JP2004280253A - Form terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a form terminal device capable of recording an error generated when recognizing a form. <P>SOLUTION: This form terminal device has: a scanner part 11 taking in image data of the form; an OCR recognition part 12 recognizing a record item of the form from the image data of the form read by the scanner part 11; an attribute information production means setting a flag in each correction process attendant on the OCR recognition part 12, and producing attribute information; and a storage part 13b storing the attribute information produced by the attribute information production means in each the form. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a form terminal device for performing payment at a counter of a financial institution such as a post office or a bank.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art There are known apparatuses for performing operations such as a post office and a bank (Patent Documents 1 and 2). Among such services, there is a payment service. This operation refers to a process in which a payment terminal as shown in FIG. 2 submitted at the window is OCR-recognized by the form terminal device and the payment is received by the clerk. In the OCR recognition, the account number and the payment amount described in the payment handling slip on the left side of the payment slip were recognized.
[0003]
Then, when OCR recognition is performed by the form terminal device, a character that cannot be OCR-recognized is corrected by a rejected character or manually.
[0004]
Further, the data recognized by the OCR is stored in the form terminal device as form data and transmitted to the center.
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-184453 A
[0006]
[Patent Document 2]
JP 08-30700 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the tallying process at the center, a settlement process for comparing the sum of the payment amount recognized by the OCR in each form terminal device and the sum of the actually paid amount has been performed.
[0008]
In the settlement process, if the two do not match, it is necessary to perform OCR recognition again for all the form data processed by the form terminal device.
[0009]
When the form terminal device performs several hundred processes a day, there is a problem that the process takes time and efficiency is low.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a form terminal device capable of recording an error generated when recognizing a form.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a form terminal device provided with a key input unit and a display unit, wherein image reading means for taking in image data of the form, and recognition for recognizing items described in the form from the image data of the form read by the image reading means. Means, attribute information generating means for generating attribute information by setting a flag for each correction process attached to the recognizing means, and storage means for storing attribute information generated by the attribute information generating means for each form. It is characterized by having.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the form terminal device.
[0013]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a scanner unit which takes in image data of the payment slip of FIG. 2 sucked from a suction port (not shown). The image data of the payment slip captured by the scanner unit 11 is sent to the OCR recognition unit (storage unit) 12. In the OCR recognizing section 12, a partial image of the account number and the payment amount is extracted from the image data of the payment slip and OCR recognized.
[0014]
The result of the OCR recognition is sent to the control unit 13 as form data. The control unit 13 includes a ROM 13a that performs the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, a data storage unit (storage unit) 13b that stores the above-described form data, and a storage unit 13c that stores an attribute information flag shown in FIG. Have been. As attribute information flags, there are a mismatch flag F1, a reject flag F2, and a hand-corrected flag F3.
[0015]
The control unit 13 is connected to a keyboard unit 14 provided with function keys such as a numeric keypad, an "insert" key, and an "item correction" key, a display unit 15, and a printing unit 16 for printing on a payment slip. I have.
[0016]
Next, the payment slip will be described with reference to FIG. The payment slip 51 is composed of two parts. One (left side) is referred to as a payment handling form (hereinafter also referred to as a main form section) 52, and the other (right side) stub is referred to as a payment form / receipt (hereinafter also referred to as a stub section) 53.
[0017]
A form ID is printed in a numerical value on the left shoulder of the payment handling form 52. In the case of a general form, ID = “02” or the like, and in the case of an MT form, ID = 03 or the like. Here, the MT form means a form in which account numbers 54 and 61 of payment destinations and payment amounts 55 and 62 to be described later are printed in advance. In the case of such an MT form, the misreading rate due to OCR recognition is extremely small.
[0018]
In addition, the payment handling slip 52 includes, as payment information, a payment destination account number 54, a payment amount 55, a subscriber name 56 as a payment destination name, and a user address, name, and telephone number. A person column 57 is provided.
[0019]
The payment slip / receipt 53 includes, as the payment information, the payment precedent account number 61, the payment amount 62, and the subscriber name 63 as the name of the payment destination, similarly to the payment handling slip 52. In addition, a requester column 64 in which the address, name, and telephone number of the user are described is provided.
[0020]
Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. When the form terminal device is started, the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is started. First, an initial screen for selecting a task is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S1).
[0021]
The staff member selects the service, that is, the payment service, from the services displayed on the display unit 15 (step S2).
[0022]
Next, the payment slip 51 received from the user at the window from the user is inhaled from an inlet (not shown) (step S3).
[0023]
The pay slip 51 thus sucked from the inlet is checked for its own medium (step S4).
[0024]
Next, the scanner section 11 captures the image data of the payment slip 51 (step S5). The image data of the payment slip 51 thus captured is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S6).
[0025]
Then, an image corresponding to the account number 54 and the payment amount 55 of the main form 52 is extracted and OCR-recognized from the image data, and an image corresponding to the account number 61 and the payment amount 62 of the stub part 53 is extracted. And OCR recognition is performed (step S7).
[0026]
The OCR recognition processing in step S7 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. That is, the account number 54 and the payment amount 55 of the main form 52 are OCR-recognized (step S21), and the account number 61 and payment amount 62 of the stub part 53 are OCR-recognized (step S22).
[0027]
Then, it is determined whether the account number 54 and the payment amount 55 of the main form 52 match the account number 61 and the payment amount 62 of the stub part 53, respectively (step S24).
[0028]
If the determination in step S23 is "NO", the mismatch flag F1 is set to "1" (step S24). Thereafter, the process returns to the process of the flowchart in FIG.
[0029]
As described above, by determining whether the account number 54 and the payment amount 55 of the form section 52 match the account number 61 and the payment amount 62 of the stub section 53, respectively, the accuracy of the description items of the payment form 51 is improved. Can be.
[0030]
If the OCR cannot be recognized as a result of the OCR recognition, the rejected character is corrected.
[0031]
In step S8, it is determined whether or not there is a reject character correction (step S8). If "YES" is determined in step S8, the reject flag F2 is set to "1" (step S9). Then, a rejected character correction process is performed (step S10).
[0032]
When the determination in step S8 is "NO" and when the rejected character correction process in step S10 is completed, the OCR recognition result confirmation and correction screen is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S11).
[0033]
Next, it is determined whether the "insert" or "item correction" key has been operated (step S12). If it is determined in step S12 that the "item correction" key has been operated, the hand-corrected flag F3 is set to "1" (step S13). Then, an item correction process is performed (step S14). That is, in step S11, after the OCR recognition result displayed on the display unit 15 is manually corrected for the item, the process proceeds to step S15. Steps S24, S9, and S13 constitute an attribute information generating unit.
[0034]
If it is determined in step S12 that the "insert" key has been operated, the process proceeds to step S15 in which it is determined that the content displayed on the display unit 15 has been confirmed to be correct (step S15).
[0035]
In this step S15, processing for storing the transmission file as shown in FIG. 5 in the data storage unit 13b is performed.
[0036]
In this transmission file, the image data of the form, the account number recognized by OCR, and the payment amount are stored as form data for each payment form 51, that is, for each form ID, and the hand-corrected flag F3 is stored in the third bit from the top. , A reject flag F2 and a mismatch flag F1.
[0037]
Then, a printing process of printing predetermined items on the margins 52a and 53a of the payment slip 51 by the printing unit 16 is performed (step S16). After that, the payment slip 51 is discharged, and a series of processing ends.
[0038]
The transmission file accumulated in the data accumulation storage unit 13b as described above is sent to a center (not shown) to perform a tallying process.
[0039]
If the total of the payment amounts and the total of the amounts actually received at the counter do not match in this totaling process, it is necessary to confirm each form data again.
[0040]
In such a case, by checking the contents of the attribute information flags (manually corrected flag F3, reject flag F2, and non-match flag F1) stored in the transmission file, a problem may occur in the OCR recognition processing for any form data. It can be estimated that there was.
[0041]
For example, if all of the hand-corrected flag F3, the reject flag F2, and the mismatch flag F1 are "0", it is estimated that all of them have been processed mechanically, and the possibility of misidentification can be determined to be minimal. .
[0042]
When only the mismatch flag F1 is “1”, it is presumed that it was difficult to determine and there was no stub, and it is possible to judge that the possibility of erroneous recognition is small.
[0043]
When only the reject flag F2 is "1" (the mismatch flag F1 may be any one), it is estimated that the determination is difficult, and the possibility of erroneous recognition can be determined to be medium.
[0044]
If only the hand correction flag F3 is "1" (the mismatch flag F1 may be any one), it is presumed that a mistake is present in the processing contents, and the possibility of misrecognition is determined to be medium. it can.
[0045]
When the hand-corrected flag F3 and the reject flag F2 are "1" (the mismatch flag F1 may be any one), it is estimated that the determination is extremely difficult.
[0046]
As described above, the cause of the error can be estimated based on the state of the attribute information flag. In other words, the priority of the recheck is set based on the magnitude relation such as the hand-corrected flag F3> the reject flag F2> the mismatch flag F1. The priority of this recheck means the degree to which the form should be rechecked to find an error easily if the total amount of payment and the total amount actually received at the counter do not match in the aggregation process. Is what you do. For example, when the hand-corrected flag F3 is set to "1", the error is most likely to occur, so the priority of the recheck is set to be high.
[0047]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the scanner unit 11 that captures the image data of the payment slip 51 acquires and performs OCR recognition. However, if a barcode is printed on the payment slip 51, Means for recognizing a barcode may be provided.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a form terminal device capable of recording an error that occurs when recognizing a form.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a form terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a payment slip according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a recognition process according to the embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a view showing an attribute information flag according to the embodiment;
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view for explaining a method to be audited according to the embodiment;
[Explanation of symbols]
11 scanner unit, 12 OCR recognition unit, 13 control unit, 14 keyboard, 15 display unit, 16 printing unit.

Claims (5)

In a form terminal device having a key input unit and a display unit,
Image reading means for capturing the image data of the form,
Recognizing means for recognizing the items described in the form from the image data of the form read by the image reading means;
Attribute information generating means for setting a flag for each correction process attached to the recognition means and generating attribute information;
Storage means for storing attribute information generated by the attribute information generating means for each form. In a form terminal device having a key input unit and a display unit,
Image reading means for capturing the image data of the form,
Recognizing means for recognizing the items described in the form from the image data of the form read by the image reading means;
Determining means for determining whether the recognition result matches the payment information described in the payment handling form part of the form recognized by the recognition means and the payment information described in the payment form and receiving part,
Storage means for storing a determination result of the determination means for each form. In a form terminal device having a key input unit and a display unit,
Image reading means for capturing the image data of the form,
Recognizing means for recognizing the items described in the form from the image data of the form read by the image reading means;
Determining means for determining whether the recognition result matches the payment information described in the payment handling form part of the form recognized by the recognition means and the payment information described in the payment form and receiving part,
Attribute information generating means for setting a flag for each correction process attached to the recognition means and generating attribute information;
A form terminal device comprising: a storage unit for storing attribute information generated by the attribute information generation unit and a determination result of the determination unit for each form. 4. The form terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the storage means further stores, for each form, image data of the form read by the image reading means and an OCR recognition result. 4. The form terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information is arranged in order of importance.

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