CN1711541A - System and method for capture, storage and processing of receipts and related data - Google Patents
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The present invention is a system comprising image capture device, such as a scanner or digital camera connected to a computer processor that is able to capture and store images, and method of using the same for storing and processing expense receipts. The computer processor analyzes the images of the receipts, converts the images to text, analyzes the data, extracts expense data, and puts the data into an expense report. The end user can review the captured expense data, correct it or add to it. Preferably, the system displays the image of the receipt side-by-side with the captured expense data to make review and editing easier. Also, in a preferred embodiment, the images are encrypted to prevent tampering by the user or a third party, and thereby preserve the integrity of the receipt image.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the system and method for a kind of collection, storage and processing receipt and relevant data.
Background technology
The present patent application is enjoyed the right of Application No. of submitting on October 21st, 2,002 60/420,471 and the Application No. of submitting on April 2nd, 2,003 60/459,810, and its full content all is included in the present invention.
Most of business transaction involves the seller and provides receipt to the buyer.Many times these receipts all can lose, junk or fade too for a long time because of exposure, even thrown away.Based on different commerce or personal grounds, people often need or wish that these receipts can be stored in receptive phase.
The person once attempted solving by the caused subproblem of paper receipt to provide the receipt.The technology of using a computer can be accelerated the process of preparation and payment Account list, but the receipt printing speed comes out.Also but direct mail is to the address of passenger's appointment for receipt, and the passenger need not carry receipt.
Yet these methods only attempt making the faster paper receipt that obtains easily of passenger, do not handle the problem that paper receipt itself causes.
From dealer of business circles or enterprise need receipt, to be used as the purpose of repaying to company itself or another company (client) that pays to its service and expense.The small-business owner needs receipt, proving the purchase that it is made with commercial name to the tax bureau, and reaches above-mentioned repayment purpose.
The individual demand receipt is as the proof of shopping, gives the seller and exchanges money or other kinds of goods for so that return the kinds of goods of having bought when needing, or so that enjoy returning or guarantee.People also wish to obtain receipt, so that verify cash and credit spending, make budget.
In nearly all mechanism, the repayment process all rather wastes time and energy.Because of original receipt may be lost, original need duplicate for several times usually.These receipt Xeroxs are sent to different persons in charge on hand, also will be sent to the mechanism of patronage service and expense in some cases.Because the size of receipt differs, the process of the duplicating receipt time-consuming difficulty that becomes.After duplicating receipt, people still will fill in detailed report on expenses, with every receipt and specific expense item pairing.Under many circumstances, original receipt and report on expenses are before being sent to the parties concerned, and receipt must be affixed on (cemented or steady with the staple nail with adhesive tape) on the blank sheet of paper substantially.
The From dealer of business circles also must handle from the airline or the electronic receipt in hotel in some cases.This needs the unlocking electronic mail usually, prints receipt, and receipt is affixed on the blank sheet of paper.It is identical with actual receipt to guarantee the expense item in the report on expenses that the person in charge of examination report often spends the long duration.
The small-business owner needs receipt, proving the purchase that it is made with commercial name to the tax bureau, and reaches the repayment purpose.Most of small-business owner spends the long duration arrangement and prepares the purpose of business expenditure accounts as payment of duty.Time restriction and the inorganizable business expenditure accounts that make us failing easily to prepare as payment of duty.A lot of small-business owners " wait at the last minute " just arrangement and submit accounts to, and the small-business owner also must make as above-mentioned detailed report on expenses, and encloses receipt according to client's program.
People wish to preserve receipt so that replace the kinds of goods of having bought to the seller when needing.Many times, these receipts are misplaced, are lost or be damaged, the difficulty of returning goods thereby become.People also wish to preserve receipt, so that enjoy special returning or guarantee.People are required original receipt is mailed to the sponsor of manufacturer or distribution usually, with the proof of doing to buy.People also wish to preserve receipt, so that verify cash and credit spending, make budget.
Except the preservation of receipt, the businessman will be to make and check report on expenses in the face of one of them large order.People often need report on expenses to obtain the repayment of traffic or other expense.Report on expenses implication in this instructions is very extensive, means to comprise any report and record as the verification expense item, comprises the desired record of the tax bureau.Now, even report is finished with electronic pattern by computing machine, each opens receipt still need manually input to report on expenses, and a lot of receipts need be imported a plurality of report on expenses projects.Report on expenses also means and comprises a row receipt.
Some existing systems allow that the user scans, organizes and report with the electronic format carrying cost.Computer system also allows that the user imports report on expenses with electronic pattern, to make repayment or payment of duty purpose.Yet the user of these systems still needs manually to import receipt data to report on expenses.
Therefore, people need a system, and it can scan the expense receipt, collect the data on the expense receipt, and data are inputed to report on expenses.
Summary of the invention
For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of system that comprises the collection of images device, for example one be connected to one and can collect and store the scanner or the digital camera of the computer processor of image, and the method for using described system stores and disposal cost receipt.Described computer processor analyze described receipt described image, described video conversion is become literal, analyzes described literal, takes passages cost data, and described data put in a report on expenses.The end user can examine or check collection described cost data, make amendment or augment.Be preferably, described system shows the described image of described receipt and the described cost data of collection simultaneously side by side, so that examination and modification.
In a preferred embodiments, described collection of images device is portable, as a portable scanner or digital camera, makes the user can scan and throw away receipt in route.
In addition, in a preferred embodiment, described image is encrypted, is distorted without authorization by the user or the third party preventing, thereby keeps the integrality of described receipt image.
In a preferred embodiments, the receipt image can be uploaded to a teledata storage facilities by the Internet, Intranet or other network, with further protection image, in order to avoid distort without authorization or lose.
Above-mentioned explain the main points briefly and the detailed description of following the preferred embodiments of the present invention will more easily be understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.For explanation the present invention, example embodiment has been shown in the accompanying drawing.Yet, must be noted that the present invention is not limited to accurate configuration shown in the drawings and equipment.
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Figure one is the functional-block diagram of explanation general survey of the present invention.
Figure two operates the functional-block diagram of preferable flow process of the present invention for the explanation user.
Figure three is the specific example of the typical data that finds on receipt, and what Fen Xi of the present invention is with the Inspection rope stores the function of the described digitizing receipt of what image.
Figure four is an one embodiment of the invention, shows the indicator screen image that a row receipt and receipt image show simultaneously side by side.
Figure five is an one embodiment of the invention, and the receipt, receipt image and the report on expenses that show row are simultaneously displayed on the image of an indicator screen.
Figure six is an one embodiment of the invention, shows the indicator screen image that report on expenses and receipt image show simultaneously side by side.
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Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments in detail the present invention is described in detail:
Figure one is a block scheme of the present invention.Described program is since an expense receipt 101, and described expense receipt is generally printed with cash register or other point of sale device by the businessman.By an input media 102, the image of described receipt is set up and digitizing 103 by electronics.
Feasible receipt image input media has multiple.In one embodiment, described input media is the flat-bed scanner of a connection one desk-top computer.In another embodiment, described input media can be a high speed scanner that is used for enterprise, and it can scan a plurality of images simultaneously.In another embodiment, described input media is a facsimile recorder, in this embodiment, can provide a Fax number to the user, he can be with its receipt fax so far number in route, gets final product (additionally) to store the digitized image of this fax, not necessarily will print on the paper.In preferred embodiment, described input media is portable, as a digital camera or portable scanner.
Though below the present invention is not made qualification, but the inventor finds, for receipt in general size, be preferably and use that a resolution is minimum counts (dpi) or the digital camera of about two mega pixels (megapixel) as per inch 300, if there is image to promote software, hang down also can using of resolution.This digital camera is not required to be an independent video camera, is preferably with daily another device that carries of user to combine, as mobile phone, personal digital assistant or communicator (being the combination of personal digital assistant and mobile phone).
When use be a portable input media time, described device is preferably establishes a display screen, the described receipt image that the user can be examined or check collected is suitable image with the described receipt image of guaranteeing to collect.Also a kind of removable storer of described input media is as memory card or mini-hard disk.In preferred embodiment, by wireless telephone or wireless Internet access, described mancarried device and stores the remote tools wireless connections of described image, makes described image be downloaded in route.In another embodiment, described mancarried device can connect with regular phone line or the Internet access line, as used the same of accommodation, connect a remote computer, so that a described receipt image of collecting is downloaded.
Though the foregoing description uses scanner or digital camera as input media, the present invention also is intended to comprise the image of collecting the paper receipt and any method that converts thereof into the electronic digit form, no matter is known or invention in the future.
In preferred embodiment, described input media also clocks and prints the collection date and time of described receipt image, has very great help to preventing swindle.
Described system can handle many receipts, is preferably to place different report on expenses to the disparity items of same receipt.
Being transferred to a computing machine after the described collection of images deals with." computing machine ", " central processing unit " reach " computer processor " and are intended to make a general reference any calculation element of handling number information and adopting microprocessor in this instructions, and need not to be and described receipt image input media independent device.Described computing machine can be a desk-top computer, server, laptop computer, personal digital assistant, communicator, phone, digital camera or other calculation elements, no matter is known or invention in the future.
The user stores described Fei with Baoing Gao Time, each project can be attached to described digitizing receipt, or by batch described digitizing receipt of storage, or separately they are stored to described central processing unit or the Internet host.Described report on expenses shows described digitizing receipt simultaneously, and whether accurately it is presented at suitable described expense item next door, thereby accelerate to check described expense item step.The user also can every page prints 1,3 or 6 described receipt, to show additional descriptor before the user.
The user also can be attached to descriptive information on the described receipt voluntarily by a central processing unit or the Internet, or by described input media (as a personal digital assistant).For example, expense category, Fee Amount, trade date, client's support usefulness, seller name or seller address.The user also can be attached to individual descriptive matter in which there on each receipt.Any information that is attached to described receipt is preferably in the electronics mode and appends to described receipt image.
The present invention is preferably and comprises described scanning receipt image 104 encryptions.Encryption can be carried out by described input media or described computing machine, carries out as early as possible but be preferably in described process, to avoid distorting described image without authorization.In one embodiment, described software uses a proprietary encryption method, is presented at a compatible viewer 105 thereafter only.Described viewer does not comprise any modify feature, thereby avoids described receipt to be modified.Such system is good than using other standard format such as tag images form (tiff), image Interchange Format (giff) or Portable file layout (pdf), because of they generally all have the standard modification device.Certainly, described system also can use other encryption technology of using public or private key, no matter is known or invention in the future.The above is not to be intended to get rid of that the present invention uses standard file Wen File form and the embodiment that do not use encryption.And the present invention also can use other to prevent the authentication method that original described image is distorted without authorization, no matter is known or invention in the future.
Except that utilize encrypting with preventing to distort without authorization, in a preferred embodiment, described image is stored in one and closes again among the civilian part File, and the attempt personator is difficult to by the described image of third party's software access.
After described computing machine received described digitized video, the software of described computing machine converted described image data to alphanumeric string 106.Can discern the software program of handwritten form,, be known technology in the industry, so can not be further described at this as optical character identification (OCR) and image character recognition (ICR).The present invention is intended to become in conjunction with institute's handlebar video conversion the method for alphanumeric data, no matter is known or invention in the future, and optical character identification (OCR) and character recognition are intended to comprise image character recognition (ICR) and any other similar conversion method in this.
Become described video conversion the process of alphanumeric data also can comprise the image lift technique.If that described receipt shows is fuzzy, by wrinkle or imperfect, or the resolution of described input media is lower, just may need this anticipating, successfully to convert thereof into alphanumeric data.Multiple technologies such as noise filtering, contrast lifting, edge filter and sharpening are known in the technology category of optical imagery, so can not be further described at this.The present invention is intended to comprise all this kind imaging filter and preprocessing technologies, no matter is known or invention in the future.The inventor finds that some routine libraries are arranged on the market, as Scansoft, Abby Fine Reader and TRANSYM OCR, helps and filters described image and the process that described video conversion is become literal.These routine packages comprise automatic shearing, remove speckle and proofread and correct the program that is offset that the inventor finds that they are useful on enforcement the present invention.
In preferred embodiment, described optical character identification (OCR)/image character recognition (ICR) process also keeps some spatial datas about the position of described literal on described receipt, has the next step that helps analyze alphameric listeral, to look for the expense receipt data.
Described next step comprises and analyzes described alphameric listeral, to look for significant project and numerical value for analyzing 107-110.Described some literal of analytical procedure identification is the date and the amount of money of described receipt, also can look for seller name.If on the described receipt multinomial charge is arranged, in preferred embodiment, described analysis software can be differentiated the different amount of money on the described receipt, and the identification charge corresponding with the described amount of money.Therefore, for example on a hotel bill, described analysis software maybe can be distinguished the charge of the charge of identification room, meals, telephone relation and film.Though it is necessary that this is not the present invention institute, described receipt respectively identification on the receipt that much must segment every charge of great use.For example, the film charge may not obtain repayment, or the charge of the drinks of dining room Account list may not be enjoyed tax deduction.
Because most of receipt all writes down the class likelihood data, described software utilizes cover project commonly used, and retrieval in described receipt literal 110.For example, described software is retrieved in described receipt literal, looks for as " amount (amount of money) ", " total amount (total value) " and/or projects such as " amount due (owing volume) ".It also retrieves some known date formats.Described software also utilizes the vendor data commonly used storehouse of a static and non-static state, describes the filing of classification with the described report on expenses 109 interior described expenses of facility.For example, if described receipt is loaded with " McDonald ", it is a dining room that described software just can be differentiated " McDonald ", and describes the classification from the described expense of described report on expenses automatically and select " meals ".Described database can by a supplier of system or corporate sponsorship people by one easily more new media to upgrade, as CD, File Transfer Protocol (ftp) download or the Internet.Described static state and non-static database can be single databases.
Figure three is a typical receipt and can be from the cost data of wherein taking passages, to form an expense item.
When described software found described project in described receipt literal, suitable report on expenses project category 111 is taken passages and placed to the described corresponding amount of money or other related data (date, place etc.).The described receipt data of being taken passages by described image is called " cost data " in this instructions.After described receipt is bonded with an expense item in described report on expenses, but the structure of the described receipt of described software identification, when the next scanning of described system belonged to the identical seller's receipt, described software can be differentiated its data structure, and data suitably are distributed in the report on expenses.
In a preferred embodiment, but the seller's described receipt structure is specified in described software identification, and it can utilize existing format software on the market, or writes down described data structure when described data and/or user revise in analyzing for the first time.
Report on expenses is set up described report on expenses 112 by each expense item and a suitable report on expenses are linked.Be convenient this process, described software utilizes some Different Rule, so that described report on expenses ordering is organized.For example, because of commercial stroke mostly is regular and fixing, described software promptly sorts expense item according to the place in the commercial stroke.Have a dinner in the user residence in the time of only can coming across stroke and begin or finish; On the contrary, have a dinner in another city and then tend to occur in the middle of the stroke.
The user can revise, stores and manage the described report on expenses from a central processing unit, personal digital assistant or the Internet.Described data also can input in other expense software commonly used, and as Quicken and MS Money 113 or other financial procedure bag, and customizable is specified business system 117 to meet.The user also can add the not expense item of relevant receipt.
Figure two is process flow diagrams similar to figure one, but from user's viewpoint.Based on above description for figure one, described process flow diagram is readily appreciated that, so can not be further described at this.
Cost data can Several Methods show.In one embodiment, all receipts that are scanned are listed and sort with disparity items.Be preferably, described receipt row can segment to the data with different folder.Shown in figure four, the right of display screen shows receipt row 12, and the user can roll up and read described receipt row 12, and the described receipt image 10 relevant with noted item 14 then is shown in the left side of display screen.If during new receipt of scanning, its image can be shown in the described left side grid 10, new projects and its corresponding cost data are then inserted to described the right grid 12.The user can be the data of every receipt correction data or input gaps and omissions easily.
Figure five has specifically illustrated another display frame of described software of the present invention.In this preferred embodiment, described receipt row are presented in the upper right grid 12, and one specifies report on expenses then to be presented in the bottom right grid 16.The user only needs to choose receipt from described inventory 12, and with mouse described receipt is moved in the described report on expenses 16 (or with cutting and stick, beat the number of colluding or other identification method), also can input to the addition item that does not have receipt in the described report on expenses.It can be stored after finishing described report on expenses 16, and newly-increased another report on expenses.Equally, when choosing the project of described receipt row 12 or described report on expenses 16, corresponding described receipt image 10 promptly is presented in the described upper left grid.
Figure six shows another mode of operation of described system.In this display frame, the user is the grid described report on expenses 16 of reading on the right.Promptly get in touch with the report on expenses of having set up after projects are scanned, described receipt image 10 promptly is shown in the left side, and directly is shown as new projects 14 with the described cost data of this image association in described report on expenses 16.
More than three sections described described software and display frame only for showing an example embodiment, be not intended in office where face limits the scope of the invention.
Receipt can manual mode connect with specifying report on expenses, also can get in touch described receipt automatically to report on expenses by described software.For example, can set all described expense receipts that described software links to each other the same user date and place in the same report on expenses, the user just can find out receipt in a report on expenses, and reading user and the report on expenses receipt of getting in touch.As mentioned above, in preferred embodiment, described report on expenses and described receipt are shown in user's display terminal simultaneously, so that the user checks described report on expenses, user also recoverable connects with the described report on expenses of modification and/or a receipt and another report on expenses.If described routine analyzer fails to differentiate some data, can in described report on expenses, it be emphasized or directly not show.Described routine analyzer has an opportunity to occur mistake, and as a charge is placed wrong expense category, the user can revise the described report on expenses that stores these data.Described software for display is preferably, and the user can click an expense, and described contact report on expenses promptly shows automatically.
In an embodiment of the present invention, described software can correctly rotate the described image of described receipt, makes no matter described receipt from what direction is scanned, and all shows (promptly be not inverted or laterally) with correct direction.One simple algorithm is, described software only need rotate described receipt so that place from top to bottom on its long limit gets final product.During enforcement,, described image half-twist is got final product if the width of the described image of scanning is longer than highly.One complicated but more accurately algorithm be that its available optical character identification (OCR) data are differentiated the correct direction of described receipt.
Excessive data also can be augmented to described report on expenses by electronic channel, for example, credit card trade can be downloaded in the described report on expenses, the user may not need to keep the receipt paper entity of this kind transaction, or described credit card trade can be in described report on expenses with described receipt on described expense check mutually.The also available similar approach of other electronic cash method such as ATM card is handled, and the user also can augment the extra cost that does not have receipt in addition, as vehicle mileage and tip.
If enough rated outputs and a display screen are arranged, but the user checks the process concentrative implementation of described report.Now, simpler and easy for using a laptop computer that is connected with described input media, in order to analyze described image and can be installed on the described software of described report on expenses ordering in the described laptop computer, then the user also can check described report on expenses on aircraft or in the hotel room.Along with the rated output and the display screen resolution of mancarried device increases day by day, whole procedure can be carried out by a mancarried device, after the user finishes checking of described report on expenses, just can upload described image and the described report on expenses checked (wireless or wired connection all can) from described mancarried device.
Another selection is in a network system, the user can upload described scan-image to an internet webpage, and by a browser or described image of proprietary software application program access and report on expenses, can lower the required storage capacity and the computer power of computing machine of user's terminal like this, and can lower and be subjected to the chance of distorting without authorization.
In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, whether described system also checks and exists because of receipt wrong or that the swindle of meaning way repeats, and this can reach by simple algorithm, as retrieves in one day and in the same seller receipt that same amount do not occur is arranged.
Image can be made comparisons than complicated algorithm, but this there is certain difficulty, different images can occurs because of scan same receipt at different directions.But, the existing relatively known art skill of image similarity degree in the existing image recognition technology field, the present invention is intended to comprise these technology existing or that in the future invent.
The present invention can comprise that also an expense rule checks pattern, so that expense item is applied rule.For example, the amount of money that can obtain repayment if be used for traffic every day is provided with the upper limit, and described software can check that the receipt of input does not exceed this amount of money.
About analyzing the step of described lteral data, described software in the described alphameric listeral data of from described digitizing receipt image, taking passages search key or/and structure.For example, most of receipts use similar date structure, and the numeral that described software can be discerned an appointment ordering is the date, and this kind key word also can be mark.
After described software identification, data promptly are extracted from described digitizing receipt, and are dispensed in the suitable expense item classification.
In a preferred embodiment, described software can be when receipt be scanned up to system for the first time its structure of identification, described software is its exclusive structure of identification when receipt is scanned up to system and data and is got in touch to described receipt by an expense item.
Be preferably, described key word/mark database can be by the described seller, user or described software upgrading (i.e. a non-static database).If described analysis software fails to find out the seller of a receipt, but described user imports described seller name as " ACME CO. ", " ACME CO. " promptly is injected towards in the described database.Suppose that described user also has the expense category of inserting described receipt, as " Road Runner Extermination ", described database also can connect this seller name and this expense category, when the expense receipt of " ACME CO. " is scanned next time, described software can be discerned this name and be called a seller name, takes passages and insert cost data: " seller: ACME CO., classification: Road Runner Extermination ".Described software also can use a cover specified rule, imports excessive data to point out described user.Described software can be discerned a certain expense item needs excessive data, and inputs in the suitable project of described report on expenses.
In one embodiment, the user can be voluntarily on described receipt paper the somewhere write next numeral or literal, fill out designated fee project category in the described report on expenses when the described receipt of scanning automatically to point out described software.Equally, the user can iris out some project voluntarily on described receipt entity, as date, the amount of money, place etc., pay special attention to this part to point out described software, can allow described software reject incoherent project like this, prevents that described analysis and search function are confused.
Table one shows a cover demonstration analysis rule.This cover analysis rule is not intended to limit scope of the present invention, and the inventor that only is intended to demonstrate finds can be used for one embodiment of the invention.This cover rule uses color not represent must use color scanning, and the present invention also can use GTG or black and white imaging.
Table one-demonstration analysis rule
Date
1. if receipt be yellow, the searching date recognition accords with character string in described Top-of-file 1/3rd scopes in, is located at the date that data after this character string should be described receipt.So far, the unique date recognition symbol that sees yellow receipt is " date ".
2. if receipt for yellow and fail to find the date recognition symbol, is then retrieved the first half of described receipt, seek the character string of following date format according to this order:
(seek the character string of forming by two/word) month in and month out/everyday/every year
The moon month in and month out everyday (is sought abbreviation month) every year
Month month in and month out everyday ' everyday month month in and month out, every year
Every year month everyday,
(seek and write month entirely) every year
3. if receipt was failed according to format identification for yellow and date, then can begin to seek from behind, and can retrieve from behind, with recognition time according to following form from following usually in the time of date back.So maybe can run into a time identifier character string or the date.Continue toward reach when running into the identifier character string, next literal item perhaps is the date.
Time format according to the frequency ordering:
Constantly: divide afternoon, constantly: branch divides afternoon, and constantly: divide: second second, constantly: divide: in second second afternoon, constantly: branch divides
Time identifier character string (only finding one): time
4. if receipt is a white, seek date recognition symbol character string in 1/4th scopes of described receipt top, if find, literal subsequently should be recorded as the date, but it is unsuccessful usually that the inventor estimates the method, because of the modal date recognition symbol of white receipt character string is " date ".
5. if fail to find date recognition symbol character string, in whole receipt, seek date format everyday/month in and month out/every year, this is the modal a kind of date format of white receipt, and the character string that mainly relies on two/word composition is to discern, and some receipt is left out 0 of beginning.
6. the time data of white receipt is followed date data usually, and second method seeking the date should be to clock from the time prints retrieval forward.Under a lot of situations, be positioned at the data that clock before printing and be recorded as the date.Time format according to the frequency ordering:
Constantly: divide afternoon, constantly: divide, constantly: branch divides afternoon, constantly: divide: and second second, constantly: divide afternoon
If fail according to everyday described/form or time are found out the date month in and month out/every year, then should seek the data of following form: month month in and month out everyday ' every year, month in and month out-everyday-every year, month month in and month out everyday, every year with the moon month in and month out everyday, every year
The seller
So far do not have very reliably can discern the method for the vendor data on the described receipt, below two rules may not imitate, but also may provide useful data.
1. seller name maybe can be recorded as first alphabetic character string of described receipt, but this is also unreliable.
2. because vendor data generally includes the address, follow the five digit number (postcode) of divide abridging in the state and be the written record of its front vendor data so can seek.We or run into city, street and seller name, so comprise that six the individual characters strings in front should be careful.
Amount to
Tip or non-tip structure
1. attempt receipt is categorized into tip structure or non-tip structure by the positive evidence of seeking the tip identifier earlier, promptly have following any one character string:
Tip, the tip amount of money, tips, the tips amount of money
If find above character string any one, suppose that promptly described receipt is a tip structure receipt.
2. if article one rule is unsuccessful, then attempting seeking the described receipt of proof is the evidence of the non-tip structure of a standard, and this can be proved from the existence of a tax item project.The tax item project comprises following character string: tax item, sales tax, (state part abbreviation, i.e. PA) tax item, (abbreviation of state part) sales tax as if find above character string one of them, can suppose that described receipt is a non-tip structure.
3. the application if above rule all fails, described receipt should be regarded as non-tip structure.
Mode of payment
1. by whether some character string being arranged on the described receipt of positive region retrieval to determine its mode of payment.
2. handle if find following any one character string, receipt promptly to be regarded as a sales ledger: MASTERCARD, MC, VISA, AMEX, CREDIT
3. if find following character string about evidence due date, receipt promptly is regarded as a sales ledger and handles: EXP, EXP DATE
4. if find related credit card number evidence and be that the character string of following form, receipt promptly are regarded as a sales ledger and handle: XXXXXXXXXXXX1234,1,234 1,234 1,234 1234, XXXX XXXX XXXX 1234
5. if find " cash " character string in 1/3rd scopes of described receipt bottom, receipt promptly is regarded as a cash memorandum.
6. application and described receipt are for yellow if above rule all fails, and described receipt should be regarded as sales ledger.
7. application and described receipt are white if above rule all fails, and described receipt should be regarded as cash memorandum.
Amount to by (tip receipt)
1. attempt earlier amounting to the identifier character string in the latter half of described receipt by seeking a tip receipt, to find out total, the amount of money of following these character strings promptly is registered as subtotal, and uses one 1 15 net value or can select the tip function to calculate.
Following character string is effective total value identifier: subtotal, the amount of money before radix, the amount of money, tip calculate
2. if fail to find out the total value identifier, can suppose that the described subtotal amount of money is the maximum dollar amount that can read on the described receipt on a tip structure receipt.
Amount to by (non-tip receipt)
1. earlier by retrieval total value identifier character string, seeking the total value on the non-tip receipt, and the numeral that hypothesis is followed this character string is exactly suitable total value.
Effective total value identifier character string: total value, total sales is sold
2. if fail to find effective total value identifier character string, and the above mode of payment rule shows that described receipt is that credit card is sold, and then described total value is the greatest measure on the described receipt.
3. if fail to find effective total value identifier character string, and described receipt is a cash memorandum, then needs to seek the change identifier and the change amount of money, and the change amount of money is often followed the change identifier.
Effective change identifier: change, change credit balance
4. if the described change amount of money is not zero, be total value then with described receipt the latter half second high amount of money.
5. if the described change amount of money is zero, be total value then with the highest amount of money of described receipt the latter half.
6. if fail to discern the described change amount of money, then seek one and repeat the amount of money, suppose that promptly this is a total value, and this is to keep the change continuous situation, and should be last two amount of money on the described receipt.
7. if fail to find a change amount of money or one to repeat the amount of money, suppose that then this is to look for continuous receipt, and be the second high amount record discerned total value.
Table one is intact
As mentioned above, in a preferred embodiment, by remote storage and processing, this network can be reached several fundamental purposes to receipt: guarantee that 1) described receipt is not used or revises, to guarantee its legitimacy by a Internet, Intranet or other network; 2) allow indivedual users and/or mechanism store and organize described receipt; 3) the reflection terminal user provides the function of giving described network user; With 4) make report on expenses and image be delivered to a plurality of users with electronic form easily.The receipt registered permanent residence (ASP) that is set forth in the Internet provides several benefits for indivedual users, and it can be used as a checking source, is not made any use or modification to guarantee described receipt, and this is very important to the tax bureau and employer.The user can pass through its registered permanent residence of the Internet access, and watches and set up the receipt report on expenses, rather than watches and set up the receipt report on expenses only on the computer processor that software is installed.
Mechanism also can be indebted to described system.If entire mechanism is used described receipt system, then described mechanism can combine report on expenses with the account payable program of its accounting system, then authorizes and can batch be given, and bill reduces also and can post, and can deliver to submission expense receipt person to L. A..
The present invention is not limited to above disclosed embodiment, and is intended to comprise the interior various modifications and the relevant treatment of spirit and scope of back claim.Though do not explained, noted earlierly paraphrase the present invention, other then is the existing knowledge that maybe will have, and is applied to different operating positions comprehensively.
Claims (63)
1. the method for a disposal cost receipt, its step comprises:
Receive the electron image of described expense receipt by a computer processor;
Handle described electron image to obtain cost data;
Presenting described cost data reports in electronic toll;
Show described electronic toll report.
2. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the described step of wherein setting up electron image is performed by one scan device, digital camera, facsimile recorder, personal digital assistant video camera, phone video camera or communicator video camera.
3. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described computer processor is a mainframe computer, computer server, desk-top computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant, phone or communicator.
4. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: its step also comprises described electron image is stored in nonvolatile memory.
5. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the described step of wherein handling described electron image is further comprising the steps of:
Utilize character recognition software to obtain lteral data from described electron image;
Analyze described lteral data with the retrieval cost data.
6. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the step that wherein shows described electronic toll report is performed by a web browser or special viewer.
7. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described cost data is expense date, Fee Amount, seller name, mode of payment or seller address.
8. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: its step also comprises:
Receive excessive data;
Revise described electronic toll report with described excessive data;
Show modified described electronic toll report;
Modified described electronic toll report is stored in nonvolatile memory.
9. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described excessive data is for confirming signature, proofreading and correct cost data or extra cost data.
10. method according to claim 9 is characterized in that: described extra cost data comprise that the expense allocation, identification expense of cost center produce survivor's identifier, or stroke, bill, vehicle mileage or other do not have the identifier of the expense of receipt.
11. method according to claim 9 is characterized in that: the electronic data of described extra cost data for receiving from another computer processor.
12. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described report on expenses comprises from the cost data of a R rates quoted above receipt gained.
13. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: its step also comprises encrypts described electron image.
14. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: its step also comprises encrypts described report on expenses.
15. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described computing machine applies a cover expense rule to described cost data.
16. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: its step also comprises described report on expenses is transferred to an accounting system.
17. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described report on expenses and described electron image are stored in various computing machine system, and connect with same identifier.
18. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described report on expenses and receipt image are shown simultaneously.
19. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described report on expenses, a row receipt scan this and the receipt image is shown simultaneously.
20. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described report on expenses is that a row receipt scans this.
21. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: its step also comprises checking whether the repetition receipt is arranged.
22. method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described computer processor is by a computer network remote access.
23. a contain is managed the computer-readable media of the instruction of a computer system, to carry out an expense receipt storage method that may further comprise the steps:
Receive the electron image of described expense receipt by a computer processor;
Handle described electron image to obtain cost data;
Presenting described cost data reports in electronic toll;
Show described electronic toll report.
24. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: the described step of wherein setting up electron image is performed by one scan device, digital camera, facsimile recorder, personal digital assistant video camera, phone video camera or communicator video camera.
25. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described computer processor is a mainframe computer, computer server, desk-top computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant, phone or communicator.
26. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: its step also comprises described electron image is stored in nonvolatile memory.
27. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: the described step of wherein handling described electron image is further comprising the steps of:
Utilize character recognition software to obtain lteral data from described electron image;
Analyze described lteral data with the retrieval cost data.
28. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: the step that wherein shows described electronic toll report is performed by a web browser or special viewer.
29. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described cost data is expense date, Fee Amount, seller name, mode of payment or seller address.
30. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: its step also comprises:
Receive excessive data;
Revise described electronic toll report with described excessive data;
Show modified described electronic toll report;
Modified described electronic toll report is stored in nonvolatile memory.
31. computer-readable media according to claim 30 is characterized in that: described excessive data is for confirming signature, proofreading and correct cost data or extra cost data.
32. computer-readable media according to claim 31, it is characterized in that: described extra cost data comprise that the expense allocation, identification expense of cost center produce survivor's identifier, or stroke, bill, vehicle mileage or other do not have the identifier of the expense of receipt.
33. computer-readable media according to claim 31 is characterized in that: the electronic data of described extra cost data for receiving from another computer processor.
34. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described report on expenses comprises from the cost data of a R rates quoted above receipt gained.
35. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: its step also comprises encrypts described electron image.
36. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: its step also comprises encrypts described report on expenses.
37. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described computing machine applies a cover expense rule to described cost data.
38. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: its step also comprises described report on expenses is transferred to an accounting system.
39. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described report on expenses and described electron image are stored in various computing machine system, and connect with same identifier.
40. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described report on expenses and receipt image are shown simultaneously.
41. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described report on expenses, a row receipt scan this and the receipt image is shown simultaneously.
42. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described report on expenses is that a row receipt scans this.
43. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: its step also comprises checking whether the repetition receipt is arranged.
44. computer-readable media according to claim 23 is characterized in that: described computer processor is by a computer network remote access.
45. a system that handles an expense receipt, it comprises:
One receipt image input media is in order to set up the electron image of described input media;
One computer processor that is connected with described receipt;
One operates in the software pattern of described computer processor, and it handles described electron image to obtain cost data;
One operates in the software pattern of described computer processor, and it is inserted described cost data in one report on expenses;
One display that is connected with described computing machine, described report on expenses is shown in described display.
46. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: it also comprises the nonvolatile memory that is connected with described computer processor, to store described report on expenses.
47., it is characterized in that: performed by one scan device, digital camera, facsimile recorder, personal digital assistant video camera, phone video camera or communicator video camera in order to the described device of setting up electron image according to the described system of claim 45.
48. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described computer processor is a mainframe computer, computer server, desk-top computer, laptop computer, personal digital assistant or phone.
49. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: its described software pattern of handling described electron image also comprises:
One character recognition software pattern is to obtain lteral data from described electron image;
One analysis software pattern, it analyzes described lteral data with the retrieval cost data.
50. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described display is a web browser or special viewer.
51. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described cost data comprises expense date, Fee Amount, seller name, mode of payment or seller address.
52. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: it also comprises another input media, to receive excessive data described report on expenses is modified.
53. system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described excessive data is for confirming signature, proofreading and correct cost data or extra cost data.
54. according to the described system of claim 53, it is characterized in that: described extra cost data comprise the expense allocation of cost center, identification expense person's identifier, or stroke, bill, vehicle mileage or other do not have the identifier of the expense of receipt.
55., it is characterized in that: the electronic data of described extra cost data for receiving from another computer processor according to the described system of claim 53.
56. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: it comprises that also one operates in the software pattern of described computer processor, so that described electron image is encrypted.
57. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: it also comprises a software pattern, so that described cost data and report on expenses are applied a cover expense rule.
58. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described report on expenses is stored in different computer systems with described electron image, and connects with same identifier.
59. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described report on expenses and receipt image are shown simultaneously.
60. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described report on expenses, a row receipt scan this and the receipt image is shown simultaneously.
61. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described report on expenses is that a row receipt scans this.
62. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: it also comprises a software pattern, to check out the repetition receipt.
63. according to the described system of claim 45, it is characterized in that: described system is by a computer network remote access.
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