JP3327092B2 - Form processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a form processing apparatus for printing and issuing forms. In a financial institution or the like, when an operator performs a transaction such as an exchange transaction or a deposit / withdrawal transaction based on a slip (form) handwritten by a customer, a form processing device connected to a host is used.

[0002] This form processing apparatus includes a passbook MS reader,
A built-in OCR character recognition device, printer device, etc., when a handwritten form is inserted, recognizes the customer's transaction request content by character recognition processing, and responds based on the recognized transaction content and transaction data read from the passbook. In addition to performing the processing, the transaction result is printed on the form and passbook (printing on the form is referred to as authentication printing), and each is discharged.

[0003] The form on which the authentication printing is performed is stored in a financial institution as a copy, but in recent years, a form image (a full image of a form including preprints, handwritten characters, and authentication printing; hereinafter, referred to as a full image) There are many filing apparatuses that read, record on a microfilm, and store this in a cassette.

[0004] However, in the storage method using this apparatus, filing processing must be performed at a different time from the form processing, and since it is stored in a cassette on a date basis irrespective of the transaction account, form number, etc., it takes time to search. Was inconvenient in operation.

[0005] Therefore, it is necessary that a full image can be obtained in the same processing sequence as that of the form processing without the intervention of an operator, and that the retrieval is easy.

[0006]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method of storing a form printed by a form processing device,
There is a filing device that stores in microfilm.

In this method, a full image of a form is optically read, and the image is recorded on a microfilm. For example, those on the same transaction day are collectively stored in a cassette and stored with a date label attached.

When it is necessary to refer to the contents of a certain transaction, a cassette is selected using the date as a key and mounted on the apparatus. As a result, the microfilm is optically irradiated on a frame basis, and the form image is displayed so as to be visible. Therefore, the operator visually searches the form while feeding the frames.

As described above, in the conventional storage method using a filing device separate from the form processing apparatus (rear apparatus), a method of reading a form full image in a different time zone and processing form from the form processing is generally used. In the case of searching at a later date, there is no association between the form processing device and the filing device, so for example, the beginning of the image stored on a microfilm or the like using the date as a key Search sequentially from
There are problems such as a long time required for search and a possibility of losing a form before acquiring a full image.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a form processing apparatus that acquires a full image of a completed form under a series of form processing sequences and stores the form easily.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a form processing apparatus of the present invention comprises the following means as shown in the principle diagram of the present invention in FIG. (1) First invention A first invention is a form processing apparatus that includes a printing unit 2 and prints a processing result on a predetermined form.
And transport the printed form 30 to the image reading unit 1
A form full image acquisition unit 4 for acquiring 30 full image data, and a file unit 6 for filing the acquired full image data in correspondence with the processing form 30 are provided.

As described above, since a full image can be acquired in the same processing sequence as that of the form processing, the operation of the operator for acquiring the full image is not required, and the labor can be saved. Further, since the data is acquired and filed in the same sequence, the date, form number, transaction account number, and the like used in the form processing can be filed as a search key, which facilitates the search. Further, since the operator does not directly handle the form before acquiring the full image, troubles such as loss are solved. (2) Second invention The second invention relates to the image reading section 1, the printing section 2, and the inserted form 30 which is conveyed to the image reading section 1 to acquire image data and to enter characters of predetermined items of the form 30. A character recognition unit 7 for performing recognition; a form processing unit 3 which performs predetermined processing based on the recognized data, and conveys the form 30 to the printing unit 2 to print the processing result; A form processing apparatus comprising: a form full image acquisition section 4 for acquiring full image data of the form 30 by the image reading section 1 after the printing; and a file which associates the acquired full image data with the form 30. And a file section 6 to be provided.

As described above, in a form processing apparatus that inserts a handwritten form and recognizes characters and performs transaction processing based on the result, a full image is obtained by using the image reading unit 1 for character recognition when the form is discharged. Thus, the same effect as that of the first aspect can be obtained. (3) Third invention According to a third invention, in the first invention or the second invention, the form full image acquisition unit 4 performs control to scan and read an image from the upper end of the form 30 and reads the form. The image data is stored in a descending address order from a predetermined address of the image memory 5, and the file unit 6 is configured to read the image memory 5 in descending address order and file it.

The form 30 is usually inserted from the upper end side of the form. In the image reading, for example, scanning reading is performed in the line direction (main scanning) while conveying the form 30 (corresponding to sub-scanning). In the case of the first invention, FIG. As shown in ()), on the transport path of the form 30, in the arrangement where the sheet is transported forward (in the X direction) to the printing unit 2 and printed, and further forwardly transported and the image is read by the reading unit 1, the form 30 is moved in the forward direction ( Since reading is performed from the upper end to the lower end (from the upper end to the lower end), the data is stored in descending order from a predetermined address in the image memory 5. In this case, when reading the contents of the image memory 5, the contents are read in descending order from the predetermined address.

It is also conceivable that the form 30 is inserted from the lower end. In this case, in (2) of FIG. 2, once it is conveyed to the left side of the printing unit 2 in the drawing and printed while moving backward, and the full image is read, it becomes the same as the case of (1) of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2 (2), the forward movement (X
Direction) When the image reading unit 1 is arranged before the printing unit 2 that prints while carrying, the printed form 30 is temporarily returned to the front of the image reading unit 1 (Y direction), and then read while being transported forward. Then, the image data is stored in the image memory 5 in descending order.

In the case of the arrangement of the second invention, since the image reading section 1 is located on the discharge port side (in front of the printing section 2), FIG.
As in (2) above, the printer once returns to the discharge side, transports it forward, and reads it. When an image reading section dedicated to full image reading is provided in front of the printing section 2, the same processing as (1) in FIG. 2 is performed.

As described above, the normal and reverse of the upper and lower images of the form 30 are adjusted. (4) Fourth invention In the fourth invention, in the second invention, the form 30 inserted from the upper end portion through the insertion / ejection port is forward-conveyed to perform character recognition, and further forward-conveyed to obtain a processing result. In the case of an arrangement for printing, the form full image acquisition unit 4 controls the reading of the image sequentially from the lower end of the form 30 while moving backward when discharging after printing, and stores the read image data in the image memory 5 in the address descending order. In the file section 6
Is configured to read the image memory 5 in reverse address order and file it.

In the second invention, when the form 30 is inserted from the upper end, as shown in (3) of FIG. 2, when reading the image while conveying backward (Y direction), the form 30 is read from the lower end of the form. Therefore, the image data is stored in descending order in the image data 5, and is read in reverse order when reading. This allows
The top and bottom of the form image are corrected.

In this method, since the full image is read in the reverse transport (discharge direction), the transport time can be reduced. (5) Fifth invention In the fifth invention, in the second invention, the form 30 inserted from the upper end side from the insertion / ejection port is forward-conveyed to perform character recognition, and further forward-conveyed to obtain a processing result. In the printing arrangement, a measuring means for measuring the length of the form 30 during forward conveyance is provided, and the form full image acquisition unit 4 controls reading sequentially from the lower end to the upper end of the form 30 while conveying backward after printing. The stored full image data is stored in reverse order from the last address corresponding to the length of the image memory 5, and the file unit 6 is configured to read and file the lower order from the upper end storage address of the full image in the image memory 5. I do.

As shown in (3) of FIG. 2, since the data is stored in reverse order from the memory address corresponding to the length of the form 30, a full image arranged vertically can be obtained even if the form length is different. .

(6) Sixth invention According to a sixth invention, in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth inventions, the full image data acquired in the image memory 5 is stored in the upper end data of the form 30. And sends the file to the host device and file it in correspondence with the processing form 30.

In the form processing device in the financial system, since a higher-level device manages transactions, a file is usually filed by the higher-level device. The host device may be a terminal control device (host workstation WS) or a host computer.

The transmission timing is desirably transmitted within the same form processing. However, a file may be temporarily stored in the form processing apparatus based on a search key, and the file may be transmitted when processing is idle. (7) Seventh invention A seventh invention is the image reading section 1 according to the second invention, wherein
Is an optical image reading unit including a plurality of light sources having wavelengths respectively suitable for reading a character to be recognized in a form and reading a full image of the form, and corresponds to each of the character recognition and the full image reading. A reading light source switching control unit (not shown) for switching to a light source is provided.

When an OCR establishment slip is used as the form 30, ruled lines unnecessary for character recognition are usually preprinted in red, blue, or the like. When performing character recognition, the format is generally defined for each item (attributes such as the position in the form to be read, the character type, etc.), so that character recognition can be performed even when ruled lines are read. In the one in which the recognition rate is improved by dropping out red, a light source (for example, yellow) that can read red is used as a light source for reading a full image. For this reason, a plurality (usually two sets) of light sources are prepared, and the light sources are switched between the time of character recognition and the time of full image reading.

As described above, the image reading unit 1 can be shared by switching the light source even in the case of dropout at the time of character recognition. As described above, since a full form image can be acquired in the same form processing sequence, the trouble of the operator can be saved, the account number used for the form processing can be filed as a search key, and the form necessary for full image acquisition can be obtained by the operator. Are not directly handled, so that problems such as loss are solved.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the form processing apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart. Note that the same reference numerals represent the same objects throughout the drawings.

This embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a form processing apparatus in a financial institution that reads a handwritten form image, recognizes characters (including marks), and performs transaction processing. The form uses an OCR enacted slip with red dropout color, uses a light source with a wavelength that drops red for character recognition, and uses a light source with a wavelength that can read red along with handwritten characters when acquiring a full image. The light source is switched between character recognition and full image acquisition in common with a character recognition image sensor (line sensor). Scanning is performed from the bottom to the top of the form upon ejection, and addresses are stored in the image memory in descending order. In this example, form data is read out to the host in reverse order, form data is arranged in the forward direction, edited and transmitted, and the acquired full image data is transmitted to the host in the same sequence as form processing.

As for the device, a special light source for character recognition is not used in a device which reads a full image of a handwritten form (unprinted) at the time of character recognition and performs character recognition in accordance with a format (definition body). Only one type is required. Further, as described in detail in FIG. 2, if the reading direction and the storing direction are determined in advance, it is easy to edit the form so that it is sent to the host sequentially from the upper end of the full form image. Therefore, it is needless to say that the other methods shown in FIG. 2 can be similarly adopted. Further, for the purpose of acquiring a full image in the same processing sequence, which is the object of the present invention, it is not necessary to share an image reading unit for character recognition and for full image acquisition. In this case, there is no need to switch the light source. Further, as for the file, it is also possible to file a file together with the account number and the date in the form processing apparatus and to transmit the file to the host at an idle time. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the form processing apparatus. When a form 30 handwritten by a customer is inserted into a form intake / discharge port 32, the form 30 is sucked into the apparatus and the image reading unit 1 , The handwritten portion of the form and the printed fixed information (item name, etc.) are read, and after the transaction processing, are conveyed to the print head 10 and the transaction result is printed (approved printing). Is retracted and discharged. Then, a full image is read by the image reading unit 1 at the time of this discharge.

On the other hand, the passbook 36 is inserted into the passbook inlet / outlet 33, and the magnetic head 12 reads the MS portion (account number, financial institution name, etc.) and uses it for transaction processing. Then, after the transaction processing, the sheet is conveyed to the print head unit 10 to perform passbook printing, and is discharged from the passbook suction / discharge port 33.

Here, since the form 30 uses an OCR establishment form (red is preprinted with a ruled line frame or the like) in which red is a dropout color, character recognition during forward conveyance is performed in a form other than red. Characters to be read,
The book is illuminated with a light beam (normally 660 nm) from a light source 35a through a red filter 37a that drops out (drops) red, and when reading a full image during reverse transport, it is possible to read the entire surface including red. For example, a light beam from a light source 35b (a wavelength of 570 nm) passed through a yellow filter 37b
Irradiation. Then, the reflected light from the form 30 is read by the image sensor (line sensor) 11.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a configuration diagram of the form processing apparatus shown in FIG. Reference numeral 15 denotes a reading light source switching control unit which turns on a light source 35a for dropping out a red color during forward conveyance during character recognition, and a light source 35b for performing full surface reading during backward conveyance during full image reading. Instruct 1 to light up.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an image reading unit, which is an image sensor 11 composed of a one-dimensional CCD or the like having a conveying path width, and light sources 35a and 35b.
When the passage sensor (not shown) detects that the passbook 30 has passed through a predetermined position, the content of the image sensor 11 is synchronously read and output to the binarization control unit 13. The binarization control unit 13 binarizes the line image data sent from the image reading unit 1 and converts the line image data into a memory leading / rear end designation controlling unit 16.
, In this case, in order of address, in this case, in descending address order, and stored in line units.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a memory leading / rear end designation control unit which designates a pointer at the head address, and stores image data by designating addresses in descending order by, for example, an address counter.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a print control unit which performs passbook printing and report printing while controlling the print head 10. 18 is a transport control unit,
Based on a passage sensor on the transport path not shown, the roller 34
Is controlled to control the transport of the passbook 36 and the form 30.

A communication control unit 21 communicates with the host 26 via the host workstation WS25. Reference numeral 22 denotes an image compression control unit which converts the form full image data acquired in the image memory 5 into a memory leading / rear end designation controlling unit.
Based on the designation of 16, the data is read out in reverse order from a predetermined address where the data at the uppermost end of the form is stored toward the lower end data, subjected to a predetermined data compression process, and
Send to

Reference numeral 7 denotes a character recognition unit that extracts character recognition target data from image data read by the image reading unit 1 based on a predetermined format and performs character recognition processing. Reference numeral 23 denotes a form processing unit which controls each unit to control the form 30 from inhalation to discharge. Reference numeral 19 denotes a passbook processing unit which controls each unit and controls the processes from inhaling the passbook 36 to transaction processing, printing, and discharging. Reference numeral 14 denotes an MS reading unit, and a magnetic head 12
Thereby, the contents (transaction data such as an account number) of the MS (magnetic stripe) portion of the passbook 36 are read.

Reference numeral 25 denotes an upper workstation WS, which corresponds to a terminal controller. Reference numeral 26 denotes a host, which has a master file and performs predetermined processing in response to a transaction request from the form processing device 20, and responds to the form processing device 20 with a transaction result, approval print information, and the like when the transaction is permitted. . Further, a file device 27 is provided, and the form full image data notified from the form processing device 20 is filed using the date, account number, and transaction type (payment, withdrawal, transfer, etc.) as keys. Also,
When a search key such as date and account number is notified and there is an inquiry, the corresponding form full image data is stored in a file device.
Extract from 27 and send to inquiry.

With the above configuration, the following form full image acquisition processing is performed. 3, 4 and 5 (1) The operator inserts the passbook 36 into the passbook suction / discharge port 33. The passbook 36 is sucked into the transport path, transported to the MS reading unit 14, and the content of the MS is read. (2) Next, the handwritten form 30 is inserted into the form intake / discharge port 32 with the form upper end part facing forward. As a result, the form 30 is sucked into the transport path and is transported forward to the image reading unit 1,
The reflected light from the form 30 is accumulated in the image sensor 11 for each sampling line, scanned, read out, binarized, and stored in the image sensor 5. At this time, the red filter 37
The light source 35a having a is turned on, and the red portion of the form 30 is dropped out as unrecognizable. (3) The character recognition unit 7 performs character recognition for each item based on the obtained image data and the format definition body, and passes the recognition result to the book processing unit 19. The recognition result may be displayed and corrected by the operator. (4) The passbook processing unit 19 performs predetermined processing based on the recognized transaction data, and transmits an account number and transaction information to the host 26. (5) The host 26 performs system processing, edits the processed result into print data, and edits the form processing device 20 via the WS 25.
(6) The form processing device 20 conveys the form 30 to the print position and prints the received print data at a predetermined position in the form 30. At the same time, the transaction contents are printed on the passbook 36. (7) When printing is completed, the reading light source switching control unit 15 instructs the image reading unit 1 to turn on the light source 35b having the yellow filter 37b, and the form processing unit 23 transports the printed form 30 backward to the image reading position. And get the image. (8) At this time, the acquired image data is stored from the top of the image memory 5. (9) Since the transaction processing is completed, the passbook 36 and the form 30 are discharged. (10) After obtaining the full image, the data is read out from the data at the uppermost end of the form among the form full image data stored in the image memory 5, compressed by the image compression control unit, and transmitted to the host 26. (11) Accordingly, the host 26 files the form full image received in the file device 27 with the transaction account number, date, and transaction type being processed as keys.

If the transmission is not performed during the same processing sequence, the acquired full image data is added with the account number, date and transaction type of the form, and transmitted to the host 26 together with the full image data.

As described above, a full image of a form processed and printed by the form processing apparatus can be obtained in the processing sequence, and without the need for the operator.
In addition, a file can be filed using a key that is easy to search. (Other Embodiments) This is a method of measuring the form length and storing the image data obtained in order from the lower end of the form in reverse order from the rear end address determined according to the length of the image memory 5. In the above-described embodiment, for example, the form length is measured by a passing sensor on a transport path (not shown) and the transport speed during forward transport. Then, since the full image data amount is determined from the image acquisition sampling interval in the length direction, the image data is calculated from the leading end of the image memory 5 and the acquired image data is stored in reverse order from the trailing end address according to the data length.

Thus, when full image data is obtained from the lower end of the form while being transported backward, the upper end data of the form is stored in the forward direction from the leading end of the image memory 5, and at the time of transmission, the memory addresses are descended. Can be read.

Note that this method is a convenient method used when handling forms 30 having different sizes, but since the width of the form 30 may be narrower than the width of the transport path, the image sensor for the width of the transport path may be used. It is assumed that the data amount in the line direction where the form 30 does not exist is also obtained and filed by 11.

As described above, a full image of a form to be automatically stored can be obtained in the same sequence as the form processing.
In addition, a file can be created using an easily searchable key.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a form processing apparatus for carrying out transaction processing in a financial institution, a full image of a form to be stored after processing is obtained when the form processing is completed. Compared to a case where a full image is acquired again by using a rear-mounted device, significant labor saving is achieved.

Further, since the reading is performed simultaneously with the form processing, the date at the time of processing, the account number, etc. can be easily used as a search key, and the search at a later date becomes easy. In addition, since the full image reading is performed in the same device when the form processing is completed, there is an effect that there is no problem such as loss of the form when the processed form is moved for reading by the rear device.

In addition, with the forward / backward control of the form conveyance,
Storage from the leading / rear end of the image memory and full image reading from the leading / rear end become possible, and the host device can perform image processing without being conscious of the operation of the present device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a form processing device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 image reading unit 2 printing unit 3 form processing unit 4 form full image acquisition unit 5 image memory 6 file unit 7 character recognition unit 10 print head 11 image sensor 12 magnetic head 13 binarization control unit 14 MS reading unit 15 reading light source switching Control unit 16 Memory front / rear end designation control unit 17 Print control unit 18 Conveyance control unit 19 Passbook processing unit 20 Report processing unit 21 Communication control unit 22 Image compression control unit 23 Report processing unit 24 Central processing unit CPU 25 Host WS 26 Host 27 File device 30 Form 31 Transport path 32 Form insertion /
Outlet 33 Passbook insertion / ejection outlet 34 Roller 35a, 35b Light source 36 Passbook 37a Red filter 37b Yellow filter

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-61-121730 (JP, A) JP-A-6-149855 (JP, A) JP-A-4-321188 (JP, A) JP-A-5-274329 (JP) , A) JP-A-60-114964 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06T 1/00 B41J 21/00 G06F 3/12 G06F 19/00 G06T 1/60 G06F 17/60 G07D 9/00

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A form processing apparatus comprising a printing unit for printing a processing result on a predetermined form, comprising: an image reading unit; conveying the form after printing to the image reading unit; A form processing apparatus, comprising: a form full image acquisition unit for acquiring the full image data; and a file unit for filing the acquired full image data in association with the processing form. 2. An image reading unit, a printing unit, a character recognizing unit that conveys an inserted form to the image reading unit, acquires image data, and performs character recognition of a predetermined item of the form, and the character recognition unit. And a form processing unit that performs predetermined processing based on the data and conveys the form to the printing unit and prints the processing result, and conveys the sheet to an outlet to discharge the form. A form processing comprising: a form full image acquisition section for acquiring full image data of the form by an image reading section; and a file section for filing the acquired full image data in correspondence with the form. apparatus. 3. The form full image acquisition unit controls scanning and reading of an image from the upper end of the form, stores the read image data in descending address order from a predetermined address of an image memory, and 3. The image memory according to claim 1, wherein said image memory is read in descending order of address and filed.
Form processing device as described. 4. In a configuration in which the form inserted from the upper end portion through the insertion / ejection port is transported forward to perform character recognition, and further transported forward to print the processing result, the form full image acquisition section is configured to print While performing backward conveyance at the time of later discharge, while sequentially performing image reading control from the lower end of the form,
3. The form processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the read image data is stored in the image memory in an address descending order, and the file section reads the image data in a reverse order from a predetermined address of the image memory and files the file. 5. In an arrangement in which the form inserted from the upper end side of the insertion / ejection port is transported forward to perform character recognition, and further transported forward to print a processing result, the length of the form is measured during the forward transport. The form full image acquisition unit performs reading control sequentially from the lower end to the upper end of the form while moving backward after printing, and converts the read full image data according to the length of the image memory. 3. The form processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the file is stored in reverse order from the last address, and the file portion is read and filed in descending order from the upper end storage address of the full image in the image memory. 6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the full image data obtained in the image memory is read from the upper end data of a form, transmitted to a host device, and filed in correspondence with the processing form. The form processing device according to claim 2 or claim 3 or claim 4 or claim 5. 7. The image reading section is an optical image reading section including a plurality of light sources having wavelengths suitable for reading a character or mark to be recognized in the form and reading a full image of the form, respectively. 3. The form processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a reading light source switching control unit that switches to a corresponding light source during character recognition and full image reading.