JP2009288994A - Business form output management device and business form output management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a business form output management device or the like that reduces output management man-hours when making a business form whose features are close to an existing business form and which is desired to be managed under output information of the existing business form. <P>SOLUTION: The business form output management device reads information related to rules, items, and paper settings of a business form. After making it possible to select information to be utilized as features of the business form, the device stores the information as business form feature data for each type of business and compares it with features of a new business form so as to make output information about the new business form until the features of both business forms match with each other. Further, features of the positional relationship between items are calculated from the selected information while features of the positional relationship between items are also calculated from the new business form so as to compare both with each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a form output management apparatus and a form output management method.

Enterprises create vast types of forms and manage the output of forms for business execution. At this time, in general, an output terminal, a storage folder, an output sheet type, and the like are set for each form type, and a company manages the output information for each form type.
On the other hand, forms may be newly created for reasons such as changes in business content. For example, if a new business occurs and the new form related to the business has completely different items from the existing form and the output information is different from the existing form, it is natural to reset the output information for the new form. Is necessary. However, if the output information for a similar new form is the same as the existing form, as in the case of a partial change of an existing form (a new “part salary detail” is added to the “salary detail”), Setting output information separately for new forms is not necessary in the first place, but also increases the number of man-hours for management.

A technique is disclosed in which feature amounts of a plurality of types of forms are extracted, forms having similar feature quantities are identified as the same form, and management man-hours are reduced. For example, in Patent Document 1, when specifying a form type by extracting a feature amount such as a ruled line of a form, the bar code portion on the form is filtered and uniformly painted, so that the same kind is obtained depending on the difference in the barcode. A technique (exclusion designation) is disclosed that prevents a form from being identified as a different type of form.
JP 2002-358521 A (paragraph 0012, FIG. 6)

However, even with the exclusion designation technique of Patent Document 1, for example, when there is a small difference other than the part designated for exclusion, or when the layout is enlarged or reduced as a whole, it cannot be handled. It will be recognized as.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a form output management apparatus and a form output management method that solve such problems and reduce output management man-hours.

  In order to achieve the above object, the form output management device of the present invention reads information related to ruled lines, items, and paper settings of the form and allows the user to select information to be used as a feature of the form. It is stored as form feature data, compared with the characteristics of the new form, and output information about the new form is created as long as the characteristics of the two do not match. Furthermore, the feature of the positional relationship between items is calculated from the selected information, the feature of the positional relationship between items is also calculated from a new form, and the two are compared.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a form output management apparatus and a form output management method for reducing output management man-hours.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (referred to as “the present embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Overall configuration diagram)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a form output management apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment.
The form output management device 101 according to the present embodiment is a general computer, and is connected to each other via a central control device (control unit) 110, a main storage device (storage unit) 150, and an auxiliary storage device (memory). Part) 140, the input device 120, and the output device 130.
The auxiliary storage device 140 stores form format data 141 and form data 145.
The auxiliary storage device 140 also stores form output management data 146. The form output management data 146 includes business-specific form feature data 147 and output information 148.
The form reading unit 151, the form output processing unit 152, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153, and the business-specific form feature data management unit 154 are programs. The business-specific form feature data management unit 154 includes a form output management data display processing unit 155 and a form output management data registration processing unit 156, which are also programs.
In the following, when the subject is described as “XX section”, the central controller 110 reads each program from the auxiliary storage device 140, loads it into the main storage device 150, and then executes each function. .

  The form output management apparatus 101 is illustrated as one configuration in the present embodiment, but the configuration may be separated into two or more. For example, a plurality of computers (not shown) having a central control device, a main storage device, an auxiliary storage device, an input device, an output device, and a communication interface connected to each other by a bus include the program and the A part of the data or the like may be stored in a distributed manner and connected to each other via a communication interface.

(Example of form format 1)
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form format according to the present embodiment.
The form format in FIG. 2 is an output sample of the form output by the form output management apparatus 101 in FIG. The form output management apparatus 101 pours form data 145 (what is called contents) that is actual data of characters and numerical values into form format data 141 (so-called framework) that is information defining ruled lines, items, and paper settings of the form. The document format is output to the output device 130 such as a printer.

The form format in FIG. 2 is a form format of “salary statement” which is one type of form, and this form format is referred to as “form format a” 201.
In the form format a201, ruled lines, items, and actual data are described.
Reference numerals 204, 206, 208, and 210 are examples of ruled lines. The ruled line position information and the like are defined in the ruled line mapping data 142 (details will be described later).
Reference numerals 202, 203, 205, and 207 are examples of items. The position information of these items is defined in the key item mapping data 143 (details will be described later).
Reference numerals 209 and 211 are examples of actual data. These actual data are stored as form data 145.
Reference numeral 212 on the upper right is a form ID which is an identifier for specifying the type of form. This form ID may be hidden by setting so that the display on the form format is not impaired. The same applies to reference numeral 611 in FIG. 6, reference numeral 913 in FIG. 9, reference numeral 1304 in FIG. 13, and reference numeral 1603 in FIG.

(Form format data)
One form format data 141 corresponds to one form. The form format data 141 includes ruled line mapping data 142, key item mapping data 143, and paper setting data 144. These are assigned the same form ID and are associated with each other (see Table 1 below).

(Paper setting data)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sheet setting data 144 according to the present embodiment. The paper setting data 144 defines the paper size of the form.
The paper setting data 144 in FIG. 3 is paper setting data 144 of “salary statement” (see FIG. 2), which is one type of form, and this paper setting data 144 is referred to as “paper setting data a” 301.
In the paper setting data a301, for each item of the paper size 302, the direction 305, the margin 303, and the color 304, the information indicating the paper size, the information indicating the direction of the paper, the information indicating the size of the margin for each of the top, bottom, left and right, the paper Information indicating the color of each is described.
A form ID 306 is described at the upper right of the paper setting data a301. These descriptions also apply to FIGS. 7, 10, 14, and 17.

(Rule line mapping data)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of ruled line mapping data 142 according to the present embodiment. The ruled line mapping data 142 defines the ruled line position information of the form.
The ruled line mapping data 142 in FIG. 4 is ruled line mapping data 142 of “salary statement” (see FIG. 2), which is one type of form, and this ruled line mapping data 142 is referred to as “ruled line mapping data a” 401.

In association with the item type stored in the item type column 402, the start X column 403 contains the start point X coordinate, the start Y column 404 contains the start point Y coordinate, and the end X column 405 contains the end point X. The coordinate is the end Y column 406, the end point Y coordinate, the repeat type column 407 is the repeat type, the line type column 408 is the line type information, and the line width column 409 is the line width information. However, the line color column 410 stores information indicating line colors.
A form ID 411 is described at the upper right of the ruled line mapping data a401.
Although not shown, a column for storing an identifier for specifying each record (reference numeral 412 or the like) of the ruled line mapping data a401 may be provided.

The item type in the item type column 402 is information indicating the type of figure to be drawn. Here, “line” indicating a straight line is stored in all records. A “line” is a straight line (line segment) connecting a start point and an end point.
The origin of each coordinate in the columns 403 to 406 is at the vertex of the left corner of the form (point “O” in FIGS. 22A and 22B described later). The direction right from the origin is the positive direction of the X axis, and the direction downward from the origin is the positive direction of the Y axis.
Therefore, the position of the start point on the form is defined by the combination of the X coordinate of the start point in the start X column 403 and the Y coordinate of the start point in the start Y column 404. Similarly, the position of the end point on the form is defined by the combination of the X coordinate of the end point in the end X column 405 and the Y coordinate of the end point in the end Y column 406.

The repetition type in the repetition type column 407 is information indicating whether or not the figure to be drawn is repeatedly drawn at a coordinate interval that is set separately (selects “Yes” or “No”). Here, “none” is stored in all records.
The information indicating the line type in the line type column 408 is stored by selecting one of the line type information such as a solid line, a broken line, and a dotted line as the line type of the figure to be drawn.
The information indicating the line width in the line width column 409 is a numerical value or code indicating the width (thickness) of the line of the figure to be drawn. Here, “1” is stored in all records.
The information indicating the line color in the line color column 410 is information indicating the line color of the figure to be drawn. Here, it is a combination of values (for example, integer values of 0 to 255) indicating the sizes of the three primary colors constituting the color. Here, “0, 0, 0” (indicating black) is stored in all records.
Incidentally, the record 412 in the first row is a record corresponding to the ruled line 204 in FIG. 2, the coordinates of the start point are (X, Y) = (400, 1400), and the coordinates of the end point are (X, Y) = (9400, 1400), the return type is “none”, the line type is “solid line”, the line width is “1”, and the line color is “0, 0, 0”. It is shown that.
These descriptions also apply to FIGS. 8 and 11.

(Key field mapping data)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the key item mapping data 143 according to the present embodiment. The key item mapping data 143 defines position information of items (“key items”) that can be selected as keys in the key item value determination and the key item positional relationship determination described later, among the items of the form. In this embodiment, all items are key items.
The key item mapping data 143 in FIG. 5 is key item mapping data 143 of “salary statement” (see FIG. 2), which is one type of form, and this key item mapping data 143 is referred to as “key item mapping data a” 501. Say.

In association with the item type stored in the item type column 502, the start X column 503 has the start point X coordinate, the start Y column 504 has the start point Y coordinate, and the end X column 505 has the end point X. The coordinate is the end Y column 506, the Y coordinate of the end point, the repetition type column 507 is the repetition type, the font size column 508 is information indicating the font size, the bold column 509 is bold information, the italic column 510 indicates italic information, font name field 511 indicates a font name, character color field 512 indicates information indicating a character color, fixed / variable field 513 indicates fixed / variable information, and column field 514 indicates display characters. However, field names are stored in the field name column 515, respectively.
A form ID 516 is described at the upper right of the key item mapping data a501.
Although not shown, a column for storing an identifier for specifying each record (reference numeral 517 or the like) of the key item mapping data a501 may be provided.

The item type in the item type column 502 is information indicating the type of the key item, and here, one of “character” indicating a character, “character string” indicating a character string, and “numerical value” indicating a numerical value. One is stored.
The coordinates in the columns 503 to 506 are as described in FIG.
The repetition type in the repetition type column 507 is information indicating whether or not the key item is repeatedly described at a separately set coordinate interval (selects “Yes” or “No”). Here, “none” is stored in all records.
The information indicating the font size in the font size column 508 is a numerical value or code indicating the size of the character, character string, or numerical value of the key item.

The bold information in the bold field 509 is information indicating whether the character, character string, or numerical value of the key item is bold ("Y" if bold, "N" if not bold) ) Here, “N” is stored in all records.
The italic information in the italic column 510 is information indicating whether the character, character string, or numeric type of the key item is italic (“Y” if italic, “N” if not italic) ) Here, “N” is stored in all records.
The font name in the font name column 511 is the name of the character type or numerical type of the key item, and one is selected from the names such as “Mincho”, “Gothic”, and “Line Book”. Here, “Mincho” is stored in all records.
The information indicating the character color in the character color column 512 is the same as the information indicating the line color in FIG. Here, “0, 0, 0” is stored in all records.

The fixed / variable information in the fixed / variable column 513 is information indicating the location of the character, character string, or numeric actual data of the key item and the difference between fixed / variable. “Fixed” when the actual data exists in the form data 145 and the actual data is fixed, “Data” when the actual data exists in the form data 145 and the actual data is variable, When actual data does not exist in the form data 145, “input” is selected.
The display character of the column field 514 is the character itself displayed on the form as a key item for the record in which “input” is stored in the fixed / variable field 513, and “fixed” in the fixed / variable field 513. "Is stored in the form data 145, it is the name of a column (which is a column not shown) in which actual data exists, and this name is also the character itself displayed on the form as an item.
The field name in the field name column 515 is the name of the column in the form data 145 where the actual data exists for the record in which “data” is stored in the fixed / variable column 513. However, when the actual data is not stored for each column, it is a general name (“year” and “company name”) of the actual data.
These descriptions also apply to FIGS. 12 and 15.

(Form data)
The form data 145 is actual data to be described in the form (the contents are not shown). The form data 145 is read and output as contents of a form output in a form output process procedure described later, and is also read in a form output management data registration process procedure described later and used for reference (for example, a column). For example, the actual data cannot be understood at first glance by only the display characters in the column 514).
The form data 145 corresponding to “salary statement” which is one type of form is referred to as “form data a”.
It is assumed that a form ID is attached to the form data 145.
It is assumed that the form data b, c, d, and e corresponding to these forms also exist for actual data to be described in other forms to be described later.

(Form format example 2)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a form format according to this embodiment.
The form format of FIG. 6 is a form format of “part salary statement” which is one type of form, and this form format is called “form format b” 601. The form format b601 is similar to the form format a201 (FIG. 2).
The difference between the two is the following five points.
(1) In FIG. 6, the company name in the upper right part is “Ox Manufacturing”.
(2) In FIG. 6, the ruled line 602 is extended in the positive direction of the X axis as compared with FIG.
(3) In FIG. 6, there is no vertical ruled line between the ruled line 603 and the ruled line 604.
(4) In FIG. 6, ruled lines, items, etc. 605 to 610 relating to the work style are added.
(5) In FIG. 6, “−” is output for specific key items because there is no actual data (“grade”, “family allowance”, etc.).
Such a difference often occurs as a result of fine correction of a form by reviewing business contents. Reference numeral 611 in the upper right is a form ID.
Other points are the same as in the form format a201 (FIG. 2).

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sheet setting data 144 according to the present embodiment.
The paper setting data 144 in FIG. 7 is the paper setting data 144 of the “part salary statement” (see FIG. 6), which is one type of form, and this paper setting data 144 is referred to as “paper setting data b” 701. . A form ID 702 is stored in the upper right of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of ruled line mapping data 142 according to the present embodiment.
The ruled line mapping data 142 in FIG. 8 is the ruled line mapping data 142 of the “part salary statement” (see FIG. 6), which is one type of form, and this ruled line mapping data 142 is called “ruled line mapping data b” 801. .
The difference is naturally reflected. For example, the X coordinate of the end point of the line corresponding to the row 412 in FIG. 4 has changed from “9400” in FIG. 4 to “18600” in FIG. 8 (column 803 in the row 802), and the line is a positive X-axis. It is shown that it is extended in the direction of. A form ID 804 is stored in the upper right of FIG.

  There is also “key item mapping data b” corresponding to “form format b” 601. However, this is based on “key item mapping data a” 501 (FIG. 5), and the description and detailed description thereof are omitted.

(Example 3 of form format)
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a form format according to this embodiment.
The form format of FIG. 9 is a form format of “order record” that is one type of form, and this form format is referred to as “form format c” 901.
Reference numeral 910 is an example of a ruled line. The ruled line position information and the like are defined in the ruled line mapping data 142.
Reference numerals 902 to 909 are examples of key items. The position information and the like of these key items are defined in the key item mapping data 143.
Reference numerals 911, 912, etc. are examples of actual data. These actual data are stored as form data 145.
Reference numeral 913 at the upper right is a form ID.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sheet setting data 144 according to the present embodiment.
The sheet setting data 144 in FIG. 10 is the sheet setting data 144 of “order record” (see FIG. 9), which is one type of form, and this sheet setting data 144 is referred to as “sheet setting data c” 1001. A form ID 1002 is stored in the upper right.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of ruled line mapping data 142 according to the present embodiment.
The ruled line mapping data 142 in FIG. 11 is the ruled line mapping data 142 of “order record” (see FIG. 9), which is one type of form, and this ruled line mapping data 142 is referred to as “ruled line mapping data c” 1101. A form ID 1102 is stored in the upper right.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the key item mapping data 143 according to the present embodiment.
The key item mapping data 143 in FIG. 12 is key item mapping data 143 of “order record” (see FIG. 9), which is one type of form, and this key item mapping data 143 is referred to as “key item mapping data c” 1201. To tell. A form ID 1202 is stored in the upper right.

(Form format example 4)
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form format according to the present embodiment.
The form format of FIG. 13 is a form format of “order record with department code” which is one type of form, and this form format is called “form format d” 1301. The form format d1301 is similar to the form format c901 (FIG. 9).
The difference between the two is the following three points.
(1) In FIG. 13, a code column 1302 is added.
(2) In FIG. 13, the ruled line 1303 is extended in the negative direction of the X-axis as compared to FIG.
(3) In FIG. 13, the table is enlarged as a whole. Therefore, the positions of the ruled lines and the key items are moved in the positive direction of the X axis and the positive direction of the Y axis as a whole. Such a difference often occurs as a result of fine correction of a form according to a request from the site.
Reference numeral 1304 at the upper right is a form ID.
The other points are the same as the description in the form format c901.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sheet setting data 144 according to the present embodiment.
The paper setting data 144 of FIG. 14 is the paper setting data 144 of “Order Record with Department Code” (see FIG. 13), which is one type of form, and this paper setting data 144 is referred to as “paper setting data d” 1401. . A form ID 1402 is stored in the upper right.

  There is also “ruled line mapping data d” corresponding to “form format d” 1301. However, this is based on “ruled line mapping data a” 401 (FIG. 4), and the description and detailed description thereof are omitted.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the key item mapping data 143 according to the present embodiment.
The key item mapping data 143 in FIG. 15 is the key item mapping data 143 of “order record with department code” (see FIG. 13), which is one type of form, and this key item mapping data 143 is referred to as “key item mapping data d”. "1501.
The difference is naturally reflected. A record 1502 related to the key item “code” 1302 added in FIG. 13 is added in FIG. A form ID 1503 is stored in the upper right.

(Form format example 5)
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a form format according to the present embodiment.
The form format of FIG. 16 is a form format of “order record with graph” which is one type of form, and this form format is referred to as “form format e” 1601. The form format e1601 is similar to the form format c901 (FIG. 9).
The difference between the two is the following two points.
(1) In FIG. 16, the key item “Department name” 1602 has moved to the right end of the table.
(2) In FIG. 16, a bar graph for each department is added on the right side of the table. ). Such a difference often occurs as a result of fine correction of a form according to a request from the site. Reference numeral 1603 in the upper right is a form ID.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sheet setting data 144 according to the present embodiment.
The paper setting data 144 in FIG. 17 is the paper setting data 144 of “order received with graph” (see FIG. 16), which is one type of form, and this paper setting data 144 is referred to as “paper setting data e” 1701. A form ID 1702 is stored in the upper right.

  There is also “ruled line mapping data e” corresponding to “form format e” 1601. However, this is based on “ruled line mapping data a” 401 (FIG. 4), and the description and detailed description thereof are omitted.

  There is also “key item mapping data e” corresponding to “form format e” 1601. However, this is based on “key item mapping data a” 501 (FIG. 5), and the description and detailed description thereof are omitted.

(Relationship between output information and forms)
The forms described so far (five types) have form format data 141 and form data 145 for each form having the same form ID. In the conventional technique, output information is also set and stored for each form. As a result, output information needs to be set as many times as the number of forms regardless of the similarity between forms.

  Here, instead of defining output information for each form, it is necessary to separately create a broader concept in which feature points of the form are extracted and to define output information for each concept. In the present embodiment, this broader concept is “business form characteristic data” 147 of “form output management data” 146. Then, the output of the form is managed by “output information” 148 (detailed later) corresponding to the business form characteristic data 147 on a one-to-one basis. That is, if the form type is determined, the output information 148 corresponding to the form type is uniquely determined. However, the relationship between specific output information 148 and the number of types of forms output based on the output information 148 is not one-to-one but one-to-n (n ≧ 2).

(Form output management data)
The form output management data 146 includes business-specific form feature data 147 and output information 148. Further, the business-specific form feature data 147 is used for each of four types of determination (ruled line determination, key item value determination, key item positional relationship determination, and paper setting determination) for determining whether or not there is a match between the types of a plurality of forms. There are four types of determination criteria (ruled line determination criteria, key item value determination criteria, key item positional relationship determination criteria, and paper setting determination criteria).
The “first feature”, “second feature”, “third feature”, and “fourth feature” include ruled line determination criteria (for example, reference numeral 1803 in FIG. 18 described later) and key item values, respectively. A judgment criterion (for example, reference numeral 1904 in FIG. 19 to be described later), a positional relation determination criterion between key items (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19 to be described later), and a paper setting determination standard (for example, reference numeral 1830 in FIG.
Judgment is whether or not the form format data 141 related to the form to be registered or output matches one or more of the business form characteristic data 147 of the form output management data 146 already registered. It is to judge.
Although details will be described later, it can be determined whether or not these four types of determinations are adopted. Further, for each determination adopted, a determination criterion (what information is used for the determination) can be designated.
Hereinafter, two specific form output management data 146 will be described.

(Example of form output management data 1)
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of the form output management data 146 according to the present embodiment.
The form output management data 146 in FIG. 18 is obtained by extracting feature points of “salary details” (see FIG. 2), and here, ruled line determination and paper setting determination are adopted. This form output management data 146 is referred to as “form output management data a” 1801. “Form output management data a” 1801 includes business-specific form feature data 1802 and output information 1840. Further, the business-specific document feature data 1802 includes a ruled line determination criterion 1803, a key item value determination criterion 1810, a key item positional relationship determination criterion 1820, and a paper setting determination criterion 1830 (the same applies to FIG. 19 described later). is there).

(Rule criteria)
The ruled line determination is a determination on the position of the ruled line of the form.
The ruled line determination reference 1803 is composed of an arbitrary record specified from the records of the ruled line mapping data a401 in FIG. Matching or mismatching with other forms is determined based on the record specified here. A ruled line related to a record that is not specified is not a criterion. FIG. 18 shows an example in which all the records in FIG. 4 are specified, but only a part of the records may be specified.
The ruled line determination criterion 1803 has a ruled line determination matching condition 1804 and a determination coverage rate 1805. These will be described later.

(Key item value criteria)
The key item value determination is a determination as to whether or not there is a key item value (character information indicating a key item). In the example of FIG. 18, since the key item value determination is not employed, “none” is stored in the key item value determination criterion 1810. Details of the key item value criterion will be described later in another example.

(Key item positional relationship criteria)
The determination of the positional relationship between key items is a determination based on the positional relationship of two combinations of a plurality of key items on a form (in which direction the other is up, down, left, or right when viewed from one side). In short, it is a determination to determine whether the positional relationship between key items on a certain form matches the positional relationship between key items on another form as a whole (details will be described later).
In the example of FIG. 18, the determination of the positional relationship between key items is not adopted, and “none” is stored in the positional relationship determination criterion 1820 between key items. Details of the criteria for determining the positional relationship between key items will be described later in other examples.

(Paper setting criteria)
The paper setting determination is a determination based on the paper setting data.
The paper setting determination criterion 1830 in FIG. 18 is a determination criterion based on the paper setting data (reference numeral 301 in FIG. 3). Of the items (paper size, direction, margin and color) in the paper setting data 301, all of the paper size, direction, margin and color are designated. The determination coverage rate 1831 will be described later.

(Output information)
The output information 1840 (reference numeral 148 in FIG. 1) is information defining an output medium for outputting a form and whether or not the form can be output. In the output availability column 1842, either “permitted” or “impossible”, which is information indicating whether a form can be output, is stored. The output medium column 1841 stores information indicating the printer to be output.
The output information 148 is stored for each form output management data 146 and has one-to-one correspondence with the business-specific form feature data 147. It is not stored for each form.
In the upper right of the form output management data a1801, a form output management ID 1843, which is an identifier for specifying the form output management data, is stored.

(Example of form output management data 2)
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of the form output management data 146 according to the present embodiment.
The form output management data 146 in FIG. 19 is obtained by extracting feature points of “order received”, and here, key item value determination, key item positional relationship determination, and paper setting determination are employed. This form output management data 146 is referred to as “form output management data b” 1901.

(Rule criteria)
In the example of FIG. 19, ruled line determination is not employed, and “none” is stored.

(Key item value criteria)
The key item value determination criterion 1904 is configured from a specified value (key item) among the values in the column column 1203 or the field name column 1204 described in the record of the key item mapping data c1201 in FIG. Matching or mismatching of other forms is determined based on the key item specified here. Key item values that are not specified do not become criteria. The determination coverage 1905 will be described later.

(Key item positional relationship criteria)
In order to determine the positional relationship between key items, as a first step, information indicating the positional relationship between key items on a certain form (target source) is created as in the positional relationship determination criterion 1910 between key items. In addition, a diagram having the same key item arrangement on the vertical axis and the horizontal axis and having a positional relationship such as “up / right” at the intersection may be referred to as a “matrix” below. . 19 is also a matrix.
As a second step, a matrix of another form (target destination) is created and compared with the matrix of the certain form (target source). Hereinafter, the contents of the matrix will be described. The matrix comparison will be described later.
The “first item position relationship information” and the “second item position relationship information” correspond to the target source matrix and the target destination matrix, respectively.

  Reference numerals 1912 to 1920 on the vertical axis of the matrix 1910 indicate specified values (key items) among the values in the column column 1203 or the field name column 1204 described in the record of the key item mapping data c1201 in FIG. It is a thing. Reference numerals 1921 to 1929 on the horizontal axis of the matrix 1910 are key items arranged on the vertical axis in the same order. Here, the specified key item need not be the same as the key item specified in the “key item value determination criterion” 1904 described above.

  At the intersection of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis of the matrix 1910, information (position) such as “down / right” indicating “in what direction the key item on the horizontal axis is in the direction of the key item on the vertical axis”. Relationship) is stored. As will be described in detail later, for example, the “bottom / right” at the intersection of the reference numeral 1912 and the reference numeral 1922 indicates that the key item “year” is located below and to the right when viewed from the key item “order received”. Is shown. In this way, there are as many positional relationships as there are combinations (n × (n−1) / 2) of selecting two out of the specified number n of key items for a certain form. Accordingly, “−” meaning “not applicable” is stored in the diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right of the matrix 1910 and in the intersection below the diagonal line.

(Paper setting criteria)
In the paper setting determination standard 1940, as in FIG. 18, among the items (paper size, direction, margin and color) in the paper setting data, all of the paper size, direction, margin and color are designated. The determination coverage 1941 will be described later.

(Output information)
In the output information 1950 (reference numeral 148 in FIG. 1), the output medium 1951 is “A server \ B folder \ C file”. This means that “C file” is stored in “B folder” in “A server”.
A form output management ID 1952 is stored in the upper right of the form output management data b1901.

FIG. 20A is a diagram showing definitions such as up, down, left, and right indicating the positional relationship according to the present embodiment.
The notation in the notation column 2002 corresponds to the equation or inequality in the definition formula column 2001.
The “key item” described in each row 2003 to 2008 means each key item arranged on the vertical axis of a matrix (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19).
The “target key item” described in each row 2003 to 2008 means each key item arranged on the horizontal axis of the matrix 1910 in FIG.
For example, in the row 2003, as a result of comparing the Y coordinate of the start point of the key item on the vertical axis and the Y coordinate of the start point of the key item on the horizontal axis, the result is “Y coordinate of the start point of the key item on the vertical axis> horizontal axis. If it is “the Y coordinate of the start point of the key item of”, it is expressed as “up” (the start point of the key item on the horizontal axis is above the start point of the key item on the vertical axis). Show.
In line 2007, the Y coordinate of the start point of the key item on the vertical axis is compared with the Y coordinate of the start point of the key item on the horizontal axis. Y-coordinate of the starting point of the key item of "", it is expressed as "-" (the starting point of the key item on the horizontal axis overlaps completely when viewed from the starting point of the key item on the vertical axis). Show.
The same applies to the rows 2004 to 2006 and 2008. Here, only the start points of the key items on the vertical (horizontal) axis are compared, and the end points are not compared.

FIG. 20B is a diagram showing possible values for the positional relationship according to the present embodiment.
In FIG. 20A, three types of notation based on the X coordinate (left, right,-) and three types of notation based on the Y coordinate (upper, lower,-) are defined. As a matter of course, there are nine types (3 × 3 = 9) of positional relationships reflecting the top, bottom, left and right, which are combinations of notation based on the X coordinate and notation based on the Y coordinate. “Up / −” or the like in the possible value column 2010 in FIG. 20B indicates the combination (positional relationship). An explanation column 2011 indicates in which direction the key items on the horizontal axis are in the direction of the key items on the vertical axis of the matrix (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19).

(Judgment condition)
The four types of determinations are made based on the four types of determination criteria described above. For each determination, a “matching condition” indicating what is matched is defined.

(Rule judgment judgment condition)
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of the ruled line determination matching condition 2101 according to this embodiment.
There are three types of ruled line determination matching conditions 2101, “condition AB” 2102, “condition A” 2103, and “condition B” 2104.
The relationship 2105 between the start X and end X of the target source or the start Y and end Y indicates that the ruled line of the target source (the ruled line determination standard of the business-specific form feature data 147) is a vertical ruled line. There are two types: “End X” and “Start Y = Start Y” indicating that the ruled line of the object source is a ruled line in the horizontal direction.
The coordinate 2106 of the coordinates of the object source and the object destination indicates that the coordinates of the ruled line in the object source coincide with the coordinates of the ruled line in the object destination to be compared (ruled line mapping data 142 of the form format data 141). There are two types, “1” and “0” indicating that they do not match. The result of whether or not the coordinates match is determined for each of start X2107 (indicating that the X coordinates of both start points are compared. The same applies hereinafter), end X2108, start Y2109, and end Y2110. The

There are two types of special conditions 2111, “* A” 2112 and “* B” 2113.
“* A” 2112 is “target source start Y ≦ target destination start Y ≦ target source end Y” or “target source start Y ≦ target destination end Y ≦ target source end Y”. Even when the ruled lines do not coincide with each other in the X coordinate of the start point and the Y coordinate of the end point, it indicates that at least one point overlaps.
Similarly, “* B” 2113 is “target source start X ≦ target destination start X ≦ target source end X” or “target source start X ≦ target destination end X ≦ target source end X”. Even if the ruled lines in the left-right direction do not coincide with each other in the X coordinate of the start point and the X coordinate of the end point, it indicates that at least one point overlaps.

  To summarize the above, in “condition A” 2103, (1) the relationship between the start X and end X of the target source is “start X = end X”, and the coordinates of the target source and the target destination are identical. Is “start X: 1, end X: 1, start Y: 1, end Y: 0”, (2) the relationship between the start X and end X of the target source is “start X = end X”. If the identity of the coordinates of the target source and the target destination is “start X: 1, end X: 1, start Y: 0, end Y: 1”, (3) start Y and end of the target source The relationship with Y is “start Y = end Y”, and the identity of the coordinates of the target source and target destination is “start X: 1, end X: 0, start Y: 1, end Y: 1”. Or (4) the relationship between the start Y and end Y of the target source is “start Y = end Y” and the identity of the target source and target coordinates is “start X: 0, End X: 1, Beginning Y: 1, End Y: is determined that a match if it is 1 ".

  In “condition B” 2104, (1) the relationship between the start X and end X of the target source is “start X = end X”, and the identity of the coordinates of the target source and the target destination is “start X 1: End X: 1, Start Y: 0, End Y: 0 ”and the special condition“ * A ”2112 is satisfied, or (2) The relationship between the start Y and end Y of the target source “Start Y = End Y”, and the identity of the coordinates of the target source and the target destination is “Start X: 0, End X: 0, Start Y: 1, End Y: 1”, and When the special condition “* B” 2113 is satisfied, it is determined that the two match.

“Condition A” 2103 is stricter than “Condition B” 2104 in order to determine that it matches. “Condition AB” 2102 is a stricter ruled line determination matching condition (identity of coordinates of the target source and target destination is the same in all of start X, end X, start Y, and end Y).
In the ruled line determination criterion, one of two types of ruled line determination matching conditions “condition A” 2103 and “condition B” 2104 is selected. In this embodiment, when “condition A” 2103 is selected, “condition AB” 2102 is also selected in addition to “condition A” 2103. Similarly, when “condition B” 2104 is selected, “condition AB” 2102 is also selected in addition to “condition B” 2104.

FIGS. 22A and 22B are application examples of the ruled line determination criterion according to the present embodiment.
An example is shown in which the form output management data a1801 as the target source is compared with the form format b601 as the target destination.
FIG. 22A shows the arrangement of ruled lines stored in the ruled line determination standard 1803 (FIG. 18) of the form output management data a1801 on the coordinate plane. The right direction from the origin O of the coordinate plane is the positive direction of the X axis, and the downward direction from the origin O is the positive direction of the Y axis. The numbers are coordinate values (number of dots from the origin).
FIG. 22B shows the ruled lines stored in the ruled line mapping data b801 (FIG. 8) of the form format b601 on the coordinate plane.
In FIGS. 22A and 22B, key items (such as “Affiliation”) are also arranged at the same time for easy understanding, but these are not related to actual ruled line determination.

Although details will be described later, in the ruled line determination criterion, for each ruled line in FIG. 22A, it is determined whether or not a ruled line that matches the ruled line exists in FIG.
As a premise of this determination, it is assumed that “condition A” 2103 is selected as the ruled line determination matching condition 2101 in FIG. That is, it is assumed that a match is determined based on the conditions indicated by “Condition AB” 2102 and “Condition A” 2103.
First, the ruled line 2201 in FIG. 22B matches the ruled line 2201 in FIG.
This is because the coordinate value of the ruled line 2201 is (start X, end X, start Y, end Y) = (400, 9400, 1400, 1400), whereas the coordinate value of the ruled line 2202 is (start X, end X). , Start Y, end Y) = (400, 18600, 1400, 1400), the relationship between them is “condition Y” 2103 in FIG. 21 “start Y = end Y” and “start X: 1, end”. It corresponds to the conditions of “X: 0, start Y: 1, end Y: 1”, and is determined to be coincident.

Next, the ruled line 2204 in FIG. 22B matches the ruled line 2203 in FIG.
This is because the coordinate value of the ruled line 2203 is (start X, end X, start Y, end Y) = (400, 400, 2200, 3200), whereas the coordinate value of the ruled line 2204 is (start X, end X). , Start Y, end Y) = (400, 400, 2200, 3200), the relationship between them is “Start X: 1, End X: 1, Start Y: 1” of “Condition AB” 2102 in FIG. , End Y: 1 ”, and it is determined as a match.

  Furthermore, there is no ruled line in FIG. 22B that matches the ruled line 2205 in FIG. As described above, in the ruled line determination, it is repeatedly determined whether or not there is a match in (b) with reference to all the ruled lines in FIG.

(Key item value judgment match condition)
An example in which the form output management data b1901 as the target source is compared with the form format d1301 as the target destination will be described.
For each key item value (such as “order received”, “year”, etc.) stored in the key item value determination criterion 1904 in FIG. 19, the key item value that matches them is stored in the key item matching data d1501 in FIG. 15. It is determined whether or not it exists.
At this time, if there is at least one same key item value in the column field 1504 or the field name field 1505, it is determined that they match. Other conditions (such as coordinate values) of the key item value are not questioned.

(Key item positional relationship judgment match condition)
In the criteria for determining the positional relationship between key items, the matrix is first created as described above. The key item positional relationship determination matching condition described below is a condition on how to compare the created matrices.
FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the key item positional relationship determination matching condition according to the present embodiment.
“1” and “0” in FIG. 23 indicate whether “upper”, “lower”, “left”, and “right” correspond to each other (“1”) or not (“0”). For example, (up, down, left, right) = (1, 0, 0, 0) is equivalent to “up / −”. Similarly, (up, down, left, right) = (1, 0, 0, 1) is equivalent to “up / right”.

Accordingly, reference numerals 2301 to 2304 indicate the following.
That is, if one of the matrix positional relationships (values at the intersections of the matrices) of the target source (the criteria for determining the positional relationship between key items of the business-specific form feature data 147) is “up / −”, the target destination When the corresponding positional relationship of the matrix of “up / −” is “up / −”, naturally “match”, but when the corresponding positional relationship of the target matrix is “up / left”, 2303 and “up / Right ”means that 2304 is also“ matched ”(this is indicated by an image in the column 2305).
Similarly, reference numerals 2306 to 2310 indicate the following.
That is, if one of the positional relationships of the target source matrix is “up / left”, if the corresponding positional relationship of the target destination matrix is “up / left”, 2307 is naturally “match”. However, if the corresponding positional relationship of the target matrix is “up / −”, 2308, “up / right” 2309, and “− / left” 2310 are also “match”. It is.

The description of reference numerals 2311 to 2315 is the same as described above, and will be omitted.
Reference numerals 2316 and 2317 indicate that if one of the positional relationships of the target source matrix is “− / −”, only 2317 is “matched” when the corresponding positional relationship of the target destination matrix is “− / −”. It shows that
In the above, the case where the positional relationship of the target matrix is “up / ◯” has been shown. Since the same is true when the positional relationship of the matrix of the object source is “bottom / o”, “left / o”, and “right / o”, illustration and description are omitted.

(Paper setting judgment matching condition)
An example in which the form output management data a1801 as the target source is compared with the form format b601 as the target destination will be described.
When the value of a certain item (such as “paper size”) described in the paper setting determination criterion 1830 in FIG. 18 is the same as the value of the same item in the paper setting data b 701 in FIG. To do.

(judgment result)
The determination results are divided into ruled line determination results, key item value determination results, key item positional relationship determination results, paper setting determination results, and comprehensive determination results.
Three determination results will be described below as examples. (1) Determination result between form output management data a1801 and form format b601 (2) Determination result between form output management data b1901 and form format d1301 (3) Form output management data Determination result of b1901 and form format e1601

(Judgment result between form output management data a and form format b)
FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of a determination result between the form output management data a1801 and the form format b601 according to the present embodiment.
The ruled line determination result 2401 in FIG. 24 has a configuration in which a determination column 2402 is added to the left side of the ruled line determination standard 1803 in FIG. In the determination column 2402, “1” indicating that a ruled line that matches the ruled line indicated by the record exists in the record of “ruled line mapping data b” 801 in FIG. 8 or “0” indicating that it does not exist. It is remembered. Incidentally, “0” in the row 2403 corresponds to the fact that there is no ruled line in FIG. 22B that matches the ruled line 2205 in FIG.

  The paper setting determination result 2404 in FIG. 24 includes the items described in the paper setting determination reference 1830 in FIG. 18 and the values of the items (FIG. 3), and the items described in the paper setting data b 701 in FIG. A value is associated with each item. The determination field 2405 stores “1” indicating that the item values of the record match or “0” indicating that they do not match. Incidentally, “1” is stored in all the determination fields 2405 here.

The comprehensive determination result 2406 in FIG. 24 is tabular information that summarizes the determination results related to the four types of determinations and the comprehensive determination results reflecting each determination result. The comprehensive determination result here reflects only the ruled line determination result and the paper setting determination result that are employed.
A row 2407 stores the determination coverage rate. The determination coverage is a percentage greater than 0 that is set in advance and equal to or less than 100, and is a threshold value for determining whether or not “match” is determined using a match ratio described later.
A row 2408 stores the number of coincidence determination targets. The number of coincidence determination targets is a specified number among ruled lines, key item values, key item positional relationships, and paper setting items at the target source.
The row 2409 stores the number of matches that is the number determined to match among the number of match determination targets.
A row 2410 stores the matching ratio. The coincidence ratio is a percentage obtained by dividing the coincidence number by the coincidence determination target number.
In the row 2411, the determination result is stored. As the determination result, “match” indicating that the match ratio is equal to or higher than the determination coverage ratio, or “mismatch” indicating that the match ratio is less than the determination coverage ratio is stored.

Incidentally, the ruled line column 2412 is a column related to ruled line determination. Referring to this column, the predetermined determination coverage is 95%, the number of coincidence determination targets is 41 (the number of records in the ruled line determination result 2401), and the coincidence number is 40 (the number of coincidence determination targets 41 (The number obtained by subtracting the number 1 of “0” in the determination column 2402) from the above, and the coincidence ratio is 98% (the result of 40/41 is rounded off to the nearest decimal place), and the coincidence ratio is equal to or greater than the determination coverage rate. It can be seen that the determination result is “match”.
Similarly, the paper setting column 2413 is a column relating to paper setting determination. Referring to this column, the predetermined determination coverage rate is 100%, the number of coincidence determination targets is 4 (the number of records in the paper setting determination result 2404), and the coincidence number is 4 (for all records). Since the determination column 2405 has “1”), the matching ratio is 100% (4/4), and the matching ratio is equal to or higher than the determination coverage rate, it is understood that the determination result is “matching”.

The key item value column 2414 and the key item positional relationship column 2415 have no numerical values. This is because key item value determination and key item positional relationship determination are not employed in FIG.
A comprehensive judgment result is stored in a row 2411 of the comprehensive judgment column 2416. The comprehensive determination result can be selected by setting a logical sum or a logical product of a ruled line determination result, a key item value determination result, a key item positional relationship determination result, and a paper setting determination result. When the logical sum is selected, if there is at least one “match” among the determination results, the overall determination result is “match”. When the logical product is selected, if all the determination results are “match”, the comprehensive determination result is “match”.
In this example, the logical product is selected. Since the key item value determination result and the key item positional relationship determination result do not exist, pay attention to the ruled line determination result “match” and the paper setting determination result “match”. It has become.
A total value (not a percentage obtained by dividing the sum of the number of matches by the sum of the number of match judgment targets) is stored in a row 2410 of the comprehensive judgment column 2416.

(Judgment result between form output management data b and form format d)
FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of the determination result between the form output management data b1901 and the form format d1301 according to this embodiment.
The key item value described in the key item value determination criterion 1904 in FIG. 19 is stored in the column 2502 of the key item value determination result 2501 in FIG. In the column 2503, “1” is displayed when at least one key item value identical to the key item value exists in the column column 1504 or the field name column 1505 of the key item mapping data d1501 in FIG. “0” is stored. Incidentally, “1” is stored in the column 2503 of FIG. 25 for all key item values.

The key item positional relationship determination result 2504 in FIG. 25 is a result of comparing the matrix of the key item positional relationship determination criterion 1910 in FIG. 19 with the matrix in FIG. The matrix in FIG. 26 is created based on the key item mapping data d1501 in FIG. 15 (details will be given in the processing procedure described later).
The vertical axis and horizontal axis in FIG. 26 are the same as the vertical axis and horizontal axis of the matrix of the key item positional relationship determination criterion 1910 in FIG. The position relationship value of the intersection of one of the key items on the vertical axis and the key item on the horizontal axis of the matrix of the positional relationship judgment criterion 1910 between the key items in FIG. 19 and the combination of the same key items in FIG. The value of the positional relationship of the intersection is compared, and when the value of the positional relationship of both is “match” with reference to the key item positional relationship determination matching condition of FIG. “0” is stored at the intersection of the combination (reference numeral 2504 in FIG. 25).
Incidentally, in this example, “1” is stored for all combinations.

Regarding the paper setting determination result, the item described in the paper setting determination reference 1940 in FIG. 19 and the value of the item (FIG. 10), and the item described in the paper setting data d1401 in FIG. As a result of comparison for each item, “form output management data a” in the form setting judgment result 2404 in FIG. 24 is changed to “form output management data b”, “form format b” is changed to “form format d”, It is assumed that “color” is replaced with “color: black and white” (not shown).
Since the ruled line determination is not employed (reference numeral 1903 in FIG. 19), the description thereof is omitted.

A comprehensive determination result 2505 in FIG. 25 is a comprehensive determination result between the form output management data b1901 and the form format d1301 according to this embodiment.
A key item value determination result 2501 corresponds to the key item value column 2506.
The key item positional relationship column 2507 corresponds to a key item positional relationship determination result 2504.
The paper setting column 2508 corresponds to the paper setting determination result (not shown).
The ruled line column 2509 has no numerical value. This is because the ruled line determination is not adopted in FIG.
The comprehensive determination column 2510 is as described in the comprehensive determination result of FIG.
The other points of the comprehensive determination result 2505 in FIG. 25 conform to the description of the comprehensive determination result 2406 in FIG.

(Judgment result between form output management data b and form format e)
FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a determination result between the form output management data b1901 and the form format e1601 according to the present embodiment.
Of the determination results of the form output management data b1901 and the form format e1601 according to the present embodiment, the key item value determination result is the same as in FIG. Further, the ruled line determination is not adopted (reference numeral 1903 in FIG. 19), and thus the description thereof is omitted.

The key item positional relationship determination result 2701 in FIG. 27 is a result of comparing the matrix of the key item positional relationship determination criterion 1910 in FIG. 19 with the matrix in FIG. The matrix in FIG. 28 is created based on key item mapping data e (not shown).
The vertical axis and horizontal axis in FIG. 28 are the same as the vertical axis and horizontal axis of the matrix of the key item positional relationship determination criterion 1910 in FIG. The value of the positional relationship of the intersection of one of the key items on the vertical axis and the key item on the horizontal axis in the matrix of the key item positional relationship determination criterion 1910 in FIG. 19 and the combination of the same key items in FIG. The value of the positional relationship of the intersection is compared, and if the value of the positional relationship of the both is “match” with reference to the key item positional relationship determination matching condition of FIG. 23, “1” is indicated, otherwise “0” is stored at the intersection of the combination (reference numeral 2701 in FIG. 27).
Incidentally, in this example, “0” is stored in the six intersections belonging to the row 2702 of the key item positional relationship determination result 2701 in FIG. 27, and “1” is stored in all the other intersections. Yes. Because, as shown in FIG. 16, in the form format e1601, the department column 1602 is moved to the right end of the table, the six positional relationships belonging to the row 2801 in FIG. 28 are “− / left”. Because it is.

  Regarding the paper setting determination result, the item described in the paper setting determination reference 1940 in FIG. 19 and the value of the item (FIG. 10), and the item described in the paper setting data e1701 in FIG. As a result of comparison for each item, “form output management data a” in the form setting determination result 2404 in FIG. 24 is changed to “form output management data b”, “form format b” is changed to “form format e”, and “ It is assumed that the result of replacing “color: color” with “color: black and white” (not shown).

A comprehensive determination result 2703 in FIG. 27 is a comprehensive determination result between the form output management data b1901 and the form format e1601 according to this embodiment.
The key item value column 2704 describes the same key item value determination result as the key item value column 2506 of FIG.
The key item positional relationship column 2705 corresponds to the key item positional relationship determination result 2701 in FIG.
The paper setting field 2706 corresponds to the paper setting determination result.
The ruled line column 2707 has no numerical value. This is because the ruled line criterion is not adopted in FIG.
The comprehensive determination column 2708 is as described in the comprehensive determination result of FIG.
The other points of the comprehensive determination result 2703 in FIG. 27 conform to the description of the comprehensive determination result 2406 in FIG.

(Comparison of comprehensive judgment results)
Both the form format d1301 and the form format e1601 are obtained by changing a part of the form format c901.
However, in the comprehensive determination result, the form output management data b1901 (corresponding to the form format c901) “matches” with the form format d1301, but “not matches” with the form format e1601. The reason is that the change in the form format e1601 is larger.
Comparing the comprehensive determination result 2505 in FIG. 25 with the comprehensive determination result 2703 in FIG. 27, the comprehensive determination result 2703 in FIG. 27 is more forgiving (the percentage value is smaller) in setting the determination coverage rate. This setting reflects the user's intention to obtain a comprehensive determination result of “match” even when changes in the form format e1601 (position of department name and paper color) are taken into consideration. However, referring to the key item positional relationship field 2705, the match ratio is lower than the determination coverage rate, and the determination result is “mismatch”. As a result, the overall determination result is also “mismatch”.

(Weighting)
FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating an example of weighting according to the present embodiment.
The difference between “match” and “non-match”, which has been clarified by the comparison of the overall determination results, can also be caused by weighting of comparison objects (items) such as individual ruled lines or key item values.
For example, although the form format e1601 shares the essential and important points of the form format c901, the number of matches is counted as the same item for both the essential and important items and the non-essential items. It is determined as “mismatch”.
Therefore, a setting for weighting a specific item is also possible.

Referring to the ruled line column 2901 in FIG. 29, the initial value “1”, the line type “dotted line: 2, double line: 3”, the line width “3 or more points: 3”, and the line color “red: 3, blue: 2 "is set. In the ruled line determination standard 1803 in FIG. 18, if the ruled line in the row 1806 is information indicating that the line type is a double line, the line width is 3 points, and the line color is red, the ruled line is 10 (1 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 10). If the other ruled line is line type: solid line, line width: 1 point, line color: black, the weight of the other ruled line is 1 (only the initial value).
Then, according to the ruled line determination criteria, if a ruled line that matches the ruled line in the row 1806 exists in the target ruled line mapping data 142, a ruled line that matches the ruled line other than the row 1806 does not exist in the target form format. However, the probability that the ruled line determination result is “match” is high.
The same applies to the key item value field 2902, the positional relationship field 2903 between key items, and the paper setting field 2904 in FIG.

(Relationship between weight selection and match)
When a part or all of the line type 2906, line width 2907, and line color 2908 is selected for the ruled line determination criterion, in addition to the item type and ruled line position (start X, start Y, end X, end Y), The selected information is also taken into consideration for the match. When none of the line type 2906, the line width 2907, and the line color 2908 is selected, only the item type and the position of the ruled line are used for determination of coincidence.
As for the key item value determination criteria, when a part or all of the character color 2908, font name 2909, font size 2910, bold 2911, and italic 2912 is selected, in addition to the presence or absence of values in the column field or field name field, The selected information is also taken into consideration for the match. When none of the character color 2908, font name 2909, font size 2910, bold 2911, and italic 2912 is selected, only the presence / absence of a value in the column field or field name field is used for determination of matching.

When a character color 2908, a font name 2909, a font size 2910, a bold 2911, and some or all of the italics 2912 are selected as the criteria for determining the positional relationship between key items, the key item position (start X, start Y, end) In addition to X, end Y), the selected information is also taken into account for the match. When none of the character color 2908, font name 2909, font size 2910, bold 2911, and italic 2912 is selected, only the position of the key item is used for determination of matching.
Regarding the paper setting determination criteria, whether or not the margin 2913 is selected is determined to match for the designated items among the four items of paper size, direction, margin and color. When the margin 2913 is selected, it is assumed that a weight (in this example, “3”) is given to the coincidence of the sheet setting data with no margin (all the top, bottom, left, and right margins are zero).

(Multiple matches)
FIG. 30 is a view showing an example of a display 3001 in the case of a plurality of matches according to the present embodiment.
In the foregoing, whether or not a certain form output management data 146 “matches” a certain form format has been described. Naturally, there may be a case where a plurality of form output management data 146 and a certain form format “match” (referred to as “multiple matches”).
Therefore, in the case of a plurality of matches, as shown in FIG. 30, for each form output management data 146, each match ratio and the total score 3002 are displayed, and a plurality of form output management displayed as “match” is displayed. The form output management data 146 that the user wants to “match” may be selected from the data 146 (“match candidate”). In FIG. 30, priorities 3003 are assigned in descending order of score 3002, and records are arranged in that order. The user does not necessarily have to select according to this priority.
Note that the display 3001 in the case of multiple matches is displayed in step 3107 described later, including the case where there is only one match candidate.

(Processing procedure)
There are two processing procedures according to the present embodiment: (1) form output management data registration processing procedure and (2) form output processing procedure.
In (1), feature points extracted from a plurality of form format data 141 are registered as form output management data 146, and output information 148 is defined and stored for each form output management data 146. In (2), a plurality of form format data 141 is read, and a form is output based on the output information 148 of the matched form output management data 146.

(Form output management data registration process procedure)
FIG. 31 is a flowchart of the form output management data registration processing procedure according to this embodiment.
In step 3101, the form reading unit 151 reads the form format data 141 and the form data 145. It is assumed that the form format data 141 and the form data 145 are read one by one for each form ID.
In step 3102, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 searches the auxiliary storage device 140 and confirms whether the form output management data 146 already exists.
If the form output management data 146 already exists (step 3102 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3103; otherwise (step 3102 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3109.
In step 3103, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 reads the form output management data 146.

In step 3104, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 performs determination. Although details of step 3104 will be described later, information for displaying a display 3001 (FIG. 30) in the case of a plurality of matches described later or information for indicating that they do not match is acquired.
In step 3105, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 confirms whether or not the form output management data 146 remains.
If the form output management data 146 remains in the auxiliary storage device 140 (step 3105 “Yes”), the process returns to step 3103. In other cases (step 3105 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3106.
In step 3106, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 confirms whether the form format data 141 matches the form output management data 146.
If the form format data 141 matches at least one form output management data 146 (step 3106 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3107. Otherwise (step 3106 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3109.

In step 3107, the form output management data display processing unit 155 displays the matching result and the score.
Specifically, the form output management data display processing unit 155 first displays a display 3001 (FIG. 30) when there are a plurality of matches via the output device 130. It should be noted that “multiple matches” is included even when there is only one matching form output management data.
Second, the auxiliary storage device 140 is searched using the form output management data ID related to the form output management data 146 of each record in the display 3001 in the case of a plurality of matches displayed as “first” as a search key, and the corresponding form output is performed. Management data 146 and output information 148 are displayed via the output device 130.
Thirdly, the matching part of the displayed form output management data 146 is highlighted. For example, a record related to the matched ruled line or key item is highlighted.

In step 3108, the form output management data display processing unit 155 determines whether the user's selection matches or does not match.
Here, the option for the user is to select the form output management data to be matched from the matching candidates displayed in the display 3001 in the case of “first match” in step 3107, or the matching candidate Selecting not to match any of the above.
When the selection of the form output management data to be matched from the matching candidates is accepted (step 3108 “match”), the form output management data registration process procedure is terminated. In other cases (step 3108 “mismatch”), the process proceeds to step 3109.
In step 3109, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 registers the form output management data 146.
Details of step 3109 will be described later. This is the end of the form output management data registration process procedure.

(Modification)
In step 3108, the displayed form output management data 146 can be modified. For example, in the case of ruled line determination, if the determination result is “mismatched” because the matching ratio is slightly lower than the determination coverage rate, a specific ruled line that does not match is excluded from the ruled line determination criterion of the form output management data 146. , “Match” is also possible.
Further, the displayed output information 148 can be modified. For example, the printer stored in the output medium item can be changed.

(Details of step 3109)
FIG. 32 is a detailed flowchart of step 3109 of the form output management data registration processing procedure according to this embodiment.
In step 3201, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 checks whether or not ruled line determination is adopted.
Specifically, if an input to the effect of adoption is received from the user (step 3201 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3202, and otherwise (step 3201 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3203.
In step 3202, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 accepts selection of ruled line determination matching conditions, determination coverage rate setting, and ruled line specification.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 first accepts either “condition A” 2103 or “condition B” 2104 among the ruled line determination matching conditions in FIG. 21 selected by the user.
Second, the determination coverage rate set by the user is accepted.
Third, a ruled line in the ruled line mapping data 142 specified by the user is received.
Fourth, after deleting unspecified ones of the records of the ruled line mapping data 142, the remaining records are used as the ruled line judgment criteria of the business form characteristic data 147 of the form output management data 146 (for example, reference numeral 1802 in FIG. 18). Are temporarily stored in the main storage device 150. At this time, a ruled line determination matching condition (for example, reference numeral 1804 in FIG. 18) and a determination coverage rate (for example, reference numeral 1805 in FIG. 18) are also attached to the ruled line determination criterion.

In step 3203, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 confirms whether or not to adopt key item value determination.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 proceeds to step 3204 when accepting an input for adoption from the user (step 3203 “Yes”), and otherwise (step 3203 “No”). ) Proceeds to step 3205.
In step 3204, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 accepts the setting of the determination coverage rate and the specification of the key item value.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 first accepts the determination coverage rate set by the user.
Second, a record of key item mapping data 143 designated by the user (a record having a key item value to be designated as a value in the column field or field name field) is accepted.
Third, the received key item value is temporarily held in the main storage device 150 as a key item value determination criterion (for example, reference numeral 1904 in FIG. 19) of the business-specific form feature data 147 of the form output management data 146. At this time, a determination coverage rate (for example, reference numeral 1905 in FIG. 19) is also attached to the key item value determination criterion.

In step 3205, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 confirms whether or not to adopt the key item positional relationship determination.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 proceeds to step 3206 when accepting an input to be adopted from the user (step 3205 “Yes”), and otherwise (step 3205 “No”). ) Proceeds to step 3208.
In step 3206, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 accepts the setting of the determination coverage rate and the specification of the key item.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 first accepts that the user sets the determination coverage rate.
Secondly, the user accepts designation of two or more records (records having key item values to be designated as values in the column column or field name column) from the key item mapping data 143. The designation here need not be the same as the designation in step 3204.

In step 3207, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 calculates the positional relationship between key items.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 first creates a matrix in which the key items of the record received in step 3206 are arranged on the vertical axis and the horizontal axis.
Second, the position of the key item on the horizontal axis as seen from the key item on the vertical axis of the matrix is determined. At this time, based on the coordinate values of the key item mapping data 143, the possible values in FIG. 20B are acquired as position information according to the definition in FIG.
Third, location information is stored at the corresponding intersection of the matrix.
The second and third processing procedures are repeated by the number of combinations for selecting two from the designated number n of key items.
Fourth, the completed matrix (first item position relationship information) is used as a main storage device as a key item position relationship determination criterion (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19) of the business-specific form feature data 147 of the form output management data 146. 150 is temporarily held. At this time, the determination coverage ratio (for example, reference numeral 1911 in FIG. 19) is also attached to the determination criteria for the positional relationship between key items.

In step 3208, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 confirms whether or not to adopt paper setting determination.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 proceeds to Step 3209 when receiving an input for adoption from the user (Step 3208 “Yes”), and otherwise (Step 3208 “No”). ) Proceeds to step 3210.
In step 3209, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 receives the setting of the determination coverage and the specification of the paper setting.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 first accepts the determination coverage rate set by the user.
Second, it accepts designation of items in the paper settings designated by the user.
Thirdly, the designated item is temporarily held in the main storage device 150 as the paper setting determination standard (for example, reference numeral 1940 in FIG. 19) of the business-specific form feature data 147 of the form output management data 146. At this time, a determination coverage rate (for example, reference numeral 1941 in FIG. 19) is also attached to the paper setting determination criterion.

In step 3210, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 sets output information 148.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 first accepts an output permission setting from the user. The setting of whether output is possible is based on either “permitted” or “impossible”.
Second, the setting of the output medium is received from the user. The output medium is, for example, a printer or an electronic folder.
Thirdly, information about the accepted output permission and output medium is temporarily held in the main storage device 150 as output information (for example, reference numeral 1840 in FIG. 18).

In step 3211, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 registers the form output management data 146.
Specifically, the form output management data registration processing unit 156 has ruled line determination criteria, key item value determination criteria, key item positional relationship determination criteria, paper setting determination criteria temporarily held in the main storage device 150. In addition, the same form output management data ID is attached to the output information 148, and these are stored in the auxiliary storage device 140 as form output management data 146. For each determination that has not been adopted, information indicating that it has not been adopted (for example, “None” in reference numeral 1810 in FIG. 18) is stored in the form output management data 146.
It should be noted that at least one of ruled line determination, key item value determination, key item positional relationship determination, and paper setting determination is adopted. The combination of each determination to employ | adopt is arbitrary.
The processing procedure in step 3109 is thus completed.

(Form output processing procedure)
FIG. 33 is a flowchart of the form output processing procedure according to this embodiment.
In step 3301, the form reading unit 151 reads the form format data 141 and the form data 145.
It is assumed that the form format data 141 and the form data 145 are read one by one for each form ID.
In step 3302, the form output processing unit 152 reads the form output management data 146.
At this time, the form output management data 146 is read one by one for each form management output data ID.
In step 3303, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 performs determination. Although details of step 3303 will be described later, it is assumed that information for displaying a display 3001 (FIG. 30) in the case of a plurality of matches or information for indicating that they do not match is acquired.

In step 3304, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 confirms whether or not the form output management data 146 remains.
If the form output management data 146 remains in the auxiliary storage device 140 (step 3304 “Yes”), the process returns to step 3302. In other cases (step 3304 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3305.
In step 3305, the form output processing unit 152 checks whether the form format data 141 matches the form output management data 146.
If the form format data 141 matches at least one form output management data 146 (step 3305 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3306. In other cases (step 3305 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3307.
In step 3306, the form output processing unit 152 outputs the form.
Specifically, the form output processing unit 152 firstly forms the form output management data ID related to the form output management data 146 of the record having the highest score in the information for displaying the display 3001 (FIG. 30) in the case of multiple matches. Is used as a search key to search the auxiliary storage device 140 and obtain the output information 148 of the corresponding form output management data 146.
Second, the form format data 141 and form data 145 read in step 3301 are output based on the output information 148, and the process proceeds to step 3307.

In step 3307, the form output processing unit 152 confirms whether or not the form format data 141 remains.
If unprocessed form format data 141 remains, the process returns to step 3301. In other cases, the form output processing procedure is terminated.
If there is form format data 141 that does not match any of the form output management data 146, the fact and the form format data 141 and form data 145 may be displayed and the process may be terminated (for example, batch processing may be performed). Etc.)

(Details of Step 3104 and Step 3303)
FIG. 34 is a detailed flowchart of step 3104 of the form output management data registration processing procedure and step 3303 of the form output processing procedure according to this embodiment.
The details of step 3104 and the details of step 3303 are the same.
In step 3401, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 confirms whether ruled line determination is employed.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 refers to the ruled line determination criteria (for example, reference numeral 1803 in FIG. 18) of the form output management data 146 and adopts ruled line determination (a character string “None”). If not (step 3401 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3402. In other cases (step 3401 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3403.

In step 3402, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 performs ruled line determination.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 first selects a ruled line that matches the ruled line of each record of the ruled line determination criterion (for example, reference numeral 1803 in FIG. 18) of the form output management data 146 as the ruled line mapping data 142. It is determined whether or not it exists.
Whether or not they match is determined by comparing the coordinate value of each record of the ruled line determination reference with the coordinate value of each record of the ruled line mapping data 142 and based on the selected ruled line determination matching condition (FIG. 21). It is assumed that the weighting is not selected at all (the same applies to the following determinations).
Second, the determination result for each record is temporarily stored in the main storage device 150 as a ruled line determination result (for example, “1” or “0” in the determination column 2402 of reference numeral 2401 in FIG. 24).
In step 3403, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 confirms whether or not key item value determination is employed.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 refers to the key item value determination criteria (for example, reference numeral 1904 in FIG. 19) of the form output management data 146 and adopts the key item value determination (“none”. Is not present) (step 3403 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3404. Otherwise (step 3403 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3405.

In step 3404, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 performs key item value determination.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 determines that the key item value that matches the key item value specified in the key item value determination criterion (for example, reference numeral 1904 in FIG. 19) of the form output management data 146 is the key. It is determined whether or not the item mapping data 143 exists in the column column or format column of the record.
Second, the determination result for each key item value is temporarily held in the main storage device 150 as the key item value determination result (for example, reference numeral 2501 in FIG. 25).

In step 3405, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 confirms whether or not the key item positional relationship determination is adopted.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 refers to the key item positional relationship determination criteria (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19) of the form output management data 146 and adopts the key item positional relationship determination. If there is no character string “No” (step 3405 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3406. Otherwise (step 3405 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3408.

In step 3406, the business form feature data determination unit 153 calculates the positional relationship between the key items to be compared.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 first sets the key item specified in the key item positional relationship determination criterion (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19) of the form output management data 146 to the vertical axis. Then, a matrix (second item position relation information) with the horizontal axis is created.
Secondly, by referring to the coordinate value of the key item mapping data 143, the positional relationship between the matrix intersections (in which direction the key item value on the horizontal axis is in the direction as viewed from the key item value on the vertical axis) is referred to. Acquire and store the acquired positional relationship at the intersection of the matrix. If the number of designated key items is n, this processing procedure is repeated by the number of combinations for selecting two from n. At this time, if the positional relationship cannot be acquired because there is no combination of key items to be supported in the key item mapping data 143, information indicating that (for example, “x”) is stored in the intersection.
Third, the matrix storing the positional relationship is temporarily stored in the main storage device 150.

In step 3407, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 determines the positional relationship between key items.
Specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 first temporarily stores the key item positional relationship determination criteria (for example, reference numeral 1910 in FIG. 19) of the form output management data 146 and temporarily stores it in step 3406. If the corresponding positional relationships (the key items on the vertical axis and the key items on the horizontal axis are the same) match each other based on the matching condition in FIG. 23, “1” is set. If the corresponding positional relationship cannot be acquired, “0” is acquired.
Second, a matrix of the same type as the matrix created in “first” in step 3406 is created, and the obtained “1” or “0” is stored at the intersection, and this matrix is used to determine the positional relationship between key items. As a result, it is temporarily stored in the main storage device 150.

In step 3408, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 confirms whether or not the paper setting determination is adopted.
Specifically, the business-specific form characteristic data determination unit 153 refers to the paper setting determination standard (for example, reference numeral 1830 in FIG. 18) of the form output management data 146 and adopts the paper setting determination (“none”). If there is no character string (step 3408 “Yes”), the process proceeds to step 3409. In other cases (step 3408 “No”), the process proceeds to step 3410.

In step 3409, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 performs paper setting determination.
Specifically, the business-specific form characteristic data determination unit 153 firstly sets the value (for example, FIG. 3) of the item specified in the paper setting determination standard (for example, reference numeral 1830 in FIG. 18) of the form output management data 146. If the values of the corresponding items in the paper setting data 144 of the form format data 141 match, “1” is acquired, and “0” is acquired if they do not match.
Second, a paper setting determination result (for example, reference numeral 2404 in FIG. 24) is created and temporarily stored in the main storage device 150.

In step 3410, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 creates a comprehensive determination result.
More specifically, the business-specific form feature data determination unit 153 first determines the number of coincidence determination targets for each determination criterion based on each determination result temporarily stored and the set determination coverage rate. The number of matches, the match ratio, and the determination result are acquired.
Second, the determination result and score in the comprehensive determination column (for example, the column 2416 in FIG. 24) are acquired based on the determination result and the matching ratio for each determination criterion.
Third, a comprehensive determination result (for example, reference numeral 2406 in FIG. 24) is created using each of the acquired information, and is temporarily stored in the main storage device 150.
Fourthly, in the case of multiple matches (including the case of only one match), information for displaying the case of multiple matches (reference numeral 3001 in FIG. 30) is created and temporarily stored in the main storage device 150. If they do not match, information indicating that they do not match is created and temporarily stored in the main storage device 150.
Thus, the processing procedure of step 3104 (or step 3303) ends.

It is a block diagram of the form output management apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form format which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the paper setting data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of ruled line mapping data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the key item mapping data based on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form format which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the paper setting data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of ruled line mapping data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form format which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the paper setting data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of ruled line mapping data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the key item mapping data based on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form format which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the paper setting data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the key item mapping data based on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form format which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the paper setting data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form output management data concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the form output management data concerning this embodiment. (A) is a figure which shows definitions, such as up and down, right and left, which express the positional relationship which concerns on this embodiment. (B) is the figure which showed the value which can be taken as a positional relationship which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the ruled line determination matching condition which concerns on this embodiment. (A), (b) is an application example of the ruled line determination criterion according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the positional relationship determination matching condition between key items which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the determination result of the form output management data a and the form format b which concern on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the determination result of the form output management data b and the form format d which concern on this embodiment. It is a matrix created based on the key item mapping data d according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the determination result of the form output management data b and the form format e which concern on this embodiment. It is a matrix created based on the key item mapping data e according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the weighting which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display in the case of multiple coincidence concerning this embodiment. It is a flowchart of a form output management data registration processing procedure according to the present embodiment. It is a detailed flowchart of step 3109 of the form output management data registration processing procedure according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart of a form output processing procedure according to the present embodiment. It is a detailed flowchart of step 3104 of the form output management data registration process procedure and step 3303 of the form output process procedure according to the present embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

101 Form output management device 110 Central control device (control unit)
120 Input Device 130 Output Device 140 Auxiliary Storage Device (Storage Unit)
141 Form format data 142 Ruled line mapping data 143 Key item mapping data 144 Paper setting data 145 Form data 146 Form output management data 147 Business-specific form feature data 148 Output information 150 Main storage device (storage unit)
151 Form reading section 152 Form output processing section 153 Business-specific form feature data determination section 154 Business-specific form feature data management section 155 Form output management data display processing section 156 Form output management data registration processing section 201 Form format a
601 Form format b
901 Form format c
1301 Form format d
1601 Form format e
1803, 1903 Ruled line criteria (first feature)
1810, 1904 Key item value criteria (second feature)
1820, 1910 Key item positional relationship criteria (third feature)
1830, 1940 Paper setting criteria (fourth feature)

Claims (11)

A form output management device for registering output information defining output conditions for each feature point common to multiple types of forms,
Business-specific form feature data that stores the features of the form to be output,
Output information corresponding one-to-one to the business-specific form feature data;
A storage unit comprising:
Read information including part or all of the form information related to ruled lines, items and paper settings of the form,
From the read information, after accepting selection of information to be used as a feature of the form, store it as the business-specific form feature data,
Compare the characteristics of the new form with the characteristics of the form that received the selection,
As long as the characteristics of both do not match, a control unit that creates output information about the new form,
A form output management device characterized by comprising: The storage unit of the form output management device includes:
Ruled line mapping data having information including position information about ruled lines on the form associated with each type of form,
Key item mapping data having information including position information about items on the form and character information indicating the items;
Paper setting data including information about the paper setting of the form;
As the form information,
The business form characteristic data is
Extracted from the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data and the paper setting data,
A first characteristic that is a characteristic of the position of a ruled line on the form, a second characteristic that is a characteristic of character information of an item on the form, and a characteristic of a relative positional relationship between items on the form. The feature of the form to be output is stored in a plurality of features including the third feature and the fourth feature that is the feature of the paper setting of the form,
The control unit of the form output management device
Read the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data, and the paper setting data for the form from the storage unit,
By comparing each of the read data with at least one of the first to fourth characteristics of the existing business-specific form characteristic data, the form related to each of the read data becomes the existing business-specific form. Determine if it matches any of the feature data,
If the result of the determination does not match, the control unit to register in the storage unit after creating the new business-specific form feature data and output information based on the read data,
The form output management apparatus according to claim 1, comprising: The third feature is as follows:
For each combination of two items of a plurality of items arbitrarily specified from the items of the key item mapping data, a first item position describing a relative positional relationship between the two items included in the combination Related information,
The controller is
By using the combination as a search key, the read key item mapping data is searched, and the positional information of the two key items included in the combination is acquired, whereby the relative of the two items in the form related to the reading is obtained. Create the second item positional relationship information describing the positional relationship,
Comparing with the third feature by determining whether or not the corresponding positional relationships of the first item positional relationship information and the second item positional relationship information match,
The form output management device according to claim 2. The controller is
If the result of the determination is a match,
One or more matched business form feature data is displayed as a match candidate together with a numerical value indicating the degree of match,
If the selection of matching candidates to be matched from the matching candidates is not accepted, the result of the determination is regarded as a result indicating that they do not match,
The form output management apparatus according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein A form output management device that outputs a form based on output information that defines an output condition for each feature point common to multiple types of forms,
Ruled line mapping data having information including position information about ruled lines on the form associated with each type of form,
Key item mapping data having information including position information about items on the form and character information indicating the items;
Paper setting data including information on the paper setting of the form; form data including information to be output for the item;
In addition,
Extracted from the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data and the paper setting data,
A first feature that is a feature of the position of a ruled line on the form, a second feature that is a feature of character information of items on the form, and a feature of a relative positional relationship between items on the form. This is divided into a plurality of features including the third feature and the fourth feature that is the form setting feature of the form. Output information corresponding to 1,
A storage unit comprising:
Read the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data, the paper setting data, and the form data about the form from the storage unit,
By comparing each of the read data with at least one of the first to fourth characteristics of the existing business-specific form characteristic data, the form related to each of the read data becomes the existing business-specific form. Determine if it matches any of the feature data,
If the result of the determination is a match result, a control unit that outputs the form related to each read data based on the output information corresponding to the matched business-specific form feature data,
A form output management device characterized by comprising: The third feature is as follows:
For each combination of two items of a plurality of items arbitrarily specified from the items of the key item mapping data, a first item position describing a relative positional relationship between the two items included in the combination Related information,
The controller is
By using the combination as a search key, the read key item mapping data is searched, and the positional information of the two key items included in the combination is acquired, whereby the relative of the two items in the form related to the reading is obtained. Create the second item positional relationship information describing the positional relationship,
Comparing with the third feature by determining whether or not the corresponding positional relationships of the first item positional relationship information and the second item positional relationship information match,
The form output management device according to claim 5. A form output management method using a computer that registers output information that defines output conditions for each feature point common to multiple types of forms,
The storage unit of the computer
Ruled line mapping data having information including position information about ruled lines on the form associated with each type of form,
Key item mapping data having information including position information about items on the form and character information indicating the items;
Paper setting data including information about the paper setting of the form;
In addition,
Extracted from the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data and the paper setting data,
A first characteristic that is a characteristic of the position of a ruled line on the form, a second characteristic that is a characteristic of character information of an item on the form, and a characteristic of a relative positional relationship between items on the form. Business-specific form feature data that stores the features of the form to be output divided into a plurality of features including the third feature and the fourth feature that is the feature of the paper setting of the form;
Output information corresponding to the business-specific form feature data on a one-to-one basis,
With
The control unit of the computer
Read the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data, and the paper setting data for the form from the storage unit,
By comparing each of the read data with at least one of the first to fourth characteristics of the existing business-specific form characteristic data, the form related to each of the read data becomes the existing business-specific form. Determine if it matches any of the feature data,
If the result of the determination is that they do not match, creating new business-specific form feature data and output information based on each read data, and registering in the storage unit;
A form output management method characterized by this. The third feature is as follows:
For each combination of two items of a plurality of items arbitrarily specified from the items of the key item mapping data, a first item position describing a relative positional relationship between the two items included in the combination Related information,
The controller is
By using the combination as a search key, the read key item mapping data is searched, and the positional information of the two key items included in the combination is acquired, whereby the relative of the two items in the form related to the reading is obtained. Create the second item positional relationship information describing the positional relationship,
Comparing with the third feature by determining whether or not the corresponding positional relationships of the first item positional relationship information and the second item positional relationship information match,
The form output management method according to claim 7. The controller is
If the result of the determination is a match,
One or more matched business form feature data is displayed as a match candidate together with a numerical value indicating the degree of match,
If the selection of matching candidates to be matched from the matching candidates is not accepted, the result of the determination is regarded as a result indicating that they do not match,
The form output management method according to claim 7 or claim 8, characterized in that: A form output management method using a computer that outputs a form based on output information that defines an output condition for each feature point common to multiple types of forms,
The storage unit of the computer
Ruled line mapping data having information including position information about ruled lines on the form associated with each type of form,
Key item mapping data having information including position information about items on the form and character information indicating the items;
Paper setting data including information on the paper setting of the form; form data including information to be output for the item;
In addition,
Extracted from the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data and the paper setting data,
A first feature that is a feature of the position of a ruled line on the form, a second feature that is a feature of character information of items on the form, and a feature of a relative positional relationship between items on the form. This is divided into a plurality of features including the third feature and the fourth feature that is the form setting feature of the form. Output information corresponding to 1,
With
The control unit of the computer
Read the ruled line mapping data, the key item mapping data, the paper setting data, and the form data about the form from the storage unit,
By comparing each of the read data with at least one of the first to fourth characteristics of the existing business-specific form characteristic data, the form related to each of the read data becomes the existing business-specific form. Determine if it matches any of the feature data,
If the result of the determination is a match, outputting a form related to each read data based on output information corresponding to the matched business-specific form feature data,
A form output management method characterized by this. The third feature is as follows:
For each combination of two items of a plurality of items arbitrarily specified from the items of the key item mapping data, a first item position describing a relative positional relationship between the two items included in the combination Related information,
The controller is
By using the combination as a search key, the read key item mapping data is searched, and the positional information of the two key items included in the combination is acquired, whereby the relative of the two items in the form related to the reading is obtained. Create the second item positional relationship information describing the positional relationship,
Comparing with the third feature by determining whether or not the corresponding positional relationships of the first item positional relationship information and the second item positional relationship information match,
The form output management method according to claim 10.

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