JPH03110197A - Account slip and its reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To certainly read the content described on an account slip without an omission of reading by a method wherein the case characters filled in letter entry columns have been printed in auxiliary entry columns, marks are put at the positions of the characters in the auxiliary entry columns. CONSTITUTION:When marks are detected by a mark detector 23, the mark detector 23 starts a mark position recognizing device 25 which takes out an image data from an input buffer 22 and detects the positions of marks put in first and second auxiliary entry columns 13 and 14 of an OCR account slip 11. According to the positions of the marks, a mark/character converter 26 searches a conversion table memory 27 and converts the marks to character codes corresponding to the positions of the character. Therefore, the character codes of names of a bank and a branch office corresponding to the positions of the marks put in the first and second auxiliary columns 13 and 14 of the account slip 11 are given to a transmitter 28. Then, the mark detector 23 starts a character recognizing device 24 which converts the image data except payee's names filled in the character entry columns 12 to character codes and sends them to the transmitter 28.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to forms such as bank transfer requests and their reading devices.

[Summary of the Invention] This invention provides a form in which, in addition to the usual character entry field, characters to be entered in this character entry field (for example, the name of the bank to which the transfer will be made in a bank transfer request form) are printed in advance. An auxiliary entry field is provided, and if a character to be entered in the character entry field is printed in the auxiliary entry field, a mark is entered at the position of the character in the auxiliary entry field.

Another aspect of the invention is a form reading device that detects the position of a mark written in the auxiliary entry column of the form described above and converts the position into a corresponding character code.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a transfer request form used in financial institutions such as banks is structured as shown in FIG.

In other words, this type of transfer request form is processed using an optical character reader (OC).
It is composed of an OCR form that can be read by an OCR device (R device), and on this OCR form, a frame, explanatory text, etc. are printed in advance in an easily visible OCR dropout color such as red in accordance with a predetermined format. . In this OCR form, the part surrounded by a bold line is a character entry field A in which necessary information is entered by the customer. In addition, the OCR form is provided with a code entry field B for entering the code of the financial institution of the transfer destination. In addition,
This code entry column B is used by the staff member to write the financial institution code when the payee name written by the customer has characters that cannot be recognized by the OCR device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, in this type of device, it is necessary to find the code corresponding to the remittance name (for example, bank name or branch name) from a code table, etc., and write it in, which places a burden on the staff. As a result, counter operations became troublesome.

Furthermore, although the financial institution code is entered as a string of numbers, the greater the number of characters, the higher the probability that the code will not be read by an OCR device.

Therefore, it is clear that if a mark entry method could be adopted instead of the character entry method, which involves entering a numerical string such as a financial institution code on a form, for example, counter operations at financial institutions, etc. would be greatly simplified. It is.

Furthermore, even if a mark entry method is adopted for a form, if the position of the mark can be read and converted into the corresponding character code, it is clear that there is no risk of it being unreadable and the contents of the form can be reliably read. .

An object of the first invention is to enable items to be filled in by a staff member or the like to be filled in using a mark entry method in order to compensate for characters written by a customer or the like being illegible.

A second object of the invention is to enable reading the position of a mark written by the mark writing method and converting it into a corresponding character code.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of the first invention is as follows.

(1) A character entry field that is printed in advance according to a predetermined format.

For example, in a bank transfer request form made up of an OCR form, this is a character entry field for the customer in which necessary information such as the name of the transfer destination, recipient, client, etc. is entered by the customer.

(2) An auxiliary entry field in which characters to be entered in the character entry field are printed in advance.

For example, in a bank transfer request form, the transfer destination name entered in the character entry column, that is, the frequently used bank name, is printed in advance. This auxiliary entry field is used by the staff working at the counter of the financial institution to mark the character position in the auxiliary entry field when the characters entered in the character entry field are printed in the auxiliary entry field. used for.

The means of the second invention is as follows.

The conversion table storage means l (see the functional block diagram in FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter) stores the character positions and characters corresponding to various characters printed in the auxiliary entry field of the form according to the first invention. This memory stores a character conversion table consisting of codes.

The mark detection means 2 detects the mark position when the mark written in the auxiliary entry column of the form is read.

The character code search means 3 searches the conversion table storage means 1 for the character code corresponding to the mark position detected by the mark detection means 2.

[Work] The operation of the means of the first invention is as follows.

Currently, in the bank transfer request form, the customer writes the necessary criminal details such as the transfer name, recipient, client, etc. in the text column in kanji, etc., and presents it to the counter of the financial institution.

Then, if the payee's name cannot be read by a book reading device such as an OCR device, the clerk will write the name of the payee's name in the main character column that is pre-printed in the auxiliary column. If the remittance name is printed in the auxiliary entry field, enter a mark in the auxiliary entry field at the position of the remittance name on the board η.

Therefore, it is possible to use the mark entry method to enter characters written by customers, etc. (items written by staff, etc. to compensate for illegibility).

The operation of the means of the second invention is as follows.

Now, in the bank transfer request form as a form, the bank transfer base, etc. has been entered by the customer in the character entry field, and a mark has been entered by the staff at the l-position of the bank transfer destination name in the auxiliary entry field. shall be.

In this state, the mark detection means 2 detects the mark W1 written on the transfer request form. Then, the character code search means 3 searches the conversion table storage means 1 for the character code corresponding to the mark position detected by the mark detection means 2.

Therefore, the mark position written by the mark writing method can be read and converted into a corresponding character code.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example will be described with reference to FIGS. 2r14 to 4.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the OCR form 11.

This OCR form 11 shows a bank transfer request form.

A character entry field 12 is provided in which the customer enters the recipient, recipient, client, etc. This character entry field 12 is formed by printing a frame, explanatory text, etc. in advance in a predetermined format using an OCR dropout color that is easy to visually recognize, such as a red color. Also, this OCRg
The form 11 further includes a first auxiliary entry field 13 in which multiple bank names of frequently used transfer destinations are printed, and a second auxiliary entry field 14 in which multiple bank branch names of transfer destinations are printed.
is provided.

The first auxiliary entry field 13 and the second auxiliary entry field 14 have a frame and a bank name or branch name printed in OCR dropout color according to a predetermined format. Please note that the first auxiliary entry field 13.
In the second auxiliary entry field 14, characters such as the bank name are printed using Kanji characters etc. within a square frame, and a circular broken line is printed to surround this character, and a circular broken line is printed along the broken line. Marks are written using a writing instrument such as black ink.

In addition, necessary items are printed on the OCR form 11 using OCR dropout colors.

MS3 diagram is a block diagram showing the configuration of the OCR device.

The image scanner section 21 is an OCR book! j: When reading the entry contents of OCR form 11 by irradiating light on 411, OCR
The content printed in the OCR dropout color on the form 11 is handled in the same way as the background color, so it does not become one image data, but the content printed in other colors other than the dropout color 1, such as characters and marks written in black ink, etc. The handwritten information is read as image data and stored in the input buffer γ22.

The mark detection unit 23 detects the OC stored in the input buffer 22.
The first auxiliary entry column 13 of the ocR form 11 is selected from the image data for one R form. It detects the mark written in the second auxiliary entry field 14, and sends a start command to the character recognition section 24 and marker position recognition section 25 in response to whether or not it is detected. That is, when the mark detection section 23 detects a mark, the one character recognition section 24. Both mark position recognition sections 25 are activated, but when no mark is detected, character recognition: a section 24 is activated.
Start only.

The character recognition unit 24 has a normal structure that recognizes the image data in the input buffer 22 and converts it into a character code, and the character code thus converted is taken into the transfer unit 28.

The mark position recognition unit 25 detects the mark position written in the first auxiliary entry field 13 and the second auxiliary entry field 14 of the OCR form 11 from among the image data in the input buffer 22. The result is given to the mark/character converter 26.

The mark/character conversion unit 26 searches the conversion table memory 27 based on the mark position detected by the mark position recognition unit 25, converts it into a character code corresponding to the mark position, and provides the code to the transfer unit 28.

The conversion table memory 27 stores the characters printed in the first auxiliary entry field 13 and the second auxiliary entry field 14 of the OCR form 11, that is, the bank name and branch name of the transfer destination and the corresponding printing of the characters. It is a table memory that stores positions, in other words, mark positions to be written at the positions.

The transfer unit 28 includes a character recognition unit 24 and a mark/character conversion unit 26.
The converted character code is temporarily stored and transferred to a processing device such as a personal computer in the main body.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, at a financial institution, a customer writes necessary information such as the name of the recipient in the character entry column 12 of a transfer request form as an OCR form 11 and hands it to a counter staff member.

At this time, the staff member visually checks the name of the payee in the character entry field 12 and marks the first auxiliary entry field 13 and the second auxiliary entry field 14 as necessary. In this case, if the remittance bank name is printed in the first auxiliary entry field 13, write a circular mark in the printing position with black ink, and the branch name is printed in the second auxiliary entry field 14. If the mark is printed on the print position, write a circular mark in black ink or the like at the print position.

Thereafter, the staff member sets this OCR form 11 into the OCR device.

Then, the OCR device operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the OCR form 11 is set (step 31
), the image scanner unit 21 reads only the contents of the OCR form 11, that is, the black handwritten information excluding the OCR dropout color, as image data, and writes it into the input buffer 22 (step S2).

Then, the mark detection unit 23 selects the first auxiliary entry column 13 of the OCR form 11 from among the image data in the input buffer 22.
, to detect whether the mark entered in the second auxiliary entry field 14 is included (Step S3), and if the mark is not included (NO in Step 2 S4), only character recognition m24 is performed. The single character recognition section 24 recognizes the image data in the input buffer 22, converts it into a corresponding character code, and provides it to the transfer section 28. As a result, the character entry column 12 of the OCR form 11
Handwritten information such as the payee's name and beneficiary written in the form is converted into character code.

On the other hand, if the mark detection unit 23 detects the presence of a mark (
(YES in step S4), the mark detection unit 23 activates the mark position recognition unit 25. Then, the mark position recognition unit 25 takes in the image data in the input buffer 22 and outputs it.
First auxiliary entry field 13 of CR form 11. The mark position entered in the second auxiliary entry field 14 is detected (step S6). Based on the detected mark position, the mark/character conversion unit 26 searches the conversion table memory 27 and Convert to the corresponding character code (
Step S7), therefore, the character code of the corresponding bank name or branch name is sent to the transfer unit 28 based on the mark position entered in the first auxiliary entry field 13 and the second auxiliary entry field 14 of the OCR form 11. Given. Then, the mark detection unit 23 activates the character recognition unit 24, and the character recognition unit 24 uses the image data in the input buffer 22, excluding the payee name written in the character entry field 12, to It is converted into a character code and given to the transfer unit 28. As a result, O.C.
If a mark is entered in the first auxiliary entry field 13 and second auxiliary entry field 14 of the R form 11 to identify the transfer destination, it is entered in the character entry field 12 of the OCR form 11. Priority is given to the name of the remittance, and a character code indicating the remittance is obtained based on the marks written in the first auxiliary entry field 13 and the second auxiliary entry field 14.

In addition, in the above embodiment, only the auxiliary entry fields 13 and 14 for specifying the transfer destination were provided in the OCR form ll, but in addition, an entry field for entering the financial institution code shown in the conventional example was provided. You can.

[Effects of the Invention] The first invention uses a mark entry method to enter matters entered by staff members, etc. in order to compensate for characters entered by customers etc. being illegible, so for example, it is useful for counter operations at financial institutions. etc. can be greatly simplified.

The second invention reads the position of the mark written using the mark writing method and converts it into the corresponding character code, eliminating the risk of it being unreadable and making it possible to reliably read the written contents of the form. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a feature block diagram of the second invention, FIGS. 2 to 4 show an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an OCR form, FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration diagram of an OCR device, and FIG. The figure is a flowchart showing the operation of the OCR device, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of a conventional form. 11...OCR form, 12...Character entry field, 13...First auxiliary entry field, 14...
...Second auxiliary entry field, 21...Image scanner section, 22...Input buffer, 23...
... Mark detection section, 24 ... Character recognition section, 2
5... Mark position recognition section, 26... Mark/character conversion section, 27... Conversion table memory. Patent applicant Casio Computer Co., Ltd.]

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) It is equipped with a character entry field which is printed in advance in accordance with a predetermined format, and an auxiliary entry field in which the characters to be entered in this character entry field are printed in advance, and the characters to be entered in the character entry field are If a character is printed in the auxiliary entry field, a mark is entered at the position of the character in the auxiliary entry field. (2) A form reading device that reads and processes the entry contents entered in the form described in the above paragraph 1, which corresponds to various characters printed in the auxiliary entry field of the form and determines the position of the character. a conversion table storage means for storing a character conversion table consisting of a character code; a mark detection means for detecting the position of the mark entered in the auxiliary entry column of the form; and a mark detection means corresponding to the mark position detected by the mark detection means. A document reading device comprising: character code search means for searching the conversion table storage means for a character code to be read.