JP6503659B2 - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and program.

  The form processing apparatus described in Cited Reference 1 compares the OCR read data to be processed with the OCR read data that has already been processed, and when the degree of coincidence is greater than a predetermined threshold value, between the two OCR read data. A mismatched portion is extracted, and information on the recognition accuracy for each character recognition accuracy determination unit is referenced, and it is determined whether or not the recognition accuracy of the character recognition accuracy determination unit of the extracted mismatched portion satisfies a predetermined character recognition accuracy .

JP, 2010-262331, A

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and program capable of suppressing that read information read from a paper medium is associated with an incorrect user.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an acquisition means for acquiring handwritten identification character string information which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user from read information read from a paper medium, and registered in advance Designating means for specifying at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information out of registration identification character string information which is character string information for identifying an identified user Information of a character string handwritten by the user acquired from the read information, and a character string handwritten by the user included in related information stored in the storage unit in association with the designated registered identification character string information Determining means for determining whether or not the read information is associated with the designated registered identification character string information using a comparison result of the information and It is an information processing apparatus.

  In the second aspect of the present invention, the determination means may include information on a character string handwritten by a user in a predetermined area of the paper medium acquired from the read information, and a paper medium included in the related information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the similarity of information of a character string handwritten by the user in a predetermined area of is calculated and compared with a predetermined threshold value.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the determination means calculates the similarity between the handwritten identification character string information and information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by the user included in the related information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is compared with a predetermined threshold value.

  The invention according to claim 4 is an acquisition means for acquiring handwritten identification character string information which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user from read information read from a paper medium, and registered in advance Designating means for specifying at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information out of registration identification character string information which is character string information for identifying an identified user Associating the read information with the designated registered identification character string information based on the information of the user's past behavior included in the related information stored in the storage unit in association with the designated registered identification character string information It is an information processor provided with the judgment means which judges whether it is.

  The invention according to claim 5 is that, in accordance with the determination means, whether or not the past attendance rate of the user to the course related to the paper medium, which is included in the related information, is higher than a predetermined threshold. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein it is determined whether the read information is associated with the designated registered identification character string information.

  In the invention according to claim 6, the designation means designates, from the registration identification character string information, registration identification character string information to which the read information is not associated, and the determination means determines from the read information The read information is associated by performing character recognition on each of the acquired information of the character string handwritten by the user and the information of the character string handwritten by the user included in the related information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the read information is associated with registration identification character string information that has not been sent.

  The invention according to claim 7 is an acquisition means for acquiring handwritten identification character string information which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user from read information read from a paper medium; Designation means for designating at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information among registration identification character string information which is information of character strings for identifying a user who has made a mistake; Information of a character string handwritten by the user acquired from the read information, and a character string handwritten by the user included in related information stored in the storage unit in association with the designated registered identification character string information As determination means for determining whether or not the read information is associated with the designated registered identification character string information using a comparison result of the information and Is a program for the functioning of the computer.

  The invention according to claim 8 is an acquisition means for acquiring handwritten identification character string information which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user from read information read from a paper medium, Designation means for designating at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information among registration identification character string information which is information of character strings for identifying a user who has made a mistake; Associating the read information with the designated registered identification character string information based on the information of the user's past behavior included in the related information stored in the storage unit in association with the designated registered identification character string information It is a program for causing a computer to function as determination means for determining whether or not it is.

  According to the inventions of claims 1 and 7, it is possible to suppress associating read information read from a paper medium with an incorrect user using a character string handwritten by the user.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is suppressed that the read information read from the paper medium is associated with the wrong user by using the character string handwritten by the user in the predetermined area of the paper medium. Be done.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to suppress associating the read information read from the paper medium with the wrong user by using the character string for identifying the user handwritten by the user.

  According to the fourth and eighth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to suppress the association of the read information read from the paper medium with the wrong user by using the information of the user's past behavior.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is suppressed that the read information read from the paper medium is associated with the wrong user by using the information of the past attendance of the user to the course related to the paper medium. Ru.

  According to the invention described in claim 6, the read information is associated with the user who can not associate the read information.

It is a system configuration figure of an information processing system concerning this embodiment. It is a hardware block diagram of the one part device contained in an information processing system. It is a figure which shows an example of a registration device management table. It is a figure which shows an example of a user information management table. It is a figure which shows an example of a lecture information management table. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of print processing. It is a figure which shows an example of an entry form. It is a flow figure showing an example of scan processing. It is a flowchart of the process which concerns on a 1st Example. It is a flowchart of the process which concerns on a 1st Example. It is a flowchart of the process which concerns on a 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows an example of the relationship between the number of course holdings, and an OCR recognition rate.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as an embodiment) will be described according to the drawings.

[1. System configuration]
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of an information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment. The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes an information management support server 10, an education information management server 20, an image forming apparatus 30, an e-mail server 40, and one or more personal computers 50. The server 20, the image forming apparatus 30, the mail server 40, and the personal computer 50 are connected to the network NW so as to be capable of data communication with each other.

  The education information management server 20 is a teacher's information (ID, name, e-mail address, attribute, affiliation etc.), student's information (ID, name, e-mail address, attribute, affiliation etc.) ID, student ID to be taken, curriculum, lecture schedule, issues, etc.), computer for managing attendance of each lecture, marking information of issues submitted in each lecture, etc.

  The image forming apparatus 30 is an apparatus that executes formation of an image on a paper medium (printing process), reading of an image formed on the paper medium (scanning process), and the like. For example, the image forming apparatus 30 executes print processing in response to a print request from the personal computer 50, or receives a scan request of a paper medium and transmits scanned data to a designated device (for example, the information management support server 10) Do.

  The mail server 40 is a computer that manages delivery of electronic mail. For example, the mail server 40 serves as an e-mail reception server addressed to the e-mail address of a teacher, a student, and a manager managed by the education information management server 20, and also the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20, It functions as a transmission server of electronic mail transmitted from the personal computer 50 operated by the image forming apparatus 30, a teacher, a student, and a manager. Of course, a plurality of mail servers 40 may be provided in accordance with the managed e-mail address or the like.

  The personal computer 50 is a computer that receives an operation of a user such as a teacher, a student, or a manager and executes a process. For example, the personal computer 50 accepts the user's operation, accesses the education information management server 20, and browses, updates, adds, and deletes information managed by the education information management server 20, and the education information management. The information acquired from the server 20 is transmitted to the image forming apparatus 30 to execute print processing.

  In the present embodiment, the information management support server 10 is an example of an information processing apparatus, and is a computer that supports management of information by the education information management server 20. For example, in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the information management support server 10 receives scan data (an example of read information) of an entry sheet (an example of a paper medium, for example, an attendance card or an answer sheet) from the image forming apparatus 30. It is acquired and registered in the education information management server 20. At this time, the information management support server 10 designates the identification information of the student registered in the education information management server 20 based on the identification information (for example, student ID number and name) of the student acquired from the scan data, and this student Whether or not to associate scan data with the identification information of this student is determined based on the related information (for example, past scan data and course data of a course) stored in association with the identification information of. An example of functions and processing provided to execute the above-described processing will be described in detail below.

[2. Hardware configuration]
Here, an example of the hardware configuration of the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20, and the image forming apparatus 30 included in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

[2-1. Information Management Support Server 10]
First, a hardware configuration example of the information management support server 10 will be described. In FIG. 2, the hardware block diagram of the information management support server 10 was shown. As shown in FIG. 2, the information management support server 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a communication unit 13.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes various arithmetic processing and controls each unit of the information management support server 10 based on a program stored in the storage unit 12.

  The storage unit 12 stores control programs such as an operating system of the information management support server 10 and data, and is also used as a work memory of the control unit 11. The program may be supplied to the information management support server 10 in a state of being stored in an information storage medium such as an optical disc, a magnetic disc, a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical disc, a flash memory, or the like via a data communication network such as the Internet. The information management support server 10 may be supplied. Hereinafter, an example of data stored in the storage unit 12 will be described.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the registered device management table stored in the storage unit 12. As shown in FIG. 3, in the registered device management table, a device ID (identifier for identifying a device), an address (for example, IP address (host name), port number etc.), authentication information (ID and password etc.), priority The rankings are stored in association with each other.

  The communication unit 13 includes, for example, a network interface card (NIC), is connected to the network NW via the NIC, and communicates with other devices connected to the network NW.

[2-2. Education information management server 20]
Next, the hardware configuration of the education information management server 20 will be described. FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the education information management server 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the education information management server 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a communication unit 23.

  The control unit 21 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes various arithmetic processing based on a program stored in the storage unit 22 and controls each unit of the education information management server 20.

  The storage unit 22 stores control programs and data such as an operating system of the education information management server 20 and is also used as a work memory of the control unit 21. The program may be supplied to the education information management server 20 in a state of being stored in an information storage medium such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or the like via a data communication network such as the Internet. It may be supplied to the education information management server 20. Hereinafter, an example of data stored in the storage unit 22 will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of the user information management table stored in the storage unit 22. As shown in FIG. 4, the user information management table includes a user ID (identifier for identifying a user such as a teacher, a student, and a manager), a student ID number, a name, an e-mail address, an attribute , Students, administrators, etc.), affiliation (user's affiliation department, department, laboratory, etc.) and location of scan data are stored in association with each other. The scan data is, for example, read information read from an entry form (for example, an attendance sheet or an answer form) entered by a student. For example, the contents of the user information management table may be registered, updated, or deleted based on access from the personal computer 50 having the administrator's authority.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the lecture information management table stored in the storage unit 22. As shown in FIG. 5, in the lecture information management table, the lecture ID (identifier identifying each lecture), the number of lectures (information indicating the number of lectures), the teacher in charge, the assistant (teacher or student) The schedule, information on the assignment, the students who took the lecture (list of students), and the information on each attendee are stored in association with each other. For example, the contents of the lecture information management table may be registered, updated, or deleted based on access from the personal computer 50 having the administrator's authority.

  The communication unit 23 includes, for example, a network interface card (NIC), is connected to the network NW via the NIC, and communicates with other devices connected to the network NW.

[2-3. Image forming apparatus 30]
FIG. 2 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 30 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, a communication unit 33, an operation panel 34, an image forming unit 35, and a scanning unit 36.

  The control unit 31 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and executes various arithmetic processing and controls each unit of the image forming apparatus 30 based on a program stored in the storage unit 32.

  The storage unit 32 stores control programs and data such as an operating system of the image forming apparatus 30 and is also used as a work memory of the control unit 31. The program may be supplied to the image forming apparatus 30 in a state of being stored in an information storage medium such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, a magnetic tape, a magneto-optical disk, a flash memory, or an image via a data communication network such as the Internet. It may be supplied to the forming device 30.

  The communication unit 33 includes, for example, a network interface card (NIC), connects to the network NW via the NIC, and communicates with other devices connected to the network NW.

  The operation panel 34 includes an input device such as a touch panel and a keyboard, and a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and receives an operation input from the user and causes the display device to display the result (screen) of information processing by the control unit 31. .

  The image forming unit 35 forms an image based on the image data designated by the control unit on a medium to be printed (for example, a paper medium).

  The scan unit 36 includes an optical system and a light receiving element, and captures image data of a medium to be scanned (for example, a paper medium).

[3. Sequence description]
Next, a specific example of processing executed in the information processing system 1 will be described. The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment is used in the following flow, that is, (1) First, a teacher prints an entry form (for example, an attendance sheet or an answer sheet) of a lecture and lectures are printed on the entry form Sometimes it is distributed to students, (2) students fill out the distributed forms (for example, student ID number), submit the completed form to the teacher, and (3) the teacher submits from the students After adding information to the entry forms as necessary, (4) the entry forms are collectively scanned by the image forming apparatus 30, and the contents of the entry forms obtained based on the scan contents are stored in the education information management server 20. Register on The sequence described below relates to processing for preventing erroneous information from being registered in the education information management server 20 particularly in (4).

[4-1. Printing process]
First, an example of an entry sheet printing process (corresponding to the printing process of (1) above) executed by the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. .

  As shown in FIG. 6, the personal computer 50 operated by the user (administrator or teacher) receives an operation (a download request for an entry sheet (for example, attendance sheet)) from the user (S101), and based on the received operation The data of the entry form is requested to the education information management server 20 (S102).

  The education information management server 20 receives, from the personal computer 50, a form data of the entry form stored (for example, in the case of an attendance slip, form data for each digit number of the student ID number may be held). The form data of the entry form relating to the request is selected, and the form data of the selected entry form is transmitted to the personal computer 50 (S103).

  The personal computer 50 edits the form data of the entry sheet received from the education information management server 20 as necessary, and then transmits a print instruction for printing the designated number of copies of the entry sheet to the image forming apparatus 30 (S104).

  Based on the print instruction received from the personal computer 50, the image forming apparatus 30 prints the designated number of copies of the entry sheet (S105).

[4-2. Form]
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the entry form. The entry form 60 is provided with a lecture number entry area 61, a student ID entry area 63, a name entry area 65, an answer entry area 67, and a marking result entry area 69.

  In the lecture number entry area 61, a character string representing a lecture number is handwritten by a student or preprinted. Also, the course number may be embedded in the entry form 60 as watermark information.

  In the student identification number entry area 63, the student identification number, which is an example of a character string for identifying a student, is handwritten by the student. Among scan data read from the entry form 60, data of a character string read from the student ID number entry area 63 is used as an example of handwritten identification character string information.

  In the name entry area 65, the name, which is an example of a character string for identifying a student, is handwritten by the student. Among scan data read from the entry form 60, data of a character string read from the name entry area 65 is used as an example of the related information. Moreover, you may utilize as an example of handwriting identification character string information.

  In the answer entry area 67, answers are handwritten by the student. In the scoring result entry area 69, the result scored by the teacher is entered by handwriting.

[4-3. First embodiment]
Next, the process according to the first example executed by the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment with reference to the flow diagrams shown in FIGS. Details of processing executed when data is registered in the education information management server 20 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the image forming apparatus 30 receives an operation (for example, a registration start operation) from a user (for example, a teacher) via the operation panel 34 (S201). The image forming apparatus 30 requests the teaching information management server 20 to transfer the teacher list based on the received operation (S202). In the teacher list transfer request, search conditions (for example, affiliation etc.) may be designated.

  When receiving the teacher list transfer request from the image forming apparatus 30, the education information management server 20 searches for a corresponding teacher from the user information management table, generates a list of searched teachers, and generates a list of generated teachers. Are sent to the image forming apparatus 30 (S203). For example, when a search condition (for example, affiliation) is specified in the transfer request received from the image forming apparatus 30, the education information management server 20 specifies that the attribute is "teacher" in the user information management table and If a search condition is not specified, a record whose attribute is "teacher" is searched in the user information management table, and the user ID included in the searched record is searched. A list may be generated to include. At this time, the user IDs included in the list may be arranged on the basis of a predetermined reference (for example, the order in which the user IDs are small (or in the order of large), the order of the syllabary of names, etc.).

  The image forming apparatus 30 displays on the operation panel 34 a teacher selection screen on which the list of teachers received from the education information management server 20 is displayed so as to be selectable (S204), and the teacher selection operation from the user on the displayed teacher selection screen And select a target teacher from the list of teachers.

  When the image forming apparatus 30 receives a scan instruction from the user via the operation panel 34 after selecting a target teacher (S206), the image forming apparatus 30 sequentially scans a plurality of entry sheets (S207), and respectively receives a plurality of entry sheets Get scan data for

  The image forming apparatus 30 transmits the user ID (teacher ID) of the target teacher selected in S205 and the scan data of the entry sheet obtained in S207 to the information management support server 10 (S208).

  As shown in FIG. 9, the information management support server 10 executes character recognition processing on the scan data received from the image forming apparatus 30, and acquires data of the course number entered on the entry sheet (S301). Furthermore, the data of the student identification number handwritten on the entry form is acquired (S302, operation as acquisition means). Here, the data of the course number is acquired from the lecture number entry area 61 of the entry form 60, and the data of the student ID number is acquired from the student ID entry area 63 (see FIG. 7).

  The information management support server 10 requests the education information management server 20 for a list of student ID numbers of the students who will take the course specified by the course number acquired in S301 (S303).

  When the education information management server 20 receives a request for a list of student ID numbers from the information management support server 10, the student ID of a student (student) who takes a course specified by a course number (course ID) included in the received request A list of numbers is extracted from the lecture information management table (see FIG. 5) and transmitted to the information management support server 10 (S304).

  The information management support server 10 determines whether the student identification number acquired in S302 exists in the list of student identification numbers transmitted from the education information management server 20 (S305).

  If the acquired student identification number does not exist in the list (S305: NO), the information management support server 10 saves the scan data as unconfirmed (S306), and executes processing for the next scan data.

  If the acquired student identification number exists in the list (S305: YES), the information management support server 10 proceeds to S307 described below.

  By the way, the student identification number acquired from the scan data in S302 may be different from the character string intended by the student due to misrecognition of the character recognition processing or the like. Therefore, in the present embodiment, in S307 to S310 described below, it is determined whether or not the scan data can be associated with the student ID number by using the past scan data of the student specified by the student ID number.

  The information management support server 10 requests, from the education information management server 20, past scan data associated with the student identification number acquired in S302 (S307, operation as a designation unit).

  When the education information management server 20 receives a request for past scan data from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 acquires past scan data associated with the student identification number designated by the received request, and the information management support server Send to 10 (S308). Here, when there is a plurality of past scan data associated with the student identification number, all scan data are transmitted to the information management support server 10.

  Here, the information management support server 10 acquires the student identification number from the scan data by the character recognition process, and requests the past scan data of the student corresponding to the acquired student identification number, the user held by the education information management server 20 One student ID number is designated from among the student ID numbers (an example of the registered identification character string information) registered in the information management table.

  The information management support server 10 is handwritten by the student obtained from the character string handwritten by the student acquired from the scan data received from the image forming apparatus 30 and the past scan data transmitted from the education information management server 20. The similarity of the character string is calculated (S309). Here, when there is a plurality of past scan data, similarity is calculated for the character string acquired from each scan data.

  The character string to be compared here is, for example, a character string indicating the student's name obtained from the name entry area 65 of the entry form 60 shown in FIG. In addition, a string indicating a student identification number or another string may be compared.

  The present invention is not limited to this mode, and the educational information management server 20 holds in advance a character string indicating the student's name acquired from the past scan data, and the student's name in response to a request from the information management support server 10. You may send a string indicating.

  For example, the character string indicating the student's name acquired from the scan data received from the image forming apparatus 30 is “Takuya Mikami,” and is held in the education information management server 20. A string indicating the student's name acquired from past scan data. Of 10 cases, 8 cases are “Mikami Takuya (full character match)”, 1 case is “nigami Takuya (three character match)”, 1 When the condition is “three-point wrestling (three-character match)”, the similarity is calculated by the following equation.

  (8 cases / 10 cases) × (4 letters / 4 letters) + (1 case / 10 cases) × (3 letters / 4 letters) + (1 case / 10 cases) × (3 letters / 4 letters) = 95%

  The information management support server 10 determines whether to register the scan data in the education information management server 20 based on the calculated similarity (S310, operation as a determination unit). That is, the information management support server 10 determines whether to associate scan data received from the image forming apparatus 30 with the student ID number designated in S307 and S308 in the user information management table held by the education information management server 20. Do. Specifically, the information management support server 10 determines to register when the similarity exceeds the threshold, and determines not to register when the similarity falls below the threshold.

  If the degree of similarity is below the threshold (S310: NO), the information management support server 10 saves the scan data as undetermined (S311), and executes processing for the next scan data.

  If the degree of similarity exceeds the threshold (S310: YES), the information management support server 10 requests the education information management server 20 to register the scan data in association with the student identification number (S312).

  In response to the data registration request received from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 registers the scan data in association with the student ID number (S313), and then notifies the information management support server 10 of the registration completion. (S314).

  The information management support server 10 executes the processing of S301 to S314 described above for all scan data (S315). Then, after all scan data have been executed (S315: YES), the process proceeds to the process of FIG. 10 described below.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the information management support server 10 stores scan data saved as unconfirmed in S306 and S311, that is, scan data not associated with a student ID number in the processing of S301 to S314 described above (hereinafter referred to as Undetermined scan data is extracted (S401).

  The information management support server 10 displays a list of student ID numbers for which the scan data has not been registered among the student ID numbers of the course learner identified by the course number acquired in S301, that is, the processing of S301 to S314 described above. The education information management server 20 is requested to list the student ID numbers (hereinafter referred to as "undetermined student ID numbers") for which the scan data has not been correlated in step S402.

  When the education information management server 20 receives a request for a list of unregistered student ID numbers from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 refers to the user information management table and the lecture information management table and is specified by the course number included in the received request. A list of unregistered student ID numbers is extracted from those who have taken the course and sent to the information management support server 10 (S403).

  The information management support server 10 requests, from the educational information management server 20, past scan data associated with the unregistered student ID number (S404, operation as a designation unit).

  When the education information management server 20 receives a request for past scan data from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 acquires past scan data associated with the student identification number designated by the received request, and the information management support server Send to 10 (S405).

  Here, the student ID number (registered identification character string information registered in the user information management table held by the education information management server 20 by the information management support server 10 requesting the past scan data corresponding to the unregistered student ID number). One student ID number is specified from among

  The information management support server 10 is handwritten by the student acquired from the past scan data transmitted from the educational information management server 20 and the character string handwritten by the student acquired from the unconfirmed scan data extracted in S401. The similarity of the character string is calculated (S406). When there are multiple unregistered scan data and multiple unregistered student ID numbers, the information management support server 10 calculates the degree of similarity for all combinations.

  The character strings to be compared here indicate, for example, a character string indicating the student's name obtained from the name entry area 65 of the entry form 60 shown in FIG. 7 and a student ID number obtained from the student ID entry area 63. It is a string. Also, other strings may be compared.

  The present invention is not limited to this mode, and the educational information management server 20 holds in advance a character string indicating the student's name and student identification number acquired from the past scan data, and responds to the request from the information management support server 10 A string may be sent indicating the student's name or student identification number.

  The information management support server 10 determines an unregistered student ID number as a registration destination of unregistered scan data based on the calculated similarity (S407, operation as a determination unit). That is, the information management support server 10 determines which unregistered student ID number in the user information management table held by the education information management server 20 to be associated with the target unregistered scan data. Specifically, the information management support server 10 determines, for each unregistered scan data, an unregistered student ID number having the highest calculated similarity as a registration destination.

  An example of calculation of the degree of similarity will be described. For example, there are three unregistered scan data, and the result of reading the first unregistered scan data is course number: 185, student ID number: 08X2301, name: Fujiichiro, and the second unregistered scan data Reading result is course number: 185, student ID: 68X2305, name: Taro Oda, and the result of reading the third unregistered scan data is course number: 186, student ID: 08X2365, name: Dairo Yamada Suppose that there is.

  On the other hand, suppose that the unregistered student ID numbers for the course number: 185 are 08X2305, 08X2307, 08X2325 and the unregistered student ID numbers for the course number: 186 are 08X2305, 08X2308. Furthermore, the names obtained from past scan data associated with unregistered student ID: 08X2305 are Taro Yamada (7 cases), Dairo Yamada (2 cases), and Yutaro Yamayama (1 case), and unregistered student addresses. Name obtained from past scan data associated with No. 08X2307 is Fujiichiro (9 cases), Futoichiro (1 case), and unregistered student ID: From past scan data associated with 08X2308 The name acquired is Hanako Suzuki (10 cases), and the name acquired from the past scan data associated with the unregistered school address: 08X2325 is Daisuke Sato (1 case) and Taisuke Sato (1 case). Suppose that there is.

  Here, the similarity between the first unregistered scan data (course number: 185, student ID: 08X2301, name: Fuji Ichiro) and the past scan data associated with each unregistered student ID is, for example, It is calculated by the following equation. About the unregistered student ID number: 08X2305, the similarity of the student ID number is about 86% in 6 letters / 7 letters, and the similarity degree of the names is (7 cases / 10 cases) × (1 letter / 4 letters) + (2 10 cases) × (1 character / 4 characters) + (2 cases / 10) × (1 character / 4 characters) about 25%, total similarity is about 21% at 86% × 25% is there. About the unregistered student ID number: 08X2307, the similarity of the student ID number is about 86% in 6 letters / 7 letters, and the similarity degree of the names is (9 cases / 10 cases) × (4 letters / 4 letters) + (1 10 cases) × (3 letters / 4 letters) is about 98%, and the total similarity is about 84% in 86% × 98%. About the unregistered student ID number: 08X2325, the similarity of the student ID number is about 71% in 5 letters / 7 letters, and the similarity degree of names is (1 case / 2 cases) × (0 letters / 4 letters) + (1 (2 cases) × (0 characters / 4 characters) = 0%, and the total similarity is 71% × 0% and 0%. From the above, the unregistered student ID number 08X2307, which has the highest overall similarity of 84%, is determined as the registration destination.

  Similarly, the total similarity between the second unregistered scan data (course number: 185, student ID: 68X2305, name: Oda Taro) and the past scan data associated with each unregistered student ID is About 58% for unregistered student ID: 08X2305, about 18% for unregistered student ID: 08X2307, about 9% for unregistered student ID: 08X2325, and unregistered student ID: 08X2305 is determined as the registration destination . Similarly, the total similarity between the third unregistered scan data (course number: 186, student ID: 08X2365, name: Yamada Dairou) and the past scan data associated with each unregistered student ID number is Unregistered Student ID Number: Approximately 66% for 08X2305, 0% for Unregistered Student ID Number 08X2308, and Unregistered Student ID Number 08X2305 is determined as the registration destination.

  The information management support server 10 requests the education information management server 20 to register unregistered scan data in association with the student ID number determined as the registration destination (S408).

  In response to the data registration request received from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 registers unregistered scan data in association with the student ID number determined as the registration destination (S409), and thereafter, the information management support server The registration is completed in 10 (S410).

  The information management support server 10 displays the registration result by the processing of S401 to S410 described above (S411).

  When displaying the registration result, the student ID number registered by the processing of S401 to S410 may be identified and displayed in order to prompt visual confirmation by the teacher. For example, the student ID number registered by the process of S401 to S410 may be displayed in a color different from the student ID number registered by the process of S301 to S315.

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Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, the details of the process according to the second example executed by the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  The information management support server 10 executes character recognition processing on the scan data received from the image forming apparatus 30, acquires data of the course number entered on the entry sheet (S501), and further writes on the entry sheet The data of the student identification number entered in is acquired (S502, operation as acquisition means). Here, the data of the course number is acquired from the lecture number entry area 61 of the entry form 60 shown in FIG. 7, and the data of the student identification number is acquired from the student identification number entry area 63.

  The information management support server 10 requests the educational information management server 20 to hold the number of courses specified by the course number acquired in S501 (S503).

  When the education information management server 20 receives a request for the number of course holdings from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 manages the number of lecture holding times (course times) specified by the course number (course ID) included in the received request. It reads from the table (see FIG. 5) and transmits it to the information management support server 10 (S504).

  The information management support server 10 determines whether the recognition rate of the character recognition processing in S501 and S502 is in the normal range, in the additional determination range, or in the error range (S505 and S506).

  FIG. 12 shows an example of the relationship between the normal range, the additional determination range, and the error range. When the recognition rate of character recognition processing exceeds a threshold (for example, 75%), it becomes a "normal range". On the other hand, when the recognition rate of character recognition processing falls below the threshold, it basically becomes an "error range", but at a stage where the number of course holdings is relatively large, a range close to the threshold becomes an "additional determination range". That is, at the stage where the number of course holdings is relatively large, an “additional determination range” is provided between the normal range and the error range.

  In this embodiment, when the recognition rate of the character recognition process is within the additional judgment range, the student's registration number is referred to in S508 to S510 described below with reference to the past study status of the student specified by the student identification number. It is determined whether the scan data can be associated with the image data. Note that the data is not particularly limited to the past registration status as long as the data indicates the past behavior of the user.

  If the recognition rate of the character recognition process is in the error range (S505: NO, S506: NO), the information management support server 10 saves the scan data as unconfirmed (S507), and executes the process for the next scan data Do.

  When the recognition rate of the character recognition process is in the additional range (S505: NO, S506: YES), the information management support server 10 uses the past course data associated with the student identification number acquired in S502 as the education information management server 20 is requested (S508, operation as a designation unit).

  When the educational information management server 20 receives a request for past study data from the information management support server 10, the lecture information management table (see FIG. 5) shows past study data associated with the student identification number designated by the received request. The information is read out and transmitted to the information management support server 10 (S509). Past course data include, for example, the attendance status of past lectures and the submission status of reports.

  Here, the information management support server 10 acquires the student identification number from the scan data by character recognition processing, and requests the past study data of the student corresponding to the acquired student identification number, thereby the user held by the education information management server 20 One student ID number is designated from among the student ID numbers registered in the information management table.

  The information management support server 10 determines, based on the past study data transmitted from the education information management server 20, whether or not the study status of the student specified by the student ID number obtained in S502 is good (S510). ). Whether or not the course status is good is determined based on, for example, the attendance status of past lectures and the status of report submission. For example, it is determined that the student has attended the past lecture sessions continuously or submitted the report continuously, it is judged good, the student has not attended the past lecture sessions continuously, the report If it does not submit continuously, it will be judged as bad.

  The reason for judging whether the study status is good or not is that even if the recognition rate of the character recognition processing is low, if the study status is good, the student ID number obtained in S502 is likely to be correct. It is from.

  If the study status is bad (S510: NO), the information management support server 10 saves the scan data as unconfirmed (S507), and executes processing for the next scan data.

  If the recognition rate of the character recognition process is in the normal range (S505: YES), or if the study status is good (S510: YES), the information management support server 10 registers the scan data in association with the student ID number. As a result, the education information management server 20 is requested (S511).

  In response to the data registration request received from the information management support server 10, the education information management server 20 registers the scan data in association with the student ID number (S512), and then notifies the information management support server 10 of the registration completion. (S513).

  The information management support server 10 executes the processing of S501 to S513 described above for all scan data (S514).

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Of course, various deformation | transformation implementation is possible for one skilled in the art.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 information processing system, 10 information management support server, 20 education information management server, 30 image forming apparatus, 40 mail server, 50 personal computer, 11 control unit, 12 storage unit, 13 communication unit, 21 control unit, 22 storage unit, 23 communication unit, 31 control unit, 32 storage unit, 33 communication unit, 34 operation panel, 35 image forming unit, 36 scanning unit, 60 entry forms, 61 lecture number entry area, 63 student ID entry area, 65 name entry area, 67 answer entry area, 69 scoring result entry area.

Claims (8)

An acquisition unit that acquires handwritten identification character string information, which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user, from the first read information read from the first paper medium by character recognition processing ;
Designation to specify at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information among registration identification character string information which is character string information for identifying a user registered in advance. Means,
And character string information handwritten by a user which is acquired by character recognition processing from the first read information is read from the second paper medium, already storage means in association with the designated registered identification character string information Whether the read information is associated with the designated registered identification character string information using a comparison result of the character string information handwritten by the user acquired from the stored second read information by character recognition processing Determining means for determining whether or not
An information processing apparatus comprising: The determination means uses information of a character string handwritten by a user in a predetermined area of the first paper medium acquired by character recognition processing from the first read information, and the second read information. The similarity between information of a character string handwritten by the user in a predetermined area of the second paper medium acquired by character recognition processing is calculated and compared with a predetermined threshold value.
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The determination means calculates a similarity between the handwritten identification character string information and information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by the user obtained from the second read information by character recognition processing. , Compare with a predetermined threshold,
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. An acquisition unit that acquires handwritten identification character string information, which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user, from the first read information read from the first paper medium by character recognition processing ;
Designation to specify at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information among registration identification character string information which is character string information for identifying a user registered in advance. Means,
The designated based on the past attendance status of the user to the course associated with the first paper medium, which is included in the related information stored in the storage means in association with the designated registered identification character string information A determination unit that determines whether to associate the first read information with registration identification string information;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The determination means is configured to perform the designated according to whether or not the past attendance rate of the user to the course related to the first paper medium, which is included in the related information, is higher than a predetermined threshold. It is determined whether or not the first read information is associated with registration identification string information.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 4. The designating means designates again the registration identification character string information in which the first read information is not associated among the registration identification character string information,
The determination means associates information of a character string handwritten by the user acquired from the first read information by character recognition processing, and registration identification character string information acquired from the third paper medium and specified again. The registration identification character string specified again by calculating the degree of similarity with the information of the character string handwritten by the user acquired by the character recognition processing from the third read information already stored in the storage means Determining whether to associate the first read information with the information;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. An acquisition unit that acquires handwritten identification character string information, which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user, from the first read information read from the first paper medium by character recognition processing ;
Designation to specify at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information among registration identification character string information which is character string information for identifying a user registered in advance. Means, and
And character string information handwritten by a user which is acquired by character recognition processing from the first read information is read from the second paper medium, already storage means in association with the designated registered identification character string information Whether the read information is associated with the designated registered identification character string information using a comparison result of the character string information handwritten by the user acquired from the stored second read information by character recognition processing Judgment means for judging whether or not
A program to make a computer function. An acquisition unit that acquires handwritten identification character string information, which is information of a character string for identifying a user handwritten by a user, from the first read information read from the first paper medium by character recognition processing ;
Designation to specify at least one registration identification character string information using a character string represented by the handwritten identification character string information among registration identification character string information which is character string information for identifying a user registered in advance. Means, and
The designated based on the past attendance status of the user to the course associated with the first paper medium, which is included in the related information stored in the storage means in association with the designated registered identification character string information A determination unit that determines whether to associate the first read information with registration identification character string information;
A program to make a computer function.

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