JP2001034704A - Ocr centralized processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce processing time and the load of an operator by unifying corporate form names into abbreviated names in an OCR exchange centralized processing system. SOLUTION: This OCR centralized processing system converts a corporate form name into a prescribed abbreviated name on the basis of a conversion table when an input client 4 and a verify client 5 input a client name and a receiver name, and compares corporate form names converted into prescribed abbreviated names with each other to decide whether they coincide with each other about the corporate form names when data inputted by the client 5 is compared with data inputted by the client 5, based on image data obtained by reading an exchange slip by an OCR device 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an OCR system in which an OCR device installed in a branch of a financial institution reads an exchange form or the like, transmits it to a centralized center, and performs centralized processing at the centralized center.
The present invention relates to a CR central processing system, and more particularly to a system for converting a corporate form name into an abbreviation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A centralized OCR processing system is a system for the purpose of improving the efficiency of operations at financial institutions. Among them, an OCR centralized exchange processing system is an OCR device installed in a branch office and a foreign exchange form. Is read and transmitted to a centralized center for centralized processing at the centralized center.

[0003] That is, when an exchange form is read by an OCR apparatus, the OCR apparatus recognizes handwritten characters entered in the exchange form and transfers image data of the exchange form and the recognition result to a centralized center. The image data and the recognition result of the exchange report sent from the branch to the centralized center are corrected by the input person of the center for unread / misread characters, then compared with the input result of the verifier, and if all items match, The destination is sent to the host, but if they do not match, the verifier performs the verification process again. This is the idea that when the input results of the two match, the destination is sent to the host.

[0004]

However, according to the method described above, even if the meaning of the input result of the corporate form name is the same, if the expressions are different between the input person and the verifying person, the input results of the two persons are inconsistent. It is determined that there is, and authentication is required as a result, and there is a problem that the unnecessary authentication processing affects the system capacity and increases the processing time.

Further, if the abbreviation of the corporate form name is promoted to shorten the operation time, operators who know the abbreviated name and operators who do not know the abbreviated name are mixed. As a result, the meaning of the input result of the corporate form name is the same. However, the expressions are different between the inputting person and the verifying person in many cases, and the cases where the above-described authentication processing is required increase, which is inconsistent with shortening the operation time.

Particularly, in the case of the currency exchange business, the "closing time" is determined, and if the processing cannot be performed by the "closing time", an accident will occur. It is an issue.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an OCR system which collectively receives data read by an OCR device at a centralized center and performs centralized data processing. In a centralized processing system, a table for converting a corporate form name into a predetermined abbreviation is provided.
An OCR centralized processing system characterized in that a corporate form name in data read and recognized by a device is converted into a predetermined abbreviation and processed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the OCR central processing system according to the first aspect, the table converts a plurality of corporate form names having the same meaning into one abbreviation. It is characterized by the following. The invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is the above-described claim 1.
Or in the OCR centralized processing system according to
Data obtained by converting a corporate form name in data read and recognized by the R device into a predetermined abbreviation is stored, and processing is performed using the converted data.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an OCR central processing system according to the present invention. 1
Is an OCR device, and 2 is an OC connected to the OCR device 1.
In the R client, the OCR device 1 optically reads a form to acquire image data, and recognizes the image data as characters or numbers. The OCR client 2 is a computer including a control device including a CPU and various storage devices, a display device such as a display, an input device such as a keyboard, and the like.
Control.

In the financial system constituting the centralized OCR exchange processing system, the combination of the OCR apparatus 1 and the OCR client 2 is installed in a sales office or a centralized center, and the OCR apparatus 1 and the OC installed in the sales office are combined.
The R client 2 has the INS
The OCR device 1 and the OCR client 2 which are connected to the LAN of the centralized center via a line, and the OCR client 1 and the OCR client 2 installed in the centralized center are connected to the LAN of the centralized center.

In the present embodiment, an explanation will be given using an OCR apparatus 1 and an OCR client 2 installed in a branch office. In the exchange transaction using the OCR, an exchange report is received from a customer at a sales office, and the staff checks the contents of the exchange report and fills in necessary items. Then, the exchange report is set in the OCR device 1.

When a staff member of a sales office performs an operation of reading an exchange form using the OCR client 2, the exchange form is optically read by the OCR device 1, and image cutting and recognition processing are performed. 3 is a file server,
The processing result in the OCR device 1, here, the cut-out image data and the recognition result of this image data are transmitted from the OCR client 2 and stored in the database 3a of the file server 3.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an input client, which is a control device having a CPU, various storage devices, and the like;
With a computer including a display device such as a display and an input device such as a keyboard, a cut-out image and a recognition result of the exchange form stored in the database 3a of the file server 3 are distributed to the input client 4, and the input client 4 Is displayed and output on the display device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of an exchange input screen displayed on the input client. In each of the input items, a cutout image of a character handwritten on an exchange report is displayed in an upper row, and a field immediately below the cutout image is displayed. OCR
The result recognized by the device 1 is displayed. The operator who operates the input client 4 of the centralized center visually compares the cut-out image with the recognition result, and corrects and inputs the portion where the recognition result is unread / misread.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a verifying client. The verifying client 5 is a computer including a control device having a CPU and various storage devices, a display device such as a display, an input device such as a keyboard, and the like. In addition, the cut-out image of the exchange form is delivered, and the data input completed by the input client corresponding to the cut-out image is delivered, and the cut-out image of the exchange form is displayed and output on the display device of the verifying client 5.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of an exchange verification screen displayed on the verification client. For each input item, a cutout image of characters handwritten in the exchange report is displayed in the upper part. In the field directly below,
Nothing is displayed. Therefore, the operator who operates the verifying client 5 of the centralized center looks at the cut-out image and enters the field immediately below.

Once a transaction has been made, the file server 3 stores in the file server 3 a performance master consisting of a table in which the name of the client is associated with the telephone number of the client and a table in which the name of the account is associated with the subject of the recipient and the account number of the recipient. The file server 3 searches for the result master from the “client telephone number” and “recipient subject / account number” entered by the input client 4, and verifies if the corresponding result master exists. The client 5 inputs only important items such as the designated transfer date and the amount, and the client telephone number, client name, payee subject, payee account number, and payee name specified in the performance table are not inputtable items. Hide the cropped image.

When the data input by the verify client 5 is completed, the input data of the input client 4 and the input data of the verify client 5 are compared. Since the input client 4 and the verify client 5 perform data input while viewing the same cut-out image, if all items of the input data in the input client 4 and the input data in the verify client 5 match, it is determined that correct data has been created. Judgment is made and this data is transmitted to the host 7 via the communication gateway device 6 and transmitted. If there is a performance master, the input data of the input client 4 is compared with the data obtained by adding the data of the performance master to the input data of the verifying client 5.

In the comparison by the verifying client 5, if at least one item does not match, it is distributed to the authentication client 8. The authentication client 8 is a computer including a control device including a CPU and various storage devices, a display device such as a display, an input device such as a keyboard, and the like. At the same time, the data input completed by the input client corresponding to the cut-out image is distributed, and the cut-out image of the exchange form is displayed and output on the display device of the authentication client 8. The operator who operates the authentication client 8 of the centralized center looks at the cut-out image and inputs the same contents.

When the data input by the authentication client 8 is completed, the input data of the input client 4 and the input data of the authentication client 8 are compared. Since the input client 4 and the authentication client 8 perform data input while viewing the same cut-out image, if all items of the input data in the input client 4 and the input data in the authentication client 8 match, it is determined that correct data has been created. Judgment is made and this data is transmitted to the host 7 via the communication gateway device 6 and transmitted.

If the verification process in the authentication client 8 results in a mismatch, the data is distributed to the authentication client 8 again.
When it comes to the second time, it is sent to the host 7 unconditionally. In the above processing, if the input data at the input client 4 matches the input data at the verification client 5, the verification processing at the authentication client 8 is not necessary. Therefore, when comparing the input data of the input client 4 with the input data of the verifying client 5 in order to reduce the processing in the authentication client 8, the corporate form name is automatically converted into the abbreviation of the corporate form name inputted by the operator. And then compare. As a result, it is possible to increase the probability that the corporate form names match.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a data flow in the present embodiment, and the operation of the present embodiment will be described below. Step 1: An exchange report is received from the customer at the sales office counter, the staff checks the contents and fills in the necessary items, and then sets it in the OCR device 1 to read and transfer the exchange report. Thus, after reading by the OCR device 1, the cut-out image and the recognition result are stored in the database 3a of the file server 3 installed in the centralized center via the INS line.

Step 2: In the input client 4,
When the “exchange data reception start” is started, the cut-out image and the recognition result of the exchange form stored in the database 3a of the file server 3 are distributed to the corresponding input client 4, and the input client 4 receives the exchange input described in FIG. The screen is displayed. On the exchange input screen, each input item displays an image of characters cut out by handwriting on the exchange report in the upper row, and O
The result recognized by the CR device 1 is displayed.

The operator operating the input client 4 of the centralized center visually compares the cut-out image with the recognition result, and corrects and inputs the part where the recognition result is unread / misread. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of replacing the corporate form name. For the corporate form name, when the operator presses the complete key after inputting the recipient name and the client name (S1), the conversion table is searched (S2).
If the n-th character of the input data exists in the conversion table (S3), the input data is compared with the corporate form name in the conversion table (S4). If there is a match (S5), the corporate form name is replaced (S3). S6). If there is no corresponding character in the input data in S3, or if there is no match in the conversion table in S5, when the search is completed (S7), the input data is used as it is.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a corporate form name to be converted, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an example of a conversion table. Will be described. If you input "Kana" in kana,
As shown in FIG. 7, there may be a case where "Kabushiki Geisha OO" is inputted with a full name, or a case where "KABU.OOOO" is abbreviated. Therefore, a table shown in FIG. 7 is created. This conversion table creates a table in which the replacement corporate form name is made to correspond to the replacement corporate form name, and when there is a character before and after the replacement target corporate form name, a rule for inserting a delimiter is made to correspond. . For example, a corporate form name that can be regarded as "corporate company" is replaced with "()) OOOO" if there is a character after the corporate form name, and "OOOO (" if there is a character before the corporate form name. And if there are characters before and after the corporate form name, use `` ○○○○
(F) xxx ".

When "business office" is entered in kana,
As shown in the figure, "AIGYOUSYOOOOO" is inputted with a full name. For this reason, the conversion table shown in FIG.
If the corporate form name that can be regarded as "business office" has a character after the corporate form name, replace it with "A) XX", and if there is a character before the corporate form name, replace it with "XX" (A) With
If there is a character before and after the corporate form name, "○○○ (A)
"○○○".

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of conversion of a corporate form name into an abbreviation. If "Yamadenki Kabushiki Gaishishi Yaumi Eigyoyoyo" is entered in the recipient name of the form, the input client 4 displays an exchange input screen. In the image data of "Yamadenki Kabushiki Geisha Yaumi Egiyoushiyo"
And the result of recognition, "Yamadenki Kabushikai Geisha Yamiegiyoyoyo", is visually compared. Then, when the completion key is pressed, "Yamadenki (Ka) Umi (A)" is replaced according to the conversion table shown in FIG.

In FIGS. 6 and 7, "corporation" and "sales office" have been described as examples of corporate form names, but the present invention can be similarly applied to other corporate form names.
Regarding “corporation” and “business office”, the name of the corporate form to be converted can be added other than that shown in FIG. 6, and the conversion table is not limited to that shown in FIG. Step 3: When "start exchange data reception" is activated on the verification client, the extracted image of the exchange form stored in the database 3a of the file server 3 and the recognition result corrected by the input client 4 are transmitted to the corresponding verification client 5. The exchange verification screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the verification client 5. On the exchange verification screen, a cut-out image of characters handwritten in the exchange report is displayed above each input item. Since nothing is displayed in the field immediately below, the user inputs the cutout image visually.

In this verifying process, as described with reference to FIG. 5, when the operator presses the complete key after inputting the recipient name and the client name (S1), the conversion table is searched (S2), and the n-th input data is retrieved. If the character exists in the conversion table (S3), the input data is compared with the corporate form name in the conversion table (S4).
5), the corporate form name is replaced (S6). If there is no corresponding character in the input data in S3, or if there is no match in the conversion table in S5, when the search is completed (S7), the input data is used as it is.

As shown in FIG. 8, when "Yamadenki Kabushikai Gaishi Yaumi Eigyo Yoyoyo" is entered in the recipient name of the form, the verify client 5 displays the image data "Yamadenki Kabushi Geigaishi Yaumi Egi" on the exchange verification screen. Is displayed, and upon seeing this, the operator inputs "Yamadenki Kabushikai Geisha Yamiegiyoyo" or the like in a predetermined field. At this time, the corporate form name “Kabushiki Gaisha” may be, for example, “Kabushiki Kaisha” as long as it is specified in the conversion table. Then, when the completion key is pressed, it is replaced with "Yamadenki (Ka) Umi (A)" according to the conversion table shown in FIG.

It should be noted that, once a transaction is made, a performance master comprising a table in which a client name is associated with a client telephone number and a table in which a recipient name is associated with a recipient account and a recipient account number is stored in the file server 3. When the “exchange data reception start” is activated on the verifying client 5, the file server 3 obtains the result master from the “client telephone number” and the “recipient subject / account number” input by the input client 4. If there is an applicable master record, the input in the verification client 5 is only important items such as the designated transfer date and amount, and the client telephone number, client name, and payee subject identified in the actual table , The recipient account number and the recipient name are not input, and the cut-out image is not displayed.

Here, as for the client name and the recipient name stored in the performance table, the corporate form name is replaced by the conversion table shown in FIG. 7 by the processing described later. Step 4: All items of the input data at the input client 4 and the verify data at the verify client 5 are compared.

When there is no record master, the input data in the input data is compared with the verify data in the verify client 5, and if the record master exists,
The input data at the input client 4 is compared with the data obtained by adding the data of the performance master to the input data at the verifying client 5. In each case, the corporate form name is compared with the one replaced with the abbreviation. .

Step 5: The name of the corporate form entered by the operator at the input client 4 and the verification client 5
Even if the name of the corporate form input is different, if it is the same after conversion to the abbreviation, it is determined to be "match", and the converted data is sent to the host 7 via the communication gateway device 6 and transmitted. Here, when the record master exists, the corporate form name of the requester name and the recipient name is updated to the latest one replaced by the conversion table shown in FIG.

Further, in the case of the first transaction, the file server 3 stores a performance master including a table in which the name of the client is associated with the telephone number of the client and a table in which the name of the account is associated with the subject of the recipient and the account number of the recipient. To create. At this time, if the corporate form name of the requester name and the recipient name can be replaced by the conversion table shown in FIG. 7, the replaced one is stored as the performance master.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the corporate form name such as "stock company" is written in the form with the official name, but the meaning is the same between the input client and the verify client. However, even if abbreviations with different expressions are input, they are unified into abbreviations in a predetermined conversion table, so that the possibility of matching verification results increases, and the central processing load on the centralized center can be reduced.

When comparing the input data at the input client with the verify data at the verify client, the corporate form name is replaced with a predetermined abbreviation, and the abbreviation is input at the input client or the verify client. In this case, since a number of abbreviations that can be input can be set, the operation time of the operator can be reduced by abbreviation input promotion.

Further, even when a transaction is made once to create a performance master, the legal form name is replaced with a predetermined abbreviation and stored as a performance master. Therefore, even when the performance master is used, there is a possibility that the verification results will match. And the burden on the central processing center can be reduced. Although the present embodiment has been described with respect to an example in which the present invention is applied to an OCR centralized exchange processing system for financial institutions, the present invention is also applicable to all systems for performing centralized processing using an OCR device.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, the OCR
The data read by the device is collectively received at the centralized center,
In an OCR centralized processing system that performs centralized processing of data, a table for converting a corporate form name into a predetermined abbreviation is provided, and the corporate form name in the data read and recognized by the OCR device is converted into a predetermined abbreviation and processed. In the case where the same read result is referred to, processed by different terminals and compared, if the corporate form name is unified to the predetermined abbreviation, a match is required in the above comparison Since the likelihood of a match increases, the time for re-processing due to a mismatch of corporate form names such as the same meaning but different expressions can be reduced, and the overall processing time can be reduced.

The table converts a plurality of corporate form names having the same meaning into one abbreviation. Therefore, when processing is performed with reference to the reading result, when the corporate form name is input, the input Since several possible abbreviations can be set, the operator can select and enter an abbreviation with a short input operation time in accordance with the operator, and the operator's operation time can be reduced, so that the overall processing time can be reduced.

Further, data obtained by converting the corporate form name in the data read and recognized by the OCR device into a predetermined abbreviation is stored, and processing is performed using the converted data. Even if the process is performed after storing the actual results, since the corporate form name is unified to a predetermined abbreviation, it is necessary to compare the past actual data with the data processed by the terminal with reference to the same read result. Even in this case, if a match is required in the above comparison, there is a high possibility of a match.Therefore, the time required for reprocessing due to a mismatch in the corporate form name, such as the same meaning but a different expression, can be reduced. Processing time can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an OCR central processing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an exchange input screen.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an exchange verification screen.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a data flow according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of replacing a corporate form name;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a corporate form name to be converted;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a conversion table.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of converting a corporate form name into an abbreviation

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 OCR device 2 OCR client 3 File server 4 Input client 5 Verify client

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Shinichi Tanaka 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B055 CB11 EE27 FA05 HB01 JJ01 MM14 5B064 AA01 AA07

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An OCR centralized processing system for collectively receiving data read by an OCR device at a centralized center and performing centralized data processing, comprising: a table for converting a corporate form name into a predetermined abbreviation;
An OCR centralized processing system, wherein a corporate form name in data read and recognized by a CR device is converted into a predetermined abbreviation and processed. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the table includes a plurality of corporate form names having the same meaning.
OCR characterized by conversion into two abbreviations
Centralized processing system. 3. The data according to claim 1 or 2, wherein data obtained by converting a corporate form name in data read and recognized by the OCR device into a predetermined abbreviation is stored.
An OCR centralized processing system characterized in that processing is performed using the converted data.