JP3138674B2 - Format information generator - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a format information generating device used in an optical character reading device (hereinafter referred to as "OCR"), and more particularly to a format reading device which is used for reference when reading a form. The present invention relates to a format information generation device that generates format information (format file).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of format information generating apparatus has a form image input unit 303 for taking in an image from the outside such as a scanner or a bitmap file as shown in FIG. A form image storage unit 306 capable of holding a plurality of images,
A form parameter information generation unit 304 that generates form parameter information by operating the form image in the form image storage unit 306 and the user operation unit 302, and a form parameter information storage that stores form parameter information generated by the form parameter information generation unit 304 A unit 307 and a form format file generation unit 305 that reads a plurality of form parameter information stored in the form parameter information storage unit 307 and generates a form format file 309 in a format that can be referred to by the OCR device. Further, a format file reading unit 308 for reading the format file 309 to edit the already created format file 309 and outputting it to the form parameter information storage unit 307 is provided.

When a format file 309 used by an OCR device is created or edited by the format information generating apparatus, an image of a form 301 registered in the format file 309 is loaded into a form image storage unit 306 via a form image input unit 303. Based on the images of the user operation unit 302 and the form image storage unit 306, the form parameter information generation unit 304 outputs the form parameter information managed on a form basis to the form parameter information storage unit 307.

[0004] Information on the plurality of forms in the created form parameter information storage unit 307 is read out by the format file generation unit 305, and a format file 309 in a format that can be referred to by the OCR device is created.

[0005] A format file is created in this way.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned conventional apparatus has the following problems.

[0007] The first problem is that when form parameter information of the same form is registered in different format files,
Each time a format file is created, it is necessary to input the image of the form and create the same form parameter information by user operation, which is troublesome.

The reason is that the form parameter information created by the conventional apparatus is output only to the format file as the target, and is not stored so that it can be used again.

A second problem is that when checking which form parameter information the format file is composed of, the configuration information must be analyzed from the contents of the format file, and it takes time to edit the format file. can give.

The reason is that the conventional apparatus outputs the configuration information of the form parameter information only to the target format file and does not hold it so that it can be used again.

The present invention solves such a problem. A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for registering form parameter information of the same form in different format files.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a format information generating apparatus capable of creating a format file without re-inputting form parameter information that has been input once.

A second object of the present invention is to analyze the configuration of the form parameter information registered in the format file in a short time without analyzing the format file, so that the format can be created in a shorter processing time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a format information generating apparatus for performing the above.

[0013]

In order to solve the above problems SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention recognizes former optical character reader
In the format information generating apparatus for generating a Ttofairu, form parameter information (light of a single or multiple form
The position and number of characters to be displayed on the character reading device
Output format information consist parameters) including the size of the format file is characterized by storing a form parameter information before posting form each external storage device.

[0014] The present invention also provides a format information generating device for generating a recognized format file of the optical character reader, the form parameter information (light for each book form
The position and number of characters to be displayed on the character reading device
Form parameter creation means for creating and storing the parameters including the size in an external device, and the form parameter information for each form created by the form parameter creation means .
Which form parameter information to combine into one form
And catalog information creating means for outputting the constituent elements shown as catalog information to a catalog file.

[0015] Further, in the above, when using the form parameter information that has already been created, an operation unit is provided, and storage means for reading and storing catalog information from the catalog file output by the catalog information creation means;
By referring to or editing the catalog information and the form parameter information created by the form parameter creation means from the operation unit, one or more of the forms
Generating means for generating format information composed of form parameter information .

Further, the present invention provides the format information generating device for generating a recognized format file of the optical character reader, the form parameter information (light for each book form
The position and number of characters to be displayed on the character reading device
Form parameter creation means for creating and storing the parameters including the size in an external device, and the form parameter information for each form created by the form parameter creation means .
Which form parameter information to combine into one form
Catalog information generating means for outputting the constituent elements shown to the catalog file as catalog information, storage means for reading and storing the catalog information from the catalog file output by the catalog information generating means, the catalog information and the form parameter information And by referring to
Structured from the form parameter information of one or more forms
It is characterized by having a generating means for generating format information made.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, the operation will be described below.

By retaining the created form parameter information in the external storage device, the form parameter information can be reused.

By storing, as a catalog file, which form parameter is composed of the contents of the format file, the configuration information can be obtained without analyzing the contents of the format file, and the processing time can be reduced.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a format information generating device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the apparatus according to the present invention includes a form image input unit 103 for taking in an image of a form 101 into a form image storage unit 106, and a user operation unit 102.
, Catalog information storage unit 110, and form parameter information storage unit 107 based on form parameter information (for example, OC
The parameters related to the position, the number of characters, the size, etc. of the character when displayed on R are shown. ), And the form parameter information stored in the form parameter information storage unit 107 as the form parameter information file 116 for each form.
Form parameter information input / output unit 114 for inputting / outputting to / from
A format file generation unit 105 for generating a format file 109 based on information in the catalog information storage unit 110 and the form parameter information storage unit 107; and a catalog file generation unit for printing out the contents of the catalog information storage unit 110 as a catalog file 113. A catalog file reading unit 111 reads catalog information recorded in a catalog file 113 into a catalog information storage unit 110.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The operation for newly registering all the information of the form 101 to be registered in the format file 109 will be described below.

First, in step S 1 of FIG. 2, form parameter information is created from the form image and the user operation unit 102. The created form parameter information is output to the external storage device 115 in step S2, for example, as one form parameter information file 116.

Next, the form parameter information file 116 output in step S2 is
In step S3, the catalog information, for example, the name of the file to which the form parameter information has been output, is registered in the catalog information storage unit 110 to indicate that it is registered in the catalog information storage unit 110.

Next, if there is still a form to be registered in the format file 109 in step S4, step S1
And the steps S1 to S3 are repeated again.

Next, in step S5, the format file generation unit 105 sets the catalog information storage unit 110
Catalog information (a configuration record of form parameter information registered in the format file 109: a component that summarizes which form parameter information among a plurality of forms is generated), and a form parameter of the external storage device 115 Format information is generated from the form parameters stored in the information file 116 and output to the format file 109.

Next, the catalog information stored in the catalog information storage unit 110 is stored as a catalog file 113 (for example, a file in which a list of file names of the form parameter information file 116 is stored as a text character string). And exit.

The operation of registering the previously created form parameter information in the format file 109 will be described below.

[0031] In the user operation unit 102 performs an operation of, for example, form the parameter information input and output unit 114 and to select a file name of an existing document parameter information file 116 stored as a file, selected form Pas
The file name of the parameter information file 116 is
Stored in the distribution storage unit 110, further select or edit by reading the catalog information or to register the catalog file 113 which form parameter information existing in the format file 109, Cat catalog information catalog information selected or edited The information is stored in the information storage unit 110. That is, the user operation unit 102
Report parameter information to be registered in the catalog file 113
If the file name of the file is not registered,
File name of the form parameter information file 116
Select from external storage device to catalog information storage unit 110
All will be memorized. Thereafter, by performing the operation after step S4 (the same operation as the above-described operation for newly registering), different format information is created from the same form parameter information, and the format file 10
9 can be output (registered).

Since the catalog file 113 is created simultaneously with the format file 109 in steps S5 and S6, the catalog information of the catalog file 113 (for example, a text character string of a list of file names of the form parameter information file 116) is stored. , It is possible to easily know which form parameter information the format file 109 is composed of.

As described above, by retaining the created form parameter information in the external storage device, the form parameter information can be reused.

By storing as a catalog file which form parameters the contents of the format file are composed of, the configuration information can be obtained without analyzing the contents of the format file, and the processing time can be reduced.

[0035]

As described above, the first effect is that registration in different format files can be easily performed without re-inputting the form parameter information of the same form.

A second effect is that the configuration of the form parameter information registered in the format file when the format file is edited can be easily determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a format information generation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 Format information (parameters) of a new form
9 is an operation flowchart in the case where is registered in a format file.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a conventional format information device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 301 forms 102, 302 user operation unit 103, 303 form image input unit 104, 304 form parameter information generation unit 105, 305 format file generation unit 106, 306 form image storage unit 107, 307 form parameter information storage unit 108 format file Reading unit 109, 309 Format file 110 Catalog information storage unit 111 Catalog file reading unit 112 Catalog file creation unit 113 Catalog file 114 Form parameter information input / output unit 115 External storage device 116 Form parameter information file

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yuichi Onodera 5-7-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo NEC Corporation (56) References JP-A-9-81648 (JP, A) (58) Survey Fields (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 19/00 G06K 9/20

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A former recognized by an optical character reader.
In the format information generating apparatus for generating a Ttofairu, form parameter information for a single or multiple form (optical expression statement
Position, number and size of characters displayed on the character reader
DOO format information generating apparatus characterized by outputting the format information in the format file, and stores the form parameter information before posting form each external storage device that consists of parameters) including. 2. A former recognized by an optical character reader.
In the format information generating apparatus for generating a Ttofairu, form parameter information (optical character reader for each book form
Parameters including the position, number and size of characters to be displayed in
A form parameter generation means to be stored in an external device to create a chromatography data), the form parameter generation means the form every created by
Which form parameter information from which form parameter information
And a catalog information generating means for outputting, as catalog information , a component element indicating whether to combine them into one into a catalog file. 3. A former recognized by an optical character reader.
In the format information generating apparatus for generating a Ttofairu, form parameter information (optical character reader for each book form
Parameters including the position, number and size of characters to be displayed in
A form parameter generation means to be stored in an external device to create a chromatography data), the form parameter generation means the form every created by
Which form parameter information from which form parameter information
Catalog information generating means for outputting, as catalog information, a component indicating whether or not to be combined into one into a catalog file; storage means for reading and storing the catalog information from the catalog file output by the catalog information generating means; form parameters of a single or a plurality of the form by referring to the catalog information and prior bookkeeping slip parameter information
Generating means for generating format information composed of data information. A storage unit for reading catalog information from the catalog file output by the catalog information generation unit, wherein the storage unit includes an operation unit, and uses the form parameter information that has already been generated; By referring to or editing the form parameter information created by the form parameter creation means from the operation unit, one or more of the form
3. A format information generating apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising: generating means for generating format information composed of form parameter information .