JP2003030453A - Method for specifying transaction in ocr converged image entry system, ocr converged image entry system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable many and unspecified slips whose transactions can not be specified to be an object of an OCR converged image entry system. SOLUTION: In a process after OCR recognition, a slip/transaction related DB is retrieved with a slip ID, and if a transaction can be specified, a transition is taken to an entry screen process. In the case a transaction can be narrowed down to a plurality of candidates, a transition is taken to a transaction specification (candidate selection) screen process. In the case an input slip can not be connected to a transaction at all, a transition is taken to a transaction specification (menu selection screen process.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transaction specifying method, a transaction specifying system and a program in an OCR centralized image entry system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an OCR centralized image entry system is required while confirming an image by linking an "input slip" and a "transaction" by targeting a single slip or by recognizing a form ID and the like. Items were entered and converted into data.

[0003]

Therefore, when a transaction cannot be specified from the input slip, such as when one slip can handle a plurality of transactions, or when there is no keyword such as a form ID for specifying the transaction, the system It was difficult to target.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to allow an OCR centralized image entry system to target an unspecified number of slips whose transactions cannot be specified. A transaction identification method, a transaction identification system, and a program in a centralized image entry system.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a transaction specifying method in an OCR centralized image entry system according to the present invention uses a unique item (form ID etc.) on an input slip in the OCR centralized image entry system. , If you cannot find the transaction by searching the form / transaction related DB, display the candidate transaction and the slip image,
The operator selects a transaction while confirming the candidate and the slip image, and displays an entry screen for the selected transaction.

Further, the transaction identifying method in the OCR centralized image entry system of the present invention is such that in the OCR centralized image entry system, the transaction is identified by searching the form / transaction related DB by the unique item (form ID etc.) on the input slip. If not possible, display the transaction menu and slip image handled by the system, the operator selects the menu (transaction) while checking the transaction menu and slip image, and displays the entry screen according to the selected transaction. Is characterized by.

The OCR centralized image entry system of the present invention is a data input device for inputting image data and a server for taking in the image data input from the data input device, wherein the image data is an OCR form. Regarding the OCR processing means for recognizing OCR in the case of a converted slip, the form / transaction related database that stores the combination of the form and the transaction, and the data that can identify the transaction by searching the form / transaction related database with the form ID , Means for transitioning to the entry screen process, and the form I
For the data that can search the form / transaction related database with D and narrow down the transactions to some extent, the means for transitioning to the transaction identification (candidate selection) screen process and the data for which no transaction can be determined due to the absence of the form ID etc. And a server having means for transiting to a specific (menu selection) screen process.

Further, the program of the present invention is a procedure for causing a computer to take in image data, and if the image data is an OCR voucher, the OC
R recognition procedure and form ID, form / transaction related database that stores the combination of form and transaction is searched, and procedure for transitioning to entry screen process for data that can specify transaction, and form / transaction related by form ID Transaction identification (selection of candidate) screen for data that searches the database and narrows down transactions to some extent, and transaction identification (menu selection) screen for data that cannot be identified due to lack of form ID etc. The procedure for transitioning to the process is executed.

[0009]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an OCR centralized image entry system of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, it comprises a data input device 1, an operation terminal 3 and a server 5. Data input device 1
Is, for example, a data input terminal of a sales office, and collects a slip image using a fax machine or an image scanner,
Send to server. From the data input device 1, the form ID
A case in which an OCR form-formed slip having a form is output and a case in which an OCR form-formed form having no form ID is output are output.

The server 5 includes an OCR processing unit 7, a form / transaction related database (DB) 9, an image entry screen 1
1, a transaction identification candidate selection screen 13 and a transaction identification menu selection screen 15.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the form / transaction related DB. As shown in the figure, the form / transaction-related DB is composed of, for example, a 7-digit form ID and the corresponding transaction content. As shown in the figure, there are three types of slips. The first type of form is a case where the form ID and the transaction have a one-to-one correspondence. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the form ID
Is "1000002" and the transaction is "exchange transfer". The second type of slip is a case where the form ID and the transaction correspond one-to-many. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the form ID is “1000001” and the transaction is “ordinary payment”, “current payment”, “regular payment”, “daily payment”. The third type of slip is an atypical slip in which transactions cannot be specified or narrowed down, such as a slip having a slip ID not registered in the slip / transaction related DB.

The operation of the OCR integrated image entry system of the present invention thus constructed will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG.

In step S1 of FIG. 3, it is determined whether or not there is a keyword that specifies the form. If there is no keyword that specifies the form, step S17
Go to the transaction identification (menu selection) screen. If a keyword such as a form ID is specified on the input slip, the form ID is OCR recognized and used as a key item for transaction identification in step S3 (this key item is hereinafter referred to as a form ID). . Next, in step S5, the form / transaction related DB is searched. That is, in the process after OCR recognition, the “form / transaction related DB” is searched by this form ID. Then, in step S7, it is determined whether the transaction can be identified. Depending on the form ID, “Form / transaction related D
If the transaction can be specified by searching "B", the entry item can also be specified. Therefore, in step S9, a transition is made to the entry screen process.

Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not transactions can be narrowed down to a plurality of candidates. When the “form / transaction related DB” is searched by the form ID and it is determined that the transactions can be narrowed down to a plurality of candidates, the transaction identification (candidate selection) screen step is performed in step S13.

Further, in step S15, the form I
If the input slip cannot be associated with the transaction at all because there is no D, the transaction identification screen (menu selection screen) is displayed in step S17.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the transaction identification (candidate selection) screen, a slip image and a list of transactions associated with the slip are displayed on the screen. The operator confirms the entry contents from the slip image, identifies the transaction, and selects from the list.

On the image entry screen, since the transaction can be specified, a transition is made to the data entry screen step, and the entry screen for this transaction is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the transaction selection (menu) selection screen, an image and a menu (transaction list) of the transactions corresponding to the system are displayed on the screen. The operator confirms the entry contents from the slip image, identifies the transaction, and selects from the menu.

That is, the OCR form slip (form I
OCR is recognized for the case of D etc.). Here, the data is distributed into the following three patterns according to the data pattern.

1. The form / transaction related DB 9 is searched by the form ID and the like, and the data for which the transaction can be specified is transited to the image entry screen process.

2. The form / transaction-related DB 9 is searched by the form ID and the like, and for data that can narrow down the transactions to some extent, a transition is made to the transaction identification (candidate selection) screen step.

3. If there is no form, etc., and it is not possible to determine what the transaction is, transition to the transaction identification (menu selection) screen process.

Then, in the transaction specifying (candidate selection) screen step, as shown in FIG. 4, a slip image and a list of corresponding transaction candidates of this slip are displayed on the operation terminal 3 and a corresponding transaction is selected from the candidates. .

In the transaction specifying (menu selection) screen step, the slip image and the system menu are displayed on the operation terminal as shown in FIG. 5, and the corresponding transaction is selected.

[0025]

According to the present invention, when a transaction can be specified by a form ID, entry items can also be specified. Therefore, a transition is made to the “entry screen” step, and when a transaction can be narrowed down to a plurality of candidates, transaction identification (candidate If the input slip cannot be linked to the transaction at all, such as when there is no form ID, the transaction can be transited to the "Transaction identification (menu selection) screen" step. A large number of unspecified slips that cannot be processed can be targeted by the OCR centralized image entry system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an OCR centralized image entry system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a form / transaction related DB.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the OCR centralized image entry system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction identification (candidate selection) screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction identification (menu selection) screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-Data input device 3 ... Operation terminal 5 ... server 7 ... OCR processing unit 9 ... Form / transaction related DB 11 ... Image entry screen 13 ... Transaction identification (candidate selection) screen 15 ... Transaction identification (menu selection) screen

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In the OCR centralized image entry system, when a form / transaction related DB is searched by a specific item (form ID etc.) on an input slip and a transaction cannot be specified,
An OCR centralized image entry system, characterized in that a candidate transaction and a slip image are displayed, an operator selects a transaction while confirming the candidate and the slip image, and an entry screen for the selected transaction is displayed. Transaction identification method in. 2. In the OCR centralized image entry system, the form / transaction related DB is searched by a specific item (form ID etc.) on the input slip, and when the transaction cannot be specified, the transaction menu and slip image handled by the system are displayed. A transaction specifying method in an OCR centralized image entry system, characterized in that an operator selects a menu (transaction) while confirming a previous-year transaction menu and a slip image, and an entry screen is displayed according to the selected transaction. 3. A data input device for inputting image data, and a server for taking in image data input from said data input device, wherein OCR recognition is performed when said image data is an OCR voucher. An OCR processing means, a form / transaction-related database that stores a combination of a form and a transaction, and means for transitioning to an entry screen process for data that can be searched by searching the form / transaction-related database by the form ID Regarding the data that can search the form / transaction related database by the form ID and narrow down the transactions to some extent, regarding the means for transitioning to the transaction identification (candidate selection) screen process, and the data that cannot be identified as the transaction due to the absence of the form ID etc. A server having a means for transitioning to a transaction identification (menu selection) screen process. OCR centralized image entry system, characterized in that. 4. A procedure for loading image data into a computer, a procedure for recognizing OCR when the image data is a slip formed into an OCR form, and a form for storing a combination of a form and a transaction with a form ID. / Procedure for transitioning to the entry screen process for data that can be searched by searching the transaction related database, and transaction specifying (candidate selection) screen process for data that can search the form / transaction related database with the form ID and narrow down transactions to some extent A program for executing the procedure for transitioning to, and the procedure for transitioning to the transaction identification (menu selection) screen process for data in which it is not possible to determine what transaction is due to lack of a form ID.