JP7101931B2 - Journal data creation service provision system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a journal data creation service providing system that automatically creates and registers journal data for accounting from image data of a paper voucher such as a paper receipt.

Accounting software has evolved to automatically create regular books by entering journal data.

By the way, this journal data input work requires the most manpower in the accounting work. It is the same situation even in recent years, and in order to enter journal data, it is said that the account is decided and the amount is entered while looking at various paper vouchers such as bank passbooks, receipts, receipts, etc. This is because journalizing work is required and manpower is required for this part.

On the other hand, in a company that provides journal data creation service, the client is connected to the network via a network, and the client scans the paper voucher with a scanner or takes a picture with a digital camera to obtain the image data of the voucher and has it transmitted through the network. The journal service provider provides a journal data creation service that uses manpower to journal the date, deposit source, payee, amount, and credit / debit from the image data, creates journal data, and sends it to the client.

Therefore, regardless of manpower, it is also attempted to automatically create journal data by performing character recognition on the received image data by OCR software. An automated journalizing service technology featuring this has also been proposed. (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2017-0166696-Patent Document 1, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-191609-Patent Document 2, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-304643-Patent Document 3, WO2014 / 148405-Patent Document 4, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014- No. 235484-Patent Document 5).

However, when the account item for each client is determined from the paper voucher for each contracted client, the amount is determined, the journal data is created, and the service provided to the requester is performed as a business, the trust of the client is trusted. In order to obtain it, it is necessary to make sure that there is no mistake in the journal data to be created. Therefore, in the company that provides the above journal data creation service, at least two operators create journal data from image data by type input by a double check method. Therefore, manpower is required at the stage of creating journal data from paper vouchers.

Also, when creating journal data from image data using the above manpower, or when creating journal data by automatically recognizing character information from image data with OCR software, the characters written on the paper voucher. It is common to accurately read the characters in the image or the image, determine the account for each client using the journal database that registers a large number of past journals, and register the amount. In that case, it is necessary to enter Chinese characters in the keywords for searching the journal database, but when a foreigner who can recognize numbers that are relatively easy to distinguish but cannot recognize Chinese characters is in charge of journal data entry work, There was also a problem that data could not be created.

In addition, as a paper voucher, a large amount of data input in accounting work is required for deposit passbooks, receipts, receipts, etc., but it is accurate enough to create journal data with existing OCR software. There is nothing that can recognize characters.

JP-A-2017-016696 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-191609 JP-A-2007-304643 WO2014 / 148405 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-235484

The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art.
(1) Journal data entry double check system that can be used in the journal data creation service that receives image data of paper vouchers through the network and creates journal data, and can reduce the manpower required for journal data creation, and (2) Paper Journals that include an automatic journal data creation system that can automatically create accurate journal data by recognizing only relatively accurate numbers such as transaction date, phone number, and payment amount from the image data of the receipt. The purpose is to provide a data creation service provision system.

One feature of the present invention is an OCR unit that recognizes characters on the image data of a paper voucher, and a first machine input required for journalizing including at least a transaction date and a payment amount based on the character recognition result of the OCR unit. A machine input data creation unit that creates data, a manual data reception unit that accepts manual data data including at least a transaction date, a payee name, and a payment amount manually input based on the image data, and a machine input data creation unit. An input data match determination unit that compares the machine input data created by the unit with the manual input data received by the manual input data reception unit to determine whether or not there is a match, and the input data match determination unit determines the presence or absence of a match. It is an accounting data input double check system equipped with a data mismatch warning output unit that outputs a data mismatch warning when it is determined that there is a mismatch between the data and the manually input data.

Another feature of the present invention includes a first OCR unit that performs character recognition on the image data of the paper voucher by the first OCR software, and at least a transaction date and a payment amount based on the character recognition result of the first OCR unit. The first machine input data creation unit that creates the first machine input data required for journal entry, the second OCR unit that recognizes the image data with the second OCR software, and the character recognition results of the second OCR unit. The second machine input data creation unit that creates the second machine input data necessary for journal entry including at least the transaction date and the payment amount based on the above, the first machine input data created by the first machine input data creation unit, and the above. An input data match determination unit that compares the second machine input data created by the second machine input data creation unit and determines whether or not there is a match, and the input data match determination unit is the first machine input data and the second machine input data. It is an accounting data input double check system equipped with a data mismatch warning output unit that outputs a data mismatch warning when a mismatch with machine input data is determined.

Another feature of the present invention is a company name search database in which a large number of company names and industry names are registered in association with each other, and an industry-specific journal entry dictionary in which industry names and corresponding accounts are registered for each industry. Designated input of transaction date notation area and amount notation area for the journal entry dictionary holding unit for each industry to be held, the receipt image data holding unit for receiving and holding the image data of the paper receipt, and the image data of the received receipt. The notation area designation unit that accepts, the transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area on the image data of the receipt, and the payment amount displayed in the designated amount notation area. The number recognition unit that executes number recognition, the company name input reception unit that accepts the input of the company name of the payee indicated in the image data of the receipt, and the payment destination that the company name input reception unit accepts. The company name extraction unit that extracts the registered company name and industry name by searching the company name search database using the company name as a keyword, and the industry linked to the extracted company name of the payee. With respect to the name, the account setting unit that determines the account item of the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit and the account item setting unit determine by referring to the industry journal dictionary of the industry journal entry dictionary holding unit. It is a journal data automatic creation system including a journal data creation unit that creates and outputs the account items, the transaction date recognized by the number recognition unit, the payment amount, and the company name of the payee as journal data.

Another feature of the present invention is that it holds a database for searching for company names in which a large number of company names and industry names are registered in association with each other, and data on the company names of client companies requesting automatic journal data creation and their industry names. Client company information holding department that holds at least the credit account for each type of payment source and payee On the receipt image data holding unit that accepts and holds the data, the numerical notation area designation unit that accepts the designated input of the transaction date notation area and the amount notation area for the image data of the received receipt, and the image data of the receipt. The number recognition unit that executes the numerical recognition of the transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area and the payment amount displayed in the designated amount notation area, and the image of the receipt. Using the company name input reception unit that accepts the input of the payee company name written in the data and the input payee company name as keywords, the company name search database is searched to obtain the payee company name. The company name extraction unit that extracts the industry name, the industry name of the client company, and the industry name of the extracted payee company are used as keywords, and the industry-specific journal entry dictionary of the industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit is referred to. Journalize the account setting unit that determines the account of the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit, the account determined by the account setting department, the transaction date, the payment amount, and the payee company name recognized by the number recognition unit. It is a journal data automatic creation system equipped with a journal data creation unit that creates and outputs as data.

Yet another feature of the present invention is a company name search database in which a large number of company names, telephone numbers, and industry names are registered in association with each other, and an industry-specific journal entry in which corresponding accounts are registered for each industry name. An industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit that holds a dictionary, a receipt image data holding unit that receives and holds image data of paper receipts, and a transaction date notation area and telephone number notation area for the image data of the received receipt. And the number notation area designation part that accepts the designated input of the amount notation area, and the transaction date and telephone number notation area displayed in the designated transaction date notation area on the image data of the receipt. The company name search database uses the number recognition unit that executes numerical recognition of the phone number and the payment amount displayed in the specified amount notation area and the phone number recognized by the number recognition unit as keywords. Refer to the industry journal dictionary of the industry journal dictionary holding unit for the industry name of the extracted payee company and the company name extraction unit that extracts the payee company name and industry name by searching for. The account setting unit that determines the account of the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit, the account determined by the account setting unit, the transaction date, the payment amount, and the payee company recognized by the number recognition unit. It is a journal data automatic creation system equipped with a journal data creation unit that creates and outputs names as journal data.

Yet another feature of the present invention is a company name search database in which a large number of company names, telephone numbers, and industry names are registered in association with each other, and the company name and its industry name of a client company requesting automatic journal data creation. The client company information holding department that holds the data entry of Receipt image data holding unit that accepts and holds the image data of the receipt, and the designation of the transaction date notation area, telephone number notation area, and amount notation area for the image data of the received receipt. Department, transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area on the receipt image data, phone number displayed in the phone number notation area, and displayed in the designated amount notation area Using the number recognition unit that executes number recognition with the payment amount and the telephone number recognized by the number recognition unit as keywords, the company name search database is searched and the payee company name and industry are extracted. Using the company name extraction unit, the industry name of the client company, and the industry name of the extracted payee company as keywords, the number recognition unit recognizes the data by referring to the industry journal dictionary of the industry journal dictionary holding unit. Create as journal data the account setting unit that determines the account of the payment amount, the account determined by the account setting unit, the transaction date recognized by the number recognition unit, the payment amount, and the payee company name. It is a journal data automatic creation system equipped with a journal data creation unit to output.

According to one feature of the present invention, it can be used in a journal data creation service that receives image data of a paper voucher through a network and creates journal data, and can reduce the manpower required for journal data creation. The system can provide.

According to another feature of the present invention, it can be used in a journal data creation service that receives image data of a paper receipt through a network and creates journal data, and from the image data of a paper receipt, a transaction date and a payee name. , It is possible to provide a journal data automatic creation system that can automatically create accurate journal data by recognizing characters that can be relatively accurately recognized such as payment amount.

According to another feature of the present invention, it can be used in a journal data creation service that receives image data of a paper receipt through a network and creates journal data, and can be used from the image data of a paper receipt to a transaction date and payment amount. By recognizing only the numbers that can be easily recognized relatively accurately, and by entering the payee company name, the industry is automatically specified, the account is determined, and accurate journal data is automatically created. It is possible to provide an automatic journal data creation system.

According to another feature of the present invention, it can be used in a journal data creation service that receives image data of a paper voucher through a network and creates journal data, from the image data of a paper receipt to a transaction date, telephone number, and so on. Automatic journal data creation that recognizes only the payment amount, which is a relatively accurate number that can be easily recognized, identifies the company name and industry from the telephone number, determines the account, and automatically creates accurate journal data. The system can provide.

The block diagram of the journal data creation service provision system of one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the system configuration of the 1st example of the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. The block diagram which shows the contents of the journal reference database registered in the mass storage device of the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. Explanatory drawing of the bankbook layout information registered in the journal reference database in the said embodiment. The explanatory view of the company name search data in the company name search database registered in the journal reference database in the said embodiment. Explanatory drawing of the data for setting the account by industry in the database for setting the account by industry registered in the database for journal reference in the said embodiment. The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of the journal data creation service by the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. The explanatory view of the client attribute information referred to in the journal data automatic creation system of the said embodiment. Explanatory drawing of the journal data list created by the journal data automatic creation system of the said embodiment. The functional block diagram of the journal data input double check system in the journal data creation service providing system of the said embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a journal data creation process of an input double check method performed at a journal data creation site in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment. The block diagram of the system configuration of the 2nd example of the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. The functional block diagram of the journal data input double check system of the 2nd example in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a journal data creation process of the input double check method of the second example performed at the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment. The functional block diagram of the journal data automatic creation system in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. The flowchart which shows the journal data automatic creation process performed in the journal data automatic creation system in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. A flowchart showing another journal data automatic creation process performed at the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment. The functional block diagram of another journal data automatic creation system in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a journal data automatic creation process performed by another journal data automatic creation system in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment. The functional block diagram of the additional journal data automatic creation system in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a journal data automatic creation process performed by yet another journal data automatic creation system in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment. Explanatory drawing of another company name search data in the company name search database registered in the journal reference database in the said embodiment. The functional block diagram of the passbook data automatic registration apparatus in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. The flowchart which shows the journal data creation process of the passbook performed at the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service provision system of the said embodiment. The sequence diagram of the journal data creation process of the passbook performed at the journal data creation site in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment. An explanatory diagram of a journal data list of a passbook created on a journal data creation site in the journal data creation service providing system of the above embodiment.

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

FIG. 1 shows the overall hardware configuration of the journal data creation service providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the present system has a plurality of clients 1, 2, ... , N Accounting client computers 11, 12, ..., 1N, a journal data creation service management computer 31 that is connected to this via the Internet 20 and manages order contracts for the journal data creation service, usually with low labor costs. Computer for editing image data 41, computer for manual entry of journal data 42, computer for automatic creation of journal data 43, computer for collation 44, computer for database management in the journal data creation site 40 established in a suitable place in a valuable area or country. It is composed of a computer 45, a large-capacity storage device 46, and the like. The detailed configuration of the journal data creation site 40 will be described later based on FIG.

Each accounting client computer 1X (where X indicates any or all of 1 to N; the same shall apply hereinafter) is a normal personal computer used by the contract client X, a mobile terminal such as a tablet terminal or a smartphone. Yes, it has a built-in digital camera function, or is connected to peripheral devices such as a scanner 1X1 and a storage device 1X2, and has an Internet connection function and a connection port (may be a wireless connection; the same applies hereinafter). The storage device 1X2 may be a semiconductor memory built in a computer or a mobile terminal.

The journal data creation service management computer 31 is installed in the journal data creation service providing site 30 that provides the journal data creation service, and is a computer that manages data communication with the service order contract and the journal data creation site 40, and is a customer. It is provided with a large-capacity storage device 32 for registering data necessary for management and management of the journal data creation site 40.

It is usually preferable to set up the journal data creation site 40 in a suitable place in a region or country where labor costs are low. As shown in FIG. 2, in the journal data creation site 40, an image data editing computer 41, a journal data manual input computer 42, a journal data automatic creation computer 43, a collation computer 44, and a database management computer 45 , A large-capacity storage device 46 and the like are installed, and computers in the site are connected to each other by a network 49 such as a LAN for exchanging data with each other. Data can be exchanged with the journal data creation service providing site 30 and client X outside the site via the Internet 20. Various data and database contents registered in the large-capacity storage device 46 of the journal data creation site 40 are also shared by the journal data creation service providing site 30.

The image data editing computer 41 receives image data of a large number of receipts, which is a paper voucher, and writes a square box line in the transaction date area, telephone number area, and amount area for the image of each receipt. It is used to do. It is also used to add ruled lines to passbook image data. The edited image data is stored in the large-capacity storage device 46 together with the identification information of the requesting client.

The journal data manual input computer 42 is operated by the journal data manual input operator, and the image data of the edited voucher edited by the image data editing computer 41 and registered in the large-capacity storage device 46 is stored. Journal data is created by calling and manually inputting by the operator, and the created journal data is registered in the large-capacity storage device 46. The journal data automatic creation computer 43 cooperates with the journal data manual input computer 42 for double check at the time of journal data creation, and utilizes the OCR function for the image data in which the operator is working on the journal data creation. And automatically create journal data. The collation computer 44 confirms the match / mismatch of the journal data for the same image data created by both computers 42 and 43, outputs an alert if there is a mismatch, notifies the administrator, and is created if they match. This is for registering journal data in the large-capacity storage device 46. The database management computer 45 is for managing various databases in the large-capacity storage device 46.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the journal reference database (DB) in the large-capacity storage device 46, attribute information 4611 for each client X, for example, an identification number and a name, is stored as data necessary for journals to determine an account. , Industry, location, accountant name, contact phone number, affiliated accounting office, its location, contact phone number, account information, accounting software used, etc. are registered. The journal reference database includes a journal data list 4621 created for each client X, a journal dictionary 4651 for each accounting software, a deposit passbook layout information 4661 for each bank, a company name search database 4671, and account setting by industry. It holds a database 4681 for use. And all these data are added and updated as needed.

As shown in FIG. 4, regarding the deposit passbook layout information 4661 for each bank in the journal reference database, the layout of the deposit passbook for each bank or credit union nationwide, for example, the date column in cell order from left to right, as much as possible. Information such as payment column, deposit column, balance column or date column, deposit or payee memo column, payment or deposit source memo column, balance column or date column, transaction content memo column, payment column, deposit column, balance column, etc. Is registered. This can include layout information for payment statements for each credit company.

As for the company name search database 4671 in the journal reference database in the large-capacity storage device 46, as shown in FIG. 5, data in which the company name and the industry name are associated with each of as many telephone numbers nationwide as possible is linked. I have registered. In addition, additional registrations and corrections are made through the management computer.

FIG. 6 shows the contents of the journal dictionary 4681. Regarding the industry-specific account setting database 4681 in the journal reference database in the large-capacity storage device 46, for example, payment data to a convenience store is generally journalized as a consumable. However, if the client company is a novelty company, it may be categorized as a bulk purchase. Therefore, the journal dictionary 4681 that determines the account item by the combination of the industry name of the company that requested the journal data creation and the industry name of the payee company is registered.

Regarding the client computer 1X, especially for those installed in accounting offices, it is necessary to create journal data by referring to a large number of receipts and bank deposit passbooks for each requester of accounting services, so a scanner. 1X1 and a large-capacity storage device 1X2 are connected as peripheral devices. In particular, the scanner 1X1 can be effectively used when continuously transmitting image data to the journal data creation service providing site 30 while scanning a large number of receipts and passbooks.

Next, the operation of providing the journal data creation service by the journal data creation service providing system having the above configuration will be described. This journal data creation service providing system includes the following three main systems, each of which fulfills a processing function described later. That is, the journal data input double check systems A1 and A2 shown in FIGS. 10 and 13, the journal data automatic creation systems B1, B2 and B3 shown in FIGS. 15, 18, and 20 and the passbook data automatic registration device shown in FIG. 23. It is C.

The overall process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the journal data creation service providing system of the present embodiment, it is necessary to first perform the registration procedure for each client X. To do so, open the top page of the journal data creation service providing site 30, enter the e-mail address for user registration, and click "New registration". Then, since the authentication email arrives at the email address, the URL is opened according to the instruction to set the password, and the attribute information 4611 of the client X as illustrated in FIG. 8, that is, the name (company name) of the client X described above. , Industry name, location, accountant name, contact phone number, affiliated accounting office, its location, contact phone number, account information, etc. as attribute information for each client X, a database for customer management in the large-capacity storage device 32 Register with.

After that, when using the journal data creation service, the client X accesses the journal data creation service providing site 30 from the client computer 1X, opens the top page, and logs in by entering the ID and password such as an e-mail address ( Step ST1).

When the login authentication is completed (step ST3), a screen requesting the transmission of image data of the receipt or the passbook is transmitted (step ST5). On the client computer side, the image data transmission request screen is opened, and client X follows it and scans the receipt or deposit passbook with a scanner to capture the image data, or if it is a mobile terminal, it is photographed with the built-in digital camera. The captured image data is captured, and the captured image data is transmitted to the journal data creation service providing site 30 (step ST7).

It should be noted that this image data is captured in advance by a scanner or a built-in digital camera, and one or a plurality of images are saved in a predetermined folder of the storage device 1X2 of the client computer 1X, and the corresponding folder is opened as requested and 1 of them is opened. It is also possible to automatically transmit by selecting one or a plurality of image data files. It is also possible to transmit the image data captured by the scanner or the built-in digital camera each time. In particular, when using a mobile terminal such as a tablet terminal or smartphone equipped with a digital camera function as the client computer 1X, or in the case of client X where the number of image data files to be transmitted at one time is small, receipts and deposits This is more convenient for registering the image data of the passbook. When the image data is selected in this way and a transmission command is received, the client computer 1X adds the image data of the receipt or the deposit passbook to the identification number of the client X and the identification number of the image data, and the journal data creation service providing site via the Internet 20. Send to 30. The image data that can be used here is arbitrary such as PDF, JPEG, and PNG.

The journal data creation service providing site 30 stores the received receipt and the image data of the passbook in the large-capacity storage device 32 together with the identification number of the client X and the identification number of the image data (step ST9).

Further, the journal data creation service management computer 31 transmits the received image data such as a receipt and a passbook to the journal data creation site 40 together with the image data identification number and the client X identification number via the Internet 20 (step ST11). The large-capacity storage devices 32 and 46 may be cloud-based so that they can be accessed from any site.

<Double check>
When the journal data creation site 40 receives the image data of this receipt, in the first example A1, the journal data is created by a double check method of manual input by the operator and automatic input by the machine, and is stored in the large-capacity storage device 46. Save by client X. In the second example A2, journal data is created by a double check method for two automatic inputs by different OCR software and stored in the large-capacity storage device 46 for each client X. The double check method of each of the first example A1 and the second example A2 will be described later. Then, when the journal data creation process for all the received image data is completed, the journal data created is transmitted to the journal data creation service providing site 30 (step ST13).

At the journal data creation service providing site 30, the journal data creation service management computer 31 registers the received journal data in the customer management database of the large-capacity storage device 32 as journal data for each client (step ST15).

When the journal data creation service management computer 31 creates journal data for an arbitrary number of receipts and passbooks in this way, it notifies the requesting client computer 1X of the completion of journal data creation by e-mail (step ST17). ). This notification method is not limited to e-mail. It may be a method of notifying directly by telephone.

Therefore, when the client X logs in to the journal data creation service providing site 30 on the client computer 1X and requests the transmission of the journal data creation result (step ST19), the journal data creation service management computer 31 enters the journal data of the client X. Create and send a list (step ST21). Upon receiving this, the client computer 1X displays the journal data list 4621 as shown in FIG. 9 (step ST23). In this journal data list 4621, data necessary for journalizing such as payment date, payee name, account, amount, etc. is displayed in a list format. Of course, each journal data is also linked to the original image data, and the original image data can be called up and displayed on the screen by a specified operation such as clicking each journal data column.

Next, regarding the first example of the journal data input double check method A1 in which humans and machines collaborate when creating journal data at the journal data creation site 40, the functional block diagram of FIG. 10 and the flowchart of FIG. 11 are shown. It will be described using. As shown in FIG. 10, the journal data input double check system A1 has an OCR unit 411 that performs character recognition on the image data IMG1 obtained by photographing or scanning a paper voucher, and character recognition of the OCR unit 411. Machine journal data creation unit 412 that creates journal data based on the results, manual journal data reception unit 414 that accepts journal data manually entered by the operator looking at the image data IMG1 through the journal data manual input unit 413, and machine journal data. The journal data match determination unit 415 that compares the machine journal data created by the creation unit 4121 with the manual entry data received by the manual entry data reception unit 414 and determines whether or not there is a match, and the journal data match determination unit 415. Is provided with a data mismatch warning output unit 416 that outputs a data mismatch warning when determining a mismatch between the machine journal data and the manually entered journal data.

The journal data input double check system A1 shown in FIG. 10 collates the manual journal data input with the mechanical journal data input according to the procedure of the flowchart of FIG. 11, and registers the matched journal data as journal data. That is, the first operator uses the image data editing computer 41 to display the image data for each file, and if it is the image data of the receipt, the area for printing the transaction date, the area for printing the payee's telephone number, and so on. The print area of the payment amount is specified, each print area is edited by enclosing it in a square, and the edited image data is sequentially saved in the large-capacity storage device 46 (step ST101).

Then, the manual input operator manually creates and inputs the journal data by the journal data manual input computer 42 (step ST103). At the same time, for the same image data, the journal data automatic creation computer 43 automatically creates and outputs the journal data by automatic processing using the AI technique described later (step ST105).

The manually input journal data and the automatically created journal data are collated by the collation computer 44, and if there is a discrepancy, an alarm is notified and the administrator is notified (steps ST107 and ST109).

When the administrator recognizes the mismatch warning output, the collation computer 44 is used to call up and confirm the mismatch journal data and the image data of the creation source, correct the journal data to be correct, and register it in the large-capacity storage device 46 ( Steps ST111 to ST115).

Next, the journal data input double check method A2 of the second example will be described with reference to the system configuration diagram of FIG. 12, the functional block diagram of FIG. 13, and the flowchart of FIG. The journal data creation site 40 has the system configuration shown in FIG. 12 instead of the system configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. That is, in the journal data creation site 40, an image data editing computer 41, a first journal data automatic creation computer 431, a second journal data automatic creation computer 432, and a collation computer 44 similar to the first example A1 , A database management computer 45, a large-capacity storage device 46, and the like are installed, and computers in the site are connected to each other by a network 49 such as a LAN for exchanging data with each other. Other configurations are the same as in the first example A1, and data can be exchanged with the journal data creation service providing site 30 and the client X outside the connection site via the Internet 20. Various data and database contents registered in the large-capacity storage device 46 of the journal data creation site 40 are also shared by the journal data creation service providing site 30.

Then, as a feature of the second example A2, the first OCR software is incorporated in the first journal data automatic creation computer 431 instead of the journal data manual input computer 42, and the image is imaged by the first OCR software. Character recognition of the data is performed, the first journal data is created and registered in the large-capacity storage device 46. The second OCR software is incorporated in the second journal data automatic creation computer 432, and the second OCR software recognizes the characters of the image data, creates the second journal data, and creates a large-capacity storage device. Register with 46. The collation computer 44 confirms the match / mismatch of the journal data for the same image data created by both computers 431 and 433, outputs an alert if there is a mismatch, notifies the administrator, and is created if they match. The journal data is registered in the large-capacity storage device 46.

As shown in FIG. 13, the journal data input double check system A2 of the second example performs character recognition on the image data IMG1 obtained by photographing or scanning a paper voucher with the first OCR software. The first OCR unit 4111, the first machine journal data creation unit 4121 that creates journal data based on the character recognition result of the first OCR unit 4111, and the same image data IMG1 perform character recognition with the second OCR software. Machines created by the second OCR unit 4112, the second machine journal data creation unit 4121 that creates journal data based on the character recognition results of the second OCR unit 4112, and the first and second journal data creation units 4121 and 4122, respectively. It includes a journal data match determination unit 415 that compares journal data with each other and determines whether or not there is a match, and a data mismatch warning output unit 416 that outputs a data mismatch warning when the mismatch is determined.

The journal data input double check system A2 shown in FIG. 13 includes the first machine journal data obtained by the first OCR software and the second machine journal data obtained by the second OCR software according to the procedure of the flowchart of FIG. And register the journal data for the matched journal data. That is, the operator uses the image data editing computer 41 to display the image data for each file, and if it is the image data of the receipt, the transaction date printing area, the payee's telephone number printing area, and the payment amount printing area are displayed. The image data is specified, edited by enclosing each area with a square, and the edited image data is sequentially saved in the large-capacity storage device 46 (step ST101).

Then, each of the first journal data automatic creation computer 431 and the second journal data automatic creation computer 432 automatically creates and outputs journal data individually by automatic processing using AI technology described later for the same image data. (Steps ST1051 and ST1052).

The journal data created by the first and second automatic creations are collated by the collation computer 44, and if there is a discrepancy, an alarm is notified and the administrator is notified (steps ST107 and ST109).

When the administrator recognizes the mismatch warning output, the collation computer 44 is used to call up and confirm the mismatch journal data and the image data of the creation source, correct the journal data to be correct, and register it in the large-capacity storage device 46 ( Steps ST111 to ST115).

<Automatic journal>
Next, the automatic account item setting operation performed by the journal data manual input computer 42 in the manual input step ST103 in the flowchart data of FIG. 11 will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 15 and the flowchart of FIG. The journal data automatic creation system B1 of the first example has a company name search database 467 in which a large number of company names, telephone numbers, and industry names are registered in association with each other, and a client company name requesting automatic journal data creation and its industry. Holds the client company information holding unit 461 that holds the data input of the name and the industry journal dictionary 4681 that registers the credit and debit accounts according to the industry correspondence between a certain payer and payee. Section 468, receipt image data holding section 401 that receives and holds receipt image data IMG1 obtained by photographing or scanning a paper receipt, transaction date notation area and telephone for the received receipt image data IMG1. The number notation area designation unit 421 that accepts the designated input of the number notation area and the amount notation area, the telephone number input reception unit 4221 that accepts the telephone number input by the operator from the outside, and the numerical input of the transaction date and the amount by the operator from the outside. Search the company name search data 4671 in the company name search database 467 using the received date and amount input reception unit 4222 and the entered phone number as keywords, and extract the payee company name and industry name. Enter the type of business of the client company and the type of business of the payee company extracted by the company name extraction department 423, refer to the type of journal dictionary 4681 of the type of journal dictionary holding unit 468, and determine the account. Account setting unit 424 and the account and date determined by this account setting unit 424. It is provided with a journal data creation unit 425 that creates and outputs the transaction date, payment amount, and payee company name received by the amount input reception unit 4222 as journal data. A large number of journal data created by the journal data creation unit 425 are stored in the journal data holding unit 462 in the large-capacity storage unit 46.

In the journal data automatic creation system B1 of the first example, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 16, the manual input operator reads the image data from the large-capacity storage device 46, and a square box is written in the edited number printing area. Looking at the added edited image data, first, the telephone number area is specified, and the telephone number printed there is manually input (step ST201).

In response to this manual input, on the journal data manual input computer 42 side, the operator inputs by referring to the company name search data 4671 in the company name search database 467 of the large-capacity storage device 46 as shown in FIG. The company name is specified from the phone number given, and at the same time, the industry name is also specified (step ST203). Further, the journal data manual input computer 42 identifies the industry name of the journal data creation request source and the industry name of the payee, and refers to the industry-specific journal data 4681 in the industry-specific journal database 468 as shown in FIG. , Identify the account (step ST205). For example, when the manually entered telephone number is "03-1234-5678", the company name search database 4671 having the contents shown in FIG. 5 is searched in step ST203, and the entered telephone number is one line. Since it is an eye-catcher, the company name "Otsu Shoten" associated with it is extracted, and "Miscellaneous goods wholesale" is extracted as the industry name. On the other hand, if the industry name of the journal data creation request source is a supermarket store, the journal data 4681 by industry as shown in FIG. 6 is searched in step ST205, and the payee industry name is "miscellaneous goods wholesale". Identify the subject "Purchase".

Next, if you manually enter the transaction date and payment amount, they will be used as the purchase date and purchase price. The journal data of "cash" and the credit amount "XXX" is automatically completed (step ST209), and the journal data is output to the collation computer 44 (step ST211).

According to this processing method, the operator who manually inputs only looks at the numbers in the enclosed print area and inputs the telephone number, and as a result, even if the payee company name is Kanji, it is input correctly. You can set the account automatically, and if you enter numbers in the date field and amount field, you can complete the journal data correctly. Therefore, even an operator who cannot read and write Japanese and does not have much accounting knowledge can create journal data with the help of a computer simply by reading numbers from image data and manually inputting them. By opening a journal data creation site 40 in a country where labor costs are relatively low, it is possible to reduce costs.

In order to simplify the system, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 17, by having the operator manually input the company name directly (step ST2011), the system side uses the company name as a keyword to enter the company name and the industry name. Refer to the registered company name search data of, extract the industry name associated with the matching company name (step ST2031), and then, as in the above embodiment, by industry as shown in FIG. The account may be specified by referring to the journal data 4681 by industry in the journal database 468 (step ST205). In this case, the subsequent processing is the same as the flowchart of FIG. 16, and if the date and amount are manually entered (step ST207), they are set as the purchase date and purchase price, and the description "Otsu Shoten" and the debit item. The journal data of "purchase amount", debit amount "XXX", credit item "cash", and credit amount "XXX" is automatically completed (step ST209), and this journal data is used as a collation computer. Output to 44 (step ST211).

Next, the process of automatically creating journal data by character recognition of numerical data by the OCR software will be described with reference to the system B2 of FIG. 18 and the flowchart of FIG. The computer 46 for automatically creating journal data sets the number notation area designation unit 421 that accepts the operation of designating the number notation area for the image data IMG1 and the numbers in each number notation area designated by the number notation area designation unit 421. The automatically recognized number recognition unit 422 and the phone number recognition result by the number recognition unit 422 are searched for the company name search data 4671 in the company name search database 467 using the phone number as a keyword, and the payee. Enter the company name extraction unit 423 that extracts the company name and industry name, the industry name of the client company and the industry name of the payee company extracted by the company name extraction unit 423, and enter the industry name of the journal entry dictionary holding unit 468 by industry. With reference to the journal dictionary 4681, the account setting unit 424 that determines the account, the account determined by this account setting unit 424, the transaction date, the payment amount, and the payee company name automatically recognized by the number recognition unit 422 are displayed. It is provided with a journal data creation unit 425 that creates and outputs journal data using the data. A large number of journal data created by the journal data creation unit 425 are stored in the journal data holding unit 462 in the large-capacity storage unit 46.

The journal data automatic creation process by the journal data automatic creation computer 43 is based on the flowchart of FIG. That is, the number recognition unit 422 reads the image data whose number notation area is designated by the number notation area designation unit 421 from the large-capacity storage device 46, identifies each of the date area, the telephone number area, and the amount area, and prints them there. The number is automatically recognized by the OCR function (step ST301). AI technology is used to increase the automatic recognition rate.

Next, the company name search data 4671 as shown in FIG. 5 in the company name search database 467 of the large-capacity storage device 46 is referred to, the company name is specified using the automatically recognized telephone number as a keyword, and at the same time, the company name is specified. The industry name is also specified (step ST303). Subsequently, the account item setting unit 424 identifies the industry name of the journal data creation request source stored in the client company information holding unit 461 and the industry name of the extracted payee company, and causes the journal entry dictionary holding unit 468 for each industry. The account item is specified by referring to the registered journal data 4681 by industry as shown in FIG. 6 (step ST305). Here, for example, when the automatically recognized telephone number is "03-1234-5678", the company name search data 4671 is searched for in step ST303, and the input telephone number is the first line. Therefore, the company name "Otsu Shoten" associated with this is extracted, and "Miscellaneous goods wholesale" is extracted as the industry name. On the other hand, if the industry name of the journal data creation request source is a supermarket store, search the journal data 4681 by industry in step ST305, and specify the account item "purchase" because the payee industry name is "miscellaneous goods wholesale". do.

Next, if you enter the automatically recognized date and amount, they will be used as the purchase date and purchase price, and the description "Otsu Shoten", debit item "purchase amount", debit amount "XXX", credit item " The journal data of "cash" and credit amount "XXX" is automatically completed (step ST307). This journal data is output to the collation computer 44 (step ST309).

According to the automatic journal data creation process by the system B2 of the second example, the phone number that can be easily recognized by the OCR software and can be accurately recognized is automatically recognized, and as a result, even if the payee company name is in kanji. It can be entered correctly, the account can be set automatically, and the numbers in the date field and amount field can be automatically recognized to complete the journal data.

The journal data automatically created by using the automatic number recognition function in this way is collated with the journal data manually created in the processes after step ST107 in the flowchart of FIG. 11 as described above. If they match, they are registered in the large-capacity storage device 46. Further, it can be applied to the first journal data automatic creation ST1051 of FIG. 14 by the first OCR unit 4111 in FIG. 13 and the second journal data automatic creation ST1052 by the second OCR unit 4112.

A system B3 that automatically recognizes a telephone number, determines a company name and an industry name from the telephone number, and automatically creates journal data can also be adopted. In the case of this system B3, instead of the system B2 shown in FIG. 18, the operator is made to directly input the company name, the company name input reception unit 4232 accepts the system, searches the company name search database 467, and searches the industry name. In the account setting unit 424, as in the case of the system B2, refer to the industry journal dictionary 4681 of the industry journal dictionary holding unit 468 and the client company information 4611 of the client company information holding unit 461. The feature is that the account is set. In the case of this system B3, the journal data creation process is based on the flowchart of FIG.

That is, the number recognition unit 422 reads the image data whose number notation area is designated by the number notation area designation unit 421 from the large-capacity storage device 46, identifies each of the date area and the amount area, and the numbers printed therein. Is automatically recognized by the OCR function (step ST3011).

Next, the operator accepts the manual input of the company name, refers to the company name search data 4672 as shown in FIG. 22 in the company name search database 467 of the large-capacity storage device 46, and uses the input company name as a keyword. And the industry name is also specified (step ST3031). Subsequently, the account item setting unit 424 identifies the industry name of the journal data creation request source stored in the client company information holding unit 461 and the industry name of the extracted payee company, and causes the journal entry dictionary holding unit 468 for each industry. The account item is specified by referring to the registered journal data 4681 by industry as shown in FIG. 6 (step ST305). Here, for example, when the input company name is "Otsu Shoten", "miscellaneous goods wholesale" is extracted as the industry name. On the other hand, if the industry name of the journal data creation request source is a supermarket store, search the journal data 4681 by industry in step ST305, and specify the account item "purchase" because the payee industry name is "miscellaneous goods wholesale". do.

Next, if you enter the automatically recognized date and amount, they will be used as the purchase date and purchase price, and the description "Otsu Shoten", debit item "purchase amount", debit amount "XXX", credit item " The journal data of "cash" and credit amount "XXX" is automatically completed (step ST307). This journal data is output to the collation computer 44 (step ST309).

In the above-mentioned automatic journal data creation systems B1 to B3, debits and credits are specified as journal data. However, in accounting, there is an extremely high demand and demand for labor saving in data entry of only date, payee, debit, and amount. Therefore, instead of the data illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, the data in FIG. 5 with the industry deleted is registered, the data in FIG. 6 is not adopted, and only the payee company name is searched from the telephone number. It is also possible to have a simple system configuration in which journal data for registering the company name as a credit is created.

<Automatic registration of passbook data>
Next, the creation of journal data for account deposits and withdrawals from the image data of the passbook will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 23, the flowchart of FIG. 24, and the sequence diagram of FIG. 25. It is also one of the features of this embodiment that the journal data of deposits and withdrawals of the passbook for each bank is created from the image data. Although major banks tend to allow customers to download electronic data, the current situation is that journal data creation for deposits and withdrawals of multiple deposit accounts relies mainly on manual input. In the present embodiment, a service is provided in which the image data of the passbook is transmitted and the journal data of deposits and withdrawals of the deposit account is created by the double check method in the same manner as the creation of the journal data from the image data of the receipt. ..

As shown in FIG. 23, the passbook data automatic registration device C has a bank name input reception unit 434 that accepts the input of the bank name of the passbook and a bank-specific passbook layout storage unit 466 that stores the layout of each bank of the passbook. The passbook image data holding unit 402 that receives and holds the passbook image data IMG2 obtained by photographing or scanning the passbook, and the contour detecting unit that detects the contour IMG3 of the image of the form portion with respect to the passbook image data IMG2. 431, a tilt correction unit 432 that corrects the tilt of the image of the form portion based on the contour IMG3 of the image of the form portion detected by the contour detection unit 431, and a bank name of the passbook, which receives the bank name of the passbook and stores the bankbook layout storage unit 466. The date part, description part, payment part, deposit part, and balance part are set for the image IMG4 of the passbook layout reference unit 435 by bank that calls the layout of the passbook from The image data IMG5 on which the vertical and horizontal virtual rule lines are written are written in the rule line writing image reception unit 433 that accepts the vertical and horizontal virtual rule lines that are divided vertically and horizontally, and the image data IMG5 in which the vertical and horizontal virtual rule lines received by the rule line writing image reception unit 433 are written. On the other hand, the virtual ruled line was divided by referring to the character / number recognition unit 436 that recognizes the characters / numbers entered in each cell divided by the vertical and horizontal virtual ruled lines and the bankbook layout information of the passbook. Specify whether each cell is a date part, a description part, a payment part, a deposit part, or a balance part, and when a number is recognized in this specified payment part, it is regarded as the payment amount, and the recognized character in the description part is the payee. When you are young and recognize a number in the deposit part, it will be the deposit amount, the character recognized in the description part will be the deposit source, and the date recognized in the date part, the payee or the remittance destination, the payment amount, the balance, and the date It is provided with a passbook data registration unit 437 that sequentially registers the recognized date, deposit source, deposit amount, and balance as journal data of the deposit account.

As described using the flowchart of FIG. 7, when the image data of the passbook is transmitted from the client computer 1X, it is doubled by manual input by the operator and automatic input by OCR as described using the flowchart of FIG. Journal data is also created for deposits and withdrawals in the passbook using the check method. And in the case of a passbook, on the one hand, there are special circumstances, but on the other hand, because it is printed in a format with a relatively solid layout, when the bank name is specified as shown in Fig. 4, each bank It is possible to specify the print area for deposits and withdrawals by referring to the format determined in, and it is also easy to specify the description (transfer source, transfer destination, deposit, withdrawal). In addition, the characters to be printed are relatively simple, and automatic character recognition is also easy.

Therefore, as shown in steps ST501 to ST505 of FIG. 24 and sequences SQ1 and SQ2 of FIG. 25, the scanned image of the passbook sent from the client by the image data editing computer 41 and stored in the large-capacity storage device 46. The data or camera image data is called, the passbook image part is recognized as preprocessing, and the tilt is corrected as necessary. Subsequently, the operator recognizes the layout of the passbook for the corrected passbook image as in step ST507 and sequence SQ3, and draws ruled lines vertically and horizontally. As a result of this work, the computer 41 is divided into square cells surrounded by vertical and horizontal ruled lines as shown in step ST509 and sequence SQ4. Then, referring to the passbook format for each bank shown in FIG. 4 for each cell, the printed content in the cell is the date, the deposit amount, the withdrawal amount, the transfer destination, or the transfer. It identifies whether it is the original or not, and at the same time cuts out an image for each cell.

Subsequently, the printed characters are recognized by OCR for each cell cut out as shown in step ST511 and sequence SQ5. If it is a character, it is recognized as, for example, interest, transaction details such as transfer, transfer source name, transfer destination name, etc., and if it is a number, it is recognized as date, deposit amount, withdrawal amount, etc. Then, the recognition result sets the account items of date, deposit amount, deposit amount, description (transfer destination, transfer source, cash, etc.) as passbook data as shown in steps ST513, and journal data as shown in steps ST515 and ST517. Is created and registered in the large-capacity storage device 46 as journal data of the deposit contents.

For example, in the bankbook of XX bank (the bank name of the bankbook is sent from the client together with the image data) as in the layout illustrated in the first line of FIG. 4, the first one on the left end cut into a mesh. The letters in the cell of are date numbers, if the letters in the second cell from the left are numbers, they are payments and withdrawals, and the letters in the next third cell are payees and payees. It is automatically recognized as a name. And the contents of the fourth cell are all numbers and are automatically recognized as the balance. Also, in this bankbook of XX bank, if the character in the third cell from the left is a number, it is judged that the character in the second cell from the left is the name of the transfer source, and that character is automatically executed. recognize. In this latter case as well, the contents of the fourth cell from the left are all numbers and are recognized as balances. As a result, the journal data for the printed contents of the first line of the bank passbook will be "date (number)", "summary (character string)", "account (character string)", and "debit amount (number)". , Or "credit amount (number)", "balance (number)" to create journal data.

Also, in the case of a bank account passbook like the layout illustrated in the third line of FIG. 4, the characters in the first cell at the left end cut into a mesh are the date numbers, and the second cell from the left. The numbers in the cell represent the transaction details, the numbers in the third cell from the left are the numbers for payments or withdrawals, and the numbers in the next cell in the fourth cell from the left are the numbers for deposits, transfers, interests, etc. 5 The contents of the second cell are all numbers and are automatically recognized as balances. As a result, the journal data for the printed contents of each line of the XX bank passbook can be "date (number)", "summary (character string)", "account (character string)", "debit amount (number)" or Journal data is created as "credit amount (number)" and "balance (number)".

In order to improve the accuracy of character recognition of the passbook, the operator of the collation computer 44 also checks the recognition result of the passbook data, and if there is an error in the recognition character, corrects and inputs it. As a result, the AI for passbook analysis of the large-capacity storage device 46 will continue to learn, and the OCR function will be expanded as the system operation progresses. Further, in the case of a bank passbook, Japanese characters such as katakana and kanji are printed, so it is difficult for an unskilled person of Japanese characters to manually input by looking at the image data. Therefore, the operator of the journal data manual input computer 42 is made to input only the numerical part, and the character part is automatically recognized by the journal data automatic creation computer 43 and then the numerical value and the character are confirmed by the operator of the collation computer 44. It can be operated to make corrections. Alternatively, the passbook data can be automatically input only by the journal data automatic creation computer 43. In addition, although the passbook was illustrated, the usage statement of the credit company that is listed is also printed with the date, usage destination, usage amount, and payment amount in the format of each credit company, so scan the usage statement. By taking a picture and using it as image data and accepting the image data, it is possible to automatically create journal data in the same way as a passbook. In the case of the payment statement of this credit company, the format of the payment statement for each credit company is registered and referred to in advance in the same manner as the format of the bankbook for each bank shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the journal data creation service providing system of the present embodiment, if the client accesses the journal data creation service providing site 30 and transmits the image data of the receipt or the passbook, the journal as shown in FIG. 26 The data list 4610 is created and sent back, and it is possible to save the labor of inputting data into the accounting software one by one while looking at a large number of receipts and passbooks.

In addition, the created journal data can be used for accounting processing of the accounting firm by sending it to the accounting firm affiliated with the client. Alternatively, if the company or store is processing in-house, it can be processed into journal data corresponding to the accounting software of the company by automatically inputting it into the accounting software used by the company.

11,12,1N Client computer 111,121,1N1 Scanner 112,122,1N2 Storage device 20 Internet 30 Journal data creation service provision site 31 Journal data creation service management computer 32 Large-capacity storage device 40 Journal data creation site 41 Image data Editing computer 42 Journal data manual input computer 43 Journal data automatic creation computer 44 Matching computer 45 Database management computer 46 Large-capacity storage device 401 Receipt image data holding unit 402 Passing book image data holding unit 403 Passing book data holding unit 411 OCR unit 412 Mechanical journal data creation unit 413 Journal data manual input unit 414 Manual entry journal data reception unit 415 Match judgment unit 416 Mismatch warning output unit 421 Number notation area designation unit 422 Number recognition unit 423 Company name extraction unit 424 Account setting unit 425 Journal data creation unit 431 Contour detection unit 432 Tilt correction unit 433 Ruled line writing image reception unit 434 Bank name input reception unit 435 Bank-specific passbook layout reference section 436 Number / character recognition section 437 Deposit passbook data registration section 461 Client company information retention section 4610 Journal data list 4611 Client company information 462 Journal data holding section for each client 4621 Journal data list 465 Journal dictionary for each accounting software 466 Passbook layout information for each bank (including payment statement layout information for each credit company) Holding section 467 Company name search database 4671 Company name search data 468 Industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit 4681 Industry-specific journal dictionary data 49 LAN

Claims (6)

A database for searching company names, which registers a large number of company names and industry names in association with each other,
For each combination of the industry name of the payer and the industry name of the payee, the industry-specific journal dictionary holding section that holds the industry-specific journal dictionary for which accounts are registered, and the industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit.
Receipt image data holding unit that accepts and holds image data of paper receipts,
A notation area designation unit that accepts the designated input of the transaction date notation area and the amount notation area for the image data of the received receipt, and
A number recognition unit that executes numerical recognition of the transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area on the image data of the receipt and the payment amount displayed in the designated amount notation area. When,
The company name input reception unit that accepts the input of the company name of the payee shown in the image data of the receipt, and
A company name extraction unit that extracts the registered company name and industry name by searching the company name search database using the company name of the payee received by the company name input reception unit as a keyword.
With reference to the industry-specific journal dictionary of the industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit, the account items corresponding to the combination of the industry name associated with the extracted company name of the payee and the industry name of the payer are described. The account setting unit that determines the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit as the account,
Journal data that creates and outputs as journal data the account determined by the account setting unit, the transaction date and payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit, and the company name of the payee received by the company name input reception unit. An automatic journal data creation system featuring a creation unit. A database for searching company names, which registers a large number of company names and industry names in association with each other,
The client company information holding department that holds the data of the company name of the client company requesting automatic journal data creation and its industry name,
An industry-specific journal dictionary holding department that holds an industry-specific journal dictionary that registers at least credit accounts for each type of payment source and payee,
Receipt image data holding unit that accepts and holds image data of paper receipts,
The number notation area designation part that accepts the designation input of the transaction date notation area and the amount notation area for the image data of the receipt received, and
A number recognition unit that executes numerical recognition of the transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area on the image data of the receipt and the payment amount displayed in the designated amount notation area. When,
The company name input reception unit that accepts the input of the company name of the payee shown in the image data of the receipt, and
A company name extraction unit that searches the database for searching the company name and extracts the company name and the industry name of the payee using the input company name of the payee as a keyword.
Using the industry name of the client company and the industry name of the extracted payee company as keywords, the account item of the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit with reference to the industry journal dictionary of the industry journal dictionary holding unit. Account setting department to determine
Journal data that creates and outputs as journal data the account determined by the account setting unit, the transaction date and payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit, and the company name of the payee received by the company name input reception unit. An automatic journal data creation system featuring a creation unit. A database for searching company names that registers a large number of company names, telephone numbers, and industry names in association with each other,
For each combination of the industry name of the payer and the industry name of the payee, the industry-specific journal dictionary holding section that holds the industry-specific journal dictionary for which accounts are registered, and the industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit.
Receipt image data holding unit that accepts and holds image data of paper receipts,
The transaction date notation area, the telephone number notation area, and the number notation area designation part that accepts the designation input of the amount notation area for the image data of the received receipt, and the number notation area designation part.
The transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area and the telephone number displayed in the telephone number notation area on the image data of the receipt are displayed in the designated amount notation area. A number recognition unit that executes number recognition with the payment amount that is being paid,
A company name extraction unit that uses the telephone number recognized by the number recognition unit as a keyword to search the company name search database and extract the company name and industry name of the payee.
With reference to the industry-specific journal dictionary of the industry-specific journal dictionary holding unit, the account items corresponding to the combination of the industry name associated with the extracted company name of the payee and the industry name of the payer are described. The account setting unit that determines the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit as the account,
Create journal data to create and output the account determined by the account setting unit, the transaction date and payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit, and the company name of the payee extracted by the company name extraction unit as journal data. An automatic journal data creation system featuring a department. A database for searching company names that registers a large number of company names, telephone numbers, and industry names in association with each other,
The client company information holding department that holds the data input of the company name of the client company requesting automatic journal data creation and its industry name,
An industry-specific journal dictionary holding department that holds an industry-specific journal dictionary that registers at least credit accounts for each type of payment source and payee,
Receipt image data holding unit that accepts and holds image data of paper receipts,
The transaction date notation area, the telephone number notation area, and the number notation area designation part that accepts the designation input of the amount notation area for the image data of the received receipt, and the number notation area designation part.
The transaction date displayed in the designated transaction date notation area and the telephone number displayed in the telephone number notation area on the image data of the receipt are displayed in the designated amount notation area. A number recognition unit that executes number recognition with the payment amount that is being paid,
Using the telephone number recognized by the number recognition unit as a keyword, the company name extraction unit that searches the company name search database and extracts the company name and industry name of the payee, and the company name extraction unit.
Using the industry name of the client company and the industry name of the extracted payee company as keywords, the account of the payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit with reference to the industry journal dictionary of the industry journal dictionary holding unit. Account setting department that determines the subject, and
Create journal data to create and output the account determined by the account setting unit, the transaction date and payment amount recognized by the number recognition unit, and the company name of the payee extracted by the company name extraction unit as journal data. An automatic journal data creation system featuring a department. The number recognition unit performs automatic character recognition and
The OCR section that creates machine input data and
An input data match determination unit that compares the machine input data with the manually input data manually input based on the image data and determines whether or not there is a match.
Claims 1 to 4 include a data mismatch warning output unit that outputs a data mismatch warning when the input data match determination unit determines a mismatch between the machine input data and the manually input data. Journal data automatic creation system described in either. The number recognition unit includes a first OCR unit that recognizes characters on the image data by the first OCR software and creates a first machine input data.
A second OCR unit that recognizes the image data by a second OCR software different from the first OCR software and creates a second machine input data.
An input data match determination unit that compares the first machine input data created by the first OCR unit with the second machine input data created by the second OCR unit and determines whether or not there is a match.
A claim characterized in that the input data match determination unit includes a data mismatch warning output unit that outputs a data mismatch warning when the input data match determination unit determines a mismatch between the first machine input data and the second machine input data. The journal data automatic creation system according to any one of Items 1 to 4.

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