KR930009620B1 - Communication network of cash-check data - Google Patents

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Data communication device

1 is a block diagram of a ring data communication apparatus of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a conventional ring data communication device.

3 is a device configuration diagram of the ring data communication device of FIG.

4 is an external view of a ring data communication device of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart and supplementary diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a kanji translation flowchart art and supplementary explanatory diagram of a Chinese character of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1, 1-1, 1-2: changeover table 2: tabletop OCR

3: simple keyboard 4: OCRCTL

5, 7: NCU 6: Public Communication Network

8: MCU 9, 9-1, 9-2: MCU-WS

10: CRT 11: Keyboard

12 printer 13 dedicated communication line

14: host device 20-1, 20-2, 20-3: FAX

21: FAX exchange table 22-1, 22-2: terminal device

41, 81, 91: CPU 42, 82: communication control unit

43, 83, 93: FD 44, 84, 94: Disc

45, 95: compand processor 46: GPIB

85: Receive Processor 86: Chinese Character Recognition Processor

87, 92: LIF

The present invention reads and transmits the ticket data of each branch, in particular, as character or / and image data to financial centers used by financial institutions, and transmits the data to the district center. It relates to a ring data communication device for receiving, recognizing and managing.

2 is a block diagram of a conventional ring data communication apparatus used in, for example, a financial institution. In the figure, 1-1 and 1-2 are exchange tables at each branch, 6 is public communication network, 13 is dedicated communication line 14 is host device, 20-1 and 20-2 is FAX at branch, 20-3 is earth center FAX and 21 on the side are FAX conversion tables, and 22-1 and 22-2 are terminal devices.

The conventional ring data communication apparatus is configured as described above and performs the following operations.

(1) Branch A uses the invoice table (1-1) by FAX (20-1), and branch B uses the invoice table (1-2) by FAX (20-2). Send to FAX (20-3) of district center.

(2) The district center divides the FAX change sheet (21) output from the FAX (20-3) into the sales office unit.

(3) The divided FAX conversion table 21 is inputted to the terminal devices 22-1 and 22-2 of the earth center, and the exchange data is transmitted and received with the host device 14 through the dedicated communication line 13.

Because of the above operation, human resources were required for business in the district center, and a large number of people were doing exchange work in the district center.

In the conventional ring data communication system as described above, a large number of workers are required to distinguish the FAX exchange table by manpower at the district center. In addition, due to manpower data input, there is a possibility that data input misses or data dropouts may occur, and a considerable time is required for data input. In addition, there was a problem that there was a case that the FAX invoice sent to the district center could not be processed.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is possible to automatically manage the invoices from each branch, to save the data input work, to improve the processing speed, and to realize the rationalization of the earth center. It is an object to obtain a data communication device.

The ring data communication apparatus according to the present invention includes optical data reading means for optically reading the ticket data of each branch as a character or / and image data in an apparatus for optically reading the ticket data and communicating the same. Data processing and transmission means for recognizing the character data read and the image data compressed by the data reading means, and transmitting the electrically recognized character data and the compressed image data from each of the branches through a communication line, and communicating from the branch. Receiving the recognized character data and the compressed image data transmitted from the data processing and transmitting means, respectively, over a circuit, and restoring and recognizing the compressed image data, and also converting the Chinese character image data into Kana characters, The received, recognized, and converted waybill day Automatically displays data receiving, recognizing and managing means for managing each other for each of the above branch offices, and ticket data from the receiving, recognizing and managing means thereof, checking recognition data, correcting data and adding read data, etc. And data communication display means for performing the operation, and communication means for communicating with the host apparatus through the data reception, recognition, and management means for the check list data added to the data operation display means.

In the present invention, the ticket data of each branch is optically read by the optical data reading means as character (Kana characters and Chinese characters) data and / or image (image including Chinese characters) data, and the optical data reading means is used. Recognition of read character data and compression of image data and transmission of the recognized character data and compressed image data to the earth center through communication lines from the respective branches by data processing and transmission means, and the recognition at the earth center Data reception, recognition and management of received character data and compressed image data, restoration and recognition of compressed image data, conversion of Chinese character image data to Kana characters, and management of the received, recognized and changed changeover list data Receiving the data by the management means for each branch office And automatically display the list data from the recognition and management means by the data manipulation display means, and perform operations such as checking the recognition data, correcting the data and adding read data, and checking, correcting and The additional ticket data is communicated with the host device through the data receiving, recognizing and managing means or the communication means.

EXAMPLE

1 is a block diagram of a ring data communication apparatus of the present invention, and 6, 13, and 14 are the same as those of the conventional apparatus. In the figure, 1 is a round table, 2 is a tabletop optical data reading device for reading the character and image data of the round table (hereinafter referred to as a tabletop OCR), 3 is a simple keyboard, and 4 is a remote OCR. Control device (hereinafter referred to as OCRCTL), 5 and 7 are networks, controls and units (hereinafter referred to as NCU) for transmitting and receiving modem signals through the public communication network 6, and 8 are remote OCR recognition devices ( 9-1 and 9-2 are MCU workstations (hereinafter referred to as MCU-WS).

3 is a device configuration diagram of the ring data communication device of FIG. 1, and 2 to 8, 13, and 14 are the same as those of FIG. In the figure, 9 is MCU-WS, 10 is CRT indicator (hereinafter called CRT), 11 is key board, and 12 is printer.

The 41 is a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) and contains about 5 megabytes (MB) of memory. 42 is a communication control unit, which performs data communication between the OCRCTL 4 and an external device. 43 is a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD), for example, a 5-inch FD has a capacity of about two sheets. 44 is a disk (DISK), for example, has a capacity of about 20MB. 45 is a compression processor that performs data compression or data decompression. Reference numeral 46 denotes a GPIB interface (hereinafter referred to as GPIB), which is an interface for data communication with the tabletop OCR 2. All of the above 41 to 46 devices are incorporated in the OCRCTL 4.

The 81 is a CPU with about 5MB of memory. 82 is a communication control unit, which performs data communication with the host apparatus 14 via the dedicated communication line 13. The 83 is an FD and has a capacity of about 5 inches of FD 2 sheets. 84 is a disk, for example, has a capacity of about 130MB. 85 is a reception processor, which has up to six channels (hereinafter referred to as CH) data reception lines in this example, is a DMA interface system, and performs data reception processing at a total throughput of about 24 KB (kilobytes) / second. Therefore, communication lines through the public communication network 6 and the NCU 7 can be input from CH1 to CH # 6 from each branch. 86 is a Chinese character recognition processor, has a shared memory interface, and performs Chinese character recognition processing of 16 gradation image data. 87 denotes a locale interface (hereinafter referred to as LIF), which is an interface for data communication between the MCU-WS 9. All of the above 81 to 87 devices are incorporated in the MCU (8).

91 is a CPU with about 5MB of memory. 92 is an LIF, an interface for data communication with the MCU 8. 93 is an FD and has, for example, a capacity of about 5 inches of FD. 94 is a disk, for example, has a capacity of about 20MB. 95 is an accumulator processor. The devices 91-95 are all built in the MCU-WS9.

The tabletop OCR 2 can read a roundabout of about size A6 to B4 written in handwriting or letter type at a reading speed of about 4 sheets / minute. Read data is processed as character or / and image data. The simple key board 3 has an interface for communication with the OCRCTL 4, and has a liquid crystal display or CRT which can display about 40 characters, two lines. If the identification keyboard (hereinafter referred to as an ID) card is not inserted into the simple keyboard 3, the keyboard cannot be operated. Therefore, only the specific operator who is permitted to possess the IC card can operate the simple key board 3. The CPUs 41, 81, and 91 each contain about 5MB of IC memory, which are disks 44, 84, and 94 as a large auxiliary storage device, and floppy disks 43, 83, and a medium storage device. 93) respectively. The FD is used to store an auxiliary control program, for example, loading an initial program during initial operation.

4 is an external view of the ring data communication apparatus of FIG. 1, and 2 to 4 and 8 to 11 are the same as the apparatus of FIG.

5 is a flowchart art and a supplementary explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Figure (a) is a flowchart art (b), (c) and (d) is a supplementary explanatory diagram.

6 is a supplementary explanatory diagram of the Chinese character Ghana conversion flowchart art and (b) of the present invention, and (a) is a flowchart art, and (b) is a supplementary explanatory diagram.

The operation of FIGS. 1 and 3 will be described according to the following operation procedure with reference to the flowchart arts of FIGS. 5 and 6.

(1) In step S1 of FIG. 5A, the branch office reads the change list 1 into the tabletop OCR 2.

As an actual operation procedure, first, an operator who is permitted to operate inserts an ID card into the simple keyboard 3, and automatically sends a table of the tickets 1 (one or more) into a table OCR (2). ), The reading of the journal is started by pressing the read transmission start button.

The information to be read in the transfer form (1) is written in letter or manpower, as shown in the reading form of FIG. 5B, in Chinese characters, characters (Kana characters or numbers) and amounts, payee names, dealers, seals, identifications, etc. Image data such as marks. The tabletop OCR 2 reads the kanji, character, and image data. As for the kanji, the amplitude of the read signal (that is, corresponds to the shade between white and black) is read as 16 gradation image data. Information other than Chinese characters is read as a character or image data of two tone data having a white background of a paper sheet as "0" and a black of information as "1", and the character performs recognition processing such as Ghanaian characters or numbers. In addition, important information, such as the amount of money, a physical account, and a payee's name, which are fill items, are processed in parallel as image data for comparison even if the tabletop OCR 2 is recognized as a character. When the table OCR 2 cannot recognize the read character, it is treated as read image data. The desk OCR 2 supplies the OCRCTL 4 to the OCRCTL 4 via the interface GPIB 46 in the OCRCTL 4 that has been read as described above and has undergone some recognition processing.

(2) In step S2 of FIG. 5A, the OCRCTL 4 writes data read by the desk OCR 2 to the disk 44 under the control of the CPU 41 to be built therein. When the data written to the disk 44 is 16 gradation image data (i.e. Kanji data) and 2 gradation image data (i.e. data such as amount of money, physical account, payee's name, seal, etc.), the compensating processor ( 45), data compression is performed to reduce the number of data and write it to the disk 44. FIG.

(3) In step S3 of FIG. 5A, after completion of the reading of the first one conversion table 1, a transmission message as shown in the drawing (c) is automatically prepared and transmitted to the district center. .

The management information part in the transmission specialized example of FIG. 5C corresponds to the header part of the following part, for example, contains management information, such as a store number, a store form number, a device number, and a reading number.

For these management information, for example, if the operator has previously stored data in the FD 43 by the simple keyboard 3, the CPU (from the FD 43) by the initial program load of the OCRCTL (4) is used. 41) is loaded into memory. In addition, the CPU 41 automatically counts the consecutive numbers in the list. Therefore, the CPU 41 may read out the management information from the built-in memory. The Chinese character image data portion includes the above-described 16-level compressed Chinese character image data. The character portion contains data recognized by reading the character. The image data portion includes image data such as the above-mentioned necessary items of the conversion and the ones which cannot be recognized by the read character as two-tone compressed image data. All of the information which has been read by these tabletop OCRs 2 and partially recognized and compressed is stored in the disc 44. The CPU 41 reads management information and other information from the disk 44 in the built-in memory, and prepares a transmission message. The CPU 41 and the public communication network 6 use the communication control unit 42. The full text is transmitted to the NCU 7 in the district center via. This completes the automatic reading and sending of the first single ticket form (1). The process then moves to step S4 of FIG. 5A.

(4) In step S4 of FIG. 5A, it is checked whether all the ticket tables 1 have been read and transmitted. If the list 1 still remains, the process returns to step S1 and the operations of the steps S1, S2, and S3 are repeated until all of the list 1 disappears. The operation ends when all of the ticket tables 1 disappear. The operation of reading and sending each of the coupon tables in order is performed automatically by the OCRCTL 4 without requiring any operator's operation.

(5) In step S11 of FIG. 5A, at the district center, the reception processor 85 in the MCU 8 receives data transmitted from a sales office and input via the NCU 7. In this embodiment, the reception processor 85 can receive input signals of up to six channels at a rate of 24 KB / sec.

(6) In step S12 of Fig. 5A, the Chinese character image data is received on the Chinese character image data received in step S11, and converted into kana data.

The Chinese character recognition processor 86 in the MCU 8 performs recognition processing of the Chinese character image data supplied from the receiving processor 85. This processing procedure will be described in accordance with the Kanji Kana conversion flowchart of Fig. 6A. First, in step S21, conversion to Chinese character data is performed based on Chinese character image data. The Chinese character recognition processor 86 at the time of converting into Chinese character data selects the extension of the compressed data and the threshold (16 kinds possible) to accurately recognize the Chinese character as the binary image data of 16 gray scale Chinese character image data. Convert to Chinese character data. FIG. 6B shows a state in which the Chinese character image data is converted into three kinds of similar Chinese character data, namely, a "motor (device)", a "motor", and a "electric line". In the next step S22, the Chinese character recognition processor 86 compares the word collation film stored in the disk 84 based on the converted Chinese character data and picks up the optimum data. In the above example, "moter" is picked up from the similar three kinds of Chinese characters data as the optimum data. In the next step S23, the optimum Chinese character data is converted into Kana data. In FIG. 6B, the example which changes from the "motor" to the kana of the "motor" is shown.

In addition, when the Chinese character recognition processor 86 does not perform the process of kana conversion in optimal data by conversion of Chinese character image data from Chinese character data or by contrast with a word contrast film (S15 of FIG. 5A) (S15) ), The operator can read the correct kanji from the image data and input the kana data from the kanji read by the key board 11.

(7) In step S13 of FIG. 5A, the CPU 81 in the MCU 8 writes the data received by the reception processor 85 to the disk 84. In this case, the Chinese character image data is written to the disk 84 as Kana data converted in step S12. In this case, the Chinese character image data is written to the disk 84 as Kana data converted in step S12.

(8) In step S14 of FIG. 5A, the CPU 81 in the MCU 8 stores information such as a store number, a store form number, and a device number in the management information section of the data received by the receiving processor 85. We manage number of change list by every branch by. Here, the serial number is a continuous receiving number, and the number of tickets is managed for each branch by this number.

(9) In step S15 of FIG. 5A, the conversion table data written to the disk 84 is automatically displayed on the CRT 10 via the MCU-WC9. That is, the CPU 81 in the MCU 8 distributes the conversion data from the LIF 87 to the MCU-WS 9 through the LIF 92, and the CPU 91 in the MCU-WS 9 is distributed. Data is displayed by the CRT 10, for example, as shown in the display example of FIG. 5D. In the display example of FIG. 5D, the character recognized as the normal position of the screen is displayed by contrasting the image data as the original information at the upper position thereof. In other words, the bank name, the "head" on the top of the "parent", the "branch" on the top of the branch name "Mida", and the "image data" are displayed on the upper part of the recognized "number".

The operator of the earth center compares the characters with the image data displayed on the CRT 10 and checks whether the data has been correctly recognized. At the same time, image data that cannot be recognized by the tabletop OCR 2 or the Chinese character recognition processor 86 is displayed on the CR 10. Therefore, the operator can correct the data recognized by the apparatus but recognize the wrong data, read the image data which the apparatus could not perform the recognition process, and add the read data using the keyboard 11. have. When displaying the image data on the CRT 10, the CPU 91 restores (extends) the compressed image data by using the companding processor 95 and displays it. In this way, when the sheet data is completed by correcting or adding the data, the routine advances to step S16.

(10) In step S16 of FIG. 5A, in order to transmit the ticket data completed in step S15 to the host apparatus 14, the operator operates the transmission button on the keyboard 11.

(11) In step S17 of FIG. 5A, the CPU 81 in the MCU 8 transmits and receives data to and from the host device 14 via the dedicated communication line 13 using the communication control unit 82. The data transmitted and received is output to the CRT 10 and the print 12 by the CPU 91 of the MCU-WS 9 and stored.

(12) In step S18 of FIG. 5A, the MCU 8 checks whether all the book data received from the branch office has disappeared, and returns to step S11 when the book data remains. The processes in steps S11 to S17 are repeated until the data disappears.

As described above, according to the present invention, the ticket of each branch is read optically and automatically sent to the district center, whereby the number of tickets is managed for each branch. As a result, the number of operating personnel is reduced at each branch office and district center, resulting in a significant increase in labor.

In addition, in the district center, the image data and character data of the automatically read ticket are automatically displayed on the CRT, so the operator checks, corrects and adds whether the ticket data has been read correctly. Since management is possible, the reliability of a single sheet of data can be improved.

Furthermore, as a synergistic effect of the two effects, the rationalization of the earth center can be realized by improving the processing speed of the ticket.

Claims (1)

In the exchange data communication device that optically reads the ticket data of each branch and communicates with the host device through the earth center, each branch stores: reads the ticket data as character data or image data and reads the read list data. The transaction data designated by the sales office is recognized as character data among the generated data, and special data such as Chinese characters designated as not recognized by the sales office, and essential data of the conversion table among the data designated to be recognized are designated. Data reading, recognizing and processing means for performing data compression on unrecognized character data as image data, and transmitting means for transmitting the recognized character and compressed image data to a district center to be described later through a communication line; The district center said: Means for receiving said recognized characters and compressed image data from said transmitting means, respectively, via a communication line from a respective sales office, means for decompressing and restoring the compressed image data transmitted from a sales office side of a ticket table; Character recognition means for recognizing Chinese characters, etc., which cannot be recognized by the sales office by using image data, the received character data, Chinese character data recognized by the character recognition means, and circular table data of raw image data. Management means managed for each branch, the format of the invoice form, and the recognition data of the branch recognized by the data reading, recognition and processing means, the recognition data such as the Chinese characters recognized by the character recognition means, and transmitted from the branch To display the raw image data of the certificate Data manipulation means for designating misrecognition and non-recognition portions on the basis of the recognition means and raw image data displayed by the display means and the display means, and correcting the recognition result by inputting the correct data into the portion; And means for generating a message transmission message and transmitting the same to the host device based on the ticket data for which data manipulation is completed.

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