JPH0370093A - Selective information input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the erroneous read rate and to easily and surely perform the correction processing by setting a selective character and a correction character and inputting selective information generated with them from an optical character reader. CONSTITUTION:Selective character '/' or '/' and correction character 'X'are preliminarily set to an optical character reader 2. Selective information on an input form 1 is read in and is inputted as input data to a preprocessing part 4. A correction processing part 5 compares the selective character and the correction character with characters in input data and regards the correction character as a space to perform the processing and generates and sends corrected data to a postprocessing part 6. The postprocessing part 6 outputs this sent corrected data to an external storage device 3. Thus, trouble to com pletely erase characters with a rubber eraser for the purpose of correcting them or erroneous read for incomplete erasing or soiling due to the rubber eraser is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a selection information input method in which selection information from a plurality of items is entered on an input form and input from an optical reading device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, an optical mark reading device is generally used as a means of inputting selection information, so in the case of selection, the inside of the mark frame is filled in black with a pencil, and in the case of correction, since there is no special means, the frame is filled in black with a pencil. I tried to erase the inside with an eraser.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional correction method has the disadvantage that misreading may occur if the eraser is insufficiently erased or if the eraser is smeared because the eraser must be used to erase the image cleanly.

[Means to solve the problem]

The selection information input method of the present invention is an input method in which information indicating which item to select from among a plurality of selection items is written on an input form and inputted from an optical reading device. The present invention includes an input means for writing and inputting a selected character in a selected item using a character and a correction character indicating cancellation of selection, and a correction means for changing the selected character into a corrected character simply by adding to the selected character.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The selection character is “/” or “nopa, and the correction character is ×′.

and is set in the optical character reading device 2 in advance.

The selection information on the input paper 1 is read and input to the preprocessing section 4 as input data. The correction processing unit 5 compares the selected character, the correction character, and the character in the input data, processes the correction character as a blank, creates corrected data, and sends it to the post-processing unit 6. The post-processing unit 6 outputs the corrected data sent to the external storage device 3.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the correction processing unit 5. Input the input data (SL), determine whether the input character is blank, a selected character, or a corrected character (S2), replace it with a blank only if it is a corrected character (S3), output it as corrected data (S4), then By repeating this series of processing, all correction characters are replaced with blanks and correction is performed, and when there is no more input data, the processing ends.

FIG. 3 shows the changes in the data (see figure (a)) when "Δ×/ΔΔ" is written on the input form 1. The preprocessing section 4 inputs the input data (see figure (b)). The data that was the same as on the input form, as shown in the figure, passes through the correction processing unit 5, and in the post-processing unit 6, the correction character “x” in the data is replaced with a blank, as shown in the corrected data (see figure (c)). The meaning changes to Δ”.

The corrected data is output as is to the external storage device 3 as shown in FIG. 3(d). Since correction processing can be performed only within the optical character reading device, there is no need to consider correction when using this data on a computer.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where a selected character is changed to a corrected character on an input sheet. In other words, corrections can be made by simply adding a line connecting the top left and bottom right of the frame.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the effect of reducing the misreading rate by setting selection characters and correction characters and inputting selection information created using the selection characters from an optical character reading device.

Furthermore, by setting characters so that they can be changed into correction characters by adding to the selected characters, the correction process can be easily and reliably performed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart of the correction processing section, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the operation, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the operation.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of selected characters and correction characters. 1... Input paper, 2... Optical character reader, 3...
- External storage device, 4... Pre-processing section, 5... Correction processing section, 6... Post-processing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an input method in which information about which item to select from among multiple selection items is written on an input form and input from an optical reader, a selection character indicating which item has been selected and a correction character indicating cancellation of the selection are used. 1. A selection information input method comprising: an input means for writing and inputting selected characters in an item selected using the above-described method; and a correction means for changing the selected characters into corrected characters simply by adding them to the selected characters.