JPH08187897A - Document preparing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate preparation of documents in specified formats by recognizing images directly from microfilms, separating the recognized original document images into common inscription portions and characteristic inscription portions, and combining inscription portions into documents in formats specific to individual addressees. CONSTITUTION: A microfilm scanner 2 recognizes images of request forms directly from stored microfilms produced by a microfilm photographing device 1. An editing device 3 produces transfer request form images in formats specific to individual companies by separating the recognized original request form images into common inscription portions and characteristic inscription portions, and combining inscription portions suitable to the individual companies. An OCR device 4 reads from an original request form image, data about a client and the like as character data. Then, a printer 5 prints the thus-edited transfer request form image on a layout sheet of a specified format.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation device for preparing a document of a unique form for a plurality of parties, and in particular, a common notation part in which common contents such as an address, a name and a seal are described. The present invention relates to a document preparation device for preparing a document having a common notation part and a unique notation part for each partner based on a single document on which a unique notation part in which contents unique to each partner are described It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when requesting a financial institution, such as a bank, to automatically deduct utility bills, the client writes a request form of multiple copies with a ballpoint pen, etc. I was trying to sort and send it first. At this time, the financial institution also needs a copy of the documents to be sent to each request destination, so the above-mentioned request form must be copied or photographed on a microfilm and stored. Also,
In order to manage the client's data described in the request form for management, it was input from a computer terminal or the like.

However, the copy-type request form not only has a high cost but also has a problem that the subsequent paperwork and management are complicated. In addition, there is a problem that the requester of the copy type is required to write with a high writing pressure for the client, and the requester may not be able to read the content if the copy is thin, which may cause erroneous processing. It was

[0004] Therefore, for example, the above-mentioned request form can be used for address, name,
A single document on which a common notation part that describes common contents such as stamps and a unique notation part that describes the unique contents of each party are printed together, and read the image with a scanner,
It is conceivable that it is separately recorded on a magneto-optical storage medium or the like and divided into a common notation part and a unique notation part corresponding to each request destination, and selectively printing on a unique mount for each request destination, Actually, from the point of view of its reliability, the request form is always photographed and stored on microfilm first, and at the time of cutting and pasting the above image, first display the request form recorded on the microfilm. , Print,
Since this is read by an image scanner and cut and pasted, there is a problem that office work is not reduced so much and the number of management increases by the amount of the storage medium.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and its main purpose is to provide a common content such as an address, a name and a seal. It reduces the paperwork when creating documents with unique forms for multiple parties based on one document on which the written part and the unique description part that describes the unique content for each partner are written together, In addition, it is to provide a document preparation device that allows easy management of processed data.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the above-described object is to provide a common notation part in which common contents such as an address, a name, a seal and the like and a unique notation part in which contents unique to each partner are described. For creating a document of a unique form having the common notation part and the unique notation part corresponding to each of the other parties on the basis of a microfilm obtained by photographing one document on which A document preparation device, wherein the means for directly recognizing the image from the microfilm and the common notation part and the respective unique notation parts are separated from the recognized image of the original document, and for each said partner And a means for synthesizing the respective parts to create a document image suitable for the unique form, and a means for printing the document image on a mount having the unique form. It is achieved by providing a that document production apparatus.

[0007]

By doing so, the image recording medium, that is, basically, the management target can be limited to the highly reliable microfilm, and the paper or the like can be used in the process of creating a document from the microfilm. The process is simplified because the step of printing can be omitted. In particular, character recognition is performed at the time of image recognition, and by using this as management data, the number of input steps is reduced, and paperwork is further reduced.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic transfer request document creating apparatus as a document creating apparatus to which the present invention is applied. This transfer request document creation device is installed in a financial institution such as a bank, receives one request form from a client such as a depositor, and each company in order to perform an automatic transfer procedure to an electric company, a gas company, a telephone company, etc. This is for creating different types of unique transfer request forms.

As shown in FIG. 1, the request form creating apparatus is a microfilm scanner 2 for directly recognizing an image of a request form from a microfilm for storage photographed by a microfilm photographing apparatus 1, and a recognized original request. An editing device 3 that separates a common notation part and each unique notation part described below from the image of the book and synthesizes each part for each company to create an image of a transfer request form that matches a unique form; It has an OCR device 4 for reading the data of the requester as character data from the image of the request form, and a printer 5 for actually printing the edited image of the transfer request form on a mount having the above-mentioned unique form. . Further, a database device 6 for managing the data of the client read by the OCR device 4, the company name of each request destination, the management code of the branch office, etc. is also connected.

The processing of this embodiment will be described below along the flow thereof. First, when the client mails or brings one request form A as shown in FIG. 2 to this financial institution, the financial institution checks the written contents and photographs the request form A with the microfilm photographing device 1. To do. Here, the request form A is composed of an upper common notation part A1 and a lower unique notation part A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 for each request destination. In the common notation part A1, the request date, the name of the client (depositor), the address, the notification stamp to the financial institution, etc. are described, and each unique notation part A2, A3, A4, A5, A6.
Indicates the necessary items for each company. The photographed microfilm will be stored as an original.

Next, for example, when the number of requests has been collected and it is time to prepare a request form for each company, the image of the request form is directly recognized by the microfilm scanner 2 from the photographed microfilm. And the editing device 3
With the common notation part A1 and each unique notation part A2,
A3, A4, A5, and A6 are separated, and the parts of each company are combined to create an image of the transfer request forms B and C that match the unique form (see FIGS. 3 and 4). At this time, at the same time, the OCR device 4 recognizes characters such as the requested date, the name and address of the requester, corrects them as necessary, and manages them in the database 6. Further, if character data to be printed on each of the unique forms is created based on the recognized character, the number of input steps can be further reduced.

After that, the above-mentioned request forms B and C are displayed on the printer.
(Figs. 3 and 4), and also a list of request forms to each company from the data managed in the database 6,
It will be sent to each request destination. At this time, by connecting a FAX modem or the like to the apparatus, the image and list of the request form can be directly sent to the request destination without performing the printing process.

[0013]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the document creating apparatus of the present invention, the image is directly recognized from the microfilm on which the original document is photographed, and the recognized image of the original document is recognized. By separating the common notation part and each unique notation part and synthesizing them for each partner to create a document image that matches the unique form, basically only the highly reliable microfilm should be managed. Can be easily managed because
Moreover, since the step of printing on paper or the like can be omitted in the work of creating a document from this microfilm, the clerical work can be reduced. In particular, character recognition is also performed at the time of image recognition, and by using this as management data, the number of input steps is reduced, and paperwork is further reduced. From the above, the effect of the present invention is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic transfer request document creating apparatus as a document creating apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an image of an original request form.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an image of a created request form.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of an image of a request form created similarly to FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Micro Film Imaging Device 2 Micro Film Scanner 3 Editing Device 4 OCR Device 5 Printer Device 6 Database A Request Form A1 Common Notation Part A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 Unique Notation Part B, C Transfer created for each company Request Form

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Isao Shinomiya 3-11-28 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo Canon Sales Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A microfilm filming a single document on which a common notation part having common contents such as an address, a name, a seal, etc. and a unique notation part having unique contents described for each partner are printed together. A document creation device for creating a document of a unique form having the common notation part and a unique notation part corresponding to each of the other parties on the basis of A means for directly recognizing, separating the common notation part and each unique notation part from the recognized image of the original document, and synthesizing each part for each partner, and matching the unique form. A document creating apparatus comprising: a device for creating a document image; and a device for printing each of the document images on a mount having the unique form. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising character recognition means for recognizing characters described in an image directly recognized from the storage microfilm.
Document preparation device described in.