JP3824869B2 - OCR control system used for exchange concentration system by OCR and exchange concentration system by OCR - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus using an OCR having flexibility in operation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, data processing systems using OCR have been used for various purposes.
For example, in a financial institution, there is a data processing apparatus using an OCR for exchange processing that reads an exchange form with an OCR installed in each branch office and transfers the data to a data processing system in a centralized center.
[0003]
In the system as described above, a unique transaction serial number is assigned and printed by each system, that is, for each form, in order to prevent double processing of each transaction, subsequent confirmation work, and use at the time of scrutiny. It is common. In order to prevent double processing of the transaction, a form to which the transaction serial number is once assigned is not read again by OCR.
[0004]
By the way, in such a system, there is often a case where it is desired to read a form once read by the OCR. For example, in the above-described exchange processing system, when a form is read by the OCR of a branch office and transferred to the data processing system of the centralized center, the form is not filled in with the entry items in the form and the written characters are unclear. It may be impossible to process due to deficiencies in In such a case, since the transaction cannot be processed in the centralized center, it is necessary to contact the sales office to correct the incomplete part of the form and to trade the form again.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the system as described above, a form once read by OCR cannot be read again by OCR. For this reason, in the sales office, the transaction of the form cannot be processed in the system, and there is no method other than turning it to a transaction terminal other than the system and performing the process. In this case, what is normally processed by the data processing device on the centralized center side is processing at the sales office, which places an extra heavy load on the sales office. In addition, in currency exchange transactions, there are cases where processing is performed by the system and processing is performed by other transaction terminals, and the overall operation of the branch office operation becomes complicated.
[0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system with higher operability by permitting OCR reading again by performing a predetermined operation even on a form once read by OCR in a data processing apparatus using OCR. It is to be.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, the sales office uses a form used for each predetermined transaction and every time a predetermined transaction is performed, the form is read by OCR and a transaction serial number is given to the form. And an OCR control device that transmits the read form data to the center, and the centralized center stores the received form data and a database that puts transactions that cannot be processed on the centralized center side into an empty number state. A server and a client for correcting or verifying the form data, and the OCR control device inputs a transaction serial number when the rereading process of the form is selected, and the entered transaction serial number is in an empty number state. Whether or not it is empty, the form is read. Further, the OCR control device displays a message for prompting correction of the transaction serial number input if the input transaction serial number is not in an empty number state. In addition, the OCR control device is provided with a plurality of means for designating transaction serial numbers, performs matching processing of a plurality of designated transaction serial numbers, and re-reads the form only when the plurality of designated transaction serial numbers match. I decided to make it possible. The empty number state is a state of a transaction that is not stored in the database and is not processed or processed at the center side.
[0008]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As a system, a data processing system using an OCR for currency exchange processing in the above financial institution will be described as an example, but the system of the present invention is not limited thereby.
[0009]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention and a diagram including an outline of a normal processing flow.
In the figure, an OCR 11 that performs character recognition of a form and an OCR control device 12 that performs OCR control connected to the OCR 11 are installed in the sales office 1. The OCR control device is equipped with OCR control software, and is provided with a display device, an input device, etc. (not shown).
[0010]
A server 21 is placed in the centralized center 2 and is connected to the OCR control device 21 of the sales office 1 via a communication network 41 such as a public line. The server 21 includes a DB 211, which stores a character recognition result and image data of a form sent from the sales office 1, and performs predetermined processing. The correction client 22 is a terminal with which an operator corrects and corrects character recognition result data sent from the sales office 1, and includes a display device and an input device (not shown). The verification client 23 finally verifies the data corrected and corrected by the correction client, and also includes a display device and an input device (not shown). The communication GW 24 performs communication control for transmitting the data converted into final data by the verification client 23 to the higher-level device 31. All devices in the centralized center 2 are connected by a local network 25 such as a LAN.
[0011]
Further, an outline of the normal processing flow of the system will be described with reference to FIG. In S1, after receiving an exchange form from a customer at the sales office 1 and filling in necessary items by the staff, the exchange form is set in the OCR 11.
In S2, when a predetermined exchange report reading / transfer operation is performed from the OCR control device 12, the OCR 11 reads the exchange report and assigns (prints) a transaction serial number. FIG. 2 shows a print example of the exchange form and transaction serial number. In addition, the cut-out image data and the character recognition result data of the portion on which the characters are described on the form are transferred to the server 21 of the centralized center 2 and the data are stored in the DB 211.
[0012]
In S3, when the above-mentioned data stored in the DB 211 is distributed to the correction client 22 by the server 21, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display device of the correction client 22, and the operator refers to the cut-out image data. While correcting the unread or misread characters in the character recognition result data.
[0013]
In S4, the corrected data is delivered to the verification client 23 and data verification is performed by another operator.
In S5, the data for which the verification is completed is transmitted to the host device via the communication GW 24 as exchange destination data.
The above is the normal processing flow of this system, and one exchange transaction is completed.
[0014]
By the way, when it is determined that the centralized center 2 cannot process due to a lack of exchange form due to omission of entry items in the form, unclear entry characters, etc. during the correction operation in S3, the fact and the transaction serial number of the transaction To the sales office 1 in a predetermined operation. Hereinafter, the processing in the case where such a situation occurs will be described based on the operation flow (sales office side) of the present invention in FIG.
[0015]
S11: The staff of the sales office 1 receives notification from the centralized center 2 that processing is impossible and the transaction serial number. You can contact us in any way.
S12: The staff of the sales office 1 corrects the deficiency of the form of the transaction serial number. Then, the form is set in the OCR 11 again.
S13: The staff of the sales office 1 activates an “OCR activation selection screen” such as that shown in FIG. 5 on a display device (not shown) of the OCR control device 12, and reads whether normal OCR reading or re-reading is started on the screen. Select.
[0016]
S14: When the normal OCR reading start is selected in S13, OCR1 starts the reading process.
S15: When normal OCR reading start is selected in S13, the double serial number check function is activated.
S16: The double serial number check function in S15 results in a double serial number error and an error message is displayed.
[0017]
S17: On the other hand, when the OCR reread start is selected in S13, for example, an “OCR reread start screen” as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display device (not shown) of the OCR control device 12, and the input field of the figure is displayed. Specify the transaction serial number. At this time, two or more transaction serial numbers are specified in order to prevent mistakes in entering the serial number.
S18: Matching processing is performed to determine whether the serial numbers in two or more places designated in S17 are the same.
S19: If the transaction serial numbers do not match in S18, an error message is displayed to prompt correction of the transaction serial number input.
[0018]
S20: On the other hand, if the transaction serial number matches in S18, it is next checked whether the transaction serial number is in the “empty number” state. Here, the “empty number” state is a transaction that is not stored in the DB 211 of the server 21 of the centralized center 2 and processed or processed in the centralized center 2 side system in the processing of the system. The state of. That is, a transaction that cannot be processed from the centralized center 2 due to a form defect and cannot be processed by the sales office 1 is in an “empty number” state. By performing this check, it is possible to prevent the OCR re-reading from being erroneously read, for example, the transaction serial number data of the transaction being processed and transferred to the system on the centralized center 2 side. it can.
[0019]
S21: If the transaction serial number is not in the “empty number” state in S20, an error message is displayed to prompt correction of the transaction serial number input.
S22: On the other hand, if the transaction serial number is in the “empty number” state in S20, the OCR re-reading process is started without starting the double serial number check function, and the form set in the OCR 11 is once Even if the OCR is read and assigned a serial number, reading is started by the OCR 11, and the cut-out data of the image data and the character recognition result data are transferred to the centralized center 2 side.
[0020]
Through the above operation, even if a transaction form number has already been assigned a transaction number, it can be read and transferred again. Can be processed.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the following effects can be expected. That is, the sales office 1 that processes the business form 1 returned to the sales office 1 from the centralized center due to incompleteness of the business form at another transaction terminal of the sales office 1 that cannot be read again by the OCR 1. Since a large amount of business processing load is eliminated for the user and all processing can be processed by the system, the complexity of operation is eliminated and a system with excellent operability can be provided. In addition, the transaction serial number of the form to be reread is specified multiple times, matching processing is performed for them, and transaction serial numbers other than the “empty number” status are processed as errors, so the transaction serial number of the sales staff at the time of rereading Problems due to input errors can be prevented in advance.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system configuration and a normal processing flow.
FIG. 2 is a diagram of an exchange report (example).
FIG. 3 is a diagram of a modified client screen display (example).
FIG. 4 is a diagram of an operation flow (sales office side) of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram of an OCR activation selection screen (example).
FIG. 6 is a diagram of an OCR reread start screen (example);
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Sales office 2 Centralized center 11 OCR
12 OCR control device 21 Server 211 DB
22 Correction client 23 Verification client 24 Communication GW
25 Local network 31 Host device 41 Communication network

Claims (5)

To the sales office, a form used for each predetermined transaction and every time a predetermined transaction is performed, the form is read by OCR, a transaction serial number is assigned to the form, and the read form data is transmitted to the centralized center. An OCR control device,
The centralized center includes a server that stores the received form data and a database that stores a transaction that cannot be processed on the centralized center side, and a client that corrects the form data.
When the re-reading process of the form is selected, the OCR control device inputs a transaction serial number, checks whether or not the entered transaction serial number is in an empty number state, and if the number is in an empty number state, reads the form. exchange centralized system due to the OCR to do. 2. The exchange concentration system according to claim 1, wherein the OCR control device displays a message for prompting correction of the transaction sequence number input if the input transaction sequence number is not in a blank number state. 3. The OCR control device according to claim 1 , wherein the OCR control device is provided with a plurality of means for designating transaction sequence numbers, performs matching processing of a plurality of designated transaction sequence numbers, and only when the plurality of designated transaction sequence numbers all match. An exchange concentration system using OCR that enables re-reading of forms. 4. The exchange concentration system according to claim 1, wherein the empty number state is a state of a transaction that is not stored in the database and is not processed or processed at the center side. An OCR control device provided in a sales office that reads a form used for each predetermined transaction by OCR every time a predetermined transaction is performed, assigns a transaction serial number to the form, and transmits the read form data to a centralized center. Because
The OCR control device causes a transaction serial number to be input when the rereading process of the form is selected, and whether the input transaction serial number is managed as a transaction that cannot be processed in the centralized center is in an empty state. OCR control device that checks whether or not the data is in a blank number and reads the form.

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