JP2004139208A - Device, system, method, and program for accounting - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine accounting items based on fact information entered by natural words and perform accounting treatment. <P>SOLUTION: An accounting device 10 performs accounting treatment based on the entered fact information. The accounting device 10 comprises a natural word analysis portion 14 analyzing the fact information entered by the natural words and producing analysis data, and an accounting item determination portion 15 determining accounting items based on information of the analysis data and the accounting item DB 16. The accounting device 10 produces sorted data based on the analysis data and the determined accounting items. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an accounting device, system, method, and program for determining an account item based on fact information input in natural language and performing an accounting process.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, since accounting work involves extremely complicated work, social demands for systematization are strong, and many accounting processing systems have been proposed so far.
However, many of these accounting systems require some accounting knowledge in order to be used, and are available only to those who have special accounting knowledge and who have mastered the operation of the accounting system. Was something.
In such a situation, various proposals have been made to make the accounting processing system more easily usable.
[0003]
For example, a user inputs information such as date, description, amount, etc. to a server via a communication line, and journals are performed for each account item based on the description data. There has been proposed an accounting system in which accounts are adjusted and journals are reviewed via the Internet (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Further, there has been proposed an accounting processing system in which an icon indicating transaction contents is prepared, and even if a user does not have special accounting knowledge, the user clicks the icon to perform journal processing. reference.).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-9-274628
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2002-230255
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, even such a system cannot be said to be an accounting processing system that can be easily used by anyone, and cannot be used by anyone who does not have accounting knowledge.
That is, in using the accounting system, the most difficult thing is not to perform journal entry itself but to determine an account item.
In deciding this account, users who did not have special accounting knowledge were often confused, and ultimately required the judgment of a tax accountant or accountant.
[0006]
In the case of the former system, the user inputs information such as date, description, amount, and the like, and journalizing is performed for each account based on this information. It is necessary to enter an appropriate summary so that the journal entry is performed every time.
In other words, the user needs to know the appropriate summary as accounting information corresponding to the account item, but in practice, there are many cases in which he is confused when determining this summary, so that anyone can use it. In order to do so, it was necessary to make this determination unnecessary.
[0007]
In the case of the latter system, the user can automatically receive the journalizing process simply by clicking on the icon indicating the transaction content. However, as in the former case, the user must select the icon itself. Has become difficult, and in the end, it has become necessary to seek expert judgment on which icon to select.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and determines an account based on fact information input in natural language and performs an accounting process, thereby making it possible to use accounting that can be used by anyone. It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing device, a system, a method, and a program.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an accounting processing device according to claim 1 of the present invention is an accounting processing device that executes accounting processing based on input fact information, and analyzes input fact information in natural language. A natural language analysis unit that creates analysis data; an account DB that holds correspondence information between accounts and summaries; and an account item determination unit that determines accounts based on the analysis data and the information in the account DB. And the journal data is created based on the analysis data and the determined account.
[0010]
If the accounting device is configured as described above, a user of the accounting device (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as a user) may, for example, say, "Today, at the XX store, slippers will be paid for 500 yen in cash. Just by inputting fact information such as "bought." Using one's own words (natural language), accounting can be performed.
Conventionally, it has been necessary for the user to determine an appropriate account based on such fact information.
That is, in this case, it is necessary to make a judgment such as “Slippers are consumables cost items and cash is a cash item”. Was very difficult for those without accounting knowledge.
Also, even if it is possible to automatically determine an account based on the entered summary, the user can grasp the summary as accounting information in order to enter an appropriate summary corresponding to the account. And it could not be said to be readily available to everyone.
[0011]
However, information about facts and acts can be entered by anyone using natural language. Based on this information, account items are automatically determined, and journal data is created and registered. Thus, it is possible to provide an accounting processing system that can be used by anyone.
Note that the account item DB is a database having summary information (especially item names, etc .; the same applies to the following) and account item association information.
This can be held in the accounting device or in an external storage device or an external information processing device connected to the accounting device.
In addition, the natural language means a free word such as a spoken language, and in the input of the natural language, it can be input as a free format sentence.
[0012]
The account processing apparatus according to claim 2 of the present invention is configured such that the account item DB is provided for each type of business.
With such a configuration of the accounting processor, for example, it is possible to provide an accounting processor dedicated to a construction shop to a construction shop and a hospital dedicated to a hospital.
Since many account items are different for each type of business, it is preferable that the accounting processing apparatus hold an account item DB having an appropriate summary and a corresponding relationship between the account items.
[0013]
In the accounting processing device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the natural language analysis unit displays a message prompting additional input of the fact information on the display unit of the accounting processing device when the result of the analysis indicates that the fact information is insufficient. Then, the accounting information is executed based on the added fact information and the fact information.
[0014]
If the accounting processing device is configured as described above, for example, when the amount of money is not input, or when inappropriate information is input as the amount of money, the information of the transaction content as the fact information is sufficiently provided. If it is determined that the entry has not been input and that the subsequent journal data cannot be created, the user can be prompted to input the missing part.
As a result, it is possible to supplement the lack information and determine an account item, create journal data, and the like. Of course, it is possible to request the user for the lack information a plurality of times.
[0015]
Although the natural language analysis unit displays the message on the display unit of the accounting processing device, the control may be indirect.
That is, the natural language analysis unit does not directly control the display of the message on the display unit, but, as shown in the following embodiment, for example, is used as a display control unit via a screen control unit. I have. The same applies to the display of messages and questions on the display unit by the account item determination unit.
[0016]
In the accounting processing device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the account item cannot be determined, the account item determining unit displays a message prompting re-input of the fact information on the display unit of the accounting processing device, and is re-input. The account item is determined based on the fact information.
[0017]
If the accounting processor is configured as described above, for example, if the input fact information is insufficient, if the account item cannot be determined properly, the user is required to input the fact information again, The determination process can be redone.
As a result, the fact information necessary for determining the account item can be extracted from the user, and the subsequent accounting processing can be executed.
[0018]
In the accounting processing device according to claim 5 of the present invention, when the account item cannot be determined, the account determination unit displays a question to the user on the display unit of the accounting processing device based on the information in the account DB. In this configuration, the account item is determined based on the fact information additionally input.
[0019]
With such a configuration of the accounting processing device, information corresponding to the summary extracted from the data analyzed based on the input fact information is registered in the account DB in plural cases, or is not registered. In some cases, it is possible to present a user with a question for selecting one of them or a question for inputting fact information more clearly, and receive an appropriate input of fact information.
[0020]
For example, a case in which the user inputs fact information “Eat a meal with XX and paid 10,000 yen on MM date” to the accounting processing apparatus, If records of “entertainment expenses” and “meal-meeting expenses” are registered, the accounting processing apparatus automatically determines which of “entertainment expenses” and “meeting expenses” should be selected as the account item. Cannot be determined.
For this reason, the accounting processor displays a question such as "Which is entertainment or a meeting?" To the user, and receives the fact information such as "Entertainment." , An account item can be determined, and accounting can be performed.
[0021]
Further, for example, a case where the user inputs fact information “Churinko was bought for 10,000 yen at an XX store on a month X day” to an accounting processor, If the record of “carinko-vehicle transportation cost” is not registered, the accounting processor cannot determine the account.
Therefore, for example, a question such as "What is it?" Is displayed to the user, and the user can receive fact information such as "Vehicle."
However, if the record "vehicle-vehicle transportation cost" is not registered in the account DB, the accounting processing device further asks the user a question such as "What is a caricature / vehicle?" It can be displayed and the user can receive the input of fact information such as "It is a bicycle."
Then, when a record of “bicycle-vehicle transportation cost” is registered in the account DB, the account item of “vehicle transportation cost” can be determined, and accounting processing can be performed.
[0022]
In the accounting apparatus according to claim 6 of the present invention, when the account cannot be determined, the account determining unit may correspond to the account determined based on the re-input or additionally input fact information and the account. The correspondence information of the fact information to be analyzed and the analysis data is registered in the account DB or the summary conversion table.
[0023]
With this configuration of the accounting processing device, if the correspondence between the summary not registered in the account DB and the account can be determined based on the fact information input by the user, this is registered. It becomes possible.
For example, in the account item DB, there is a correspondence relationship of "bicycle-vehicle transportation cost", and this is a case where the user inputs a bicycle by expressing it as "charinko", and is issued from the accounting processing device to the user. If it can be determined from the question that this is a bicycle, a new record "Chirinko-vehicle transportation cost" can be added to the account DB.
As a result, when the user next inputs "charinko", the accounting processing device can automatically specify "vehicle transportation cost" as a corresponding account item.
By additionally registering a new record in the account DB, the usability for the user is gradually improved.
[0024]
Even if a large number of correspondences between account items and summaries are registered in this way, for example, when outputting a cash accounting book or the like, a transaction input by a user as "charinko" is also described as " It goes without saying that it can be summarized in the summary of "bicycle".
Also, instead of adding a record “Chirinko-vehicle transportation cost” to the account DB, a separate summary conversion table is provided, and a correspondence relation “Chirinko-bicycle” is held and “ It is also preferable to convert the fact information of "charinko" into "bicycle", and then determine that the account is "vehicle transportation cost" based on the account DB.
In this way, it is possible to manage the specific summary and the correspondence of the account in the account DB, and it is possible to manage variations of the summary in the summary conversion table.
[0025]
An accounting processing system according to claim 7 of the present invention is an accounting processing system in which an accounting processing device performs an accounting process based on fact information transmitted from a user terminal via a communication line, wherein the input is performed in natural language. One or more user terminals that transmit the fact information to the accounting processor and analyze the transmitted fact information, determine an account based on the analysis data and the information in the account DB, and determine a journal entry. It is configured to have an accounting processor that creates data and a communication line that connects the user terminal and the accounting processor.
[0026]
With such a configuration of the accounting system, the user can perform accounting by simply inputting information on the actual act of the actual transaction into the accounting device via the communication line. It becomes.
That is, anyone can perform accounting processing anytime, anywhere. In addition, the user can use the accounting processing method of the present invention without owning the accounting processing device and the accounting processing program.
[0027]
In the accounting processing system according to claim 8 of the present invention, when there is a shortage in the fact information as a result of the analysis, the accounting processing apparatus transmits a message prompting additional input of the fact information to the user terminal. It is configured to receive additionally input fact information and execute accounting processing based on the additionally input fact information and the fact information.
[0028]
With such a configuration of the accounting system, if the fact information input by the user is determined to be insufficient to create the journal data, the accounting device is insufficient for the user terminal. It is possible to transmit a message for inputting information, determine an account based on the input fact information, and create journal data.
[0029]
In the accounting processing system according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, when the account item cannot be determined, the accounting processing device transmits a message to the user to the user terminal based on the information in the account DB, and is additionally input from the user terminal. The received fact information is received, and the account item is determined based on the fact information.
[0030]
If the accounting system is configured as described above, as a result of analyzing the fact information received from the user terminal, if the summary information registered in the account item DB is not included, or if it cannot be specified as one, etc. Can transmit a message for acquiring or specifying this to the user terminal.
Then, it is possible to execute the accounting process again based on the new fact information received from the user terminal.
Further, if the account item cannot be determined based on the new fact information received in this way, it is needless to say that the user terminal can be requested again for new fact information.
[0031]
In the accounting system according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the account item cannot be determined, the accounting processing device can determine whether the account item determined based on the additionally input fact information and the fact information corresponding to the account item can be determined. It is configured to register information associated with the analysis data in the account DB or the summary conversion table.
[0032]
With this configuration of the accounting processing system, when the accounting processing device acquires a new term that can be used as an abstract for specifying an account item, it registers the new term in the account DB or the like, thereby Thereafter, it is possible to automatically determine an account for the term.
[0033]
An accounting system according to claim 11 of the present invention, wherein the accounting system has one or more accounting assistant terminals connected to a user terminal and an accounting processor by a communication line, and the accounting processor has an account If it is not possible to determine, the accounting assistant terminal sends fact information to the accounting assistant terminal, and based on this fact information, the accounting assistant decides and enters the entered account, the accounting assistant terminal sends it to the accounting processor, and the accounting processor It is configured to create journal data based on the received account item and analysis data.
[0034]
With such a configuration of the accounting system, for example, even if the user has entered a new number of facts a predetermined number of times, it is not possible to specify an account item. The fact information transmitted to the accounting assistant terminal can be determined by an accounting assistant who is an expert such as a tax accountant or an accountant.
Then, the accounting processing device can perform subsequent accounting processing using the account item received from the accounting assistant terminal.
[0035]
In the accounting processing system according to claim 12 of the present invention, when the accounting assistant terminal transmits the account determined by the accounting assistant to the accounting processing device in the determination of the account, the determined account and the account The correspondence information of the fact information corresponding to the account to the analysis data is registered in the account DB or the summary conversion table.
[0036]
If the accounting system is configured as described above, the expert can additionally register the correspondence between the determined account and the corresponding summary in the account DB, so that the same summary can be obtained from the next time. On the other hand, the accounting processing device can automatically determine the account item.
[0037]
An accounting method according to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention is an accounting method for performing an accounting process based on fact information input to an accounting device, wherein the accounting device converts fact information input in natural language. This is a method of analyzing and creating analysis data, determining an account item based on the analysis data and the information of the account item DB, and creating journal data.
With such a method of accounting, anyone can easily perform accounting only by inputting fact information into the accounting device in natural language.
[0038]
An accounting processing program according to claim 14 of the present invention is an accounting processing program for executing an accounting process based on fact information input to an accounting processing device, wherein the accounting information is input to the accounting processing device in natural language. Is analyzed to create analysis data, an account item is determined based on the analysis data and information in the account item DB, and journal data is created.
With this configuration of the accounting processing program, it is possible to cause the accounting processing device to execute the accounting processing based on the fact information input in natural language.
Therefore, anyone can easily use the accounting processing device.
[0039]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an accounting processing device 10 according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the accounting processing device 10 of the present embodiment.
FIGS. 3 to 5 are diagrams illustrating examples of a transaction content input screen, a transaction content confirmation screen, and a journal entry completion screen displayed by the accounting processing device 10 in the normal processing of the present embodiment.
6 to 8 show examples of a transaction content input screen, a transaction content confirmation screen, and a journal completion screen displayed by the accounting processing device 10 in the processing when journal information is insufficient in the present embodiment, respectively. FIG.
FIGS. 9 to 12 show a transaction content input screen displayed by the accounting processing device 10 in the process of the present embodiment when the account item determination information is insufficient (when there are a plurality of account items). It is a figure which shows the example of a transaction content confirmation screen, a shortage information request screen, and a journal completion screen.
FIGS. 13 to 17 show a transaction content input screen and a transaction content displayed by the accounting processing apparatus 10 in the processing when the account item determination information of this embodiment is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate). It is a figure which shows the example of a confirmation screen, a lack information request screen (1), a lack information request screen (2), and a journal completion screen.
[0040]
The accounting processing device 10 is an information processing device that automatically determines an account item based on input fact information, and includes a screen control unit 11, an input unit 12, a display unit 13, a natural language analysis as shown in FIG. It has a unit 14, an account item determining unit 15, an account item DB 16, and a ledger DB 17.
As the information processing device, a personal computer, a workstation, a server, or the like can be used.
[0041]
[Screen control unit 11]
The screen control unit 11 controls processing related to various screens used in the transaction apparatus 10.
The screen information is registered in advance in the accounting processing device 10 or an external storage device connected to the accounting processing device 10, and includes, for example, a transaction content input screen, a transaction content confirmation screen, and a journal completion screen.
The screen control unit 11 outputs and displays the requested screen on the display unit 13 based on the input information from the input unit 12 of the transaction apparatus 10.
The information input from the input unit 12 on the displayed screen is output to the natural language analysis unit 14 or the account item determination unit 15.
Further, when the completion input is received from the journal completion screen, the journal data is registered in the ledger DB 17.
[0042]
[Input unit 12 and display unit 13]
The input unit 12 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse in the transaction processing device 10. Further, a device such as a microphone for inputting information by voice may be used. In this case, the conversion process of the audio information may be provided to either the input unit 12 or the screen control unit 11, and an existing processing method can be used.
The display unit 13 is a display device such as a display in the transaction apparatus 10.
[0043]
[Natural language analysis unit 14]
The natural language analysis unit 14 analyzes the fact information input by the user via the input unit 12 and the screen control unit 11, and extracts and arranges information necessary for accounting processing from the fact information. Specifically, for example, it can be performed as follows.
First, a user performs a keyboard input or a voice input of the transaction content from the input unit 12 in a natural language. The natural language analysis unit 14 receives the contents of the transaction as a text via the screen control unit 11 and decomposes the text into a business partner, a product name, an amount, a distinction between deposit / withdrawal, a deposit / withdrawal unit. Etc. (analysis processing).
Further, the natural language analysis unit 14 confirms each transaction element, creates a message for prompting the user to input the missing information, and outputs the message to the screen control unit 11. This message is displayed by the screen control unit 11 to the user via the display unit 13.
It should be noted that the determination of whether or not the information is insufficient and the creation of the message may be performed by the screen control unit 11.
Then, the screen control unit 11 (or the natural language analysis unit 14) outputs these to the account item determination unit 15 when the shortage information is supplemented by the user and the necessary information as described above is available.
[0044]
Here, the analysis processing will be described in detail. This analysis processing can be performed, for example, by the following seven steps.
{Circle around (1)} The input fact information is decomposed into phrases based on punctuation marks, arrangement of kanji, katakana, and hiragana, and particles.
{Circle around (2)} For the product name, search for a word that matches the database in which the product name is registered, and if not, search for the phrase “OOO”. As the database in which the product names are registered, a dedicated database may be created, and the account DB 16 or the summary conversion table described above may be used.
{Circle around (3)} The business partner searches for a word that matches the business partner database, and if not, searches for the phrases “in XX”, “in XX”, “from XX”, and “to XX”.
(4) Deposit / withdrawal means is specified from words such as "cash" and "deposit / saving".
(5) The amount is specified from a word such as “XXX yen”.
{Circle around (6)} The distinction between deposit and withdrawal is specified by words such as “sold”, “bought”, “paid”, “deposited”, and “grated”.
(7) The description in the journal is the supplier and the product name. Unused phrases are also included in the remarks (reference information).
[0045]
An example in which the analysis process is actually performed by using the above method will be specifically described.
(Example 1) Input text "I bought slippers at a supermarket for 500 yen in cash."
{Circle around (1)} By segmentation, it becomes "at a supermarket", "slippers", "cash", "500 yen", and "bought".
{Circle around (2)} The product name is changed to “slipper” from the rule of “OOO”.
{Circle around (3)} The supplier becomes “supermarket” from the “with XX” rule.
{Circle around (4)} The means of obtaining money is changed to “cash” from the “cash” rule.
{Circle around (5)} The amount is “500” from the rule of “XXX yen”.
{Circle around (6)} The distinction between deposit and withdrawal is “withdrawal” from the rule of “bought”.
(7) The description is "[Customer] Super [Product name] Slipper".
[0046]
(Example 2) Input sentence: "I received a 60000 yen payment for a golf club with the manager of the X department of Company A."
{Circle around (1)} By segmentation, "customer A's company", "manager X", "golf", "entertainment", "60000 yen", and "paid" are obtained.
(2) The product name is "Golf" from the database in which the product names are registered.
{Circle around (3)} Since the business partner has not been found, the accounting processor 10 displays the question “Where did you pay?”. When the answer of “YY country” is obtained, the supplier becomes “YY country”.
{Circle over (4)} No deposit / withdrawal means is found, so the accounting processor 10 displays a question, "Is payment cash or card?" When the answer of "cash" is obtained, the cash-in / pay-out means becomes "cash".
(5) The amount of money is “60000” from the rule of “XXX yen”.
{Circle around (6)} The distinction between deposit and withdrawal is “payout” from the rule of “paid”.
(7) The summary is “[Customer] YY Country [Product Name] Golf”. In addition, if a phrase that was not used is a remark of the summary, it will be "[Remarks] Customer A company X department manager entertainment".
[0047]
[Account determination unit 15]
The account item determination unit 15 receives the analysis data obtained by the analysis processing of the natural language analysis unit 14 via the screen control unit 11, and determines an account item. It also creates journal data and outputs it to the screen control unit 11.
That is, after the natural language analysis unit 14 performs the analysis process, all of them are output to the screen control unit 11, and the screen control unit 11 outputs the analysis data to the account item determination unit 15, and determines the account item. And creation of journal data. Alternatively, the screen control unit 11 transmits the analysis data necessary for the determination of the account to the account determination unit 15, receives the account determined from the account determination unit 15, and creates the journal data by itself. You can also
Alternatively, the account item determination unit 15 may input analysis data from the natural language analysis unit 14 to determine an account item, create journal data, and output the journal data to the screen control unit 11.
The processing method other than the above is not particularly limited as long as it is a method of determining an account based on natural language analysis information, and any method may be used. It doesn't matter.
[0048]
The account can be obtained by searching the account DB 16 by the item name. If an account cannot be obtained because a record of correspondence between the input item name and the account is not registered, the account item determining unit 15 provides the user with a different expression for inputting the item name in another expression. A question is created and output to the screen control unit 11.
Further, since the account item cannot be determined depending on the input fact information, a message prompting re-input of more detailed fact information can be created and output to the screen control unit 11.
[0049]
The screen control unit 11 causes the display unit 13 to display the question and the message, and receives an input from the input unit 12 by the user and outputs the question and the message to the account item determination unit 15.
The account item determining unit 15 performs natural language analysis of the input information again as needed, and searches the account item DB again using the input product name in another expression.
This process may be repeated until the account item is determined, but may be limited to a predetermined number of times, for example, three times. In such a case, it is preferable that the subsequent processing is performed with the assistance of a person having accounting knowledge. Such a processing method will be described in a second embodiment.
[0050]
If a specific account cannot be specified because a plurality of accounts corresponding to the product names are registered in the account DB 16, the account determination unit 15 creates a question for specifying this. Then, the information is output to the screen control unit 11 and information for specifying the information can be received from the user in the same manner as described above.
As a method of creating this question, for example, when the product name is “meal”, if the account DB 16 has two records “meal-entertainment expense” and “meal-meeting expense”, the account item determination unit No. 15 cannot determine one account as it is.
Therefore, the account items “entertainment expense” and “meeting fee” are extracted from the account item determination unit 15 and, for example, a question “Which is entertainment / meeting?” Is generated.
Then, the account item determination unit 15 receives the selection information for these via the input unit 12 and the screen control unit 11, and determines the account item.
[0051]
Further, the account item determination unit 15 can also register the product name input by the user and not registered in the account DB 16.
For example, when the user first inputs "charinko" and answers to the question issued from the account item determining unit 15, it is determined that this indicates "bicycle", and "account bicycle" is stored in the account item DB16. When the "vehicle carrier" is registered, a new "carinko-vehicle carrier" can be registered.
Alternatively, the accounting processing device 10 has a summary conversion table, and a record such as “Chirinko-bicycle” is registered in this table. If the product name is not registered in the account DB 16, a question to the user is created before It is also preferable that the abstract conversion table is searched to confirm whether or not it can be converted to an appropriate product name.
It should be noted that the summary conversion table may hold a conversion record such as a business partner name in addition to the product name. Further, the summary conversion table can be divided into a product name table (for example, it can be created as a product name database) and a business partner.
[0052]
[Account DB16 / Ledger DB17]
The account item DB 16 holds information on the correspondence between product names and account items. This product name can be other information that can be associated with an account item, in addition to a product or service.
It is possible to register information on all types of business in the account DB 16. However, since there is a specific item name or account item for each type of business, it is more preferable that the account item DB 16 is dedicated to each type of business.
The ledger DB 17 is a database having information such as a general ledger, and stores journal data created by the screen control unit 11.
[0053]
[Processing procedure of accounting processor 10]
Next, the processing procedure of the transaction apparatus 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this flowchart, the process indicated by the dotted line indicates that the operation may not occur. This is the same in the following operation procedure diagrams.
First, when the accounting processing program is started, the screen control unit 11 of the accounting processing device 10 displays a transaction content input screen on the display unit 13 (Step 10).
By the operation of the user, the input unit 12 inputs the transaction content as fact information in natural language (step 11), and outputs this to the screen control unit 11. The screen control unit 11 outputs the received fact information to the natural language analysis unit 14.
The natural language analysis unit 14 analyzes the natural language as fact information (step 12), outputs the analysis result (analysis data) to the screen control unit 11, and the screen control unit 11 sends the transaction contents to the user. A transaction content confirmation screen for confirmation is displayed (step 13).
Then, for example, when there is an error in inputting fact information, the correction is accepted.
[0054]
If the input fact information is insufficient as information for performing the accounting process, the natural language analysis unit 14 creates a message urging the user to input, in order to supplement the lacking information, This is output to the screen control unit 11 and displayed on the transaction content confirmation screen.
When the input unit 12 inputs the shortage information by a user operation (step 14) and performs a confirmation input (step 15), based on the information displayed or input on the transaction content confirmation screen, The screen control unit 11 or the natural language analysis unit 14 checks whether the input information is sufficient (step 16).
If there is missing information, the input is received (step 17), the natural language is analyzed again as needed (step 12), and a transaction content confirmation screen is displayed. The process of confirming the missing information is repeated.
[0055]
If the input information is sufficient, the screen control unit 11 or the natural language analysis unit 14 outputs information necessary for determining the account to the account item determining unit 15, and the account item determining unit 15 determines the account item ( Step 18).
If the account item could not be determined (No in step 19), the account item is determined again in response to the input of the shortage information (step 20).
The more specific contents of this determination method are as described in detail in the description of the account item determination unit 15.
When the account item can be determined (Yes in step 19), the account item determination unit 15 creates journal data and outputs it to the screen control unit 11.
Alternatively, the account item determined by the account item determining unit 15 may be output to the screen control unit 11, and the screen control unit 11 may create journal data.
[0056]
Next, the screen control unit 11 displays a journal completion screen on the display unit 13 (Step 21).
Then, when the user performs a completion input from the input unit 12 (step 22), the screen control unit 11 registers the journal data in the ledger DB 17 (step 23).
Further, the screen control unit 11 outputs the completion input to the account item determination unit 15, and the account item determination unit 15 registers information to be registered in the account DB 16 (step 24).
Note that the registration of the journal data in the ledger DB 17 may be performed by the account item determining unit 15.
[0057]
Next, an example of processing in the accounting processing device 10 of the present embodiment will be specifically described using an example of a screen. Hereinafter, 1. Usually, 2. 2. When journal information is insufficient. 3. When account determination information is insufficient (when there are a plurality of account candidates); Each case where the account item determination information is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate) will be described in order.
[1. Normal processing]
First, an example of a normal process will be described with reference to screen examples shown in FIGS.
The user uses the transaction content input screen as shown in FIG. 3 to input a date and transaction content, and presses an input completion button.
In the figure, the information "December 18, 2002" is entered as the date, and the information "Bought a slipper at a supermarket for 500 yen" is entered as the transaction content.
[0058]
Here, the date information is treated separately from the transaction content in consideration of the ease of input, but it may be configured to input the date information together with the transaction content.
In addition, as a reference for inputting, as an input example, "input example: I bought slippers for 500 yen in cash at a XX store today" in the transaction content input screen. It is also preferable to keep it.
The input transaction content is analyzed by the natural language analysis unit 14 of the accounting processing device 10, and the analysis result is displayed on a transaction content confirmation screen as shown in FIG.
In the figure, the information that "bought a slipper at a supermarket for 500 yen" is "withdrawal" as a transaction type, "super" as a business partner, "slippers" as a product name, "cash" as a transaction means, and an amount of money. Is analyzed and displayed as "500" circle.
[0059]
In this example, there is no wording of "cash" in the transaction contents, but, for example, if the amount is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, without returning a question to the user, as shown in FIG. It is also preferable to display the means "cash" on the transaction content confirmation screen.
Next, in this case, as shown in FIG. 4, since there is no shortage in the transaction information, the account item is determined by the account item determination unit 15 by pressing the confirmation button, and journal data is created. Then, the screen control unit 11 displays the journal data on the journal completion screen as shown in FIG.
[0060]
Here, the accounting information is presented to the user, but the user cannot directly change the accounting information, but displays the accounting information just in case.
Therefore, the user does not need to make any particular judgment on the displayed accounting information, but can confirm the displayed information and complete the accounting process by pressing the completion button.
Also, by presenting the accounting information in this manner, it is possible to obtain an effect that the user learns about the accounting information.
[0061]
Note that the correction button in FIG. 3 is not used to directly change or delete the accounting information. For example, when the user presses the redo button when he / she wants to redo the transaction due to a mistake in inputting the transaction contents, the user presses the correction button in FIG. Screen, and the user can start over.
Further, in the present embodiment, the screen of FIG. 5 is omitted, and in response to the pressing of the confirmation button in FIG. 4, the account item is determined, the journal data is created, and the registration process is performed. ., Etc. may be returned.
As a result, although the user cannot obtain the learning effect on accounting as described above, the user can perform accounting without looking at special accounting information.
[0062]
Further, the screens of FIGS. 4 and 5 are omitted, and in response to pressing of the input completion button in FIG. 3, natural language analysis, determination of account items, creation of journal data, and registration processing are performed. Completed. "May be returned.
In this way, the user can perform the accounting process only by inputting the fact information in natural language without completely viewing the accounting information.
In this case, the natural language analyzing unit 14 outputs the analysis data to the account item determining unit 15, and the account item determining unit 15 determines the account item and creates journal data, and registers the account item in the account item DB 16 and the ledger DB 17. Then, information indicating the registration can be output to the screen control unit 11.
For the omission of such a screen, see 2. ~ 4. The same applies to the example of the processing described above.
[0063]
[2. Processing when journal information is insufficient]
Next, processing when journal information is insufficient will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 6, information that "the down payment of 500,000 and the balance was bought by a loan car" is input as the transaction content.
Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the natural language analysis unit 14 of the accounting processing device 10 analyzes the contents of the transaction, so that the transaction type is “withdrawal”, the product name is “car”, and the transaction means is “cash”. "," Loan "as transaction means 2 and" 500,000 "as money.
[0064]
However, the amount 2 for the “loan” of the business partner and the trading means 2 cannot be obtained.
For this reason, on the transaction content confirmation screen, a message "Please enter the customer and the amount of the loan." Is displayed to prompt the user to enter the missing information.
On the other hand, when the information of the customer and the amount 2 is input on the transaction content confirmation screen and the confirmation button is pressed, the screen control unit 11 confirms that there is no missing information, and then checks the information. Output to the subject determination unit 15.
The account item determining unit 15 creates account data and journal data, and outputs the data to the screen control unit 11. The screen control unit 11 displays a journal completion screen as shown in FIG.
[0065]
[3. Processing when account determination information is insufficient (when there are multiple account candidates)]
Next, a description will be given of a process in a case where an account item cannot be determined because there are a plurality of account item candidates, with reference to FIGS.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 9, information that “we had dinner with XX and paid 20,000 yen” was input as the transaction content.
Then, a transaction content confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed by natural language analysis. In this case, there is no shortage in the transaction information, and the user presses the confirmation button.
[0066]
However, in the determination of the account by the account determination unit 15, if the entertainment expense and the meeting fee are registered as the account corresponding to the meal in the account DB 16, the account determination unit 15 determines the account. I cannot identify one.
For this reason, the account item determination unit 15 asks, for example, “Which is entertainment or a meeting?” Based on the information on “entertainment expense” and “meeting fee” registered in the account DB 16. Is generated and output to the screen control unit 11. The screen control unit 11 displays this question on the display unit 13 by a pop-up window or the like. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, when information for specifying one is input from the user (in this case, “entertainment” is selected), the account item determining unit 15 The account item can be determined based on this information, and journal data is created and output to the screen control unit 11.
In this way, the screen control unit 11 can display a journal completion screen as shown in FIG.
[0067]
[4. Processing when Account Determination Information is Insufficient (When There Are No Account Candidates)]
Next, a process in a case where an account item cannot be determined because there is no account item candidate will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 13, the information that the customer has bought "Karinko at the YY store for 30,000 yen" is input.
Then, a transaction content confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed by natural language analysis. In this case, there is no shortage in the transaction information, and the user presses the confirmation button.
[0068]
However, in the determination of the account by the account determination unit 15, if the account DB 16 does not include an account corresponding to “charinko”, the account determination unit 15 cannot determine the account.
For this reason, the account item determination unit 15 creates a question for inputting this “charinko” in another expression, and outputs it to the screen control unit 11.
FIG. 15 shows an example of the question screen displayed on the display unit 13 by the screen control unit 11 in this manner. In the same figure, the question "What is it?" Is displayed, and in response to this, the answer "vehicle" is entered.
[0069]
This input information is output from the screen control unit 11 to the account item determination unit 15, and the account item determination unit 15 searches the account DB 16 to check whether an account for “vehicle” exists.
If the account for “vehicle” is not registered in the account DB 16, a question for specifying the account again is displayed on the display unit 13 as shown in FIG. 16.
[0070]
Here, as shown in the figure, when the answer "Bicycle." Is input, the account DB 16 is searched in the same manner as in the case of "Vehicle".
If one account is registered as an account corresponding to the bicycle, the account is determined, journal data is created, and a journal completion screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed.
When a plurality of accounts are registered in the account DB 16 as accounts corresponding to the bicycle, the above-described 3. Will be performed together.
[0071]
Further, when an account is determined based on a product name that is not registered in the account DB 16 as described above, this can be additionally registered in the account DB 16.
That is, in addition to the record of “bicycle-vehicle carrier”, the account item determination unit 15 can additionally register the record of “charinko-vehicle carrier” in the account DB 16.
As a result, when the user next enters the transaction content with the product name "Chirinko", 1. Normal processing can be performed.
[0072]
Further, instead of additionally registering a record such as "Chirinko-vehicle carrier" in the account item DB 16, a summary conversion table is held in the accounting processor 10, and a record for performing the conversion of "Chirinko-bicycle" is stored in this table. You can also register.
In this case, when determining the account, if the item name is not registered in the account DB 16, the account item determination unit 15 searches this summary conversion table before creating the question, and the item name can be converted. Check if it is.
If conversion is possible, the account DB 16 can be searched using the converted product name.
When it is determined that journal entry cannot be performed due to insufficient information on the transaction contents, or when information for determining an account item is insufficient, the accounting processing apparatus 10 re-transfers the transaction contents. It is of course possible to display a message prompting input and request the user to re-input from the transaction content input screen.
[0073]
As described above, according to the accounting processing apparatus of the present embodiment, account items can be automatically determined based on fact information input in natural language, and the accounting can be connected to journal processing. It is possible to provide an accounting processing device that does not require special accounting knowledge when used and can be used by anyone.
Hitherto, many accounting processing devices have been proposed to support accounting processing.However, in determining the most difficult account, it is necessary to receive input or selection of a specific summary from the user side. It was difficult to master without accounting knowledge.
However, according to the accounting processing device of the present embodiment, such a problem is solved, and any person who can input general fact information from a keyboard or speak from a microphone or the like can be used by anyone. It can be one that can be mastered.
[0074]
[Second embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the accounting system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 19 and FIG. 20 are operation procedure diagrams illustrating an example of a processing procedure in the accounting processing system of the present embodiment. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of an accounting assistant request screen displayed by the accounting processing device of the present embodiment.
The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the accounting processing device 10 can be accessed by a user via a communication line and, in a predetermined case, can be supported by a person having accounting expertise. .
Other points are the same as in the first embodiment, and in this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, when the user inputs the transaction content in natural language, the accounting processing device performs natural language analysis. Then, the account item can be automatically determined based on the analysis result.
[0075]
As shown in FIG. 18, the accounting processing system according to the present embodiment includes an accounting processing device 10, a user terminal 20 (20-1 to 20-n), an accounting assistant terminal 30 (30-1 to 30-n), and communication. It has a line 40.
The accounting processing device 10 in this embodiment can be the same as that in the first embodiment as shown in FIG. 1, but in the case of this embodiment, the input data is transmitted to the user terminal via a communication line. The input unit 12 and the display unit 13 may be omitted since the screen is displayed on the user terminal 20 while being transmitted from the personal computer 20. Although not shown, a configuration is provided in which a transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving data via a communication line is provided.
[0076]
The user terminal 20 is an information processing device used by a user, accesses the accounting processing device 10 via a communication line, and displays a transaction content input screen, a transaction content confirmation screen, a journal completion screen, and the like.
Further, information is transmitted / received to / from the accounting apparatus 10 and the accounting assistant terminal 30 via these screens. As a means for displaying this screen, an existing browser or the like can be used.
The user terminal 20 can be a personal computer, a mobile tool, a PDA, a mobile phone, a PHS, or the like.
[0077]
The accounting assistant terminal 30 is an information processing device used by accounting professionals. The accounting assistant terminal 30 accesses the accounting processing device 10 through a communication line, and is requested using a dedicated accounting information input screen (not shown). Enter the account of the transaction. As a means for displaying the screen, an existing browser or the like can be used.
The number of the accounting assistant terminals 30 may be plural as shown in FIG. 18, but may be one.
Like the user terminal 20, the accounting assistant terminal 30 can be a personal computer, a mobile tool, a PDA, a mobile phone, a PHS, or the like.
[0078]
As the communication line 40, any conventionally known suitable public line, commercial line, or dedicated line can be used. Further, the same or separate communication lines can be configured between the accounting apparatus 10, the user terminal 20, and the accounting assistant terminal 30.
Further, the communication line 40 is a line that can connect each of the accounting processing device 10, the user terminal 20, and the accounting assistant terminal 30 wirelessly or by wire, for example, a public line network, a dedicated line network, an Internet line network. And an intranet network.
[0079]
Next, a processing procedure in the accounting system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 19 is an operation procedure diagram showing a processing procedure in a case where accounting processing can be performed without requiring an accounting assistant. FIG. 20 is an operation procedure diagram showing a processing procedure when a request is made to the accounting assistant.
[0080]
[When accounting can be performed without requiring accounting assistant]
First, the user terminal 20 accesses the transaction apparatus 10 (step 30), and receives a transaction content input screen from the transaction apparatus 10 (step 31).
Next, the user terminal 20 displays the transaction content confirmation screen (step 32), inputs the transaction content (fact information), and transmits it to the accounting processing device 10 (step 33).
The accounting processor 10 analyzes the transmitted transaction content in a natural language (step 34), and transmits a transaction content confirmation screen displaying the analysis result to the user terminal 20 (step 35). At this time, if the information is insufficient as the transaction content, a message prompting the input of the information is displayed and the screen is transmitted.
The user terminal 20 displays a transaction content confirmation screen, and receives confirmation of the displayed content by the user. Then, when a confirmation input is received from the user, the confirmation input is transmitted to the accounting processor 10 (step 36). If there is a shortage in the entered transaction contents, the information is input and a confirmation input is performed.
[0081]
When receiving the confirmation input, the accounting processing device 10 performs an account item determination process (step 37). This determination process can be performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
In addition, in this determination process, when information for determining an account item is insufficient, a question for prompting the input of the insufficient information is displayed, and a question screen provided with an answer input portion for the question is displayed. The accounting processing device 10 transmits to the user terminal 20.
In response to this, the user terminal 20 displays the question screen, inputs an answer, and transmits the answer to the accounting processor 10 (step 38).
[0082]
Next, the accounting processing device 10 creates journal data by using the natural language analysis processing result and the determined account item, and transmits a journal completion screen for displaying the journal data to the user terminal 20 (step 39).
The user terminal 20 displays a journal completion screen, receives a completion input from the user, and transmits it to the accounting processing apparatus 10 (step 40).
When the accounting processing device 10 receives the completion input, it registers the journal data in the ledger DB 17 (step 41), and when a new item name is associated with an account item in step 37, this is entered. It is registered in the account DB 16 and the summary conversion table (step 42).
As described above, the accounting processing system according to the present embodiment may be configured to exclude the accounting assistant terminal 30.
[0083]
[When a request is made to the accounting assistant]
Next, a case of making a request to the accounting assistant will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the operations in FIG. 19 (steps 30 to 37) from the operation in which the user terminal 20 accesses the accounting processing device 10 to the operation in which the accounting processing device 10 determines an account (steps 50 to 57). ).
However, in step 57 of FIG. 20, it is assumed that the information cannot be determined because the information for determining the account item is insufficient.
At this time, the accounting processor 10 transmits a question screen prompting the user to input the lack information to the user terminal 20 (step 57), and the user terminal 20 displays the question screen and inputs an answer. Then, this is transmitted to the accounting processor 10 (step 58).
[0084]
However, if the accounting processing apparatus 10 cannot determine the account item even if the information based on the answer is added, the question is repeated by changing the content of the question or the like until an appropriate answer is obtained. be able to.
Further, since there may be cases where the account item cannot be determined from only the information of the user, it is possible to limit the number of times of this question to, for example, three.
Then, if the account item cannot be determined based on the answers to the three questions, the accounting processing device 10 requests the user terminal 20 as shown in FIG. An accounting assistant request confirmation screen for confirming whether or not the accounting assistant is transmitted to the user terminal 20 (step 59).
On the other hand, when the user terminal 20 requests a request to the accounting assistant (step 60), the accounting processing device 10 transmits the request to the accounting assistant terminal 30 (step 61).
[0085]
If the user does not want to make a request to the accounting assistant, the accounting processing apparatus 10 repeats the question and performs the account determination processing based on the answer. The accounting assistant request confirmation screen can be transmitted to the user terminal 20 every time a question is asked three times.
When there are a plurality of accounting assistant terminals 30, the request to the accounting assistant in step 61 can be determined by the accounting assistant terminal 30 on an arbitrary basis, and the request request can be transmitted.
For example, the order can be set in the accounting assistant terminal 30, and each request can be transmitted one by one in the order of the accounting assistant terminal 30.
The request request to the accounting assistant terminal 30 can be made, for example, by electronic mail.
[0086]
Next, the accounting assistant terminal 30 having received the request request accesses the accounting processor 10 (step 62), and the accounting processor 10 transmits an accounting information input screen (not shown) to the accounting assistant terminal 30 (step 63). ).
The transaction information input screen displays transaction information input by the user, answers to questions, candidate accounts extracted by the transaction apparatus 10, and the like.
The accounting assistant terminal 30 displays the accounting information input screen, receives an account item determined by a person having expertise in accounting such as a tax accountant, inputs the account item, and transmits it to the accounting processing device 10 (step 64). . In addition, other accounting information may be transmitted to the accounting processing device 10 in addition to this.
[0087]
When the accounting processing device 10 receives the accounting information including the account item determined from the accounting assistant terminal 30, it creates journal data based on this (step 65) and registers it in the ledger DB 17 (step 66).
Further, when the correspondence information between the new product name and the account item is obtained from the accounting assistant, this is registered in the account item DB 16 or the summary conversion table (step 67).
Note that the transmission of the request request to the accounting assistant terminal 30 in step 61 may be omitted. In this case, the accounting assistant terminal 30 can access the accounting processor 10 at a predetermined timing, and respond to a request when there is a request.
[0088]
As described above, according to the accounting processing system of the present embodiment, the account item cannot be automatically determined based on the analysis result of the natural language, and the answer to the question to the user is taken into account. In the case where the account cannot be determined, the account can be determined with the support of an accounting expert via a communication line.
[0089]
Natural language analysis, account item determination, and the like in the above embodiment are executed by an accounting program.
The accounting processing program sends a command to each component of the computer to perform predetermined processing, for example, natural language analysis processing, account item determination processing, and the like.
Accordingly, these processes are realized by the accounting processing device 10 in which the accounting processing program and the computer cooperate.
[0090]
The accounting processing program can be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, such as an external storage device and a portable recording medium, in addition to being stored in the ROM or the hard disk of the computer.
The external storage device is a storage expansion device that has a built-in recording medium such as a magnetic disk and is externally connected to, for example, the accounting device 10 or the like. On the other hand, a portable recording medium is a recording medium that can be mounted on a recording medium driving device (drive device) and is portable, such as a CD-ROM, a flexible disk, a memory card, and a magneto-optical disk. .
[0091]
Then, the program recorded on the recording medium is loaded into the RAM of the computer and executed by the CPU. This execution implements the above-described means of the accounting processing device 10 of the present embodiment.
Further, when the accounting processing program is loaded by a computer, the accounting processing program held by another computer can be downloaded to its own RAM or external storage device using a communication line.
The downloaded accounting program is also executed by the CPU, and realizes the natural language analysis process, the account item determination process, and the like of the present embodiment.
[0092]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.
In particular, it is possible that each configuration of the accounting processing device 10 can be appropriately changed, for example, by combining them or by further subdividing each configuration as long as the accounting processing device 10 performs the same function. Needless to say.
[0093]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, account items can be automatically determined based on fact information input in natural language and can be connected to journal processing. It is possible to provide an accounting processing device that does not require accounting knowledge and can be used by anyone.
In addition, when the account cannot be automatically determined based on the analysis result of the natural language, and the account cannot be determined even in consideration of the answer to the question to the user, It is possible to determine an account item with the support of an accounting expert via a communication line.
Further, the accounting processing program can realize the natural language analysis function, the account item determination function, and the like by sending a predetermined command to each component of the computer.
Thus, these functions and the like can be realized by an accounting processing device in which an accounting processing program and a computer cooperate.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an accounting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the accounting processing device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction content input screen in a process in a normal case according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction content confirmation screen in a normal process of the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a journal completion screen in a normal case process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction content input screen in a process when journal information is insufficient in the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transaction content confirmation screen in a process when journal information is insufficient in the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a journal completion screen in a process when journal information is insufficient according to the first embodiment of this invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction content input screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there are a plurality of account items) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction content confirmation screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there are a plurality of account items) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shortage information request screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there are a plurality of account items) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a journal entry completion screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there are a plurality of account item candidates) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a transaction content input screen in a process when the account item determination information is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transaction content confirmation screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate) according to the first embodiment of this invention.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shortage information request screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an insufficient information request screen in a process when account item determination information is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a journal completion screen in a process when the account item determination information is insufficient (when there is no account item candidate) according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an accounting system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 19 is an operation procedure diagram showing an example of a processing procedure in the accounting system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20 is an operation procedure diagram showing an example of a processing procedure in the accounting system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of an accounting assistant request screen displayed by the accounting processing device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Accounting processor
11 Screen control unit
12 Input section
13 Display
14 Natural Language Analysis Department
15 Account determination section
16 Account DB
17 Ledger DB
20 (20-1 to 20-n) User terminal
30 (30-1 to 30-n) Accounting assistant terminal
40 communication lines

Claims (14)

An accounting processing device that performs accounting processing based on the input fact information,
A natural language analysis unit that analyzes the fact information input by natural language and creates analysis data,
An account DB holding information on correspondence between the account and the description,
An account item determining unit that determines an account item based on the analysis data and information of the account item DB;
An accounting processor for creating journal data based on the analysis data and the determined account. 2. The accounting processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the account item DB is provided for each type of business. The natural language analysis unit, as a result of the analysis, when there is a shortage in the fact information, on the display unit of the accounting processing device, displays a message prompting additional input of fact information, the added fact information and the 3. The accounting processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the accounting processing is performed based on fact information. If the account cannot be determined, the account determination unit displays a message prompting re-input of fact information on the display unit of the accounting processor, and determines the account based on the re-input fact information. The accounting processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: When the account item cannot be determined, the account item determination unit displays a question for the user on the display unit of the accounting processing device based on the information in the account DB, based on the fact information additionally input. The accounting device according to claim 1, wherein the accounting item is determined. When the account cannot be determined, the account determination unit associates the account determined based on the re-input or additionally input fact information with the analysis data of the fact information corresponding to the account. The accounting processing device according to claim 4, wherein information is registered in the account item DB or the summary conversion table. An accounting processing system in which an accounting processing device performs accounting processing based on fact information transmitted from a user terminal via a communication line,
One or two or more user terminals transmitting the fact information input in natural language to the accounting device,
Said accounting processor for analyzing the transmitted fact information, determining an account based on the analysis data and the information in the account DB, and creating journal data;
An accounting processing system comprising: a communication line connecting the user terminal and the accounting device. As a result of the analysis, when there is a shortage in the fact information, the accounting processing device transmits a message prompting additional input of the fact information to the user terminal, and receives the fact information additionally input from the user terminal. 8. The accounting processing system according to claim 7, wherein said accounting processing is executed based on said additionally input fact information and said fact information. If the account cannot be determined,
The account processing device transmits a message to the user to the user terminal based on the information in the account DB,
9. The accounting system according to claim 7, wherein the account information is determined based on the fact information additionally input from the user terminal. If the account cannot be determined,
The account processing device stores, in the account item DB or the summary conversion table, association information between the account item determined based on the additionally input fact information and the analysis data of the fact information corresponding to the account item. 10. The accounting system according to claim 9, wherein registration is performed. The accounting processing system has one or more accounting assistant terminals connected to the user terminal and the accounting processing device by the communication line,
When the accounting processing device cannot determine the account, the accounting assistant terminal transmits the fact information,
The account assistant determined and input by the accounting assistant based on this fact information, the accounting assistant terminal transmits to the accounting processor,
The accounting system according to claim 7, wherein the accounting processor creates journal data based on the received account item and the analysis data. In the determination of the account, the account determined by the accounting assistant, when the accounting assistant terminal transmits to the accounting processing device,
12. The accounting according to claim 11, wherein correspondence information between the determined account and the analysis data of the fact information corresponding to the account is registered in the account DB or the summary conversion table. Processing system. An accounting method for performing an accounting process based on fact information input to an accounting device,
The accounting device,
Analyze the fact information input in natural language, create analysis data,
An accounting method, wherein an account is determined based on the analysis data and information in the account DB, and journal data is created. An accounting processing program for executing accounting processing based on fact information input to the accounting processing apparatus,
In the accounting device,
Analyze the fact information input in natural language, create analysis data,
An accounting processing program for causing an account item to be determined and creating journal data based on the analysis data and the information in the account item DB.

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