JPS59133683A - Picture editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize accurately a slip number even if the print position of the slip number on a slip form is deviated by providing a font generating part, which generates a reference mark equivalently to a character string for character recognition, to print a reference mark before or after the character string. CONSTITUTION:A picture editing device is provided with a generating device of the reference mark for character recognition, and the reference mark ''+'' is printed before the slip number for character recognizing OCR on a slip form 1 used in the editing device. The original picture of an application form is inputted to an input part of this editing device, and the original picture is stored in a picture memory aprt 3. Thereafter, the reference mark ''+'' and the following slip number for OCR are outputted from a font generating part 4 by the control of a picture processing part 6. The reference mark ''+'' and the slip number are combined with the original picture stored in the memory part 3, and the combined image is printed in an output part 5 to output the slip form 1.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application] The present invention provides a method for outputting characters for character recognition in image information outputted from an output unit of an image processing device so that these characters are easily recognized by the recognition device. The present invention relates to an image editing device which simultaneously outputs a reference mark near a character string.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, delivery slips used in department stores and the like are given a unique number. Also, currently, the document number for character recognition (OCR') is printed in advance on the document, or
Alternatively, a slip creation machine generates the OCR slip number and prints it on the slip.

In the latter case, that is, when the slip creation machine generates the OCR slip number, the printed OCR slip number has poor printing position accuracy with respect to the slip paper. In other words, the OC printed on the slip paper IK shown in FIG.
The values of a and b representing the printing position of the R slip number often did not fall within the predetermined printing position range. For this reason, when this is read by a character recognition device, there is a drawback that it is often rejected or an error occurs.

〔the purpose〕

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the prior art described above, and to enable a character recognition device to accurately recognize these slip numbers even if the printing position of the slip numbers printed on slip paper deviates from a predetermined range. The purpose is to make sure that it is done.

〔overview〕

A feature of the present invention is that the image@racking device has a font generation unit that generates a reference mark simultaneously with the OCR character string, and the reference mark is placed before or after the OCR character string.

It is located at the point where the mark is printed.

First, the principle of the present invention will be explained. In the reference mark generation device for G character recognition of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a reference mark such as "+" is added before the OCR slip number of slip 1.

In this way, the character recognition device, that is, the OCR device, first searches for this fiducial mark “+” and confirms its position, and then cuts out the character string one by one, so the OCR slip number Even if is not printed at the planned position, if there is a - reference mark "+", the next number printed is OCR slip number I! : Recognized, and characters recognized by character recognition devices are less likely to be pasted or crossed out.

Next, the present invention will be explained by examples. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention. In the figure, 2 is an input section for inputting a manuscript image such as an application form, 3 is an image memory section for storing the manuscript image input from the input section 2, 4 is a font generation section for generating characters for OCR, and 5 is a font generation section for generating OCR characters. An output section 6 for outputting slips, etc., is an image memory section 3 for controlling each of the above-mentioned devices 2, 3, 4 and 5 to create a predetermined slip.
This is an image processing unit that synthesizes the 7-ohm and original image of the slip stored in the font generator 4 with the OCR characters generated from the font generator 4.

In this embodiment, when a document image such as an application form is input from the input section 2, the document image is stored in the image memory section 3. Thereafter, under the control of the image processing section 6, the font generation section 4 generates the reference mark "+" and the following <O
A CR slip number is output. Then, this reference mark and the OCR slip number are combined with the original image stored in the image memory section 3. When this combined image is printed by the output unit 5, a slip as shown in FIG. 2 is obtained, for example, with a reference mark added in front of the OCR slip number.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the reference mark for character recognition is attached in front of the OCR slip number, the OCR
Even if the printing position of a business slip number moves, a character recognition device is less likely to reject or generate an error.

In the above embodiment, the dimensions of the reference mark are preferably approximately the same size as the OCR characters, as is clear from FIG. Further, this reference mark may be placed after the OCR character string.

Furthermore, the reference mark is not limited to the above-mentioned "+", but may be marks in the shapes shown in Figures 4(a), (b), and (c), or marks other than these. .

As shown in Fig. 5, the distance between the reference mark and the character string is approximately 2 times the distance 9a when the distance υ is a1 and the character interval is b. It is better to make it more than double (a≧b). In this way, character recognition equipment and reference marks can be searched over a wide range.

(Effects) As described above, according to the present invention, since the reference mark for character recognition is attached before or after the character string for OCR, the
Even if the position where the CR character string is written deviates from the predetermined position on the slip, it can be found relatively easily. Therefore, the 0CRK recognition accuracy of the character string is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of conventional character printing, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of character printing according to the present invention, Fig. 3 is a professional diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing another standard. A diagram showing an example of mark 0,
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between a reference mark and a character print string according to the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Voucher paper, 2...Manpower section, 3...Image memory section, 4...Font generation section, 5...Output section, 6...
・Image Processing Department Representative Patent Attorney Michito Hiraki and 1 other person

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An image editing device that processes and edits digitally sampled image data is equipped with a font generation unit that generates a reference mark simultaneously with a character string for character recognition, and a font generator that generates a reference mark at the same time as a character string for character recognition. An image Nrr6 collection device characterized in that the reference mark is printed later. (2) Image editing according to Patent No. 1, characterized in that the interval between the reference mark and the character recognition character string is twice or more the character interval of the character recognition character string? Placed in.