provided. Further, a program for causing a computer to execute the bill reading method described above may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network.

  According to this embodiment, the claim contents 2 of the invoice 1 are converted into text format data that can be processed by the information processing apparatus, and the QR code 3 that is encoded is printed on the invoice 1 together with the invoice contents 2. Therefore, the billing party who has received this bill 1 can confirm the contents of the bill 1 on the paper as in the prior art, and can read the QR code 3 to process the billing information. Can be taken into the device. As a result, it is possible to reduce the burden on the person in charge who performs the debt verification of the billing party and the payment procedure, and it is possible to improve the reliability of the input data. Further, by changing the format of the bill information 20 to the EDI format, conversion between the content of the bill information 20 and the content used for bill management at the billing destination is facilitated, and versatility is enhanced. Can do. Further, in this case, the billing destination that receives the bill in the EDI format using the electronic data exchange system has an effect that the bill information 20 can be easily connected (taken in) to the payment system.

  Also, in the bill creation apparatus 100, the contents of the bill information 20 are classified according to a predetermined standard, and the contents in a predetermined text format are converted into a QR code. Invoices with invoice information can be provided.

  Furthermore, the invoice reading device 120 obtains invoice information text data in a predetermined text format by reading the QR code 3 printed on the invoice 1, and the invoice information text data is obtained from the invoice destination. This has the effect of facilitating management by the bill management system. In addition, by providing the bill reader 120 with an edit (conversion) function of bill information unique to the billing destination, bill information in a format suitable for the bill management system of the billing destination can be easily obtained. It also has an effect.

  As described above, the bill according to the present invention is useful for a bill used in a system in which the contents of a paper bill are input to the information processing apparatus and managed.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the bill by this invention. It is a figure which shows an example at the time of converting the bill information of the bill of FIG. 1 into CSV format. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the bill preparation apparatus by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of bill preparation. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the bill reading apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of bill information. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of an invoice reading.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Invoice 2 Claim content 3 QR code 100 Invoice creation apparatus 101 Invoice information acquisition part 102 Invoice information text conversion part 103 QR code creation part 104 Invoice data creation part 105 Printing part 106,127 Control part 120 Invoice reading Device 121 QR code reading unit 122 Supplier information storage unit 123 Invoice information storage processing unit 124 Invoice information storage unit 125 Display processing unit 126 Display unit

Claims (9)

  A bill characterized in that code information obtained by encoding bill information which is the content of a bill is arranged together with the bill information.   2. The invoice according to claim 1, wherein the code information is obtained by encoding the invoice information in a predetermined text format that can be edited by an information processing apparatus. Invoice information acquisition means for acquiring invoice information that is the contents of the invoice to be created;
Code information creating means for creating code information obtained by encoding the bill information;
Bill data creation means for creating bill data in which the bill information and the code information are arranged in a predetermined format;
Printing means for printing the bill data;
A bill creation apparatus comprising: A bill information text converting means for converting the bill information into bill information text data in the predetermined text format when the bill information is not in a predetermined text format editable by an information processing device;
4. The bill creation apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the code information creation unit creates code information obtained by encoding the bill information text data. Code information reading means for reading the code information from a bill printed with code information obtained by encoding the bill information which is the content of the bill;
Bill information storage means for storing bill information;
Bill information storage processing means for registering bill information in a predetermined text format read by the code information reading means in the bill information storage means;
A bill reading apparatus comprising: Further provided is supplier information storage means for storing customer information related to customers,
The bill information storage processing means determines whether or not billing source information related to a billing source in the bill information in the predetermined text format is registered in the supplier information. 6. The invoice reading apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a function of changing a classification when registered in the invoice information storage means. Invoice information acquisition procedure for acquiring invoice information that is the contents of the invoice to be created,
Code information creation procedure for creating code information obtained by encoding the bill information;
A bill data creation procedure for creating bill data in which the bill information and the code information are arranged in a predetermined format;
A printing procedure for printing the bill data;
A billing program for causing a computer to execute. A bill information text conversion procedure for converting the bill information into bill information text data in the predetermined text format when the bill information is not in a predetermined text format editable by the information processing apparatus;
8. The bill creation program according to claim 7, wherein the code information creation procedure creates code information obtained by encoding the bill information text data. A code information reading procedure for reading the code information from a bill printed with code information obtained by encoding the bill information that is the content of the bill;
Invoice information storage processing procedure for registering invoice information in a predetermined text format read in the code information reading procedure in a predetermined storage means;
Is executed by a computer.

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