JP5629474B2 - Form reader and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a form reading apparatus and a program.

  Conventionally, in organizations such as corporations, government agencies, and medical institutions, information recorded in reports such as daily business reports, report documents, and diagnostic tables is automatically input to a computer and processed as electronic data without human intervention. Therefore, a form reading apparatus having an OCR (Optical Character Reader) function for reading character information recorded on the form is used (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, there is a kind of form called a group form or a form bundle composed of a plurality of forms as a set. For example, in the case of a diagnosis table of a medical institution, a form bundle is used that is composed of a plurality of forms each consisting of an application form, an inquiry form, a list of test results, etc. for one patient.

  In view of this, a form reading apparatus has been proposed in which information recorded in a plurality of forms included in a form bundle is collectively input and data processing is performed. In the form reading device, the forms are grouped for each form bundle, and all forms are read together with a header form including header information such as document identification information sandwiched at the top of each grouped form bundle. To do. Then, the form reading device recognizes from one header form to the next header form as a set of form bundles, and processes such as display or correction of information recorded in the form, output to a file of a predetermined format, etc. For each form bundle grouped at the time of reading.

JP 2007-52682 A

  However, in the conventional form reading device, when displaying or correcting the information recorded in the form, the operator who performs the display or correction operation does not read the information recorded in all the read and stored forms. It is necessary to search and extract information to be displayed or corrected from among them. For this reason, display or correction operation takes time, and work efficiency decreases.

  In addition, when a form is a daily work report, a report document, a diagnosis table, or the like, a person who has authority to display or correct information for each form is often determined in advance. However, in the conventional form reading device, even an unprivileged operator can perform the operation of displaying or correcting the information recorded in the form, so the information security is reduced. Resulting in.

  The present invention solves the problems of the conventional form reading device, and enables only the operator identified by the header information of the header form to display or correct the information recorded in the form. Thus, when displaying or correcting the information recorded in the form, it becomes unnecessary to search for the target information, the work efficiency can be improved, and the display or correction of information by a person who does not have the prescribed authority. It is an object of the present invention to provide a form reading apparatus and a program that cannot be operated and can improve security.

For this purpose, in the form reading apparatus of the present invention, image input means for inputting image data of the form, character recognition processing means for reading character information from the image data and performing character recognition processing, and character recognition by the character recognition processing. A form reading device comprising grouping processing means for grouping form data including information and storing it in storage means, and form data processing means for displaying or correcting the form data stored in the storage means. The forms are grouped into a bundle of a plurality of forms, and an identification number for identifying a header form and a grouped form bundle are identified at the top of each form bundle. and group information, the header form comprising a header information including the operator identification information for identifying the operator who performs the display or correction of the form data is added State, the image collectively by the image input means is input, the grouping processing means, the form data grouped based on the header information, the identification number included in the header information, group information and operator The identification information is linked and stored in the storage unit together with the header information, and the form data processing unit searches the header information stored in the storage unit based on the operator identification information input by the operator. Then, the form data of the form bundle corresponding to the matched operator identification information is extracted and can be displayed or corrected.

  In another form reading apparatus of the present invention, the grouping processing unit further converts form data from one header form to the next header form of the form data into forms belonging to a set of form bundles. Group as form data.

In the program of the present invention, a computer for reading a form, an image input means for inputting image data of the form, a character recognition processing means for reading character information from the image data and performing character recognition processing, and the character recognition Form reading having grouping processing means for grouping the form data of the form including character information by processing and storing in the storage means, and form data processing means for displaying or correcting the form data stored in the storage means A program for functioning as an apparatus, wherein the forms are grouped into a bundle of forms each having a plurality of sheets, and at the top of each form bundle, an identification number for identifying a header form is grouped. and group information for identifying the document bundle, and the operator identification information for identifying the operator who performs the display or correction of the form data In a state where header form comprising header information including has been added, the image collectively by the image input means is input, the grouping processing means, the form data grouped based on the header information, the header information The identification number, group information, and operator identification information included in the information are linked to each other and stored in the storage unit together with the header information. The form data processing unit is based on the operator identification information input by the operator. The header information stored in the storage means is searched, the form data of the form bundle corresponding to the matched operator identification information is extracted, and can be displayed or corrected.
In another program of the present invention, the grouping processing unit further converts the form data from one header form to the next header form of the form data into form data of a form belonging to a set of form bundles. Group as.

  According to the present invention, in the form reading apparatus, only the operator identified by the header information of the header form can perform the operation of displaying or correcting the information recorded in the form. Thereby, when displaying or correcting the information recorded in the form, it becomes unnecessary to search for the target information, and the work efficiency can be improved. Further, it becomes impossible to display or correct information by an unauthorized person, and security can be improved.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the hardware of the system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the header form in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the system in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which displays or corrects the form data of the form reading apparatus in embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a system in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a header form in the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a form reading apparatus according to the present embodiment, which includes a scanner apparatus 11, an OCR processing apparatus 12, and a form data processing apparatus 13 as image input apparatuses. The scanner device 11, the OCR processing device 12, and the form data processing device 13 are connected to each other via a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or an intranet. The form reading device 10 is input to process information recorded in various forms 14a such as daily reports, report documents, diagnosis tables, etc., as electronic data in various organizations such as corporations, administrative institutions, and medical institutions. However, it may be arranged at any place and for inputting information recorded on any type of form 14a.

  Here, the scanner device 11 is a page scanner, a flatbed scanner, a sheet feed scanner, a drum scanner, or the like, but may be any type of scanner. The scanner device 11 is preferably a color scanner capable of reading a color image, but may be a monochrome scanner. In the present embodiment, the scanner device 11 is a line type image sensor comprising a light source such as a fluorescent lamp that irradiates light on the form 14a and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) that receives reflected light from the surface of the form 14a. The image sensor includes an image reading unit that reads an image of the form 14a while scanning, a hopper, a conveyance path, a stacker, and the like, and can sequentially read a plurality of forms 14a.

  The hopper stores a plurality of forms 14a in a stacked state. Further, the transport path includes a transport device such as a belt and a roller, is formed in the scanner device 11, and a plurality of forms 14a stacked in the hopper are fed from the top or bottom by the paper feeding device. When sequentially fed, the fed form 14a is conveyed to the image reading unit. Furthermore, the conveyance path is configured to convey the form 14a from which the image data, that is, the image data is acquired in the image reading unit, and discharge the form 14a to the stacker. Further, the stacker is a storage device that stores the form 14a that has been read and discharged by the image reading unit, and includes a plurality of storage shelves. The forms 14a discharged to the stacker are automatically sorted by an automatic sorting device or the like and stored in each storage shelf.

  The OCR processing device 12 includes an arithmetic means such as a CPU and an MPU, a storage means such as a magnetic disk and a semiconductor memory, an input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, a push button and a touch panel, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, and an LED (Light Emitting Diode). ) A computer having display means such as a display, a communication interface, and the like. The OCR processing device 12 is a personal computer, for example, but may be any type of computer such as a server or a workstation. The OCR processing device 12 operates according to installed software, thereby exhibiting an OCR function for reading character information from the image data of the form 14a acquired from the scanner device 11, and performs character recognition processing. The result of the character recognition process is stored in the storage means as a part of the information recorded in the form 14a, that is, the form data.

  Further, the form data processing device 13 is also similar to the OCR processing device 12, such as arithmetic means such as CPU and MPU, storage means such as magnetic disk and semiconductor memory, input means such as keyboard, mouse, push button and touch panel, CRT , A computer including a display means such as a liquid crystal display and an LED display, a communication interface, and the like. The form data processing device 13 is also a personal computer, for example, but may be any type of computer such as a server or a workstation. An operator of the form reading device 10 operates the form data processing device 13 to display or correct the form data.

  In the present embodiment, the form 14a is referred to as a form bundle 14 (or group form) composed of a plurality of forms 14a as a set, such as a daily business report, report form, diagnosis table, and the like. is there. When the form 14a is set in the hopper of the scanner device 11, the form 14a is grouped for each form bundle 14, that is, grouped, and the top of each grouped form bundle 14 is shown in FIG. As described above, the header form 14b including the header information 15 such as document identification information is set in a sandwiched state. The scanner device 11 collectively reads all the set forms 14a. Then, the form reading apparatus 10 recognizes from one header form 14b to the next header form 14b as a set of form bundles 14. Processing such as display or correction of information recorded in the form 14a, output to a file of a predetermined format, and the like is performed for each form bundle 14 unit.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the header information 15 includes a character string aaabbbbbbcccccc. Here, aaa is an identification number as information for identifying the header form 14b, bbbbb is an identification number as group information for identifying the grouped form bundle 14, and ccccc is the form number. It is an identification number as operator identification information for identifying an operator who operates the data processing device 13 to display or correct the form data of the form 14a included in the form bundle 14. The operator is a person who has been given the authority to display or correct the form data of the form 14 a in advance, and is predetermined for each form bundle 14. In addition, the form data includes character information recognized as a result of the character recognition process and information other than characters recorded in the form 14a (for example, information such as drawings and photographs).

  Next, functions of the form reading apparatus 10 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in the figure, the form reading apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment includes a form input processing unit 21, a character recognition processing unit 22, a grouping processing unit 23, a form data processing unit 24, and a data storage unit, as shown in the figure. 25.

  The form input processing unit 21 functions as an image input unit together with the scanner device 11, and reads and reads the image of the form 14 a of the form bundle 14 set in the hopper of the scanner device 11 with the header form 14 b added to the head. Perform batch input of image data. In this case, not only one form bundle 14 but all of the plurality of form bundles 14 (in the example shown in the figure, form bundles 14-1, 14-2 and 14-3) set in the hopper of the scanner device 11 are used. The image reading of the form 14a and the input of the image data can be performed collectively.

  The character recognition processing unit 22 is character recognition processing means that reads character information from the image data of the form 14a input by the form input processing unit 21 and performs character recognition processing. In this case, the character recognition process of the header information 15 included in the image data of the header form 14b is performed, and the character recognition process of various characters included in the image data of each form 14a is performed.

  Further, the grouping processing unit 23 groups the form data of each form 14 a for each form bundle 14 based on the header information 15 that has been subjected to the character recognition process by the character recognition processing unit 22 and stores it in the data storage unit 25. Grouping processing means. Specifically, the form data from one header form 14b to the next header form 14b among the form data of the plurality of forms 14a that are sequentially acquired is the form of the form 14a belonging to the set of form bundles 14. Group as data. For example, the form data from the header form 14-1b to the header form 14-2b are grouped as form data of the form 14-1a belonging to the first form bundle 14-1, and the header form 14-2b to the header form 14-3b are grouped. The form data up to is grouped as form data of the form 14-2a belonging to the second form bundle 14-2.

  The grouped form data includes information such as an identification number for identifying the header form 14b included in the header information 15 of the header form 14b placed at the head, group information, operator identification information, etc. ) And stored in the data storage unit 25 as storage means.

  Further, the form data processing unit 24 displays the form data of the form 14a stored in the data storage unit 25 on the display means of the form data processing apparatus 13 in accordance with the operation of the form data processing apparatus 13 by the operator. Both are form data processing means for correcting the corresponding form data in accordance with the form data correction operation by the operator. Specifically, the header information stored in the data storage unit 25 is searched based on the identification number as the operator identification information input by the operator, and the form data of the form bundle 14 corresponding to the matched identification number is obtained. Extract and display or correct. The form data of the form 14a stored in the data storage unit 25 is overwritten and corrected by the corrected form data.

  Next, the operation of the form reading apparatus 10 configured as described above will be described. Here, only the operation of displaying or correcting the form data will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation for displaying or correcting the form data of the form reading apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the operator operates the form data processing device 13 to perform a logon operation. Here, the operator is a person who has been previously given the authority to display or correct the form data of the form 14a included in the predetermined form bundle 14, and is also given an identification number as operator identification information. Shall. Then, the operator inputs his / her identification number at the time of logon operation. The identification number may be input manually by operating an input means such as a keyboard, or electronic data stored in a storage means such as a magnetic tape provided in an ID card held by the operator is stored in the card. The reading may be performed by reading means such as a reader.

  Then, the form data processing unit 24 acquires operator identification information, and acquires the operator identification number input by the logon operation.

  Subsequently, the form data processing unit 24 executes an operator identification information search process, and the operator selects from among all the form data stored in the data storage unit 25 based on the acquired operator identification number. Search for form data that can be processed. Specifically, using the acquired operator identification number as a search key, an identification number as operator identification information associated with the grouped form data stored in the data storage unit 25 is searched.

  Then, the form data processing unit 24 determines whether the identification information matches. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the form data associated with the acquired identification number that matches the identification number of the operator is stored in the data storage unit 25.

  Here, if the identification information matches, that is, if the form data associated with the identification number that matches the acquired operator identification number is stored in the data storage unit 25, the form data processing unit 24 Perform processable data extraction processing. Specifically, the form data associated with the acquired identification number that matches the identification number of the operator is extracted from the data storage unit 25 as processable data.

  Subsequently, the form data processing unit 24 executes form data processing. Specifically, information such as identification numbers and names of the form data extracted as processable data from the data storage unit 25 is displayed as a list on the display means of the form data processing device 13 in groups. That is, a list of the form bundle 14 is displayed on the display means of the form data processing apparatus 13. Then, the operator selects a desired form bundle 14 from the displayed list, and further selects and displays the form data of the desired form 14a from the form 14a included in the selected form bundle 14. Furthermore, the operator corrects a desired portion of the displayed form data as necessary.

  When the display or correction of the form data ends, the form data processing unit 24 ends the process.

  When the identification information does not match, that is, when the form data associated with the acquired operator identification number is not stored in the data storage unit 25, the form data processing unit 24 performs processing. The form data process is executed without executing the possible data extraction process. In this case, the form data processing unit 24 displays on the display means of the form data processing device 13 that there is no processable data, that is, form data that can be displayed or corrected, and ends the process.

Next, a flowchart will be described.
Step S1 Logon operation is performed.
Step S2: Obtain operator identification information.
Step S3: An operator identification information search process is executed.
Step S4: Determine whether the identification information matches. If the identification information matches, the process proceeds to step S5. If the identification information does not match, the process proceeds to step S6.
Step S5: A processable data extraction process is executed.
Step S6: The form data process is executed and the process is terminated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the header form 14b including the header information 15 including the operator identification information is arranged at the head of the form bundle 14, the image of the form 14a is read, and the stored form is stored. When the form data 14a is displayed or corrected, the form data can be displayed or corrected only when the operator is the person identified by the operator identification information.

  Thereby, since the form data stored based on the operator identification information can be searched, when displaying or correcting the form data, it is not necessary for the operator to search for the target form data again. The data can be automatically extracted, and the work of displaying or correcting the form data can be performed easily and in a short time, and the work efficiency can be improved.

  In addition, since the operator identification information can determine whether the operator is a person who has been given the authority to display or correct the form data in advance, the display of the form data by an unauthorized person or The correction operation becomes impossible. Therefore, security can be improved.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can change variously based on the meaning of this invention, and does not exclude them from the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention can be applied to a form reading apparatus and a program.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Form reading apparatus 11 Scanner apparatus 12 OCR processing apparatus 13 Form data processing apparatuses 14, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3 Form bundles 14a, 14-1a, 14-2a Forms 14b, 14-1b, 14-2b , 14-3b Header form 15 Header information 21 Form input processing part 22 Character recognition processing part 23 Grouping processing part 24 Form data processing part 25 Data storage part

Claims (4)

(A) image input means for inputting image data of a form;
(B) character recognition processing means for reading character information from the image data and performing character recognition processing;
(C) grouping processing means for grouping the form data of the form including character information by the character recognition processing and storing it in a storage means;
(D) a form reading device having form data processing means for displaying or correcting the form data stored in the storage means,
(E) The forms are grouped into a set of form bundles, and an identification number for identifying a header form and a grouped form bundle are identified at the top of each form bundle. In the state where the header form including header information including group information for identifying and operator identification information for identifying the operator who displays or corrects the form data is added, the image input unit collectively images Is entered,
(F) The grouping processing unit groups the form data based on the header information, links the identification number, group information, and operator identification information included in the header information, and combines the header information with the header information. Stored in storage means,
(G) The form data processing means searches the header information stored in the storage means based on the operator identification information input by the operator, and forms data of the form bundle corresponding to the matched operator identification information A form reading device characterized in that it can be extracted and displayed or corrected. 2. The form according to claim 1, wherein the grouping processing unit groups form data from one header form to the next header form of the form data as form data of a form belonging to a set of form bundles. Reader. (A) A computer for reading the form
(B) image input means for inputting form image data;
(C) character recognition processing means for reading character information from the image data and performing character recognition processing;
(D) grouping processing means for grouping the form data of the form including character information by the character recognition processing and storing it in a storage means;
(E) a program that functions as a form reading device having form data processing means for displaying or correcting form data stored in the storage means,
(F) The forms are grouped into a set of form bundles, and an identification number for identifying a header form and a grouped form bundle are identified at the top of each form bundle. In the state where the header form including header information including group information for identifying and operator identification information for identifying the operator who displays or corrects the form data is added, the image input unit collectively images Is entered,
(G) The grouping processing unit groups the form data based on the header information, links the identification number, group information, and operator identification information included in the header information, and combines the header information with the header information. Stored in storage means,
(H) The form data processing means searches the header information stored in the storage means based on the operator identification information input by the operator, and forms data of the form bundle corresponding to the matched operator identification information A program that extracts and displays or corrects. The program according to claim 3, wherein the grouping processing unit groups the form data from one header form to the next header form of the form data as form data of a form belonging to a set of form bundles. .

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