JP2001034705A - Item processing method for personal information entry medium recognizing device, personal information entry medium recognizing device having item processing function and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable flexible operation by unnecessitating visual confirmation in recognizing processing by reading personal information with character codes or image pictures by items according to previously defined operating codes by items. SOLUTION: The data read of a buffer 5 is instructed from a control part 2 to an item processing part 14 and on the basis of the operating mode by items of an operating mode 15 and data showing the range of attribute data 8, data in the designation of character codes or image pictures are selected by items and transmitted to the control part 2 by that item processing part 14. Then, that control part 2 displays the recognized result by items on an input/output part 3 while keeping a data form transmitted from the item processing part 14 as it is. Thus, according to the previously defined operating mode by items, the data of character codes or image pictures can be read out by items.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal information recording medium recognizing apparatus which reads a personal information recording medium as an image image, automatically recognizes characters, and separates input data into items such as names and company names. Operation is possible,
The present invention relates to an item processing method and a personal information describing medium recognizing device having an item processing function, and a recording medium, which can improve input efficiency.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A business card recognizing apparatus used for reading a business card, which is a kind of personal information recording medium, and registering it as itemized data such as a name and a company name generally has a configuration as shown in FIG. are doing.

The personal computer 41 has a control unit 42, a display unit 43, a storage unit 44, and a business card recognition device 50. An image scanner device 55 is connected to the outside, and is used for business card recognition processing.

The control unit 42 has an application program for business card recognition processing therein, executes the application program, and displays a display unit 43, a storage unit 44,
The control related to the business card recognition device 50 and the image scanner device 55 is performed.

The display unit 43 has various operation menus,
It is used for displaying a read image image of a business card and a recognition result, and for inputting an operation instruction and a correction of a recognition result.

The storage unit 44 has a buffer 45 and a business card data registration area 49, and records and reads business card data.

[0007] The buffer 45 is an area for temporarily storing business card data including an image image 46, a character code 47, and attribute data 48.

[0008] The image 46 is an area for storing an image of a business card.

The character code 47 is an area in which a character obtained by recognizing the image of the image 46 as a character is stored as a character code.

The attribute data 48 is data indicating the range of the image in the image 46 corresponding to each character code stored in the character code 47, and the character string of the character code 47 is divided into items such as a name and a company name. The data indicating the range of each item at the time of the execution and the name of the business card data assigned to each business card data are stored.

The business card data registration area 49 is an area where a plurality of business card data can be stored.

The business card recognition device 50 has a reading processing unit 51, a character recognition processing unit 52, an item discrimination processing unit 53, and an auxiliary input function unit 54. It has functions related to business card recognition processing from reading business cards to assisting input by visual confirmation.

The reading processing unit 51 receives a business card reading instruction from the control unit 42, instructs the image scanner 55 to read a business card, and stores the image transmitted from the image scanner 55 in the image 46.

The character recognition processing unit 52 recognizes the image of the image 46 as a character, stores the recognized character in a character code 47 as a character code, and sets the range of the image 46 in the image for each character. The indicated data is stored in the attribute data 48.

The item discriminating unit 53 classifies the character string of the character code 47 into items such as a name and a company name, and stores data indicating the range of each item in the attribute data 48.

When the business card data is displayed as characters by item on the display unit 43, the auxiliary input function unit 54 displays an image corresponding to the character at the cursor position near the cursor as an input aid.

The image scanner device 55 reads a business card and outputs an image image.

Next, a process of reading a business card and registering it as item-specific data in item processing of the business card recognition device will be described as an example of the prior art based on the configuration diagram of FIG. 9 and the flowchart of FIG. become.

Step ST31: The operator operates the personal computer 41
Is activated, the business card is set in the image scanner device 55, and when the control unit 42 specifies reading of the business card in the operation menu displayed on the display unit 43, the control unit 4
2, the reading processing unit 51 is started, and the reading processing unit 51 instructs the image scanner device 55 to read the business card as an image image and store it in the image image 46.

Then, the character recognition processing unit 52 is started by the control unit 42, and the character recognition processing unit 52 recognizes the image of the image 46 as a character and stores it in a character code 47 as a character code.
The data indicating the range of each character in the image image is stored in the attribute data 48.

Then, the control unit 42 activates the item discrimination processing unit 53, and the item discrimination processing unit 53 executes the character code 4
7 is divided into items such as a name and a company name, and data indicating a range for each item is stored in the attribute data 48.

Step ST32: The recognition result and the read image are read out from the buffer 45 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 42, and the characters of the recognition result are displayed on the left side of the screen on the display unit 43 as shown in the example of FIG. An image of the read business card is displayed on the right. Here, the quality of the character of the recognition result of each item is visually checked by comparing with the image image of the business card, and the character is corrected as necessary.

Step ST33: When the end processing is designated by the operation menu displayed on the display 43, the control section 42 designates the image data stored in the buffer 45 when the designation to save the business card data is designated. The data of 46, the character code 47, and the attribute data 48 are registered as one set in the business card data registration area 49, and the process is completed. In addition, when the end is designated without saving the business card data, the process ends without saving.

The recognition result of the business card is displayed on the display unit 4.
3, the image of the character at the cursor position is displayed near the cursor as an input assisting function. As an example of the prior art, the processing until the image of the character at the cursor position is displayed at the time of displaying the recognition result will be described based on the configuration diagram of FIG. 9, the flowchart of FIG. 11, and the screen example of FIG. Become.

Step ST41: The auxiliary input function unit 54 waits for a notification of the cursor position from the control unit 42. When there is a notification, the process proceeds to step ST42.

Step ST42: The auxiliary input function unit 54 reads out the image image using the data of the item number where the cursor is notified from the control unit 42 as the cursor position and the character position from the head of the item. Referring to FIG. 12, when the cursor is positioned at the first character of the item of the name, if the item number is assigned in order from the top of the item, the name is 1 and the company is 2, etc. The unit 42 notifies 1 as the item number and 1 as the character position from the head of the item. When the auxiliary input function unit 54 receives the notification of item number 1, first, the character string of item number 1 starts with the character code 4 in the data indicating the range of each item of the attribute data 48.
7 is determined, and the character position from the head of the item is 1. Therefore, from the attribute data 48, the image of the image 46 corresponding to the character code at the head of the character string of the item number 1 is determined. Then, the image data of one character at the cursor position is read out from the image image 46 by examining the range data of.

Step ST43: The auxiliary input function unit 54 enlarges and displays an image of one character near the cursor as shown in FIG. 12, and ends the processing.

As described above, in the item processing of the business card recognizing apparatus, when a business card is read and read out as itemized data, the data is limited to the character code, and the image is referred to as the image of the entire business card at the time of visual confirmation. It was only used as an input or as an input aid.

The image displayed as an input aid when displaying business card data is in units of one character.

[0030]

However, the above-mentioned method has the following problems.

Since the reading of business card data by item in the item processing of the business card recognition device is limited to character codes, items that can be printed and operated as they are in an image image, such as an address, need to be visually checked. There was a problem that required a lot of time.

This takes a long time and makes the business card recognition processing a burden, especially when a large amount of recognition processing is required at the time of transfer or the like.

On the other hand, if there is an error in the recognition result in the visual check, the character is corrected and input. The kana-kanji conversion used in the character input operation is generally performed not in units of one character but in units of words. Since the input is easier, the image of the character at the cursor position displayed by the input assist function is often not enough to refer to the business card or the entire business card image, and the input assist function helps to improve the input efficiency. There was no problem.

Therefore, the subject of the present application is as follows.

Items that can be printed as image images as they are, such as the address of a personal information recording medium, can be used as they are, so that visual confirmation in recognition processing is not required and flexible operation is possible.

It is possible to reduce the burden of the personal information description medium recognition processing.

It is assumed that the image displayed by the input assist function is useful for improving the input efficiency.

[0038]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has proposed the following method.

According to the present invention, in the item processing of the personal information describing medium recognition device, when the personal information is read, the reading is performed in accordance with the predefined operation mode for each item. Made it possible. This eliminates the need for visual confirmation of items that can be operated on the image image, and allows only minimal visual confirmation for recognition processing, thereby enabling flexible operation. The item-specific operation mode indicates whether a data format of a character code or an image image is valid for each item, and the character code mode means that the character code is valid.

When an item is displayed for each item, an operation mode switching means is provided for each item, and when the designation is reflected in the definition of the item-specific operation mode, the operation mode can be quickly changed.

On the other hand, when the item is displayed, if the item is operated in the character code mode, an image image of the item including the character at the cursor position is displayed near the cursor. As a result, the image displayed by the input assisting function can be utilized also when inputting a word, so that the input efficiency can be improved.

[0042]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

The terminal device 1 has a control unit 2, an input / output unit 3, a storage unit 4, and a personal information describing medium recognizing device 10. An image scanner 17 is connected to the outside, and is used for recognition processing of the personal information describing medium. You.

The control unit 2 has an application program for recognizing a medium on which personal information is described, and executes the application program, as well as the input / output unit 3, the storage unit 4,
The control related to the personal information recording medium recognition device 10 and the image scanner device 17 is performed.

The input / output unit 3 displays various operation menus, displays read image images of the personal information recording medium and recognition results,
It is also used for inputting operation instructions and correction of recognition results.

The storage unit 4 has a buffer 5 and a personal information registration area 9 for recording and reading personal information.

The buffer 5 is an area where one personal information including the image image 6, the character code 7, and the attribute data 8 is temporarily recorded.

The image 6 is an area for storing the image of the personal information recording medium.

The character code 7 is an area in which the character obtained by recognizing the image of the image 6 as a character is stored as a character code.

The attribute data 8 includes data indicating the range of the image in the image 6 corresponding to each character code stored in the character code 7, and the character string of the character code 7 divided into items such as a name and a company name. The data indicating the range of each item at the time of the execution and the personal information name assigned to each personal information are stored.

The personal information registration area 9 is an area where a plurality of personal information can be stored.

The personal information describing medium recognition device 10 includes a reading processing unit 11, a character recognition processing unit 12, an item discrimination processing unit 13,
It has an item processing unit 14 and an auxiliary input function unit 16. It has a function related to the personal information description medium recognition processing from reading of the personal information description medium to input assistance in visual confirmation.

The reading processing unit 11 receives an instruction to read the personal information recording medium from the control unit 2 and
7 is instructed to read the personal information recording medium, and the image transmitted from the image scanner 17 is stored in the image 6.

The character recognition processing unit 12 recognizes the image of the image 6 as a character, stores the recognized character in the character code 7 as a character code, and sets the range of the image of the image 6 for each character. The indicated data is stored in the attribute data 8.

The item discriminating unit 13 divides the character string of the character code 7 into items such as name and company name, and stores data indicating the range of each item in the attribute data 8.

The item processing section 14 has an operation mode 15 of an area in which data as to which of a character code and an image image is valid for each item is defined. The item processing unit 14 updates the operation mode 15 when the setting is instructed with the item-specific operation mode data from the control unit 2. When the control unit 2 instructs transmission of data that was in the operation mode, the operation mode 15 specifies the operation mode for each item and the character code of the character code 7 for each item based on the range data of the attribute data 8. Alternatively, data corresponding to the designation is extracted from the image image of the image image 6 and transmitted to the control unit 2.

When the personal information is displayed in characters on the input / output unit 3 by item in the input / output unit 3, the auxiliary input function unit 16 displays an image image of the item including the character at the cursor position near the cursor as input assistance. .

The image scanner 17 reads the personal information recording medium and outputs an image image.

Next, based on the principle configuration diagram of FIG. 1, in the item processing of the personal information describing medium recognition device of the present invention, the personal information describing medium is read, and characters are classified by item in accordance with a predefined item-specific operation mode. The processing that enables reading with a code or an image image will be described below. In the operation mode 15 of the item processing unit 14, an operation mode for each item is defined in advance by allowing the operator to specify the operation mode by the instruction of the control unit 2 from the input / output unit 3.

After the operator activates the terminal device 1 and sets the personal information description medium on the image scanner device 17,
When the control unit 2 specifies reading of the personal information description medium in the operation menu of the personal information description medium recognition process displayed on the input / output unit 3, the control unit 2 starts the reading processing unit 11, and the reading processing unit 11 Image scanner device 17
, The personal information recording medium is read as an image image and stored in the image image 6.

Next, the character recognition processing unit 12 is started by the control unit 2, and the character recognition processing unit 12
Is recognized as a character and stored in the character code 7 as a character code. Further, data indicating the range of the image image 6 in the image image for each character is stored in the attribute data 8.

Next, the item discriminating unit 13 is started by the control unit 2, and the item discriminating unit 13 divides the character string of the character code 7 into items such as a name and a company name, and outputs data indicating a range for each item. Is stored in the attribute data 8.

Then, the control unit 2 causes the item processing unit 14
Is activated, and the item processing unit 14 generates data matching the designation of the character code or the image image for each item based on the item-specific operation mode of the predefined operation mode 15 and the data indicating the range of the attribute data 8. The information is transmitted to the control unit 2.

The control unit 2 displays the recognition result for each item on the input / output unit 3 in the data format transmitted from the item processing unit 14. Thus, according to the item-specific operation mode defined in advance, character code or image image data can be read and displayed for each item. Items that can be printed and operated as they are, such as addresses, can be displayed as image images if the operation mode is defined in advance with image images, and can be printed as images if printed as they are,
By eliminating the need for visual confirmation, unnecessary work can be omitted.

On the other hand, in the case of reading any registered personal information first, the data corresponding to the designation of the character code or the image image is similarly read for each item by reading according to the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode 15. be able to.

When the input / output unit 3 displays items by item, operation mode switching means is provided for each item, and the switching instruction is transmitted to the item processing unit 14 by the control unit 2 so that the operation mode 15 can be set. In this case, the operation mode can be changed quickly.

On the other hand, when the item is operated in the character code mode when the item is displayed on the input / output unit 3, if the attribute data 8 indicates the character string range of the corresponding item, the character string of the image 6 An image image of the item unit corresponding to the range is read and displayed near the cursor.
As a result, an image image that can be referred to for word input by the input assisting function can be displayed, and the input efficiency can be improved.

It is to be noted that programs for realizing the following functions which enable flexible operation and improvement of input efficiency in item processing of the personal information recording medium recognition apparatus are recorded on various suitable computer-readable program recording media. .

When reading personal information, a function enabling reading of character codes or image images for each item according to a predefined operation mode for each item.

A function that has an operation mode 15 in which the item-specific operation mode is defined in advance, and enables reading of a character code or an image image for each item according to the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode 15 when reading personal information.

When personal information is displayed for each item,
When the input / output unit 3 allows an instruction to switch the operation mode by item, a function of changing the operation mode by item of the operation mode 15 based on the instruction to switch.

When personal information is displayed for each item,
When the item is operated in the character code mode, a function that displays an image image of the item including the character at the cursor position near the cursor.

[0073]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, a business card which is a kind of a personal information recording medium will be described as an example.

First, the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2 will be described.

The personal computer 21 has a control unit 2, a display unit 22, a storage unit 4, and a business card recognizing device 24. The image scanner device 17 is connected to the outside, and is used for business card recognition processing.

The control unit 2 has an application program for business card recognition processing therein, and executes the application program and controls the display unit 22, the storage unit 4, the business card recognition device 24, and the image scanner device 17.

The display unit 22 includes various operation menus,
It is used for displaying a read image image of a business card and a recognition result, and for inputting an operation instruction and a correction of a recognition result.

The storage unit 4 has a buffer 5 and a business card data registration area 23, and records and reads business card data.

The buffer 5 is an area for temporarily storing business card data including an image image 6, a character code 7, and attribute data 8. An example of the contents of the buffer 5 is shown in FIG. The image 32 and the character code 3 in FIG.
3. The contents of the attribute data 34 are described to the extent necessary for explanation.

The image 6 is an area for storing an image of a business card.

The character code 7 is an area in which the character obtained by recognizing the image of the image 6 as a character is stored as a character code.

The attribute data 8 is data indicating the range of the image in the image 6 corresponding to each character code stored in the character code 7, and the character string of the character code 7 is divided into items such as name and company name. The data indicating the range of each item at the time of the execution and the name of the business card data assigned to each business card data are stored.

The business card data registration area 23 is an area in which a plurality of business card data can be stored.

The business card recognition device 24 includes a reading processing unit 11, a character recognition processing unit 12, an item discrimination processing unit 13, and an item processing unit 1.
4. It has an auxiliary input function unit 16. It has functions related to business card recognition processing from reading business cards to assisting input by visual confirmation.

The reading processing unit 11 receives a business card reading instruction from the control unit 2, instructs the image scanner 17 to read a business card, and stores the image transmitted from the image scanner 17 in the image 6.

The character recognition processing unit 12 recognizes the image of the image 6 as a character, stores the recognized character in the character code 7 as a character code, and also sets the range of the image 6 in the image for each character. The indicated data is stored in the attribute data 8.

The item discrimination processing unit 13 classifies the character string of the character code 7 into items such as a name and a company name, and stores data indicating a range of each item in the attribute data 8.

The item processing section 14 has an operation mode 15 of an area in which data for defining which character code or image image is valid for each item is defined. FIG. 8 shows an example of the operation mode 15. The item processing unit 14 updates the operation mode 15 when the setting is instructed with the item-specific operation mode data from the control unit 2. When the control unit 2 instructs transmission of data that matches the operation mode, the operation mode 1
5, the character code of the character code 7 for each item based on the specification of the operation mode for each item and the range data of the attribute data 8.
Alternatively, data matching the designation is extracted from the image image 6 and transmitted to the control unit 2.

When the business card data is displayed in characters on the display unit 22 for each item, the auxiliary input function unit 16 displays an image image in item units including the character at the cursor position near the cursor as input assistance.

The image scanner device 17 reads a business card and outputs an image image.

Next, based on the block diagram of FIG. 2, the flowchart of FIG. 3, and an example of the buffer of FIG. The processing that can be read out with a code or an image image will be described below with reference to the processing of reading a business card and registering it as item-specific data. In the operation mode 15 of the item processing unit 14, an operation mode for each item is defined in advance by allowing the operator to specify the operation mode by the control unit 2 from the display unit 22.

Step ST01: The operator operates the personal computer 21
After the business card is set in the image scanner device 17 and the control unit 2 specifies reading of a business card in the business card recognition processing operation menu displayed on the display unit 22, the reading processing unit 11 is started by the control unit 2. Then, the reading processing unit 11 instructs the image scanner device 17 to read the business card as an image image and store it in the image image 6.

Next, the character recognition processing unit 12 is started by the control unit 2, and the character recognition processing unit 12
Is recognized as a character and stored in the character code 7 as a character code. In addition, data indicating the range of the image image 6 in the image image for each character is stored in the attribute data 8. An example will be described with reference to FIG. 7. In the image image 32, the image image of “river” is recognized as the character of “river”, and the character code of the left end 2613 is written in the character code 33. In the data 35 of the attribute data 34, E8F9 is written as the range of the image image of "river" as shown at the left end from E8 to F9.

Next, the item discriminating unit 13 is activated by the control unit 2, and the item discriminating unit 13 divides the character string of the character code 7 into items such as name and company name, and displays data indicating the range of each item. Is stored in the attribute data 8. An example will be described with reference to FIG. 7. If the item of the name is item number 1 like the left end of the data 36, 2225 is stored as data indicating the range from the 22nd character to the 25th character of the character string of the recognition result.

Step ST02: The control unit 2 instructs the item processing unit 14 to read data from the buffer 5, and the item processing unit 14 uses the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode 15 and the data indicating the range of the attribute data 8. Then, data corresponding to designation of a character code or an image image is selected for each item and transmitted to the control unit 2. First, referring to the operation modes of item number 1 in the operation mode 38, the character code mode is designated as 0.
The range data of item number 1 is checked in the data 36, and 2225
Then, from character code 33 to 2
Read the character code from the second character to the 25th character,
The information is transmitted to the control unit 2. When the image mode is designated as item number 6 in FIG.
In step S6, the range data of item number 6 is checked, and since it is 4352, the range data of the image from the 43rd character to the 52nd character is obtained from the data 35. A unit image image is read and transmitted to the control unit 2.

Step ST03: The control section 2 sends the data transmitted from the item processing section 14 to the display section 22, and data corresponding to the designation of the character code or the image image is displayed for each item.

Step ST04: When the end processing is specified in the operation menu displayed on the display unit 22, the control unit 2 displays the image of the buffer 5 when the end of storing the business card data is specified. The data of the image 6, the character code 7, and the attribute data 8 are registered as a set in the business card data registration area 23, and the process is completed. In addition, when the end is designated without saving the business card data, the process ends without saving.

Further, based on the configuration diagram of FIG. 2, the flowchart of FIG. 4, and the display screen example of the business card data of FIG. 6, as another embodiment of the present invention, when the business card data is displayed for each item, A description will be given of a process that enables a quick operation mode change when the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode 15 is changed based on the switching instruction when the item-specific operation mode switching instruction is enabled from the display 22. It looks like this: Here, the above-described step ST03 in which the business card data matching the specification for each item is displayed on the display unit 22 is described as the starting step ST11.

Step ST11: The control unit 2 controls the display unit 2 in the data format transmitted from the item processing unit 14.
2 displays the business card data for each item.

Step ST12: The control unit 2 is displayed on the display unit 22 within a predetermined time, and proceeds to step ST13 when any of the selectable operation mode switching buttons 31 of FIG. 6 is selected, and otherwise, proceeds to step ST13. It branches to step ST14.

Step ST13: The control unit 2 instructs the item processing unit 14 to change the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode 15 corresponding to the item of the selected operation mode switching button 31. The item processing unit 14 receives the instruction from the control unit 2 and updates the definition of the operation mode 15 for each item of the operation mode 15.
Thus, the operation mode can be quickly changed as needed.

Step ST14: The control section 2 terminates the processing if specified by the display section 22 in the end processing within a predetermined time, otherwise returns to step ST12.

On the other hand, based on FIG. 2, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7, as another embodiment of the present invention, when the business card data is displayed for each item, the item operated in the character code mode is displayed. A process for improving the input efficiency, assuming that the input assist function is useful for word input, will be described below. Note that FIG. 5 illustrates a procedure in which some of the items are operated in the character code mode and an image image of each item is displayed as an input assist function after a character is displayed.

Step ST21: The auxiliary input function unit 16 waits for a notification of the cursor position from the control unit 2. When there is a notification, the process proceeds to step ST22.

Step ST22: The auxiliary input function section 16 uses the item number of the item number where the cursor is notified from the control section 2 as the cursor position and the character position from the head of the item, and uses this item number as an image. Is read. Explaining with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, when the cursor is located at the character position of the river of the name as shown in FIG. 6, the item numbers are assigned in order from the top of the item, such as 1 for the name and 2 for the company. In this case, the control unit 2 notifies 1 as the item number. When receiving the notification of item number 1, the auxiliary input function unit 16 reads out the data 2225 indicating the range of each item corresponding to the item number 1 on the left end from the data 36 in FIG. Then, the data indicating the range of the image corresponding to the 22nd to 25th characters is read from the data 35. In this example, the start position of the image image of the 22nd character is read from E8 to 25.
The image images up to L9 at the end of the image image of the character are read.

Step ST23: The auxiliary input function unit 16 selects and displays the image image in item units at positions where the corresponding characters are vertically arranged as shown in FIG.

The present invention can be applied to the item processing of a personal information describing medium recognizing device which reads a personal information describing medium and registers it as a data item by item in a computer. Personal information recording media include business cards and postcards.

[0108]

The present invention has the following effects in item processing of a personal information describing medium recognizing apparatus which reads a personal information describing medium and registers it as data by item in a computer.

Only items necessary for retrieval or the like are converted into character codes, and other items are registered as image images, and the operation of converting the character codes as needed at a later date becomes possible, and flexible operation becomes possible. .

For items operated as image images, visual confirmation at the time of recognition processing can be unnecessary.

In the correction input in the visual check, the input efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a business card data registration process according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operation mode update process according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of an input assisting function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a business card data recognition result display screen according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows buffer contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation mode definition for each item according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a business card recognition device as an example of the related art.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a business card data registration process as an example of the related art.

FIG. 11 is a processing flowchart of an input assist function as an example of the related art.

FIG. 12 is a business card data recognition result display screen as an example of the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 terminal device 2 control unit 3 input / output unit 4 storage unit 5 buffer 6 image image 7 character code 8 attribute data 9 personal information registration area 10 personal information recording medium recognition device 11 read processing unit 12 character recognition processing unit 13 item discrimination processing unit 14 Item Processing Unit 15 Operation Mode 16 Auxiliary Input Function Unit 21 Personal Computer 22 Display Unit 23 Business Card Data Registration Area 24 Business Card Recognition Device 31 Operation Mode Switching Button 32 Image Image 33 Character Code 34 Attribute Data 35, 36 Data 37 Business Card Data Name 38 Operation mode

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An item processing method for a personal information recording medium recognizing apparatus, comprising: a step of enabling a character code or an image image to be read for each item according to a predefined operation mode for each item when reading personal information. An item processing method in a personal information recording medium recognition device, characterized by: 2. An operation mode wherein an operation mode for each item is predefined in the item processing method.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: enabling reading of a character code or an image image for each item according to the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode (15) when reading personal information. 3. Item processing method in the personal information describing medium recognition device of the present invention. 3. An item processing method according to claim 1, wherein when the personal information is displayed for each item, the input / output unit (3) enables an operation mode switching instruction for each item. The item processing method in the personal information recording medium recognizing device according to claim 2, further comprising a step (15) of changing an operation mode for each item. 4. In the item processing method of the personal information recording medium recognizing device, when the personal information is displayed in each item and the item is operated in the character code mode, the character at the cursor position is included near the cursor. An item processing method in a personal information description medium recognizing device, comprising a step of displaying an image image in item units. 5. A personal information description medium recognition device having an item processing function, wherein an operation mode for each item is predefined.
And an item processing unit (14) that enables reading of a character code or an image image for each item according to the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode (15) when reading personal information. A personal information recording medium recognition device having an item processing function. 6. When the personal information is displayed for each item and an instruction for switching the operation mode for each item is received, the item processing unit (14) receives the item for the operation mode (15) based on the instruction for switching. The personal information description medium recognizing device having the item processing function according to claim 5, wherein a different operation mode is changed. 7. In a personal information recording medium recognizing device having an item processing function, when personal information is displayed for each item and the item is operated in a character code mode, a character at a cursor position is displayed near the cursor. A personal information description medium recognizing device having an item processing function, comprising: an auxiliary input function unit (16) for displaying an image image of each item including the item. 8. A recording medium for storing a program for realizing item processing in a personal information recording medium recognizing device, comprising: when reading personal information, a computer; A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing a procedure enabling reading by a computer is recorded. 9. An operation mode in which an operation mode for each item is predefined in the recording medium.
9. The program according to claim 8, further comprising: a program for executing a procedure for enabling a character code or an image image to be read for each item according to the item-specific operation mode of the operation mode (15) when reading personal information. Computer readable recording medium. 10. When the personal information is displayed for each item in the recording medium, if an input / output unit (3) allows an instruction for switching the operation mode for each item, the operation mode ( 10. The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 9, wherein a program for executing the procedure of changing the operation mode by item according to 15) is recorded. 11. A recording medium for storing a program for realizing item processing in a personal information description medium recognizing device, wherein, when personal information is displayed for each item on a computer, the item is operated in a character code mode. Is a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing a procedure of displaying an image image in item units including a character at a cursor position near a cursor.