JP2011138325A - Information processor, information processing method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store and manage image data related to a same document in a plurality of data tables consisting of units required for respective operations, and consistently perform data addition, substitution, deletion, etc., on the image data related to the document. <P>SOLUTION: A data table as an image data registration destination and page image data to be registered in the data table are registered for every document type. Then, upon receipt of an instruction for data addition, deletion, etc., image data editing processing is performed according to user's instruction. Then, upon receipt of a registration instruction for the edited image data, page image data to be registered in each data table is registered in the each data table according to the data table as the registration destination and the page image data to be registered in the data table. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a filing system that manages image files obtained by digitizing paper documents with a scanner or the like, and more particularly to a filing system that manages the same image file using a plurality of data tables.

  A filing system is widely used in which documents received in paper are digitized by a scanner or the like and managed in a database. It is possible to improve the searchability by digitizing documents and associating the information used when using the electronic data for search into a database and managing it. It is possible to suitably search for documents to be performed.

  In many filing systems, when a paper document is digitized and registered in the filing system, it is registered as a new data record. In this case, for example, when there are a large number of documents attached to the contract, such as an insurance contract, in order to find out necessary information among those documents, a plurality of image data attached to the contract is confirmed one by one. In some cases, the target document must be found.

  Also, in a general filing system, based on specific key information, it is not possible to perform image merging such as adding or inserting new image data to already registered image data. If you want to combine images, search for the data you want to combine from the registered image data once, display the target image data, move the page to the page you want to add, and scan and create the image data It was necessary to add the page data inside. This places a heavy load on the operator.

  Thus, an invention as disclosed in Patent Document 1 has been made. According to the present invention, when image data is registered in a folder set on the network, it is possible to add other data to a certain image data by executing an action set in the folder. It has become.

JP 2005-309542 A

  However, the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not take into account the addition of an image file at an arbitrary position when adding another image file to a certain image file. When managing many related documents as one data, it is necessary to consider the registration order of the image data. For example, in an insurance contract or the like, it is preferable to register a document regarding a response to a request from a contractor in association with a document related to the request.

  Further, when managing an electronic document for a document whose order of occurrence in time series is determined by the file system, it is preferable to create image data in the order of occurrence. For example, if you forget to register a document at a certain point in time, add a document that follows the document that you forgot to register to the image data first, and then add the document that you forgot to register. If this is done, if the order cannot be maintained, the work of rearranging the order of the image data must be performed, which is inefficient.

  Furthermore, as a measure against personal information protection and information leakage, the image data for one document is not disclosed to the user who has the authority to view the image data, but for the user (the work performed by the user). B) A mechanism to disclose only necessary information is also required. For example, it is necessary to consider creating image data in which necessary pages are collected for each business and managing the image data in different data tables.

  In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention enables management of different data tables in a form in which image data for one document is collected in a unit of data necessary for each of a plurality of tasks, and is already registered in the data table. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program that can easily add new page image data and replace image data with respect to existing image data.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, image data created by reading a document, and an information processing apparatus for additionally registering partial image data for image data registered in a plurality of data tables. A data table for registering image data created by reading the document; storage means for storing definition information including partial image data to be registered in the data table; and registration in the plurality of data tables First receiving means for receiving an additional registration request for partial image data for image data, and first acquisition means for acquiring, from the data table, image data for which an additional registration request for partial images has been received by the first receiving means. And second acquisition means for acquiring partial image data to be added to the image data acquired by the first acquisition means; Generation means for generating new image data from the image data acquired by the first acquisition means and the partial image data acquired by the second acquisition means, and the new image data generated by the generation means is stored in the storage means Registering means for registering in the plurality of data tables according to the definition information stored in the data table.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing method of the present invention comprises the following arrangement. That is, for each document type, a storage unit for storing definition information including a data table for registering image data created by reading the document and partial image data to be registered in the data table is provided to read the document. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus that performs additional registration of partial image data for image data created by processing and registered in a plurality of data tables, A first reception step for receiving an additional registration request for partial image data for image data registered in the data table, and image data for which an additional registration request for partial images has been received in the first reception step. First acquisition step to be acquired and partial images to be added to the image data acquired in the first acquisition step A second acquisition step of acquiring data, a generation step of generating new image data from the image data obtained in the first acquisition step and the partial image data acquired in the second acquisition step, and the generation step A registration step of registering the generated new image data in a plurality of the data tables according to the definition information stored in the storage means.

In order to achieve the above object, the computer program of the present invention comprises the following arrangement. That is, for each document type, a computer having a storage means for storing definition information including a data table for registering image data created by reading the document and partial image data to be registered in the data table, Is a computer program for causing image data created by reading and processing image data registered in a plurality of data tables to function as an information processing apparatus that additionally registers partial image data. A first receiving unit that receives a partial registration request for partial image data for the image data registered in the plurality of data tables, and a partial registration request for the partial image is received by the first receiving unit. First image acquisition means for acquiring acquired image data from the data table; From the second acquisition means for acquiring the partial image data to be added to the image data acquired by the acquisition means, the image data acquired by the first acquisition means and the partial image data acquired by the second acquisition means Generating means for generating new image data;
The new image data generated by the generation unit is caused to function as a registration unit that registers the new image data in a plurality of the data tables according to the definition information stored in the storage unit.

  According to the present invention, even when partial image data is additionally registered with respect to each image data registered in a plurality of image databases based on one image data, inconsistency is prevented. Can be registered.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure of the data management system of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the computer applicable to the management server 101 of FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an overview of overall processing performed by a client apparatus 102; 4 is a flowchart showing details of image data analysis processing in step S304 of FIG. 3. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the data correction and registration process of step S305 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the deletion process of step S516 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the replacement | exchange process of FIG.5 S520. It is a figure which shows the detail of the registration process of the image data of step S506 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a confirmation data list screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of an image data detailed display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a contract classification data table. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the contract management table in an image database. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the customer management table in an image database. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of an image data expansion display screen. It is a figure which shows the process which adds the image data currently displayed on the temporary preservation | save area | region on image data detailed display screen to image data. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a division | segmentation designation | designated screen.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a filing system according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 101 denotes a management server, which is a server device for storing and managing master data used in various processes to be described later performed in the filing system and data created by various processes to be described later.

  Reference numerals 102-1 and 102-2 denote client PCs (hereinafter collectively referred to as client PCs 102), which are information processing apparatuses used by the user to register various types of information in the filing system. A program for executing the processes shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 is installed in each client PC 102.

  Reference numerals 103-1 and 103-2 are scanners that read a paper document and create image data in a predetermined data format in order to create image data managed by the filing system. Then, the created image data is transmitted to the client PC 102.

  Reference numeral 104 denotes a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) for connecting the above-described various apparatuses so as to communicate with each other. The above is an example of the system configuration of the filing system in the present invention.

  Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus applicable as the client PCs 102-1 and 102-2 in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls devices and controllers described later connected to the system bus 204. Further, the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS) that is a control program of the CPU 201 and functions executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored. The RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing into the RAM 202 and executing the program. An input controller (input C) 205 controls input from an input device 209 configured with a keyboard, a pointing device, and the like. A video controller (VC) 206 controls display on a display device such as the display device 210. The display device is composed of, for example, a CRT display or a liquid crystal display.

  A memory controller (MC) 207 is a hard disk (HD), floppy disk (registered trademark FD) or PCMCIA card slot for storing boot programs, browser software, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. Controls access to an external memory 211 such as a compact flash memory connected via an adapter.

  A communication I / F controller (communication I / FC) 208 is connected to and communicates with an external device via a network, and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, Internet communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the display device 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 202, for example. Further, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display device 210.

  A program used to execute various processes of the client PC 102 of the present invention is recorded in the external memory 211 and is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 202 as necessary. Furthermore, definition files and various information tables used by the program according to the present invention are stored in the external memory 211. The above is the description of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus applicable to the client PC 102 in FIG.

  The hardware configuration of the client PC 102 will be described as having the configuration shown in FIG. 2, but is not necessarily limited to having the configuration shown in FIG. 2, and various processes described below performed by the client PC 102 can be executed. If there is, the configuration of the client apparatus 102 may be changed as appropriate.

  Hereinafter, details of processing performed by the client PC 102 of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, an insurance contract is taken as an example, and an example of a document filing system from a contractor related to an insurance contract will be described. In this filing system, for each contract ID for uniquely identifying an insurance contract, an image data file that electronically manages documents related to the contract is created, and the image data file is linked to the contract ID to create a contract. They are registered in the file tables 1200 and 1300. When an additional document related to the insurance contract indicated by a contract ID is received from the contractor, the additional image data created by scanning the additional document is converted into an image data file corresponding to the contract ID. Additional registration will be required. Hereinafter, detailed processing will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the first control process in the present invention, and corresponds to a flowchart showing an outline of the overall process performed by the client PC 102. Note that the processing in this flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 of the client apparatus 102 loading a program stored in the external memory 209 into the RAM 202 and executing it. When this processing is performed, a main screen (not shown) is displayed on the display device 207 of the client PC 102, and the user operating the client PC 102 clicks on various menus on the main screen, thereby This instruction can be input to the CPU 201.

  First, the CPU 201 determines whether or not an instruction to read a paper document is accepted by a user's input device operation (step S301). If it is determined that a reading instruction has been received (YES in step S301), the process proceeds to step S302, and the scanner 103 is instructed to read a paper document. In response to a paper document reading instruction from the client PC 102, the scanner 103 reads a paper document placed on the document table or the feeder device, and creates image data in a predetermined format. Then, the CPU 201 of the client PC 102 acquires image data created by the scanner 103 (step S303).

  Here, a paper document read by the scanner will be briefly described. In the present invention, insurance contracts and other accompanying documents are used as paper originals, which are read by a scanner, thereby creating image data and storing and managing the image data.

  When reading paper manuscripts, instead of reading the documents for each insurance contract, read the documents related to multiple insurance contracts at a time in such a way that the data related to each insurance contract can be separated by a data separator sheet. become. A data separator sheet is prepared for each document related to each insurance contract. The data separator sheet shows the type of insurance contract, whether it is a new registration, or information indicating whether a shortage is added to an already managed insurance contract document (additional registration). Which contract is additionally registered can be recognized by analyzing the separator sheet according to predetermined format information.

  Thereafter, the CPU 201 analyzes the image data acquired from the scanner 103 in step S303 (step S304), and then performs data correction and registration processing (step S305). Details of the data analysis processing in step S304 will be described later with reference to FIG. 4, and details of the data correction and registration processing in step S305 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  If an instruction to read another paper document is received after the process of step S305 is completed (YES in step S306), the process proceeds to step S302, and the scanner 103 is instructed to read another paper document. Step S303 and subsequent steps are repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S306 that an end instruction has been received without receiving a read instruction for another paper document (NO in step S306), the process ends. The above is an overview of the overall processing performed by the client PC 102 shown in FIG.

  Next, the details of the image data analysis processing in step S304 in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the second control process in the present invention, and corresponds to the flowchart showing details of the image data analysis process in step S304 of FIG. Note that the processing of this flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 of the client apparatus 102 loading a program stored in the external memory 211 into the RAM 202 and executing it.

  The CPU 201 performs the processing of steps S401 to S406 for all pages included in the image data acquired from the scanner 103.

  First, the CP 201 determines whether the image data of the page to be processed is image data of a data separation sheet (step S401). If it is determined in step S401 that the sheet is not a data separator sheet (NO in step S401), the image data of the page is added as the image data of the last page of the image data being created (step S402).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the determination process in step S401 that the sheet is a data separation sheet (YES in step S401), the image data created so far is stored (step S403). Then, new image data is created (step S404). The image of the insurance contract document following the header sheet is added to the image data created in step S404.

  Then, the header sheet image is analyzed, and the contract type data of the contract related to the image data following the data delimiter sheet is acquired (step S405). In addition, information indicating whether the image data following the header sheet is newly registered, or is to add a deficiency to an already managed insurance contract document (additional registration), additional registration In this case, information on which contract is additionally registered is acquired together.

  Thereafter, the data contract type data acquired in step S405 is set as attribute information of the image data newly created in step S404 (step S406). The above processing is performed on all the page image data included in the image data acquired from the scanner. The above is the detailed description of the image data analysis processing in step S304 of FIG.

  Next, details of the data correction / registration process in step S305 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the third control process in the present invention, and corresponds to the flowchart showing the details of the data correction / registration process in step S305 of FIG. Note that the processing of this flowchart is realized by the CPU 201 of the client apparatus 102 loading a program stored in the external memory 211 into the RAM 202 and executing it.

  First, the CPU 201 displays a list of confirmation image data attributes, which are image data created for each contract unit image data in the image data analysis processing in step S304 of FIG. 3, on the display device 210 (step S501). ). Here, the confirmation data list display screen 900 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display device 210.

  Here, the confirmation data list screen 900 displayed on the display device 210 of the client PC 102 in step S501 of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the confirmation data list screen 900. As shown in FIG. 9, in the confirmation data list screen 900, for each image data, a confirmed check box 901, and a contract type display field 902, a new / addition category display field 903, and a reading field are displayed as attribute data display fields. A number 904, a registration destination DB display field 905, and a remarks field 906 are set. Further, a detail display button 907, a confirmed data registration button 908, and a cancel button 909 are prepared.

  The confirmed check 901 is a check box for inputting when the user confirms the data. The contract type 902 is a display field for displaying the contract type of the data in the row. The new / addition classification display field 903 is a display field for displaying information indicating whether the image data corresponding to the row is for new registration or additional registration. The read number 904 is a display field for displaying the number of pages included in the image data corresponding to the attribute information of the row. The registration destination DB 905 is a display field that displays the name of the data table in which image data corresponding to the attribute information of the row is registered. The remarks column 906 is a display column for displaying remark information. For example, when the number of read sheets is larger than the number of contracts of the contract type displayed in the contract type display field 902, “excess number of sheets” is displayed in the remarks field 906 when the number is insufficient. Will be.

  The detail button 907 is a button used for displaying image data corresponding to the record. When an instruction to press this button is accepted, an image data detail display screen 1000 is displayed on the display device 210. The image data detail display screen 1000 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The registered confirmed data button 908 is a button used to instruct the CPU 201 to register image data. Upon receiving this button pressing instruction, the CPU 201 determines that the image data is in accordance with the registration destination DB information of the image data of each contract type registered in the contract type data table 1100 and the page information registered in the registration destination DB. Image data registration processing corresponding to each row displayed on the screen is performed. A cancel button 909 is a button used to end the display of this screen. The above is the description of the confirmation data list screen.

  Here, the configuration of the contract type data table will be described with reference to FIG. The contract type data table 1100 is a data table for registering the number of contracts for each contract type, image data created based on the contracts, and pages for registering pages registered in the data tables.

  In the contract type data table 1100, contract type ID 1101, contract type name 1102, number of sheets 1103, registration destination 1 (1104), registration page 1105, registration destination 2 (1106), registration page 1107, etc. are set as data items. ing.

  The contract type ID 1101 is a data item for registering identification information for uniquely identifying the contract type. The contract type name 1102 is a data item in which the name of the contract type is registered. As the number of sheets 1103, information on the number of contracts of the contract type is registered. When the contract type contract is read, image data having the number of page image data registered in the number information is created.

  In registration destination 1 (1104) and registration destination 2 (1106), data tables for registering image data created by the scanner 103 reading a contract of the contract type are registered. Note that the number of image data tables created by reading the contract with the scanner 103 is not limited to two. If more than two types of data tables need to be registered, a data item is added. And manage that information.

  In the registration pages 1105 and 1107, page information of images to be registered in the data table that is set as a registration destination is registered. For example, data is registered as “1 to 3” when registering image data of the first page to the third page, and “all pages” when registering all pages. The above is the description of the configuration of the contract type data table in FIG.

  Here, the data table in the image database of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present invention, the created image data created from one contract document is a plurality of data composed of different data items such as a contract management table shown in FIG. 12 and a customer management table shown in FIG. It has a table, and the image data created from each contract is registered in the designated page in the data table designated as the registration destination of the contract type data table. This is done for the reason that unnecessary information is not disclosed to the user. Of course, such a configuration may be adopted for other purposes.

  Returning to the description of FIG. After displaying the confirmation data list screen 900 in step S501, it is determined whether a detailed display request for image data issued by accepting pressing of the detail display button 907 has been accepted (step S502). If it is determined that a detailed instruction for image data has been received (YES in step S502), the process proceeds to step S508.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S502 that a detailed display instruction for image data has been received (NO in step S502), the process proceeds to step S503 to determine whether designation of confirmed image data has been received. In this process, it is determined whether an instruction to press the confirmed check box in the confirmation data list screen 900 is accepted. If it is determined that designation of confirmed image data has been received (YES in step S503), the check designation of the confirmed check box 901 for image data in the designated row is switched. When a click instruction is received for the checked check box 901 in the checked state, the check is removed and the check box 901 is unchecked, and when a click instruction is received in the checked check box 901 in the unchecked state , Put it in the check state.

  If NO is determined in step S503, after the process of step S504 is completed, the CPU 201 advances the process to step S505, and determines whether an image data registration request has been accepted. In this process, it is determined whether an instruction to press the “Register Confirmed Data” button 908 in the confirmation data list screen 900 is accepted. If it is determined that a pressing instruction has been received (YES in step S505), image data registration processing is performed (step S506). Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  If the CPU 201 determines YES in step S502, the image data detail display screen 1000 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and processing such as deletion of image page data from the image data, replacement of image page data, addition of image page data, etc. Will do.

  Here, the configuration of the image data detail display screen 1000 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the image data detail display screen 1000 includes an image data display unit 1001, a temporarily stored image data display unit 1002, a division button 1003, a delete button 1004, an enlarged display button 1005, a registered image data display field 1006, an image. A data registration data table display switching instruction button 1007, an OK button 1008, and a cancel button 1009 are set.

  The image data display unit 1001 displays all page image data included in the image data. The page order can be changed by selecting a page image displayed on the image data display unit 1001 or by performing a drag-and-drop process. The temporarily saved image data display unit 1002 displays image data designated as a temporarily saved image. It cannot be denied that the image data created by the scanner 103 reading the contract document may contain page image data related to other contract documents unrelated to the contract document. The page image data that has been confused may be the page image data related to other contracts that are going to be registered at this time, so instead of deleting the confused page image data, display the temporarily stored image data. The page image data related to the other contracts temporarily stored is displayed in the temporary storage area 1002 when the process is temporarily saved by drag and drop processing in the section 1002 and the confirmation process of the other contracts is performed. If so, the page image data can be dragged and dropped to be added as page image data of other image data.

  The division button 1003 is a button used for dividing the image data into two. For example, the header sheet may not be properly read due to double feeding of contract sheets, and image data related to two or more contracts may be created as one image data. In order to cope with such a situation, in the present invention, the created image data can be divided into two or more.

  Here, an example of the configuration of the division designation screen 1600 displayed on the display device 210 of the client PC 102 when the division button 1003 in FIG. 10 is pressed will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 16, a start page input field 1601, an end page input field 1602, a contract type specification unit 1603, a split button 1604, and a cancel button 1605 are set on the split designation screen 1600.

  The start page input field 1601 is an input field for inputting a start page for each piece of data to be divided. An end page input field 1602 is used to input an end page for each piece of divided data. Here, for example, two pieces of image data (image data A and image data B) that can be divided by image data, image data A is start page 1, end page 5, image data B is start page 3, end page As shown in FIG. 7, the division setting is performed so that some image page data is included in any divided image data, or some page image data is not included in any divided image data. It is possible to specify splitting. The contract type designation unit 1603 is a designation unit that designates which contract type the contract data of the image data after the division is.

  The division button 1604 is a button used for giving an instruction to divide image data and create two image data. Upon receiving an instruction to press the division button 1604, the CPU 201 creates image data composed of the page image data designated in the start page input field 1601 and the end page input field 1602, and the image data is designated by the contract type designation unit 1603. Is set as image data related to a contract of the contract type. A cancel button 1605 is a button used to end the display of the division designation screen 1600. The above is the description of the division designation screen 1600 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. A delete button 1004 is a button used to delete page image data. When an instruction to press this button is received, the page image data selected in the image data display unit 1001 is deleted from the image data.

  The enlarged display button 1005 is a button used for performing enlarged display of page image data. Upon receiving an instruction to press the enlargement display button 1005, the CPU 201 displays an image data enlargement display screen 1400 shown in FIG.

  Here, an example of the configuration of the image data enlarged display screen 1400 displayed on the display device 210 of the client PC 102 when the enlarged display button 1005 in FIG. 10 is pressed will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the image data enlargement display screen 1400 includes a page image data display unit 1401, a “<< previous page” button 1402, a “next page >>” button 1403, a thumbnail image display unit 1404, a delete button 1405, An OK button 1406 and a cancel button 1407 are set.

  The page image data display unit 1401 is a display unit that displays selected page image data among the page image data included in the image data. A “<< previous page” button 1402 is a button used to switch selected page image data to page image data of the previous page. A “next page >>” button 1402 is a button used to switch selected page image data to page image data after one page.

  The thumbnail display unit 1404 is a display unit that displays thumbnail data of page image data included in the image data. The page image data displayed on the page image data display unit 1401 is displayed differently from the display of other page image data as indicated by 1408 in the figure. Note that the page order can be changed by performing a drag-and-drop process on the thumbnail images displayed in the thumbnail display portion 1404.

  A delete button 1405 is a button used to instruct the CPU 201 to delete page image data. When accepting an instruction to press the delete button 1405, the CPU 201 deletes the selected page image data from the image data. An OK button 1406 is a button used to validate the image data change (deletion of page image data, change of page order) performed on the image data enlargement display screen 1400 and exit this screen. A cancel button 1407 is a button used to invalidate the image data change (deletion of page image data, change of page order) performed on the image data enlargement display screen 1400 and exit this screen. The above is an example of the configuration of the image data enlargement display screen 1400 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1006 denotes a page image data display column (registered page image data display column) registered in the data table, which is a display unit for displaying the page image data registered in the designated data table.

  Reference numeral 1007 denotes a data table designation switching button. Upon receiving an instruction to press this button, the CPU 201 displays the registration page image data display field 1006 on the page registered in another data table for registering the image data of the contract type. Switch to image data.

An OK button 1008 is a button used to validate the image data change (deletion of page image data, change of page order) performed on the image data detail display screen 1000 and exit this screen. A cancel button 1009 is a button used to invalidate the image data change (deletion of page image data, change of page order) performed on the image data detail display screen 1400 and exit this screen. The above is an example of the configuration of the image data detail display screen 1000 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If YES in step S502, the CPU 201 advances the process to step S508, and is the image data created by reading with the scanner adding the shortage of image data already registered in the database? (Additional data to registered image) is determined. If YES is determined in this step 508, the process proceeds to step S509, and this image data is added among the data records registered in the image database in which the image of the contract type contract is registered. A data record is specified, and image data registered in the data record is acquired. Then, the image data acquired in step S509 is added to the screen information (step S510).

  After the process of step S510 is completed, or when NO is determined in step S508, the CPU 201 advances the process to step S511 to determine whether there is temporarily stored image data. This temporarily saved image data is page image data dragged and dropped onto the temporarily saved image data display unit 1002 in the image data detail display screen 1000 of FIG. If it is determined that there is temporarily stored image data, the process proceeds to step S512, the temporary image data is acquired, and the acquired temporary image data is added to the screen information (step S513). Then, the image data detail display screen 1000 in FIG. 10 is created using the image acquired in the processing from step S508 to step S511 and the image data created in step S404 in FIG. 4 and displayed on the display device (step S514). ).

  If YES is determined in step S508, image data including additional page image data is created in step S404. Therefore, the image data display unit 1001 of the image data detail display screen 1000 includes step S509. The page data of the image data created in step S404 is displayed in the form to be added to the image data acquired in step S404.

  When a deletion request input by receiving an instruction to press the delete button 1004 is received (YES in step S515), the page image data selected in the image data display unit 1001 is deleted (step S51). S516). Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the deletion process in step S516. First, the CPU 201 deletes page image data for which deletion designation has been accepted from the image data (step S601). Thereafter, the page image data that has been designated for deletion in the image data display unit 1001 is deleted (step S602). At this time, it is selected whether to move up the page of the page image data after the deleted page image or to add a blank image without moving up the page. If the page image data is displayed in the registered page image data display field 1006, the page image data is deleted (step S603). If the image data for which the deletion instruction has been received is page image data registered in a plurality of image databases, the image data is deleted from the registered page image data corresponding to all the image databases. The above is the description of FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. Also, when a page image data temporary storage instruction input by dragging and dropping the page image data displayed on the image data display unit 1001 to the temporarily stored image display unit 1002 is accepted (YES in step S517), the drag and drop operation is performed. The page image data that has received the drop is displayed on the temporarily saved image display unit 1002 and set as temporarily saved page image data (step S518).

  Also, when an instruction to replace page image data input by dragging and dropping the page image data displayed on the image data display unit 1001 in the image data display unit 1001 is received (YES in step S519). ), The process proceeds to step S520, and a replacement process is performed. Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of the replacement process in step S520 of FIG. First, when the CPU 201 receives a drag-and-drop instruction in the image data display unit 1001 for the page image data displayed in the image data display unit 1001, the CPU 201 obtains the order of the page images changed by the processing. Then, the replacement processing of the page image data is performed according to the order (step S701). Then, the display of the page image data in the page image data display unit 1001 is updated (step S702). Thereafter, the display of the registered image data display unit is updated according to the replaced page (step S703).

  For example, it is assumed that there is image data having five page images (the pages are A to E), and there is an image database A that registers one page, two pages, and four pages of the image data. In this case, A, B, and D page image data are displayed on the registered image data display unit 1006. When the change of the order of changing the C of the third page to the second page is received for the image data (the page order is changed to A, C, B, D, E), the registered image data display unit 1006 displays A, C and D are displayed. The above is the details of the replacement processing in step S520 in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. When the CPU 201 determines that the temporarily saved page image has been added to the image data, the CPU 201 adds the image data to the designated location (step S522). In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, any page image data stored in the temporarily stored page image data display unit 1002 (in the case of FIG. 15, temporarily stored IMAGE1 (1502)) is displayed as image data. The position 1501 where the page image data is dropped is dragged to the part 1001, and the insertion position is determined. Then, the display of the image data display unit 1001 and the registered image data display unit 1006 is updated according to the order of the page images changed by the addition process.

  When the CPU 201 accepts an image data division instruction by pressing the division button 1003 on the image data detail display screen 1000 in FIG. 10 (YES in step S523), the CPU 201 displays the division designation screen 1600 in FIG. Then, image data division processing is performed (step S524). The process from step S514 to S525 is repeated until the pressing of the OK button on the image data detail display screen 1000 is accepted (YES in step S525).

  If the CPU 201 determines YES in step S525, the process proceeds to step S526, the image data that was the editing target on the image data detail display screen 1000 is set as the confirmed image data, and the process returns to step S501. Although not shown, when an instruction to press the cancel button 1010 in FIG. 10 is received, all the edits added to the image data to be edited on the image data detail display screen 1000 are cancelled.

  If the CPU 201 determines NO in the determination process of step S502, the process proceeds to step S503, and it is determined whether designation of confirmed image data is accepted (step S503). This acceptance of designation determines whether a click instruction has been accepted for the confirmed check box 901 on the confirmation data list screen 900. If it is determined that the confirmed image data designation has been accepted (YES in step S503), the checked state of the confirmed check box that accepted the designation is changed (step S504).

  When an image data registration request is received (YES in step S505), image data registration processing is performed (step S506). Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the image data registration process in step S506 of FIG. In this processing, the following processing is performed on all the image data in which the confirmed check box 901 on the confirmation data list screen 900 is checked.

  First, the CPU 201 acquires the contract type of the image data to be processed (step S801), searches the contract type data table 1100, and acquires registration destination data table information and registration page information corresponding to the contract type ( Step S802).

  Then, by comparing the number of sheets 1103 in the contract type data table 1100 with the number of page image data included in the image data, it is determined whether there is a shortage (step S803). If it is determined that there is a shortage (YES in step S803), the process proceeds to step S804, and blank page data is created in order to compensate for the shortage page image data. At this time, the page on which blank image data is registered is designated on a screen (not shown). Then, a data delimiter sheet used for additionally registering the missing page image data is created (step S805). This data delimiter sheet includes designation information as to which contract ID the page image data is to be added to and what page the page image data is to be inserted into.

  Thereafter, the following processing is performed on all the registration destination data tables acquired as the registration destination data table in step S802. First, page image data to be registered in the data table to be registered is acquired (step S806). Thereafter, image data composed of page image data designated as a page to be registered in the registration destination data table is created (step S807), and the image data and attribute information are registered in the registration destination data table (step S807). S808). The attribute information to be registered here may be input information received from the user or character information obtained by performing OCR processing on a designated portion of the image data.

  When the registration processing for the registration destination data table acquired in step S802 is completed, the processing from step S801 is repeated for other image data. The above is the details of the image data registration process in step S506 of FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. When the process of step S506 is completed, the process proceeds to step S501, and the update process of the confirmation image list data display screen for excluding the image data subjected to the registration process in step S506 from the display target is performed. Will be repeated. Then, it is determined as YES in step S507 (this process is repeated until it is determined that the cancel button 909 is pressed).

  As described above, according to the present invention, even when image data created from one document is registered in a plurality of image databases, it is possible to flexibly cope with changes such as addition of page image data. Further, inconsistency does not occur when changing such as addition of image data registered in the image database.

  The present invention can be implemented as a system, apparatus, method, program, storage medium, or the like, and can be applied to a system including a plurality of devices. You may apply to the apparatus which consists of one apparatus.

  In the present invention, a software program (in the embodiment, a program corresponding to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 to 8) for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiment is directly or remotely supplied to a system or apparatus. Including. The present invention also includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. In other words, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

  Examples of the recording medium for supplying the program include a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW. In addition, there are magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R), and the like.

  As another program supply method, a browser on a client computer is used to connect to an Internet home page. The computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function can be downloaded from the homepage by downloading it to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

  It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer is also included in the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. Let It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the downloaded key information and install the program on a computer.

  Further, the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the computer executing the read program. In addition, based on the instructions of the program, an OS or the like running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  The above-described embodiments are merely examples of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the technical idea or the main features thereof.

101 Management server 102-1 and 102-2 Client PC
103-1, 103-2 Scanner 104 LAN
201 CPU
202 RAM
203 ROM
204 System bus 205 Input controller (input C)
206 Video controller (VC)
207 Memory controller (MC)
208 Communication I / F controller (Communication I / FC)
209 Input device 210 Display device 211 External memory

Claims (6)

Image data created by reading a document, and an information processing apparatus for performing additional registration of partial image data for image data registered in a plurality of data tables,
A storage unit that stores definition information including a data table for registering image data created by reading the document for each document type, and partial image data to be registered in the data table;
First receiving means for receiving an additional registration request for partial image data for image data registered in the plurality of data tables;
First acquisition means for acquiring, from the data table, image data for which an additional registration request for partial images has been received by the first reception means;
Second acquisition means for acquiring partial image data to be added to the image data acquired by the first acquisition means;
Generating means for generating new image data from the image data obtained by the first obtaining means and the partial image data obtained by the second obtaining means;
Registration means for registering new image data generated by the generating means in a plurality of the data tables according to definition information stored in the storage means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A second receiving unit that receives designation of an additional position when adding the image data acquired by the second acquiring unit to the image data acquired by the first acquiring unit;
The generation unit generates the new image data by adding the partial image data acquired by the second acquisition unit to a specified position of the image data acquired by the first acquisition unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. An instruction means for instructing an image reading apparatus to read a document;
3. The information processing according to claim 1, wherein the second acquisition unit acquires partial image data created by an image reading device reading the document in accordance with an instruction from the instruction unit. apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a changing unit that changes the order of the partial image data included in the new image data generated by the generating unit. For each document type, a storage unit is provided for storing definition information including a data table for registering image data created by reading the document and partial image data registered in the data table, and reads the document. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus that performs additional registration of partial image data with respect to image data created in a plurality of data tables,
A first receiving step of receiving a partial image data additional registration request for image data registered in the plurality of data tables;
A first acquisition step of acquiring, from the data table, image data for which an additional registration request for partial images has been received in the first reception step;
A second acquisition step of acquiring partial image data to be added to the image data acquired in the first acquisition step;
A generating step for generating new image data from the image data obtained in the first obtaining step and the partial image data obtained in the second obtaining step;
A registration step of registering new image data generated in the generation step in a plurality of the data tables according to the definition information stored in the storage unit;
An information processing method comprising: For each document type, the document is read by a computer having storage means for storing definition data including a data table for registering image data created by reading the document and partial image data to be registered in the data table. A computer program for causing image data created by processing to function as an information processing apparatus that performs additional registration of partial image data for image data registered in a plurality of data tables,
The computer,
First receiving means for receiving an additional registration request for partial image data for image data registered in the plurality of data tables;
First acquisition means for acquiring, from the data table, image data for which an additional registration request for partial images has been received by the first reception means;
Second acquisition means for acquiring partial image data to be added to the image data acquired by the first acquisition means;
Generating means for generating new image data from the image data obtained by the first obtaining means and the partial image data obtained by the second obtaining means;
Registration means for registering new image data generated by the generating means in a plurality of the data tables according to definition information stored in the storage means;
A computer program that functions as a computer program.

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