JP2013058092A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for improving a load on a user involving modification of grouping.SOLUTION: An information processing device includes: a data acquisition part for acquiring data produced by classifying plural pieces of image data into one or plural groups; a data integrity (excess or deficiency) determination part for individually inspecting one or plural groups of the acquired data on the basis of group definition information defining a condition for determining integrity of image data included in the group, thereby determining the integrity of the image data for each of the one or plural groups; and a display control part for causing a display device to display information showing a group with a deficiency of image data recognized on the basis of the determination, and belonging undetermined image data which is outside the group according to the classification or is determined to be excessively included in a group determined by the data integrity determination part and for which a group to be belonging to is not determined.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program technique.

  In recent years, paperlessness has been promoted in various businesses from the viewpoint of business improvement and cost reduction. On the other hand, for example, there are still many scenes where paper such as transaction documents and forms are still used. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, improvement of business efficiency in which paper is used has been achieved by taking paper data into a computer using a scanner and grouping and managing the paper data on the computer. Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose techniques related to such data management.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a technique for informing a paper page that an image could not be read when filing image data. Also, in Patent Document 2, filing the form and attached materials together, counting the number of attached materials, and, based on the counted result, a set of data that may have caused a reading error. A technique for warning is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-105343 JP 2008-282091 A

  When papers digitized by a computer are automatically grouped, errors such as excess or deficiency in the paper included in each group may occur. In the conventional technique, in such a case, the user has to visually check each group one by one and correct the grouping. Therefore, the conventional technique has a problem that this visual correction takes a lot of time and places a burden on the user.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving the burden on the user related to correction of grouping.

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention defines a data acquisition unit that acquires data obtained by classifying a plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups, and conditions for determining whether the image data included in the group is excessive or insufficient. A data excess / deficiency determination unit that determines the excess or deficiency of image data for each of the one or more groups by examining each of the one or more groups in the acquired data based on group definition information, and the determination And the group to which the image data recognized based on the group is not classified into the group according to the classification, or the group is determined to be excessively included in the group by the data excess / deficiency determination unit A table that displays information indicating the affiliation unconfirmed image data that is unconfirmed image data on the display device. And a control unit.

As another aspect of the present invention, an information processing method for realizing each of the above configurations, a program, or a computer-readable recording that records such a program may be used. It may be a medium. Here, the computer-readable recording medium is a medium that stores information such as programs by electrical, magnetic, optical, mechanical, or chemical action. Further, as another aspect of the present invention, an information processing system in which a plurality of devices that realize each of the above configurations is configured to be communicable may be used.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the technique which improves the user's burden concerning correction of grouping can be provided.

FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scene of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 illustrates information processing by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 illustrates information processing by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 illustrates the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 illustrates data type definition data according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 illustrates group definition data according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of data excess / deficiency determination by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 illustrates determination data indicating the result of excess / deficiency determination by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of correction processing by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of correction processing by the information processing apparatus according to the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to an aspect of the present invention (hereinafter, also referred to as “this embodiment”) will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the present embodiment described below is merely an example of the present invention in all points, and is not intended to limit the scope thereof. It goes without saying that various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. That is, in implementing the present invention, a specific configuration according to the present embodiment may be employed as appropriate.

  Although the data appearing in the present embodiment is described in a natural language (such as Japanese), more specifically, it is specified in a pseudo language, a command, a parameter, a machine language, or the like that can be recognized by a computer.

§1 Information processing device [Processing example]
First, an example of information processing by the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment acquires data obtained by classifying a plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups. Further, the information processing apparatus 1 examines each of the one or a plurality of groups in the acquired data based on group definition information that defines conditions for determining whether the image data included in the group is excessive or insufficient. Alternatively, the excess or deficiency of the image data is determined for each of the plurality of groups. The information processing apparatus 1 determines that the image data recognized based on the determination is insufficient, and the classification is not classified into the group or excessively included in the group. The display device 3 displays information indicating that the group to which the user belongs is unconfirmed image data that is unconfirmed image data.

  According to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, by checking a group of image data based on group definition information, it is determined whether the image data is excessive or insufficient in the group. Then, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a group in which image data is insufficient among the groups related to the acquired image data is recognized. In addition, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, unaffiliated image data that is image data in which the group to which the group belongs is undetermined among the acquired image data is recognized. Further, the recognized group in which the image data is insufficient and unaffiliated image data are displayed on the display device 3.

  That is, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, a group for which image data is insufficient and an affiliation unconfirmed image are displayed on the display device 3. Thereby, in the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the user can recognize from the information displayed on the display device 3 the group in which the image data is insufficient and the image data whose affiliation is undetermined. . Therefore, according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the burden on the user for correcting the grouping is improved.

  FIG. 1 illustrates a usage scene of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, there is a bundle of forms including an invoice, a slip, an estimate, and the like. The user digitizes the forms included in the bundle by the scanner 2 and manages the digitized form data (form data) in groups on the information processing apparatus 1. FIG. 1 illustrates the flow of data in such a usage scene.

  The digitized forms are grouped by, for example, a function incorporated in the scanner 2 or a function of the information processing apparatus 1. The grouping of the forms may be processed by an information processing apparatus other than the information processing apparatus 1. In addition, the grouping of the forms by the information processing apparatus may be realized by an automatic process that does not include an operation by the user, or may be realized by a manual process that includes an operation by the user. The subject that performs grouping and the grouping method are appropriately selected.

  Note that the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can group a plurality of acquired forms (image data) by automatic processing, as will be described later. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 can acquire data obtained by classifying a plurality of forms into one or a plurality of groups.

  Then, the information processing apparatus 1 determines the excess or deficiency of the form for each group related to the acquired data, and shows information indicating the group for which the form is deficient and the form for which the affiliation is undetermined (affiliation undetermined form). It is displayed on the display device 3. The user can recognize the group for which the form is insufficient and the affiliation unconfirmed form from the displayed information. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment improves the burden on the user related to the correction of grouping.

  Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment provides a user with means for correcting an error when an error such as an excess or deficiency in a form included in each group occurs. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 1 provides a user with a means for determining the group to which the unaffiliated form belongs, in order to correct the excess or deficiency of the form included in the group.

2 and 3 exemplify error correction processing screens provided by the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the error correction unit according to the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is provided by a GUI (Graphical User Interface). In the present embodiment, the user drags a symbol indicating an affiliation undecided form by a mouse operation and drops it on a symbol indicating a group desired by the user as an affiliation destination of the affiliation undecided form. Determine the group to which to belong. A symbol is an object that presents an object to a user, and is, for example, an icon or a thumbnail.

  FIG. 2 illustrates a screen displayed on the display device 3 when an unaffiliated form is selected. As shown in FIG. 2, a symbol indicating a group and a symbol 105 indicating an unaffiliated form are displayed on the screen. Symbols (100a, 100b) each indicate a group for which a form is insufficient. In the present embodiment, the symbols (100a, 100b) are expressed by a different expression method from symbols indicating other groups. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are used for the objects indicated by the symbols. For example, the affiliation undecided form indicated by the symbol 105 is also referred to as “affiliation undetermined form 105”. The same notation is used for other symbols.

  For example, the user moves the cursor displayed on the screen onto the desired unaffiliated form 105 by operating the mouse. Then, the user clicks the mouse button while the cursor is on the desired unaffiliated form 105. By this operation, the unaffiliated form to be corrected is selected.

  When an unaffiliated form is selected by a user operation, a list (101a, 101b) of form data included in a group for which a form is insufficient is displayed. A list of form data included in a group lacking the form is represented by a form symbol included in the group and a symbol indicating a form not included in the group.

  For example, in FIG. 2, the list 101a of form data included in the group 100a is represented by the symbol (102a, 104a) of the form included in the group and the symbol 103a indicating the form not included in the group. Similarly, the list 101b is represented by a form symbol (102b, 104b) included in a group and a symbol 103b indicating a form not included in the group.

  Here, the form included in the group is a form assigned to the group by grouping. As the symbol of the form included in the group, for example, a thumbnail obtained by reducing the image data of the form is used.

  On the other hand, a form that is not included in a group is a form that is lacking in the group because a form that is originally assigned to the group is not assigned. For example, an icon indicating a form is used as a symbol indicating a form that is not included in the group. When the type of a form that is lacking in the group can be identified, a symbol that displays the type of form that is lacking may be used as a symbol that indicates a form that is not included in the group. Symbols 103a and 103b in FIG. 2 indicate that “slip” is insufficient in each group.

  By such an expression method, a list (101a, 101b) of form data included in a group having insufficient forms is represented. In the present embodiment, the list of form data included in the group is expressed by the symbol of the form, but the expression format of the form data included in the group may be selected as appropriate. For example, the list of form data included in the group may be expressed by a character string instead of a symbol.

The user confirms the list of form data included in the group lacking the form displayed on the display device 3 and the unaffiliated form, so that the group belonging to the lacking form is not affiliated. Determine the group to which the fixed form belongs. For example, in the example shown in FIG.
The user determines that the affiliation destination of the unaffiliated form 105 is the group 100a. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the user determines that the affiliation unconfirmed form 105 is a slip indicated by the symbol 103a included in the group 100a.

  At this time, in order to make the user belong to the group 100a determined to belong to the affiliation / unconfirmed form 105, the user drags the affiliation / unconfirmed form 105 by a mouse operation, and the form data list 101a included in the group 100a is dragged. Drop in the area. Specifically, the user determines that the affiliation unconfirmed form 105 is a slip indicated by the symbol 103a. Therefore, the user drags the form 105 and drops it in the area of the symbol 103a. In this embodiment, such an operation determines the affiliation destination of the affiliation uncertain form, and corrects the error.

  In addition, although the mouse | mouth was mentioned as an example of the operation device used for the information processing apparatus 1, in this embodiment, another operation device may be used. For example, a touch panel, a track pad, or the like may be used as an operation device used in the information processing apparatus 1. The same applies to the following.

  On the other hand, FIG. 3 shows the display device 3 when a symbol 103 indicating a form not included in the group is selected from among the symbols included in the list 101 of the form data included in the group 100 where the form is insufficient. An example of the screen displayed in FIG.

  For example, the user moves the cursor displayed on the screen onto a desired group by operating the mouse. Then, the user clicks the mouse button while the cursor is on the desired group. By this operation, the group to be corrected is selected.

  When a group is selected by a user operation, a list 101 of form data included in the group is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the list 101 of form data included in the group 100 is represented by forms (102, 104) included in the group and a symbol 103 indicating a form not included in the group.

  Further, the user moves the cursor displayed on the screen onto the symbol 103 by operating the mouse. Then, the user clicks the mouse button while the cursor is on the symbol 103. By this operation, a form that is insufficient in the group 100 is selected.

  When an insufficient form in the group 100 is selected by a user operation, a list 106 of unaffiliated forms (105a, 105b, 105c) is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 3, since it is determined that the type of the form that is lacking in the group 100 is a slip, an unconfirmed belonging form whose type is a slip is selectively displayed in the list 106. May be displayed.

  The user searches for a form corresponding to the form indicated by the symbol 103 from the unaffiliated forms included in the list 106 displayed on the display device 3. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the user determines that the affiliation unconfirmed form 105b is a corresponding form.

At this time, the user drags the unconfirmed belonging form 105 b by the mouse operation and drops it in the area of the symbol 103 in order to make the belonging unconfirmed form 105 b determined to be the form indicated by the symbol 103 belong to the group 100. To do. This operation is the same as the processing example using FIG. In this embodiment, such an operation determines the affiliation destination of the affiliation uncertain form, and corrects the error.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment presents information indicating a group in which an error has occurred and image data related to the error to the user, and provides the user with means for correcting the error. . As a result, the information processing apparatus 1 can improve the burden on the user for correcting the grouping, and can provide means for easily correcting the grouping by an intuitive operation.

  In the present embodiment, as described in the example using FIGS. 2 and 3, data obtained by digitizing a form will be described as an example of image data. However, the image data targeted by the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is not limited to data relating to a form. The information processing apparatus 1 can process data obtained by digitizing paper other than a form as image data.

  In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus 1 acquires image data to be processed from the scanner 2. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 1 targets a form digitized by the scanner 2 as a processing target. However, the image data to be processed by the information processing apparatus 1 is not limited to electronic data acquired using the scanner 2. For example, the information processing apparatus 1 may process document data and image data created on a computer.

Further, the information processing apparatus 1 may acquire image data to be processed from another information processing apparatus via a network. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 1 is a USB (universal serial
bus) Image data to be processed may be acquired from a storage device such as a memory.

[Configuration example]
Next, a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a storage unit 11, a control unit 12, an input / output unit 14, and the like connected to the bus 13 as a hardware configuration.

  The storage unit 11 stores various data and programs used in processing executed by the control unit 12 (not shown). The storage unit 11 is realized by a hard disk, for example. The storage unit 11 may be realized by a storage medium such as a USB memory.

  The various data and programs stored in the storage unit 11 may be obtained from a recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc) or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The storage unit 11 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.

The control unit 12 includes one or a plurality of processors such as a microprocessor or a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and peripheral circuits (ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), interface circuits) used for processing of the processor. Etc.). The control unit 12 implements the processing of the information processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment by executing various data and programs stored in the storage unit 11. ROM, RAM, and the like may be referred to as a main storage device in the sense that they are arranged in an address space handled by a processor in the control unit 12.

The input / output unit 14 is one or a plurality of interfaces for transmitting / receiving data to / from a device existing outside the information processing device 1. The input / output unit 14 is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Net).
work) An interface for connecting a cable, an interface for connecting to a user interface such as an input device and an output device, or an interface such as a USB.

  In the present embodiment, the input / output unit 14 is connected to the scanner 2 and the display device 3 as shown in FIG. The scanner 2 and the display device 3 are connected to the input / output unit 14 of the information processing device 1 in a state where control by the information processing device 1 is possible. Thereby, in this embodiment, the information processing apparatus 1 acquires the digitized form data by the scanner 2. In addition, the information processing device 1 causes the display device 3 to display an image output by processing to be described later.

  In the present embodiment, the input / output unit 14 is connected to an operation device (not shown). Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 can acquire information from the operation device via the input / output unit 14. Then, the information processing apparatus 1 can execute processing according to the operation of the operation device by the user.

  The input / output unit 14 may be connected to an input / output device for a removable recording medium such as a CD drive or a DVD drive, or an input / output device such as a non-volatile portable storage medium such as a memory card. . The input / output unit 14 may have a function as an interface (communication unit) for performing network connection.

  The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment determines the excess or deficiency of a form in a form group, and recognizes a form that lacks a form and a form that the group to which the group belongs is indeterminate. Then, the information processing device 1 causes the display device 3 to display the group for which the form is insufficient and the affiliation unconfirmed form. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment improves the burden on the user related to the correction of grouping. Such processing of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is realized by the storage unit 11 and the control unit 12.

<Storage unit 11>
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the storage unit 11 stores data type definition information 21 and group definition information 22. Specifically, the data type definition information 21 and the group definition information 22 are respectively stored as data in a storage device such as a hard disk that implements the storage unit 11.

(Data type definition information 21)
FIG. 5 illustrates the data type definition information 21 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the data type definition information 21 is stored in the storage unit 11 as data of one record in a table format for each type of image data to be identified, for example. The data type definition information 21 is used to identify the type of image data. In the present embodiment, specifically, the data type definition information 21 is used to identify the type of form. As shown in FIG. 5, the data related to the data type definition information 21 according to the present embodiment includes an OCR format definition field, a barcode format definition field, and a designated area OCR format definition field.

  The OCR format definition field stores information such as ruled lines and other forms and layouts of form components. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the OCR format definition field includes subfields such as a color information subfield, a matching information subfield, and a post-processing subfield.

  The color information subfield stores color information used for the form. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, color or monochrome is designated by the color information stored in the color information subfield.

  The matching information subfield stores information such as the arrangement of the components of the form. In the example shown in FIG. 5, ruled line information and information such as characters and marks used for the form are stored in the matching information subfield.

  The ruled line information is ruled line information used for a form, for example, position information on the form of the ruled line. The position information of the ruled line on the form is defined by, for example, a conditional expression or coordinates that the ruled line satisfies. The coordinates are, for example, the overall coordinates where the upper left corner of the form is (0, 0).

  In the post-read processing subfield, information indicating processing performed when a form is converted into electronic data by a scanner or the like is stored. Note that “tilt correction ON” shown in FIG. 5 indicates that a function of correcting the tilt of the read image is executed.

  Thus, the information stored in the OCR format definition field is information relating to the appearance of the form layout and the like. The information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can identify the type of the acquired form by comparing the appearance such as the layout of the form indicated by the information with the acquired form.

  The barcode format definition field stores barcode information used for the form. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the barcode format definition field includes a type subfield, a print position subfield, and a barcode information subfield.

  The type subfield stores information indicating the type of barcode used for the form. The type of barcode used for the form is arbitrary, for example, QR code, NW-7, CODE 39, and the like. The information processing apparatus 1 decodes the acquired barcode based on the information stored in the type subfield.

  The print position subfield stores information indicating the coordinates of the print position where the barcode is printed. The format of the coordinates is appropriately selected. For example, the coordinates of the barcode are given as the coordinates of the center position of the barcode in the overall coordinates where the upper left corner of the form is (0, 0). The print position subfield may include information regarding the range of the barcode print area. The information processing apparatus 1 uses the information stored in the print position subfield to determine the position for acquiring the barcode when identifying the type of form.

In the bar code information subfield, bar code information indicating the data format and data information stored in the bar code is stored. For example, in the barcode information subfield, information on the data format stored in the barcode such as “key-value type”, “separator” or “separator” and the content of the data held by the barcode are stored. Information to be stored.

The “key-value type”, “separator”, or “separator” is information indicating how to read data stored in the barcode. The method of reading the data is specified by, for example, a format in which data after a certain delimiter is data to be read. The information processing apparatus 1 reads information stored in the barcode by, for example, a data reading method specified by these, and collates information indicating the content of data held by the barcode with the read information. Identify the type of form.

  The designated area OCR format definition field stores information related to the designated area OCR to be performed on the form. The designated area OCR is to extract character information by applying an OCR process only to a specific area. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the designated area OCR format definition field includes a designated area coordinate subfield and a reading information subfield.

  In the designated area coordinate subfield, information indicating the position coordinates on the form where the designated area OCR is performed is stored. For example, the position coordinates of the designated area are given as the position coordinates of the center of the designated area in the overall coordinates where the upper left corner of the form is (0, 0). The specified area coordinate subfield may include information for specifying the range of the specified area. The information processing apparatus 1 uses the information stored in the designated area coordinate subfield to determine the position where the designated area OCR is performed when identifying the type of the form.

  The read information subfield stores information indicating the data format and content of data acquired from the designated area. For example, in the read information subfield, information indicating a data format such as “delimiter character”, “delimiter digit”, or “character type” is stored as information indicating the data format. In the read information subfield, information indicating the content of data acquired from the designated area is stored together with information indicating the data format. This is the same as the “barcode information subfield” described above.

  Therefore, the information processing apparatus 1 reads the information indicated by the data acquired from the specified area by the data reading method specified by the information stored in the read information subfield. The information processing apparatus 1 can identify the type of the form by collating information indicating the content of data acquired from the designated area with the read information.

  The data related to the data type definition information 21 includes at least one of an OCR format definition field, a barcode format definition field, and a designated area OCR format definition field. The information processing apparatus 1 identifies the type of form using any of the fields included in the data.

(Group definition information)
FIG. 6 illustrates group definition information 22 according to the present embodiment. The group definition information 22 defines conditions for determining whether the form (image data) included in the group is excessive or insufficient. In the example shown in FIG. 6, information indicated by one line of data given in a table format corresponds to group definition information related to one group type. The group definition information 22 is prepared for each group type. As shown in FIG. 6, the data related to the group definition information 22 according to the present embodiment includes a group name field, a reference form field, a number setting field, and an essential form field.

  The group name field stores information for identifying the group type (group type). The information is expressed by, for example, an identifier indicating a group type name.

  The reference form field stores information for specifying the type of a form (reference form) that serves as a reference for identifying the group type of the target group. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the form A is a reference form for identifying that the group type of the target group is the group GA. That is, when the form A exists in the group of the grouped forms, the information processing apparatus 1 can identify the group type of the group of the forms as the group GA based on this information.

  The number setting field stores information for designating the number of forms included in the group (the number of forms data). Therefore, by using the information, the information processing apparatus 1 can determine whether or not the number of forms included in the form group is appropriate. With this determination, the information processing apparatus 1 can identify a group for which a form is insufficient. This determination will be described later.

  The required form field stores information for designating the type of form included in the group. The form designated by the information is hereinafter referred to as “essential form”. Using the information, the information processing apparatus 1 determines whether the group includes a form corresponding to the type of the form designated as the required form, thereby identifying the group in which the form is lacking. be able to. This determination will also be described later.

  In addition to these fields, the data related to the group definition information 22 according to the present embodiment may include a field in which information indicating a form that should not be included in the group is stored.

<Control unit 12>
As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 12 includes a data acquisition unit 31, a data excess / deficiency determination unit 32, a selection reception unit 33, a classification processing unit 34, an image data identification unit 35, a keyword acquisition unit 36, and a display control unit. 37. The data acquisition unit 31, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32, the selection reception unit 33, the classification processing unit 34, the image data identification unit 35, the keyword acquisition unit 36, and the display control unit 37 are stored in the storage unit 11, for example. A program or the like is implemented in a RAM or the like that is a peripheral circuit of the control unit 12 and executed by the processor of the control unit 12.

(Data acquisition part)
The data acquisition unit 31 acquires data obtained by classifying a plurality of forms into one or a plurality of groups. The data acquisition unit 31 may acquire the data from another information processing apparatus via a network. Further, the data acquisition unit 31 may acquire the data from a portable storage medium such as a USB memory. The data acquisition source may be selected as appropriate.

  In the present embodiment, the classification processing unit 34 to be described later may classify a plurality of acquired forms into one or a plurality of groups. In this case, the data acquisition unit 31 may acquire data obtained by classifying a plurality of forms into one or a plurality of groups from the classification processing unit 34.

(Data excess / deficiency judgment part)
The data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 inspects each of the one or more groups in the data acquired by the data acquisition unit 31 based on the group definition information 22 that defines conditions for determining the excess / deficiency of the forms included in the group. Thus, the excess or deficiency of the form is determined for each of the one or more groups.

(Selection reception part)
The selection receiving unit 33 receives selection of a group or a form. As described in the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the user operates the form and the group on the screen displayed on the display device 3 using the operation device connected to the input / output unit 14. In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the user operates the cursor with the mouse and performs a click operation on the form or group symbol to perform the user's desired form or group selection operation. The selection receiving unit 33 detects such operation of the operation device and receives selection of a group or a form.

(Classification processing section)
Based on the selection received by the selection receiving unit 33, the classification processing unit 34 reclassifies the form included in the group by determining the affiliation destination of the selected unaffiliated form to the selected group.

Further, the classification processing unit 34 may reclassify the forms included in the plurality of groups according to a predetermined rule among the plurality of groups. Details will be described later.

  In addition, the selection receiving unit 33 may receive selection of a missing form included in the list of groups together with an unaffiliated form. In this case, the classification processing unit 34 reclassifies the form included in the group by moving the selected unaffiliated form to the position of the missing form included in the list of the selected group. Also good.

  In addition, the image data identification unit 35 to be described later may identify a reference form serving as a reference for identifying a group of forms among a plurality of ordered forms. In this case, the classification processing unit 34 may classify the plurality of forms into one or a plurality of groups based on the positional relationship of the reference forms in the order of the plurality of forms.

  In addition, the selection receiving unit 33 may further receive a selection of a symbol indicating an insufficient form included in the form list. In this case, the classification processing unit 34 reclassifies the form included in the group by moving the selected unconfirmed location form to the position of the selected missing form included in the list of forms. May be.

(Image data identification part)
The image data identifying unit 35 identifies a reference form serving as a reference for identifying the group type of the form among the plurality of ordered forms. Note that the image data identification unit 35 may identify the type of the acquired form based on the data type definition information 21 stored in the storage unit 11. Further, the image data identification unit 35 may identify the type of a form other than the reference form.

(Keyword acquisition part)
The keyword acquisition unit 36 acquires a keyword from information included in the form. For example, the keyword acquisition unit 36 acquires information that can be acquired by applying OCR processing to a predetermined position of the form as a keyword. For example, the data type definition information 21 may be used for acquiring the keyword. For example, the keyword acquisition unit 36 may acquire information from the barcode attached to the form based on the information stored in the barcode format definition field. The keyword acquisition unit 36 may use the information acquired in this way as a keyword.

(Display control unit)
The display control unit 37 includes a group in which the form recognized based on the determination by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 is insufficient, a group that is not classified into groups by grouping, or a group by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 The display device 3 is caused to display information indicating that the group to which the group belongs is an uncertain form that is determined to be excessively included in the form.

  Note that the display control unit 37, when the selection received by the selection receiving unit 33 selects a group for which a form is insufficient, the form included in the selected group and the selected group are insufficient. A list indicating the forms that are being displayed may be displayed on the display device 3. The missing form is represented by, for example, a symbol indicating that the form is lacking.

  In the present embodiment, a symbol indicating that a form is insufficient indicates that an arbitrary type of form is insufficient or a specific type of form is insufficient. For example, in the examples shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the symbols (103, 103 a, 103 b) indicating that there are insufficient forms indicate that a specific type of form “slip” is insufficient.

Further, the display control unit 37 may display a symbol indicating a form that is lacking in the group more emphasized than a symbol of the form included in the group in the list of forms displayed by the display device 3.

  The display control unit 37 may display a list of unaffiliated forms on the display device 3 when an insufficient form is selected in the selection received by the selection reception unit 33.

  In addition, in the required form field of the data related to the group definition information 22, information for designating the type of form included in the form group may be stored. Then, the image data identification unit 35 may identify the type of the form other than the reference form. Furthermore, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 may recognize the type of the missing form or the affiliation unconfirmed form for each of the one or more groups.

  In this case, the selection receiving unit 33 may receive selection of missing image data included in the list. The display control unit 37 may cause the display device 3 to display a list of unaffiliated forms of a type that matches the type of missing form included in the selected list. In this case, the selection accepting unit 33 may accept selection of an unaffiliated form. Then, the display control unit 37 may cause the display device 3 to display a list of groups in which a form of a type that matches the type of the selected unaffiliated form is missing.

  Further, the keyword acquisition unit 36 acquires a keyword from information included in the form. In this case, the display control unit 37 is included in the selected group among the unaffiliated forms when a group with insufficient forms is selected in the selection received by the selection receiving unit 33. A list of unaffiliated forms for which keywords matching the keywords acquired from the form are acquired may be displayed on the display device. In this case, the display control unit 37 acquires a keyword that matches the keyword acquired from the selected unaffiliated form when the selected unaffiliated form is selected in the selection received by the selection receiving unit 33. A list of groups that lack a form, including a form to be displayed, may be displayed on the display device.

  The display control unit 37 may cause the display device 3 to display a list of groups for which a form is lacking when an unaffiliated form is selected in the selection received by the selection receiving unit 33.

  In addition, the display control unit 37 causes the display device 3 to display a list indicating a form included in the group and a form lacking in the group for each group in the list of groups lacking the form. May be.

§2 Operation Example Next, an operation example of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a processing procedure of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 7, the step is abbreviated as “S”. Similar abbreviations are used in FIGS.

  First, for example, a program stored in the storage unit 11 is expanded in the RAM or the like of the control unit 12 in accordance with a user operation. Then, the program developed in the RAM or the like of the control unit 12 is executed by the processor of the control unit 12. In this way, the information processing apparatus 1 starts processing.

In step 1001, the data acquisition unit 31 acquires a plurality of form data. Thereby, the information processing apparatus 1 acquires data relating to a plurality of forms. For the acquired data, the plurality of forms may be grouped or may not be grouped. This operation example is the latter. That is, in this operation example, it is assumed that the forms related to the data acquired in this step are not grouped.

  For example, in the usage scene illustrated in FIG. 1, the user uses the scanner 2 to capture a bundle of forms into the information processing apparatus 1. In this case, if the processing for grouping a plurality of captured forms is not executed by the scanner 2, the forms captured by the information processing apparatus 1 are not grouped. This step 1001 illustrates processing in such a scene.

  That is, in step 1001, the data acquisition unit 31 acquires form data each time the scanner 2 digitizes the form. The data acquisition unit 31 acquires a plurality of form data by executing the series of processes on the bundle of forms.

  A plurality of forms acquired in this way can be arranged in the order of acquisition. As will be described later, the classification processing unit 34 groups a plurality of forms based on the order.

  In step 1002, the type of each of the plurality of forms acquired in step 1001 is recognized by the image data identification unit 35. The image data identification unit 35 uses the data type definition information 21 stored in the storage unit 11 to identify the type of the target form.

  For example, the image data identification unit 35 recognizes the form type based on the information regarding the appearance of the form stored in the OCR format definition field of the data related to the data type definition information 21 prepared for each form type. Specifically, the image data identification unit 35 compares the appearance of the form indicated by the information stored in the OCR format definition field with the appearance of the acquired form, thereby defining the data type that indicates the most suitable appearance. Information 21 is specified. Thereby, the image data identification unit 35 recognizes the type of the form related to the specified data type definition information 21 as the type of the acquired form.

  Further, for example, the image data identification unit 35 may recognize the type of the form based on the information regarding the barcode stored in the barcode format definition field. The image data identification unit 35 specifies the data type definition information 21 including information related to a barcode that matches the barcode attached to the acquired form. Accordingly, the image data identification unit 35 recognizes that the form type related to the specified data type definition information 21 is the acquired form type.

  For example, the image data identification unit 35 may recognize the type of the form based on information regarding the designated area OCR stored in the designated area OCR format definition field. In the designated area OCR format definition field, as described above, information regarding the area to which the designated area OCR is applied, the data format of data acquired from the area, and the content of data acquired from the area are defined. . The image data identification unit 35 applies the designated area OCR to the acquired form based on the information related to the designated area OCR. Then, the image data identification unit 35 specifies the data type definition information 21 including information related to the designated area OCR that matches the acquired form. Accordingly, the image data identification unit 35 recognizes that the form type related to the specified data type definition information 21 is the acquired form type.

  In the form type recognition process, the keyword acquisition unit 36 may execute a keyword acquisition process. The keyword acquisition unit 36 acquires a keyword and sets the acquired keyword as a keyword of the target form. Note that the data type definition information 21 used in the form type recognition process may be used for the keyword acquisition process.

  For example, in the form type recognition process, barcode decoding and designated area OCR are performed. At this time, barcode information and information described in the designated area are acquired. The keyword acquisition unit 36 may set information acquired at this time as a keyword of the form.

  The keyword acquisition unit 36 may acquire a keyword without using the data type definition information 21. For example, the keyword acquisition unit 36 may acquire, as a keyword, information obtained by applying the OCR process to the same location for any form. The keyword acquisition method is appropriately selected.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 1 may cause the display device 3 to display a screen for inquiring the user whether or not the acquired keyword is appropriate. At this time, the keyword acquisition unit 36 may acquire a keyword of the form by receiving a keyword input by the user. The keyword acquisition unit 36 may acquire a keyword by a similar process even when the keyword cannot be appropriately acquired from the form.

  The form type recognition process by the image data identification unit 35 is not limited to the process using the data type definition information 21. For example, it is assumed that the storage unit 11 holds a form template for recognizing the form type. In this case, the image data identification unit 35 may recognize the type of the form by comparing the acquired form with the form template and specifying the most suitable form.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 1 may cause the display device 3 to display a screen for inquiring the user whether or not the identification of the form type by the image data identification unit 35 is appropriate. At this time, the image data identification unit 35 may recognize the form type by receiving the input of the form type by the user. The image data identification unit 35 may recognize the form type by the same process even when the form type cannot be properly recognized.

  In step 1003, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines the excess / deficiency of the form in each group. Hereinafter, the determination process will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure related to determination of excess / deficiency of a form in the present embodiment. In this operation example, the plurality of forms acquired in step 1001 are grouped by the classification processing unit 34. Each time a form included in the group is determined by this grouping, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines the excess / deficiency of the form for the group. Specifically, it is executed as follows.

  In step 2001, the classification processing unit 34 determines whether there is a form of a type corresponding to the type of the reference form specified by the group definition information 22 among the plurality of forms acquired in step 1001. The If there is a form of a type corresponding to the type of the reference form, the process proceeds to the next step 2002. On the other hand, if there is no type of form corresponding to the type of the standard form, the process relating to the data excess / deficiency determination ends.

Here, the plurality of forms acquired in step 1001 can be arranged in the acquired order. In accordance with the order, the classification processing unit 34 searches a form of a type corresponding to the type of the reference form in order from the top form. When a form of a type corresponding to the type of the reference form is found in the search, the classification processing unit 34 determines that the reference form exists. At this time, the search ends when the reference form is found. On the other hand, when a form of a type corresponding to the type of the reference form is not found in the search, it is determined that there is no reference form. The form corresponding to the type of the reference form discovered at this time is hereinafter also referred to as “first reference form”.

  In the present embodiment, the type of the target form is identified in step 1002. In the group definition information 22, the type of reference form set for the group is defined in the reference form field.

  The classification processing unit 34 uses the processing result of the step 1002 and the group definition information 22 to determine whether the target form is a form corresponding to the type of the reference form.

  Specifically, first, the classification processing unit 34 collects information indicating the type of reference form set for each type from the group definition information 22 prepared for each type of group. Then, based on the collected information, the classification processing unit 34 determines whether or not the target form type corresponds to the reference form type set for the group. Specifically, the classification processing unit 34 determines whether there is a type corresponding to the type of the target form among the types of collected reference forms. If the type corresponding to the target form type exists in the collected type, it is determined that the target form is the reference form. On the other hand, if the type corresponding to the type of the target form does not exist in the collected type, it is determined that the target form is not the reference form.

  In this operation example, the classification processing unit 34 collects information indicating the type of reference form set for each type from the group definition information 22 prepared for each type of group. However, the method by which the classification processing unit 34 acquires information indicating the type of the reference form is not limited to such a method. For example, the storage unit 11 may hold information in which information indicating the type of reference form in each group type is combined into one. In this case, the classification processing unit 34 can acquire information indicating the type of the reference form in each group from the information held in the storage unit 11.

  In step 2002, the classification processing unit 34 creates a group. The group creation processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  In this operation example, in the order in which the forms are arranged, the forms included between the reference form and the reference form are handled as forms belonging to one group. For the two reference forms that specify the range of this one group, the reference form that is in the previous order is also referred to as “the previous reference form”. On the other hand, the reference form with the later order is also referred to as “the later reference form”.

  On the other hand, there is a range in which the interval between the reference form and the reference form cannot be set in the order in which the forms are arranged. The range in which the interval between the reference form and the reference form cannot be set is specifically between the last existing reference form and the last existing form in the order in which the forms are arranged. In the present embodiment, a form existing in the range is also handled as a form belonging to one group. Note that the last existing reference form is also referred to as “last reference form”.

  Specifically, first, the classification processing unit 34 exists in the order in which the forms are arranged, next to the last reference form searched in the reference form search process executed before this process. Search the standard form. Hereinafter, the reference form searched by this processing is also referred to as “next reference form”. Note that “the last retrieved reference form” means the first reference form at a stage where no repetition based on the determination in step 2006 described later has occurred. In addition, at the stage where the process of this step 2002 is executed again by the repetition based on the determination of step 2006 described later, the “reference form searched last” is the “next reference searched by the process before the repetition. It means “form”.

  When the next reference form is found, the classification processing unit 34 sets the next reference form searched in the process of this step as the “subsequent reference form”. In addition, the classification processing unit 34 sets the reference form searched in the process before this step, in this case, the first reference form to “previous reference form”. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the classification processing unit 34 creates a group by using a form that exists between the previous reference form and the form immediately before the subsequent reference form as a form that belongs to one group. .

  On the other hand, if the next reference form is not found, the classification processing unit 34 sets the reference form searched in the process prior to this step, in this case, the first reference form as the “last reference form”. . Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the classification processing unit 34 creates a group by using the forms existing between the last reference form and the last form as forms belonging to one group.

  In this way, the classification processing unit 34 sets a range of forms included in the group in the order in which the forms are arranged, and creates a group based on the set range.

  In the above processing, when the first form is not the reference form, the group to which the form existing in the range from the first form to the first reference form is not specified. Therefore, a group to which a form existing in the range belongs may be specified by an arbitrary process. For example, some of the forms existing in the range may be handled as forms belonging to the group created in step 2002. In addition, some of the forms existing in the range may be handled as unaffiliated forms. Furthermore, one new group may be created based on the form existing in the range. In this case, since the excess / deficiency determination described later is also performed for this group, group definition information 22 for identifying the type of the group for which the reference form is not set may be prepared.

  Steps 2003 to 2005 are processes relating to the excess / deficiency determination of the form for the group created by the classification processing unit 34 in step 2002 by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32.

  In step 2003, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 counts the number of forms included in the group created in step 2002. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the number of forms included in the group is counted as four.

  In step 2004, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines whether or not the group created in step 2002 includes an essential form.

  Specifically, first, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 refers to the group definition information 22 corresponding to the group type created in step 2002 among the group definition information 22 stored in the storage unit 11. As shown in FIG. 9, the reference form included in the group created in step 2002 is the previous reference form. The data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 sets the group definition information 22 including information indicating the type corresponding to the type of the previous reference form in the reference form field as the group definition information 22 corresponding to the group type created in step 2002. ,refer.

  Then, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines whether the type of form indicated by the information stored in the required form field included in the referenced group definition information 22 is included in the group created in step 2002. Determine. Thereby, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 can determine whether or not the required form is included in the group created in step 2002.

  In step 2005, based on the processing in steps 2003 and 2004, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines the excess / deficiency of the form included in the group created in step 2002.

  In this operation example, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines the target by setting the number of forms and the required form in the group of the target type indicated by the group definition information 22 for identifying the type of the target group. It is determined whether or not there is an excess or deficiency of forms in the group.

  First, the determination based on the required form setting will be described. The data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines whether or not the required group is included in the target group in the process of step 2004. Based on the result of the determination, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines whether an excess or deficiency of the form has occurred in the target group.

  For example, in the process of step 2004, it is assumed that the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that an essential form is included in the target group. In this case, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that there is no shortage of essential forms for the target group.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the type of the form set as the essential form is “form B”, and the number setting for the form of the form is “1”. However, the number setting for the type of form set as the essential form does not limit the present embodiment. For example, a plurality of sheets may be set for the same type of form set as an essential form. In addition, as the required form setting, a plurality of form types may be set.

  For example, it is assumed that a plurality of sheets are set for the same type of form set as an essential form. As a specific example, it is assumed that “form B” is set as the required form type, and the number of sheets “2” is set for the form “form B”. In this case, if the target group does not include a form corresponding to “form B”, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 lacks two forms whose type is “form B”. It is determined that Further, as a specific example, it is assumed that “form B” is set as the required form type, and “2-4 sheets” is set for the form “form B”. In this case, if the target group includes five forms of the type corresponding to “form B”, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that the form “form B is 1” in the group. If the target group contains two types of forms corresponding to “Form B”, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that “Form B” is included in the target group. It is determined that there is no excess or deficiency in the required forms of the type corresponding to “”.

  For example, it is assumed that a plurality of form types are set as required form types as the required form settings. As a specific example, it is assumed that “form B” and “form C” are set as the types of essential forms. In this case, if the target group includes a form corresponding to “form B” and a form corresponding to “form C”, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines whether the group includes It is determined that there is no excess or deficiency of essential forms. Further, as a specific example, “form B” and “form C” are set as the types of essential forms, and the number setting of “four or more” is set to “form C” for the form “form B”. Suppose that the number of sheets set to “3 sheets or less” is set for the form. In this case, it is assumed that the target group includes two forms of a form corresponding to “form B” and four forms of a form corresponding to “form C”. At this time, in the target group, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 lacks “two or more” types of forms corresponding to “form B”, and the type of form corresponding to “form C” is “1”. It is determined that the “excess or more” is excessive.

  Note that it is assumed that the lower limit value or the range limitation in which only the upper limit value is defined, such as “four or more” or “three or more”, is used as the number setting. In this case, even if the condition is satisfied, there is a possibility that the target group has an excess or deficiency in the form corresponding to the type set as the required form. For example, in the above specific example, it is assumed that five forms corresponding to “form B” are included in the target group. In this case, although the condition for setting the number of required forms is satisfied, there is a possibility that a form corresponding to “form B” is still assigned to the target group. In this case, for example, it may be estimated whether there is such a possibility in consideration of the number of unaffiliated forms.

  For example, it is assumed that there are two groups, group a and group b. The type of group a is “group A”, and the type of group b is “group B”. It is assumed that “form B” is set as the type of required form in the “group A” required form setting, and “3 sheets” is set for the form “form B”. In addition, in the setting of the required form of “Group B”, “Form B” is set as the type of required form, and “two or more sheets” is set for the form of “Form B”. . Assume that there are five unaffiliated forms belonging to the type of “form B”. Further, it is assumed that the group a includes one form corresponding to “form B” and the group b includes three forms corresponding to “form B”. In this case, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 can determine that in the group a, two forms corresponding to “form B” are insufficient. In consideration of such a state, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 may estimate that in the group b, three forms corresponding to the type of “form B” may be insufficient. It may be estimated that there is no excess or deficiency of the form corresponding to the type “B”.

  As described above, in the determination based on the required form setting, it is possible to determine the excess or deficiency of the form generated in a specific type. The data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 recognizes the lack of form type in the target group as the lack form type when the target group lacks the form corresponding to the specific type. On the other hand, if the target group contains an excessive amount of forms corresponding to a specific type, the form corresponding to the specific type included in the target group is recognized as an affiliation unconfirmed form.

  It is assumed that the target group contains an excessive amount of forms corresponding to a specific type. For example, in the required form setting of group A, “form B” is set as the required form type, and “3 sheets” is set for the form “form B”. In this case, it is assumed that the group a of the type corresponding to the group A includes five sheets of the type corresponding to the “form B”. At this time, the group “a” includes an excessive number of two different forms corresponding to the form B. In such a case, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 does not identify the excessively included form in the target group a, and recognizes all the forms of the type corresponding to “form B” as belonging unconfirmed forms. May be. Further, for example, it is assumed that there is a form in which a keyword that does not match the keyword set in the group a is obtained by the keyword acquisition unit 36 among the types of forms corresponding to the “form B” included in the group a. . In this case, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 may recognize a form from which a keyword that does not match the keyword set in the group a is acquired as an unaffiliated form. Note that the type of unaffiliated form recognized at this time is “form B”.

  The keyword set for group a is a keyword specified from keywords acquired from a form included in group a. For example, the keyword acquisition unit 36 may set a keyword acquired from a form having a predetermined ratio or more among the forms included in the group a as the keyword of the group a.

In this manner, the excess or deficiency of the forms generated in a specific type is determined, and after identifying the type of the target form, the lacking form or the affiliation unconfirmed form is recognized.

  Next, determination by the number setting will be described. The data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines the number of forms counted in the process of step 2003 based on the number setting indicated by the information stored in the number setting field included in the group definition information 22 corresponding to the type of the target group. It is determined whether the number of sheets is appropriate. The data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that the number of forms in the target group is appropriate. The process for setting the number of sheets is the same as the process for setting the number of required forms.

  However, in the determination of excess / deficiency by setting the number of sheets, unlike the determination of excess / deficiency by setting of the essential form, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 cannot normally specify the type of the form in which excess / deficiency occurs. For this reason, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that excess / deficiency has occurred in an unspecified type of form other than the type set as the basic form or the essential form. In addition, when the type other than the type set as the basic form or the essential form is limited, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 can specify the type of the form in which excess / deficiency occurs even in the determination. It is.

  Note that the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 may perform the determination in consideration of the excess / deficiency of the form occurring in the type of form set as the essential form. For example, in the group a, one form of a form corresponding to “form A” and three forms of a form corresponding to the type “form B” set as essential forms are not set. Assume that two forms corresponding to the type “form C” are included. Then, in the setting of the required form by the group definition information 22 corresponding to the type “group A” of the group a, “form B” is set as the type of the required form, and “form B” has “ Assume that the number of sheets “5” has been set. Then, it is assumed that the number limit “4 to 6” is set in the number setting indicated by the information stored in the number setting field. At this time, since the group a includes six forms, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines that the group a has an unspecified type other than the type set as the basic form or the essential form. It can be determined that there is no excess or deficiency in the form. On the other hand, considering the excess or deficiency of the forms generated in a specific type, the group “a” has two types of forms corresponding to “form B”. That is, there is a possibility that the remaining two forms of the category corresponding to “form B” may be added to group a. For this reason, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 considers this possibility, and the group a includes an excess of two unspecified types of forms other than the types set as the basic form or the essential form. Can be determined. In consideration of this point, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 may appropriately change the determination method according to the situation.

  In this way, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 determines excess / deficiency for an unspecified type of form. Then, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 recognizes the insufficient form and the affiliation unconfirmed form based on the determination. The recognition process is described in the same manner as the recognition process based on the essential form setting described above.

  Note that the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 holds these determination results as determination data. An example of the determination data is shown in FIG. The determination data includes a group type field, a reference form field, an essential form field, an attached form field, a deficient form field, an affiliation unconfirmed form field, and a keyword field.

  The group type field stores information indicating the type of group to be determined. The reference form field includes information for specifying the form data of the reference form that identifies the type of the group to be determined. The mandatory form field includes information for specifying the form data of the essential form included in the determination target group.

  In the attached form field, the form data of forms that are determined to be properly included in the group based on the excess / deficiency determination due to the limited number of forms included in the group, other than the basic form and the required form. The information for specifying is included.

  In the insufficient form field, information indicating the form recognized as the insufficient form by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 is stored. For example, when the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 identifies a form type and recognizes the insufficient form, information indicating the form type is stored in the insufficient form field together with information indicating the form recognized as the insufficient form. Is done. On the other hand, when the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 recognizes the lacking form without identifying the form type, the lacking form field includes information indicating the form recognized as the lacking form and the form excluding the basic form and the essential form. Information indicating that a shortage has occurred is stored.

  The affiliation unconfirmed form field includes information for specifying the form data of the form recognized by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 as the affiliation unconfirmed form. In the keyword field, for example, a keyword set for the group is stored. Note that the keywords set in the group are, for example, keywords that are acquired by the keyword acquisition unit 36 from a form having a predetermined ratio or more out of the forms included in the group. Moreover, the keyword set to the group is, for example, a keyword input by the user.

  In step 2006, the classification processing unit 34 determines whether or not the next reference form exists. Specifically, in the process of step 2002, the process branches depending on whether or not the next reference form exists.

  If the next reference form has been found in the process of step 2002, the processes of steps 2002 to 2005 are repeated. On the other hand, if the next reference form is not found in the process of step 2002, the process for the plurality of forms acquired in step 1001 has already been completed. This process ends.

  When the processes in steps 2002 to 2005 are repeated, the classification processing unit 34 sets the reference form set as “the subsequent reference form” to “the previous reference form” or “the last reference form” this time, Create a group.

  Further, when the process of determining the excess / deficiency of the forms included in the group is terminated, based on the generated determination data, the display control unit 37 displays the group in which the insufficient forms are present and the affiliation undecided form on the display device 3. Display.

  In this operation example, the reference form is handled as a form existing at the head of the group in the order of the form arrangement. However, the reference form may not be a form existing at the head of the group. The position of the reference form in the group may be set arbitrarily.

  In this case, depending on the setting of the reference form in the group, there may occur a case where a range that does not belong to either group or an overlapping range that belongs to either group occurs between adjacent groups. At this time, the form existing in the range is a form for which it is unknown which group belongs to. For this reason, the classification processing unit 34 cannot specify a group to which a form existing in the range belongs.

At this time, the form existing in the range may be handled as an unaffiliated form. In addition, the classification processing unit 34 can determine which group of the adjacent groups the form belonging to the group belongs to by any method, so that the classification processing unit 34 can belong to the group to which the form existing in the range belongs. May be specified.

  For example, a group to which each form existing in the range belongs may be determined based on information obtained by receiving selection by the user. Moreover, based on the priority provided in each group, the group to which each form which exists in the said range belongs may be determined. The priority may be set to a value that decreases every time the user leaves the group range. When such a setting is made, for example, it is assumed that a range that does not belong to either group occurs between adjacent groups. At this time, the determination result of the group to which the form existing in the range belongs can be a different determination result for the form existing in the range close to one group and the form close to the other group.

  In this operation example, the grouping of forms by the classification processing unit 34 and the excess / deficiency determination of the form by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 are executed as a series of processes (steps 2002 to 2005). However, the timing of executing grouping of forms is not limited to the timing shown in this operation example. For example, the classification processing unit 34 performs grouping of the forms at an arbitrary timing after acquiring the data of a plurality of target forms until executing the excess / deficiency determination of the forms included in the group. May be executed. Further, the grouping of forms may be executed not by the classification processing unit 34 but by another information processing apparatus or the like.

  Returning to FIG. 7, in step 1004, correction processing for excess or deficiency of forms generated in each group is accepted. In the present embodiment, two types of correction processing are accepted: correction processing for a case where a shortage of forms has occurred in a group, and correction processing for an unaffiliated form. The process will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 10 exemplifies the procedure of correction processing for a case in which a short form has occurred in the group. The correction processing example described with reference to FIG. 3 corresponds to a specific operation example in the correction processing. Hereinafter, the correction process will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In step 3001, the selection accepting unit 33 accepts selection of a group including a missing form. In the example described with reference to FIG. 3, the click operation on the group 100 corresponds to the selection operation of the group including the insufficient form. The selection receiving unit 33 receives such user operations and detects a group selection by the user.

  Note that a screen as shown in FIG. 3 is generated by the display control unit 37 and output to the display device 3. On the screen generated and output by the display control unit 37, the color of the symbol indicating the group 100 including the insufficient form is different from the color of the symbols of the other groups. For example, by changing the color in this way, the display control unit 37 emphasizes and displays the group including the insufficient form as compared with the other groups.

  A method for emphasizing a group including a deficient form as compared with other groups in this way is not limited to a method using a symbol color. For example, the display control unit 37 may emphasize and display the group by a visual effect such as blinking the light emission of the symbol indicating the group including the insufficient form. In addition, for example, the display control unit 37 displays symbols other than the group symbols including the missing form such as the symbol 102 or 104 shown in FIG. It may be displayed so that it is less visible to the user.

Further, in the present embodiment, in addition to a group including a short form, a group including an excessive form may occur. The display control unit 37 may change the display form of the symbols displayed on the display device 3 for each such error. For example, the display control unit 37 may cause the display device 3 to display symbols in different colors for each error.

  When the selection accepting unit 33 accepts the selection of the group including the insufficient form, the display control unit 37 causes the display device 3 to display a list indicating the form included in the selected group and the insufficient form. Specifically, the display control unit 37 displays the list 101 in FIG.

  Note that the display control unit 37 uses the determination data of the selected group generated by the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 to generate the list. The determination data includes information indicating a form included in the target group and information indicating a form lacking in the target group.

  Specifically, the forms included in the target group can be identified from the information stored in the reference form field, the required form field, the attached form field, and the affiliation undefined form field. In addition, the form that is lacking in the target group can be identified from the information stored in the lacking form field.

  Based on the information, the display control unit 37 displays a list including a symbol indicating a form included in the target group and a symbol indicating a form lacking in the target group (shortage form). To display.

  The display control unit 37 determines whether or not the type of the insufficient form can be specified at the time of the display. Specifically, the display control unit 37 determines that the type of the insufficient form is identifiable when information indicating the type of the insufficient form is stored in the insufficient form field of the determination data. At this time, the display control unit 37 causes the display device 3 to display a symbol indicating the type of the insufficient form as a symbol indicating the form that is insufficient in the target group.

  On the other hand, when the information indicating the type of the insufficient form is not stored in the insufficient form field of the determination data, the display control unit 37 determines that the type of the insufficient form cannot be specified. At this time, the display control unit 37 causes the display device 3 to display a symbol indicating that an unspecified type of form is lacking as a symbol indicating a form lacking in the target group.

  In step 3002, selection selection unit 33 accepts selection of a short form. The user selects a short form from the list displayed in step 3001. In the example described with reference to FIG. 3, the click operation on the symbol 103 corresponds to the operation for selecting the insufficient form. The selection receiving unit 33 detects the selection of a short form by the user by receiving such a user selection operation.

  In step 3003, the display control unit 37 determines whether or not an appropriate unaffiliated form exists in the insufficient form selected in step 3002. If there is no appropriate unaffiliated form (“No” in step 3003), the correction process ends. On the other hand, if there is an appropriate unaffiliated form (“Yes” in step 3003), the process proceeds to the next step 3004.

Note that the affiliation unconfirmed form appropriate to the selected short form differs depending on whether or not the type of the selected short form can be specified. Specifically, if the type of the selected insufficient form is identifiable, the affiliation unconfirmed form of the type that matches the type of the identifiable short form is appropriate undetermined for the selected insufficient form. It is a form. On the other hand, if the type of the selected insufficient form cannot be specified, the unaffiliated form belonging to a type other than the standard form and the required form type set by the group definition information 22 for identifying the target group type is selected. It is an affiliation unconfirmed form suitable for the lacked form.

  Therefore, when the type of the selected insufficient form can be specified, the display control unit 37 refers to the determination data of each group and searches for an affiliation unconfirmed form of the type corresponding to the type of the insufficient form. On the other hand, if the type of the selected insufficient form cannot be specified, the display control unit 37 refers to the determination data of each group and corresponds to a type other than the basic form and the essential form set in the target group type. Search for unaffiliated forms of the type to be assigned. Note that the display control unit 37 has already performed determination in step 3001 as to whether or not the type of the selected insufficient form can be specified.

  When the corresponding unaffiliated form is obtained by these searches, the display control unit 37 determines that an appropriate unaffiliated form exists in the selected insufficient form. On the other hand, when the corresponding unaffiliated form is not obtained by these searches, the display control unit 37 determines that there is no appropriate unaffiliated form for the selected insufficient form.

  In step 3004, the display control unit 37 generates a list of unaffiliated forms. Then, the display control unit 37 causes the display device 3 to display the generated list.

  As described above, the display control unit 37 searches for an unaffiliated form appropriate for the selected insufficient form in step 3003. The display control unit 37 generates a list of unaffiliated forms based on information obtained in the search. Specifically, the display control unit 37 generates a list of unaffiliated forms obtained by the search. The list displayed in this step is the list 106 in FIG.

  In step 3005, the selection receiving unit 33 receives a selection and movement operation of the affiliation unconfirmed form. The operation received by the selection receiving unit 33 is, for example, an operation of selecting the symbol 105 b illustrated in FIG. 3 and moving the selected symbol 105 b onto the symbol 103. By this operation, the affiliation destination of the operated affiliation undecided form is determined.

  In step 3006, the classification processing unit 34 redistributes the forms included in the group. The redistribution is executed based on the operation received by the selection receiving unit 33 in step 3005. Specifically, the classification processing unit 34 determines the affiliation destination of the operated unaffiliated form as a group located at the movement destination of the operated affiliation undecided form. As a result, the forms included in the group were redistributed.

  Based on the redistribution, the classification processing unit 34 updates the target determination data. For example, the classification processing unit 34 is the affiliation undecided form determined by the affiliation destination from the affiliation undecided form field of the determination data acquired for identifying the form data of the form that was an affiliation undecided form. Delete the information for specifying the form data of the selected form.

  In addition, for example, the classification processing unit 34 adds, to the mandatory form field or the attached form field of the determination data of the group to which the form that belonged to the form that has not belonged belongs, Stores information for identifying form data.

  For example, it is assumed that a form type that is an unaffiliated form determined by the affiliation corresponds to a required form type set in the affiliation group type. In this case, the classification processing unit 34 stores information indicating the type of the form that was the unaffiliated form in the required form field of the determination data of the group to which the assignment belongs.

  Further, for example, it is assumed that the form type that is an unaffiliated form determined by the affiliation does not correspond to the required form set in the affiliation group type. In this case, the classification processing unit 34 stores information indicating the type of the form that was the unaffiliated form in the attached form field of the determination data of the group to which it belongs.

  The classification processing unit 34 performs an update process for the determination data based on the reclassification of the form included in the group. At this time, based on the updated determination data, the data excess / deficiency determination unit 32 may re-execute the excess / deficiency determination processing described in step 2005 for the group related to the updated determination data. Thereby, the determination result concerning the number limit can be corrected.

  In step 3007, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the correction process ends. For example, when the continuation of the process is determined by the user's selection operation, or when there is a group including a deficient form, the control unit 12 determines that the correction process does not end (“No” in step 3007). . On the other hand, for example, when the end of the process is determined by the user's selection operation or when there is no group including the insufficient form, the control unit 12 determines to end the correction process (“Yes” in Step 3007). ).

  If the control unit 12 determines that the correction process is not ended, the processes in steps 3001 to 3006 are repeated. Or the process of step 4001 mentioned later may be performed. On the other hand, when the control unit 12 determines to end the correction process, the series of processes related to the information processing apparatus 1 ends (“END” in FIG. 7).

  FIG. 11 exemplifies the procedure of the correction process for the unaffiliated form. The correction processing example described with reference to FIG. 2 corresponds to a specific operation example in the correction processing. Hereinafter, the correction process will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In step 4001, the selection accepting unit 33 accepts selection of unaffiliated forms. In the example described with reference to FIG. 2, the click operation on the symbol 105 corresponds to the selection operation for the unaffiliated form. The selection accepting unit 33 accepts such a user operation and detects selection of an unaffiliated form by the user.

  Prior to the processing, the display control unit 37 may cause the display device 3 to display a list of unaffiliated forms. For example, the display control unit 37 collects information for specifying the form data of unaffiliated forms acquired from the determination data of each group, and generates a list of unidentified forms based on the collected information To do. Then, the display control unit 37 may display the generated list on the display device 3. In this case, the selection accepting unit 33 may accept selection of unaffiliated forms for the list of unaffiliated forms displayed in this way.

  In step 4002, the display control unit 37 determines whether or not there is a group including an appropriate insufficient form in the affiliation unconfirmed form selected in step 4001. If there is no group including an appropriate insufficient form (“No” in step 4002), the correction process ends. On the other hand, if there is a group including an appropriate missing form, the process proceeds to the next step 4003. Note that a group including a suitable insufficient form in an affiliation unconfirmed form is a group of potential affiliation that may be a affiliation destination of the affiliation unconfirmed form.

  Specifically, the display control unit 37 first acquires information indicating the selected unaffiliated form from the determination data. And the display control part 37 specifies the group of the potential affiliation destination which may be a affiliation destination of the selected affiliation undecided form based on the information which shows the short form contained in the determination data of each group. .

  For example, the display control unit 37 recognizes a group that lacks the same type of form as the selected unaffiliated form as a potential belonging group. In addition, for example, the display control unit 37 does not set the same type of form as the selected affiliation uncertain form as the base form and the essential form, and a shortage occurs in the forms other than the basic form and the essential form. Are identified as potential affiliate groups. The display control unit 37 may exclude the group including the selected unaffiliated form from the determination target of the group of the potential belonging.

  If there is a potential affiliation group, the display control unit 37 determines that there is a group including a deficient form for the affiliation unconfirmed form selected in step 4001. On the other hand, when there is no group to which the potential affiliation belongs, the display control unit 37 determines that there is no group including the insufficient form among the affiliation unconfirmed forms selected in Step 4001.

  In step 4003, the display control unit 37 displays a group including a short form on the display device 3. Note that a potential group to which the selected unaffiliated form is selected is identified in step 4002. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the group indicated by the symbol 100a and the symbol 100b is a group to which the selected affiliation uncertain form belongs.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, the symbols of the potential group to which the selected unaffiliated form is selected are expressed in a color different from other symbols. Like the symbol 100 of FIG. 3, the symbol of the potential affiliation destination of the selected affiliation uncertain form may be expressed by an expression format and expression method different from those of other symbols.

  When the symbol of the group to which the selected belonging unconfirmed form belongs is displayed, a list of forms included in the group is further displayed. The lists 101a and 101b correspond to the displayed list. Since this process can be described in the same manner as the group list display process in step 3001, a description thereof will be omitted.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, symbols of groups other than the potential group to which the selected unaffiliated form is selected are also displayed. However, the display control device 37 may generate a list of potential affiliation groups of the selected unaffiliated form and display the list on the display device 3.

  In step 4004, the selection accepting unit 33 accepts selection and movement operations of the affiliation unconfirmed form. The operation received by the selection receiving unit 33 corresponds to, for example, an operation of selecting the symbol 105 shown in FIG. 2 and moving the selected symbol 105 onto the symbol 103a. By this operation, the group to which the unaffiliated form belongs is determined. Note that the processing in step 4004 can be described in the same manner as the processing in step 3005, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  In step 4005, the classification processing unit 34 reclassifies the forms included in the group. Based on the selection received by the selection receiving unit 33 in step 4004, the classification processing unit 34 determines the affiliation destination of the selected unaffiliated form in the selected group. As a result, the forms included in the group are reclassified.

Note that the classification processing unit 34 updates the determination data based on the redistribution. Note that the processing in step 4005 can be described in the same manner as the processing in step 3006, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  In step 4006, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the correction process is finished. For example, when the continuation of the process is determined by the user's selection operation, or when there is an affiliation unconfirmed form, the control unit 12 determines that the correction process is not completed (“No” in Step 4006). On the other hand, for example, when the end of the process is determined by the user's selection operation, or when there is no more affiliation form, the control unit 12 determines to end the correction process (“Yes” in step 4006). .

  If the control unit 12 determines that the correction process is not finished, the control unit 12 repeats the processing of Step 4001 to Step 4005. Or the control part 12 performs the process of step 3001. On the other hand, when the control unit 12 determines to end the correction process, the series of processes related to the information processing apparatus 1 ends (“END” in FIG. 7).

  Note that, in the form correction processing described above, the affiliation destination of the affiliation undecided form is determined one by one. The correction process of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is not limited to such a process. For example, a plurality of unaffiliated forms may be selected, and the affiliation destinations of the selected plurality of unaffiliated forms may be determined collectively.

Further, for example, consider a case where a plurality of forms arranged in order from the top are grouped m by m from the top. In such a case, for example, it is assumed that n forms to be included in a certain group are included in the next group because a target form in the processing on the information processing apparatus has shifted due to an error or the like. In this case, in the group ahead of the group in which the error has occurred, “n mod m” shifts occur unless the value of “n mod m” is zero. Note that m and n are natural numbers. “N mod m” means the remainder of dividing n by m.

  Further, for example, in a bundle of forms, there is a case where a form to be imported into each group is collectively included at the end. Specifically, a case is considered in which the user arranges a “slip” at the end of a bundle of forms for the purpose of adding a “slip” to each group later. In such a case, a “slip” that should be added to each group in the last group may be detected as an unaffiliated form.

  As in these two cases, depending on the grouping method, an error pattern of grouping can be considered. The classification processing unit 34 may determine the pattern as a rule in this way, and correct the affiliation of the forms included in the plurality of groups all at once based on the determined rule. In the two cases described above, specifically, the classification processing unit 34 shifts “n mod m” forms included in each group or one subsequent form in each group. You can add them one by one and reclassify the form. That is, the classification processing unit 34 may reclassify the forms included in the plurality of groups according to a predetermined rule among the plurality of groups.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 1 may accept a process of generating a group, a process of grouping a plurality of groups into one, and a process of dividing a group into a plurality of groups by an operation by a user.

In the present embodiment, for example, a list of forms and groups is generated in the processing of step 3001 and the like. At this time, for example, the form or group displayed in the list may be limited by the keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition unit 36. The keywords acquired from the form and the keywords set in the group are as already described.

  In addition, for example, a form type, a group type, or a keyword to be displayed may be designated by a user input received by the selection receiving unit 33.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 2 Scanner 3 Display apparatus 11 Storage part 12 Control part 13 Bus 14 Input / output part 21 Data type definition information 22 Group definition information 31 Data acquisition part 32 Data excess / deficiency determination part 33 Selection reception part 34 Classification processing part 35 Image Data identification unit 36 Keyword acquisition unit 37 Display control unit

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A data acquisition unit for acquiring data obtained by classifying a plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups;
By examining each of the one or more groups in the acquired data based on group definition information that defines conditions for determining whether or not the image data included in the group is excessive or insufficient, an image is obtained for each of the one or more groups. A data excess / deficiency determination unit for determining data excess / deficiency;
A group in which image data recognized based on the determination is insufficient, and the classification was not classified into the group in the classification, or the data excess / deficiency determination unit was determined to be excessively included in the group, A display control unit that displays on the display device information indicating that the group to which the group belongs is uncertain image data that is uncertain image data;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A selection reception unit for receiving selection of a group or image data;
A classification processing unit for reclassifying the image data included in the group by confirming the affiliation of the selected unaffiliated image data in the selected group;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: In the selection accepted by the selection accepting unit, the display control unit, when a group that lacks image data is selected, the image data included in the selected group and the selected group are insufficient. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a list indicating image data being displayed is displayed on a display device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein in the list, image data that is lacking in the selected group is shown more emphasized than image data included in the selected group. The display control unit displays a list of unaffiliated image data on the display device when image data that is insufficient in the selected group is selected in the selection received by the selection reception unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4. The selection receiving unit receives selection of missing image data and affiliation unconfirmed image data included in the list,
The classification processing unit reclassifies image data included in a group by moving the selected unaffiliated image data to a position of missing image data included in the selected list. 6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 5. An image data identifying unit for identifying reference image data serving as a reference for identifying a group of image data among the plurality of ordered image data;
The classification processing unit classifies the plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups based on a positional relationship of the reference image data in an order of the plurality of image data.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the data acquisition unit acquires data classified by the classification processing unit. The group definition information includes information indicating the type of image data included in the group,
The image data identification unit identifies the type of image data for image data other than the reference image data,
The data excess / deficiency determination unit recognizes the type of image data that is insufficient or affiliation uncertain image data for each of the one or more groups,
The selection receiving unit receives selection of missing image data included in the list;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the display control unit causes the display device to display a list of unaffiliated image data of a type that matches a type of missing image data included in the selected list. . A keyword acquisition unit for acquiring a keyword from information included in the image data;
In the selection accepted by the selection accepting unit, the display control unit selects an image included in the selected group among unconfirmed affiliation image data when a group lacking image data is selected. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein a list of unaffiliated image data for which a keyword that matches the keyword acquired from the data is acquired is displayed on the display device. 10. The display control unit according to claim 2, further comprising: displaying a list of groups having insufficient image data on a display device when unaffiliated image data is selected in the selection received by the selection reception unit. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims. The display control unit displays, on the display device, a list indicating image data included in the group and image data lacking in the group for each group in the list of groups in which the image data is lacking. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein in the list of image data, image data lacking in the group is shown more emphasized than image data included in the group. The selection receiving unit further receives selection of missing image data included in the list of image data;
The classification processing unit reclassifies image data included in a group by moving the selected unaffiliated image data to the selected position of the missing image data. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. An image data identifying unit for identifying reference image data serving as a reference for identifying a group of image data among the plurality of ordered image data;
The classification processing unit classifies the plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups based on a positional relationship of the reference image data in an order of the plurality of image data.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the data acquisition unit acquires data classified by the classification processing unit. The group definition information includes information indicating the type of image data included in the group,
The image data identification unit identifies the type of image data for image data other than the reference image data,
The data excess / deficiency determination unit recognizes the type of image data that is insufficient or affiliation uncertain image data for each of the one or more groups,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display control unit causes the display device to display a list of groups in which image data of a type that matches the type of selected unaffiliated image data is missing. A keyword acquisition unit for acquiring a keyword from information included in the image data;
In the selection accepted by the selection accepting unit, the display control unit is an image in which a keyword that matches a keyword obtained from the selected affiliation unconfirmed image data is acquired when affiliation undetermined image data is selected. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a list of groups including data and lacking image data is displayed on a display device. Computer
Obtaining data obtained by classifying a plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups;
By examining each of the one or more groups in the acquired data based on group definition information that defines conditions for determining whether or not the image data included in the group is excessive or insufficient, an image is obtained for each of the one or more groups. Determining whether the data is excessive or insufficient;
A group in which image data recognized based on the determination is insufficient and not classified into the group in the classification, or excessively included in the group in the step of determining whether the image data is excessive or insufficient A step of causing the display device to display information indicating the determined affiliation indeterminate image data that is the image data in which the group to which the affiliation is undetermined;
Information processing method to execute. On the computer,
Obtaining data obtained by classifying a plurality of image data into one or a plurality of groups;
By examining each of the one or more groups in the acquired data based on group definition information that defines conditions for determining whether or not the image data included in the group is excessive or insufficient, an image is obtained for each of the one or more groups. Determining whether the data is excessive or insufficient;
A group in which image data recognized based on the determination is insufficient and not classified into the group in the classification, or excessively included in the group in the step of determining whether the image data is excessive or insufficient A step of causing the display device to display information indicating the determined affiliation indeterminate image data that is the image data in which the group to which the affiliation is undetermined;
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