JP2000288479A - Address information database amending system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately and easily amend each data of addresses and names of destinations in an address information database. SOLUTION: An address information database amending work terminal 3 is provided with a superimposing part 33 wherein, when picture data with address data subjected to supplement treatment is regarded as address data which do not coincide with address information from the address information data base 21 and cannot be classified, the synthetic picture of both the two pieces of information can be indicated on an output part 34. Based on address data indicated as the synthetic picture on the output part 34, an address information retrieving/amending function part 32 is made to amend address information of the address information data base 21 according to amending instructions by a worker.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an address information database correcting system for registering address information in an address information database used in a sheet sorting apparatus for sorting sheets and correcting the address information. More particularly, the present invention relates to an address information database correction work system capable of easily registering and correcting the address information of a destination of a sheet that cannot be sorted by the sheet sorting apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large number of human resources have been used to sort paper sheets into destinations. However, the use of a paper sheet sorting apparatus has led to a reduction in the number of workers and an improvement in work efficiency. Was. Further, with the development of the sheet sorting apparatus, a detailed sorting method has been adopted in which a postal code or a street name is read, and further, an address display number such as a street, a block, or a number is read. In order to perform such detailed address sorting in the sheet sorting apparatus, a database storing address information is required. In addition, in order for the sheet sorting apparatus to perform accurate sorting, it is necessary to register correct information in an address information database. To improve the sorting performance of the sheet sorting apparatus, the address of this database is required. Improving the accuracy of information is essential.

FIG. 8 shows a conventional address information database correction system having such a sheet sorting apparatus and an address information database. It comprises a sheet sorting device 1, an address information database management device 2, and an address information database correction work terminal 3. Of these, the sheet sorting device 1
Are the image capture unit 11, the classification unit 12, the recognition unit 13, the determination unit A14, the output unit 15, the data control unit 16, and the determination unit B1.
7, a data control unit 18, an image storage device 19, and a sorting information input / output terminal 41 (image display unit 41a, input unit 41b). The paper sheet sorting apparatus 1 includes a paper sheet 4
This is an apparatus that captures and recognizes the image of the destination 2, makes a comparison determination with the address information 26, and classifies only the matched addresses by destination.

[0004] In the paper sheet sorting apparatus 1,
The image capturing unit 11 captures an image of a destination (handwritten or printed character) written on the paper sheet 42, and
Performs the recognition of the image captured by the image capturing unit 11, and further, the determination unit A14 compares the recognition result 44 of the recognition unit 13 with the address information 26 output from the address information database management device 2, and It is determined whether or not they are in compliance. In addition, the sorting unit 12 sorts the paper sheets 42 by destination based on the address data 45 received from the determining unit A14, and at this time, the output unit 15 outputs an address that does not match in the determining unit A14, that is, an unsortable address. Output a list of addresses. The data control unit 16 outputs to the data control unit 18 a set of the address data 46 of the inseparable address and the image data 47 thereof. For this reason, the data control unit 18 outputs the received address data and the image data thereof to the image storage device 19 and extracts them as needed.

[0005] Further, the image storage device 19 stores the address data of the inseparable address and the image data thereof. The sorting information input / output terminal 41 displays an image of an unsortable address output from the data control unit 18 on the image display unit 41a.
The operator complements by inputting a portion of the address displayed on the image display unit 41a where the address is missing from the input unit 41b. The complemented address is output from the input unit 41b to the data control unit 18. The data control unit 18 determines the complemented address data and the corresponding image data by the determination unit B1.
7 is output. For this reason, the determination unit B17 compares the address data output from the data control unit 18 with the address information 26, and determines whether or not they match.

Next, the address information database management device 2 includes an address information database 21 and a database control unit 22, and manages the address information database 21 that uses the sheets 42 in the sheet sorting apparatus 1. . Of these, the address information database 21 stores the address information that is the basis for classifying the paper sheets 42 by destination, that is, the postal code address (prefecture name, city name, town name, chome, block, number, etc.) Name, area number to deliver family name papers,
The order is registered. Database control unit 22
Performs the correction and search processing requested from the address information database correction work terminal 3 on the address information database 21, and performs input / output control on the address information database 21.

On the other hand, in the address information database correction work terminal 3, a worker searches for / retrieves address information from the input unit 31.
When an operation such as correction / new registration / deletion is performed, the address information search / correction function unit 32 outputs a processing request command to the database control unit 22 based on the command output from the input unit 31. When receiving a search command from the input unit 31, the database control unit 22 obtains predetermined address information 53 from the address information database 21 and outputs this address information 53 to the output unit 34. The output unit 34 outputs the address data to a screen.

[0008]

In such an address information database correction work system, in order to sort the paper sheets 42, the address data in the address information database 21 is used as a reference. If it is registered in advance, the classification destination cannot be determined, and the classification becomes impossible. Such paper sheets 42 are classified manually. In order to correct the address data erroneously registered in the address information database 2 as described above, a great deal of labor is required, such as correcting the unsorted paper sheets 42 while checking them one by one. Sheets 4 that have become unsortable
When making corrections by looking at the destination of 2, the papers 42 must be delivered within a predetermined time, so that there is not enough time to check and correct the papers 42 sufficiently. Furthermore, there is a method of copying and correcting the destination of the paper sheet 42,
There have been problems in terms of privacy, management problems in which the paper sheet 42 is moved to make a copy so that it is not lost, and problems such as the inability to make a large number of copies within a predetermined time.

On the other hand, in order to solve such a problem,
Conventionally, a method of correcting based on a non-sortable address list output from the sheet sorting apparatus 1 and an address information database 2
A method of outputting a list of errors in the form 1 (for example, an error when three are not completed, such as a street, a block, and a number) is output as a list, and a method of correcting based on this is adopted.
Such a conventional method has the following problems.

First, the first problem is that the paper sheet sorting apparatus 1
Is performed on the basis of the non-sortable address list output from the output unit 15 using the non-sortable address data output from the sorting destination determining unit A14. Contains the input result by the user. The result of recognizing paper sheets is not always correct because similar characters may be erroneously determined, and the input result of the input unit 41b is address data by the operator. Address may also be included. A second problem is that, for example, in an area having an address structure in which three information items, ie, a street, a block, and a number, are always present, an address having only two pieces of information is output to the error list as a format error. Is considered to be an input error in the address information database 2, but it is not always possible to judge an error because not all the streets, blocks and issues are available in some areas.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and confirms a destination while looking at an image of an actual sheet so that each data of the destination and name in the address information database can be accurately and efficiently obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide an address information database correction system which can correct the address data and which can be compared with the address data registered in the address information database at this time so that the correction can be performed without error.

[0012]

To achieve the above object,
The address information database correction system according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a method in which the address information database correction work terminal determines that the complemented image data with address data is inseparable address data that does not match the address information from the address information database. In addition, a superimpose unit is provided to enable a composite image of both pieces of information to be displayed on an output unit. In this case, the address information in the address information database is corrected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the address information database correction system, the address information database management device stores the complemented image data with address data from the sheet sorting device in the image storage device. A data control unit is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the address information database correction system, the address information database correction work terminal displays the non-sortable image data with address data from the superimposing unit in a viewable manner. And an input unit for inputting instruction data for correcting address information in the address information database in accordance with the contents displayed on the output unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the address information database correcting system, wherein the address information database management device is provided with an address in the image storage device according to a search command requested through the address information search / correction function unit. A search function unit for searching image data with data and outputting the image data to the superimpose unit is provided.

In the address information database correcting system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the image storage device rearranges and stores the image data with address data in the order of postal code and address.

Further, in the address information database correction system according to the invention of claim 6, the address information search / correction function unit searches the address information database for the address data displayed on the output unit, and searches the address information database. When the data does not exist in the address information database, input only the address by browsing the destination image by the worker, and automatically search the address information database based on the address with one level lower and the address, If they do not match, the address data in the address information database is corrected.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an address information database correction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the paper sheet sorting apparatus 1 of the present invention
Has basically the same configuration and operation as those shown in FIG. 8, and the duplicated description is omitted here. On the other hand, in the present invention, the address information database management device 2
Address information database 21, database control unit 22,
An image data control unit 23, a search function unit 24, and an image storage device 25 are provided, which manage an address information database that uses the paper sheets 42 in the paper sheet sorting apparatus 1. Of these, the address information database 21 stores the address information that is the basis for classifying the paper sheets 42 by destination, that is, the postal code address (prefecture name, city name, town name, chome, block, number, etc.) Names, area numbers for delivering family name paper sheets, order, and the like are registered. Reference numeral 22 denotes a database control unit which performs processing such as correction and search requested from the address information database correction work terminal 3 on the address information database 21, and performs input / output control on the address information database 21.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an image data control unit which receives the image data 75 with address data of an indistinguishable address output from the determination unit B 17 and outputs the data to the image storage device 25. Reference numeral 24 denotes a search function unit which searches the address data stored in the image storage device 25 in accordance with a command (search command) requested from the address information database correction work terminal 3, and extracts the image data of the extracted address. Is output to the superimpose unit 33. An image storage device 25 stores the image data with address data output from the image data control unit 23.

Next, the address information database correction work terminal 3 is a device for browsing destination images of inseparable paper sheets, correcting address information in the address information database 21, and newly registering. Here, the operator 31 searches for address information /
An input unit 32 for performing operations such as correction / new registration / deletion, and 32 is an address information search / correction function unit, which issues a processing request command to the database control unit 22 and the search function unit 24 based on a command output from the input unit 31. Is output. 22 is a database control unit, which receives a search command from the input unit 31;
The address information 53 is obtained from the address information database 21, and the address information 53 is output to the superimpose unit 33. A superimpose unit 33 combines the address data output from the address information search / correction function unit 32 with the image data 54 output from the search function unit 24, and outputs a synthesized image 39 to the output unit 34. I do. The output unit 34 outputs the address data and the image data side by side on the screen.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the paper sheet 42 is supplied to the paper sheet sorting apparatus 1, the image capturing unit 11 captures the destination of the paper sheet 42 as image data, and outputs the captured image data 43 to the recognition unit 13. The recognizing unit 13 recognizes the address information of the received image data 43 and outputs it as address data 44 to the determining unit A14. The determination unit A14 compares the address data 44 with the address information 26 output from the address information database management device 2, and determines that the address data 44 matches the
And outputs the sorting information 45 to The sorting section 12 sorts the paper sheets 42 based on the sorting information 45. However, if the address data 44 and the address information 26 do not match in the determination unit A14, the corresponding address data 46 and image data 47 are output to the data control unit 16.

The data control section 16 associates the address data 46 with the image data 47 and outputs it as image data 48 with address data to the data control section 18.
The data control unit 18 stores the image data 4 with address data.
8 is output to the image storage device 19 for temporary storage. On the other hand, in order to correctly input an address that could not be recognized by the recognition unit 13, the worker performs a keying operation on the address data using the sorting information input / output terminal 41. At this time, the data control unit 18
Sequentially outputs the image data 71 from the image storage device 19 to the sorting information terminal 41, and the image display unit 41a displays the image, so that the operator inputs a correct address from the input unit 41b. The input address data 72 is stored in the data control unit 18.
The data control unit 18 outputs the address data and the image data 73 of the corresponding sheet together to the determination unit B. Therefore, the determination unit B compares the address data portion of the image data with address data 73 with the address information 26 in the same manner as the determination unit A, and outputs the classification information 74 to the classification unit 12 only when they match. The sorting unit 12 sorts the paper sheets 42 based on the sorting information.

On the other hand, if the address data does not match the address information 26, the determination section B outputs the image data 75 with address data to the image data control section 23 in the address information database management device 2. For this reason, the image data control unit 23 outputs the image data with address data 27 to the image storage device 25, and the image storage device 25 can easily search the image data with address data 27 in FIG. As shown in (1), the information is rearranged in the order of postal code and address and stored. An operator who intends to modify the address data in the address information database 21 first performs an operation for displaying a list of registered non-sortable addresses from the input unit 31. The input unit 31 requests the address information search / correction function unit 32 to output a list of non-sortable address data in the image storage device 25 (step A1).

The address information search / correction function unit 32 outputs a command requested from the input unit 31 to the search function unit 24, and the search function unit 24 superimposes the list information of the address data in the image storage device 25 as a super-inform. Output to the pause section 33. The superimposing unit 33 outputs the received list of address data to the output unit 34, and the output unit 34 displays a list of address data as shown in FIG. 4 (step A2). The operator specifies an address to be corrected from the address data displayed on the output unit 34 through the input unit 31 as shown by the shaded portion in FIG. 5 (step A3). The address information search / correction function unit 32 receives address information to be searched from the input unit 31 and outputs a search request command to the search function unit 24.

In the search function unit 24, the image storage device 2
5 to retrieve address data according to the request (step A
4) The corresponding address data image is output to the superimpose unit 33. The output unit 34 outputs the destination image as shown on the left half of the screen in FIG. 5 received from the superimpose unit 33 (step A5). At this time, the same address specified in step A3 is also searched for in the address information database (step A6). As a result of the search, if the address data does not exist in the address information database 21 (step A7), the worker looks at the destination image and inputs only the address (step B1). Furthermore,
The address information search / correction function unit 32 automatically performs a search with an address and a name whose hierarchy is reduced by one (step B2).
Here, the address with one layer lower is, for example, an address that is B town 1-2 when the original address is B town 1-2-3. The reason to search using an address and a destination name that is one level lower is to search for a wider address with a lower level,
This is because we want to specify the address by address from among them.

If the address is found again (step B3), the destination image and the address data are output on the screen (step A8), so that both are compared (step A9), and the address data is registered. Do. If the displayed address is incorrect, the address is corrected (step A11). If the address data does not exist even if the search condition is changed and the search is performed again, the process ends. If the input address is present in the address information database 21, it is confirmed that the destination image data and the address data match, and the process ends (step A10).

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the address information database correcting work terminal, the complemented image data with address data is set as inseparable address data that does not match the address information from the address information database. In this case, a superimpose unit is provided to enable a composite image of both pieces of information to be displayed on the output unit. Based on the address data displayed as the composite image on the output unit, address information search / Since the correction function unit corrects the address information in the address information database, it is possible to correct the address and name of the destination accurately by checking the image by looking at the actual sheet image. In addition, the address data registered in the address information database can be compared directly with non-sortable address data on the display, so the difference can be confirmed. Accurately, workload is small, and easily can be modified without error address information database. In addition, since the actual destination used for delivery is not used, but the accumulated image data of the destination is used,
There is an effect that correction can be performed by browsing the screen on the display at any time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an address information database correction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for correcting an address information database according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of image data with address data in the image storage device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a list of address data in the image storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram in which an address data list and image data according to the present invention are displayed side by side.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram in which address information and image data of an address information database according to the present invention are displayed side by side.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram in which address input and image data are displayed side by side in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a conventional address information database correction system.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... Sheet sorting device 2 ... Address information database management device 21 ... Address information database 23 ... Image data control unit 24 ... Search function unit 25 ... Image storage device 3 ... Address information database correction work terminal 31 ... Input unit 32: Address information search / correction function unit 33: Superimpose unit 34: Output unit 42: Sheets

Claims (6)

[Claims] An image of a destination on a paper sheet is captured and recognized, and when the recognition result matches the address information obtained from the address information database or does not match the address information from the address information database. When the address data obtained by complementing the non-sortable address data matches the address information obtained from the address information database, a sheet sorting device that sorts the sheets by destination, and the address information database An address information database correction system comprising: an address information database management device; and an address information database correction work terminal that searches and corrects address information for the address information database. The image data with address data is an address from the address information database. In the case of non-sortable address data that does not match the information, a superimposing unit that enables a composite image of both these information to be displayed on the output unit, and according to the address data displayed as the composite image on the output unit, An address information database correction system, comprising: an address information search / correction function unit that corrects address information in the address information database based on a correction instruction from an operator. 2. The address information database management device according to claim 1,
2. The address information database correction system according to claim 1, further comprising an image data control unit that causes the image storage device to store the complemented image data with address data from the paper sheet sorting device. 3. An output unit for displaying the image data with non-sortable address data from the superimposing unit in a browsable manner, and the address information database correcting work terminal displays the address data in accordance with the display contents of the output unit. 2. An address information database correction system according to claim 1, further comprising: an input unit for inputting instruction data for correcting address information in the information database. 4. The address information database management device according to claim 1,
A search function unit for searching for image data with address data in the image storage device and outputting the image data with the address data to the superimposing unit according to a search command requested through the address information search / correction function unit. Item 2. The address information database correction system according to Item 2. 5. The address information database correcting system according to claim 2, wherein the image storage device stores the image data with address data in the order of postal codes and addresses. 6. The address information search / correction function unit searches the address information database for the address data displayed on the output unit, and when the address data does not exist in the address information database, By inputting only the address by browsing the destination image, the address information database is automatically searched based on the address one level lower and the address, and if they do not match, the address data in the address information database is corrected. The address information database correcting system according to claim 4, wherein