JPH05189140A - Document information input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate processing waiting time and to unnecessitate a space for preserving an original document by inputting contents describing in this original document to an information processor at the same time as the issue of the original document. CONSTITUTION:When a document is prepared by handwriting, an input device 1 generates a motion vector showing the content of the document by extracting the motion of a stylus pen with a pen, and a processor 2 divides motion vector information outputted from the input device 1 into each area of the document, executes processing designated for each area, recognizes any one of character contents, image contents or check contents described in the document and displays these recognized contents on a screen or dispatches them to an original document processor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form information input device for fetching and processing information such as general office work and urgent slips.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of processing a slip, after the original slip (input slip) is drafted, the contents of the original slip are transferred to the information processing device by operating a keyboard or the like of the information processing device based on the original slip. You are typing.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional slip processing method, after the original document is created, it is temporarily stored, or the original document is handed over to the person in charge of input to request the input work. In many cases, the original sheet is dirty, bent, or lost between the time when the original sheet is issued and the time when the content described in this original sheet is input to the information processing device. In many cases, the contents of the original form were not entered correctly.

Further, since it takes too much time from the generation of the original document to the input of the content of the original document to the information processing apparatus, there is a problem that it is difficult to process an urgent document or the like. ..

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention can input the contents described in the original document into the information processing apparatus at the same time as the original document issuance, thereby eliminating the processing waiting time and the original document. It is an object of the present invention to provide a form information input device capable of eliminating the storage space of the above.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the form information input device according to the present invention extracts the movement of the writing instrument when the original sheet is created by the writing instrument, and shows the contents of the original sheet. An input device for generating a vector and motion vector information output from this input device are divided for each area of the original document, and the contents specified in the original document are processed by performing the processing specified for each area. It is characterized by comprising a processing device for recognizing at least one of the content and the check content.

[0007]

In the above structure, when the original document is created by handwriting, the movement of the writing instrument is extracted by the input device to generate the motion vector indicating the above-mentioned contents, and the processing device outputs the motion vector from the input device. The motion vector information is divided for each area of the original document, the processing specified for each area is performed, and at least one of the character content, the image content, and the check content entered in the original document is recognized and this is recognized. Displayed on the screen,
It is passed to the original processing device.

[0008]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a form information input device according to the present invention.

The form information input device shown in this figure comprises an input device 1, a processing device 2 and a display device 3. When an original (for example, slip) 6 is created by the input device 1, the processing device is processed. The contents of the operation when the slip 6 is created by 2 are analyzed, and the information described in the slip 6 is fetched and processed, or displayed on the display device 3.

The input device 1 includes a tablet 4 formed in a flat plate shape, a stylus pen 5 with a ball-point pen that is paired with the tablet 4, and a curl cord 7 that connects the tablet 4 and the processing device 2. When the voucher paper is placed on the tablet 4, the contents of the voucher are written by the stylus pen 5 with a ballpoint pen, and the voucher 6 is created, the tablet 4 detects the movement of the stylus pen 5 with a ballpoint pen to detect the movement. Information indicating the contents described in the slip 6 is created and supplied to the processing device 2.

The processing device 2 is a CPU 1 which performs various processes.
0, a ROM 11 in which a program defining the operation of the CPU 10 and various constant data are stored, and the C
A RAM 12 and the like used as a work area of the PU 10 and the like are provided, and the information output from the input device 1 is processed based on a program stored in the ROM 11 so that the contents described in the slip 6 are processed. It recognizes and processes the information obtained by this recognition processing, or displays the processed content on the display device 3.

In this case, the CPU 10 has, as processing functions, an area definition unit 15 and a logical operation unit 16 as shown in FIG.
, Vector / raster conversion unit 17, and character recognition unit 18
The check recognition unit 19 and the storage unit 20 are provided, and the information output from the input device 1 is divided into regions and processed, and the contents described in the slip 6 are processed by this processing operation. Upon recognition, the information obtained by this recognition processing is stored and displayed on the display device 3.

The area definition unit 15 generates area definition information that specifies the contents of each area of the slip 6 based on the format of the slip 6, and supplies this to the logical operation unit 16.

The logical operation unit 16 takes in the slip information output from the input device 1, and at the same time, the area definition unit 1
5, the slip information is divided into each area based on the area definition information output from the area 5, and the information for each area obtained by this division processing is stored in the vector / raster conversion unit 17 and the character recognition unit 1.
8 and the check recognition unit 19 respectively.

In this case, if the slip 6 indicated by the slip information is composed of a plurality of character entry fields 21, a plurality of check fields 22, and one image entry field 23 as shown in FIG. The contents of 21 are supplied to the character recognition unit 18, the contents entered in the check box 22 are supplied to the check recognition unit 19, and the image entry box 23 is entered.
The contents entered in are supplied to the vector / raster conversion unit 17.

The vector / raster conversion unit 17 takes in the information output from the logical operation unit 16 and converts the vector data contained in this information into raster data to generate image information, which is stored in the memory. Supply to the part 20.

The character recognition unit 18 is the logical operation unit 1 described above.
The information output from 6 is taken in, the characters contained in this information are recognized to generate character information, and this is supplied to the storage unit 20.

The check recognizing section 19 takes in the information output from the logical operation section 16, recognizes the presence / absence of a check contained in this information, generates check information, and stores this in the storage section 20. Supply.

The storage unit 20 takes in the image information, the character information, and the check information output from the vector / raster conversion unit 17, the character recognition unit 18, and the check recognition unit 19 and stores them in the information of the slip 6 (slip information). Memorize as. Then, based on the instruction contents input from the input device 1, the stored slip information is supplied to the display device 3 or the slip processing device.

The display device 3 is equipped with a CRT 25 or the like which is placed on the processing device 2. When the processing device 2 outputs slip information and the like, the display device 3 takes in the CRT 2 and outputs the CRT 2 information.
5 Display on top.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the input device 1 is used to fill in the slip contents and the slip 6 is created, the created contents are processed by the processing device 2 and the slip 6 is processed. From the movement of the stylus pen 5 with a ball-point pen, the character information, the image content, and the check content entered on the slip 6 are recognized to create character information, image information, and check information, which are displayed on the screen. Since the information is passed to the slip processing device, the contents described in the slip 6 can be input to the information processing device 2 at the same time as the slip 6 is issued, thereby eliminating the processing waiting time. In addition, the storage space for the slip 6 can be eliminated.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the contents described in the original document can be input to the information processing apparatus at the same time as the original document is issued, whereby the processing waiting time can be eliminated. At the same time, the storage space for the original document can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a form information input device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a specific circuit example of the processing device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a slip created by the form information input device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 2 Processing device 3 Display device 6 Form (original form) 15 Area definition part 16 Logical operation part 17 Vector / raster conversion part 18 Character recognition part 19 Check recognition part 20 Storage part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When an original document is created with a writing instrument,
An input device that extracts a motion of the writing instrument to generate a motion vector indicating the content of the original document, and motion vector information output from the input device is divided into regions of the original document, and is specified for each region. A form information input device, comprising: a processing device that performs at least one of the character content, the image content, and the check content entered on the original sheet by performing the processing described above.