JPH05242218A - Input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the input efficiency by improving the visibility of a handwritten character picture. CONSTITUTION:An input picture plotting part 60 draws the input picture, which includes item contents characters and a cursor and conforms to a prescribed format, on a V-RAM 62 based on the cursor position calculated in accordance with the cursor operation and the character input operation on a keyboard 54 by a cursor position calculating part 56, item contents character data of individual items written in a character data memory 48 by a character input and editing processing part 58, and format data stored in a format data buffer 52. Handwritten character pictures generated from data of individual items which are read from a form 40 and are converted to images by an OCR reader 42 and are divided by an item dividing part 44 and are stored in an image data memory 46 are synthesized with the input picture adjacently to items by a synthesizing part 64, and the result is displayed on a display device 66; and in this case, the handwritten character picture of the item indicated by the cursor is enlarged and the other handwritten character pictures are reduced by a synthesis size changing part 68 to synthesize them.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input device for inputting document contents handwritten in a predetermined format, such as form data such as deposit slips handwritten by customers at banks, securities companies, etc. , In particular, the handwritten character image read by an optical reading device from a form or the like is displayed on the screen side by side with the character image to be input / edited by the operator, and the operator can correctly input the document content while comparing it with the handwritten character. The input device. The present invention relates to an input device capable of inputting correct document contents.

[0002] Conventionally, in a bank, a securities company, etc., when a customer inputs the contents of a form filled in by hand into a host, the form of the form is displayed on the screen and the operator puts a handwritten form placed horizontally. I was using the keyboard to enter the description while looking at it, but I had to frequently move my line of sight between the form and the screen, which was extremely inefficient. Therefore, at present, a form input device using an OCR reading device for reading handwritten characters of a form is widely used. It is best if it is possible to perform character recognition on handwritten characters read by the OCR reader, but at present, the recognition rate is low due to abbreviations, habits, random characters, etc., and it is necessary for the operator to intervene in some way. There is. Therefore, in the conventional form input device, the handwritten character image read by the OCR reading device from the form is displayed on the screen side by side with the character image to be input / edited by the operator, and the operator operates the keyboard while comparing it with the handwritten character. You can use it to input the correct characters.

In such a form input device, when the visibility of the handwritten character image on the screen is poor, the operator must look at the original form (handwritten form) and confirm the contents, which improves work efficiency. Absent. The present invention is intended to improve the visibility of the handwritten character image in the input device as described above.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art In banks, securities companies, etc., a form input device is used for efficiently inputting form input items written by a customer into a host. FIG. 10 shows the overall configuration of a conventional form input device. In the figure, the handwritten characters of the form 10 (see FIG. 7) entered by handwriting under a predetermined format are read by the OCR reading device 12 and converted into image data, and the item segmenting unit 14 stores them in the format data buffer 16. The created format data is referred to and stored in the image data memory 18 separately for each item such as bank name, branch name, account number and the like. On the other hand, based on the format data stored in the format data buffer 16, the input image drawing unit 20 inputs into the V-RAM 22 according to a predetermined format in which one line per item is opened by a predetermined width as shown in FIG. Draw an image. Then, the synthesizing unit 24 reads the input image from the V-RAM 22, and creates a handwritten character image created from the image data of the corresponding item from the image data memory 18 so as to be adjacent to the upper side of each item row of the input image. They are combined and displayed on the screen of the display 26.

The screen is as shown in FIG. 12 (1), and the first line, the second line, and the third line show headings for the items "bank name", "branch name", and "account number", respectively. The frame for the item content input area following is displayed, and the handwriting character of the bank name is on the first line, the handwriting character of the branch name is between the first and second lines, the second and third lines. The handwritten characters of the account number are displayed between. Also,
First, the cursor position calculation unit 28 outputs the position data of the first character in the frame of the first line, and based on this, the input image drawing unit 20 outputs the one character in the frame of the first line of the V-RAM 22. A cursor mark is drawn at a position corresponding to the eye and is displayed at the position on the screen.

[0006] The operator first reads the bank name in the handwriting on the screen with his / her eyes and inputs it by using the character keys of the keyboard 30 or the conversion keys. Then, the cursor position calculation unit 28
Every time a character is input, the cursor position data that automatically changes to the right by one character is calculated and output, and the character input / edit processing unit 32 moves the cursor in the area corresponding to the bank name of the character data memory 34. Is written in the character position designated by, and the input image drawing unit 20 writes the corresponding character pattern in V-
In the RAM 22, the cursor mark is first drawn horizontally from the position where the cursor mark was first drawn, and the cursor mark is drawn next to the last character pattern. When the bank name is input, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 12 (2).

For example, if the bank name you have just entered is 2
If the character is wrong, the left key of the cursor keys of the keyboard 30 is pressed once to perform the cursor moving operation. In accordance with this cursor movement operation, the cursor position calculation unit 28 recalculates the cursor position, and the input image drawing unit 20
Is 1 for the drawing position of the cursor mark of V-RAM 22
Move by a character. As a result, the screen becomes as shown in FIG. 13 (1). Now, when the operator enters the correct character,
Since the character input / edit processing unit 32 corrects the corresponding character data in the bank name storage area of the character data memory 34, and the input image drawing unit 20 redraws the character pattern at the corresponding position in the V-RAM 22, the screen is displayed. As shown in FIG. 13B, the correct bank name as displayed by the customer is displayed, and the correct bank name is stored in the bank name storage area of the character data memory 34.

Next, in order to input the branch name, when the operator presses the down key of the cursor keys once, the cursor position calculation unit 28 recalculates the cursor position, and the branch name item line (second line). ), The cursor position data relating to the third character is output, and along with this, the input image drawing unit 20
Moves the cursor mark to the same location (Fig. 13 (3))
reference). Then, when the operator presses the left key of the cursor keys twice, the cursor position calculation unit 28 recalculates the cursor position, outputs the position data changed by two characters to the left, and the input image drawing unit 20 The cursor mark is moved to the same position (see FIG. 14 (1)). In this state, the operator visually reads the handwritten branch name displayed immediately above the line and inputs it using the character keys or the conversion key of the keyboard 30. Then, the character input / edit processing unit 32 writes the data in the area corresponding to the branch name of the character data memory 34, and the input image drawing unit 20 reads this and the corresponding character pattern in the V-RAM 22 first. It draws sequentially from the position where the cursor mark was drawn. At this time, the cursor position calculation unit 28 automatically outputs the cursor position data that changes to the right by one character each time the operator inputs one character, so that the screen is displayed when the branch name is input. It becomes like FIG. 14 (2).

If the branch name is entered correctly as written, then enter the account number (see FIG. 14 (3)),
If you can enter the account number correctly, enter the other items in the same way, and then press the keyboard 3
When the output key 0 is pressed, the output unit 36 reads the contents of each item from the character data memory 34 and outputs the contents to the host, so that the input process for one form is completed. According to such a form input device, the handwritten character image read by the OCR reading device from the form is displayed on the screen side by side with the character image to be input / edited by the operator, and the operator is correct while comparing it with the handwritten character. Item contents can be input, and at this time, it is not necessary to greatly move the line of sight in order to compare the handwritten character with the input character of the operator, so that the input work can be efficiently advanced.

[0010]

However, in the above-described conventional form input device, when the number of items to be filled in the form is relatively large, the space on the screen is limited, so that the space between the input images (see FIG. 11) is reduced. I can't get a wide width, so 1
Display width of handwritten character image per item (W in Fig. 12 (1)
(See) is narrow and the entry field for handwritten characters is large, it is not possible to display the image data as it is, it is necessary to reduce it and display it in a small size. In the case of messy characters, etc., it becomes very difficult to see, and after all, it is necessary to look at the original form to check what kind of characters are described, and there is a problem that input efficiency decreases.

Regarding this point, it is conceivable to reduce the number of items displayed on one screen, but in the input work across multiple screens, key operations such as page breaks and scrolls on the screen are increased, and the handbook form is also increased. It is not possible to check the entire description contents or the entire input contents of the operator at a glance,
Other problems occur. Also, if the handwritten character entry field is small, the handwritten character image can be displayed as it is, but in the case of abbreviated characters, habit characters, random letters, etc.,
The visibility is still the same. From the above, an object of the present invention is to provide an input device capable of improving the visibility of a handwritten character image and improving the input efficiency.

[0012]

FIG. 1 illustrates the principle of the present invention. Reference numeral 40 is a form in which handwritten characters are entered for each of a plurality of items under a predetermined format, 42 is an OCR reader for optically reading the form into image data, and 44 is an OC
An item segmenting unit that divides the image data read by the R reader, 46 is an image data memory that stores the itemized image data, 48 is a character data memory that stores character data related to the item contents item by item, 52 Is form 4
A format data buffer for storing predetermined format data corresponding to 0, 54 is a cursor key, a character key, a conversion key, an insert key, a delete key, etc., cursor movement operation and character input / input
A keyboard for performing an editing operation, 56 is a cursor position calculating unit for calculating the cursor position, and 58 is a character input / writing for writing and editing character data for the corresponding item and item content character position in the character data memory designated by the cursor. The edit processing unit 60 includes characters and cursor marks related to item contents from the format data stored in the format data buffer, the character data stored in the character data memory, and the cursor position data calculated by the cursor position calculation unit. , An input image drawing unit for drawing an input image according to a predetermined format, 62 a V-RAM for storing the input image drawn by the input image drawing unit, 64 for the input image, above each item of the input image A composing unit that composes handwritten character images based on the image data of the corresponding items stored in the image data memory side by side. 6 is a display for displaying the image synthesized by the synthesizing unit on the screen, and 68 is provided in the synthesizing unit, and the handwritten character image corresponding to the item pointed by the cursor is synthesized by enlarging the size and pointing the cursor. The handwritten character image corresponding to the item that is not performed is a combined size changing unit that combines the images with a reduced size.

[0013]

The OCR reading device 42 converts the handwritten form 40 into image data, and the itemizing unit 44 divides the item into image data and stores it in the image data memory 46. On the other hand, based on the format data corresponding to the form 40 stored in the format data buffer 52 and the cursor position data calculated by the cursor position calculation unit 56, the input image drawing unit 60 outputs the input image according to the predetermined format including the cursor mark as V -Draw in the RAM 62. Then, the compositing unit 64 combines the handwritten character images based on the image data of the corresponding items of the image data memory 46 such that the compositing unit 64 is placed next to the upper side of each item of the input image. Thus, the handwritten character image corresponding to the item pointed by the cursor is synthesized with a large size, and the handwritten character image corresponding to the item not designated by the cursor is synthesized with a small size.
The composite image is displayed on the screen by the display 66. When the cursor is located at the first character position of the item content character input area corresponding to the bank name on the first line, the handwritten image of the bank name is displayed large on the screen, and the handwritten characters of the branch name and the account number are displayed. The image is displayed small. The operator uses the cursor keys on the keyboard 54 to select a desired item, for example,
When the cursor is moved to the first character position of the item content character input area corresponding to the branch name on the second line, the cursor position calculation unit 56 calculates the cursor position, and the combined size is calculated based on the cursor position data. The changing unit 68 reduces the size of the handwritten character image of the bank name and increases the size of the handwritten character image of the branch name. When the operator sees this handwritten character image, the operator deciphers the character entered by the customer, and performs character input / edit operation using the character keys of the keyboard 54, etc.
The character input / edit processing unit 58 writes a character in the area associated with the branch name item in the character data memory 48, and the input image drawing unit 60 additionally draws a character representing the branch name on the input image up to that point. On the screen, the branch name character entered this time is displayed in the item content input area of the branch name.

As described above, when the operator moves the cursor to a desired item, the handwritten character image relating to the corresponding item is displayed in a large size, so that the visibility is improved and the operator can easily display the handwritten character image. Decipherable,
Even if it is an abbreviation, a habit character, or a cluttered character, you do not have to check the original letter (handwritten book form) and check what the written character is.
Input efficiency is dramatically improved.

The OCR reading device reads the handwritten form, converts it into image data, divides it into terms and stores it in the image data memory, and then the character recognition section recognizes the characters in the image data in the image data memory. Do recognition,
Each item is stored in the character data memory. As a result, the character input relating to the handwritten form can be automated to a certain extent, so that the work efficiency can be further improved.

[0016]

2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, in which the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. Reference numeral 40 denotes a form in which handwritten characters are entered for each of a plurality of items under a predetermined format, and a plurality of types can be handled in this embodiment. An identification number for identifying the type is printed in advance at a predetermined position on the form (see FIG. 7). 42 is an OCR reader for optically reading a form into image data, 44 is an itemizing section for itemizing the image data read by the OCR reader, and 46 is an image data memory for storing the itemized image data. , 48 is a character data memory for storing character data corresponding to item contents for each item, 50
Is a format data master file that stores multiple types of format data. In each format data, information on the position of each item on the form and the type of each item, each item on the input image Position, type of each item, heading character of each item, information about the position of the frame indicating the item content character input area of each item, and the like. 52 is a format data buffer for storing one format data read from the format data master file, 54 is a cursor key, character key, conversion key, insert key, delete key, output key, cursor movement operation, character input / input A keyboard for performing editing operations and the like, and a cursor position calculation unit 56 for calculating the cursor position. Reference numeral 58 denotes a character input / edit processing unit that writes and edits character data at the corresponding item position and item content character position of the character data memory designated by the cursor according to the character input / edit operation on the keyboard.

A frame 60 indicates an item heading and an item content character input area from the format data stored in the format data memory, the character data stored in the character data memory, and the cursor position data calculated by the cursor position calculation unit. , An input image drawing unit for drawing an input image (see A in FIG. 4) including a cursor mark, 62 is a first V-RAM for storing the input image drawn by the input image drawing unit, It corresponds to the display area for one screen. Reference numeral 64 is a combining unit for combining the input image with the handwritten character image based on the image data of the corresponding item stored in the image data memory, adjacent to the upper side of each item of the input image, 66.
Is a display for displaying the image synthesized by the synthesizing unit on the screen by non-interlaced scanning, and 68 is provided in the synthesizing unit, and the handwritten character image corresponding to the item where the cursor is positioned has a large synthesizing area and a size. Is increased and synthesized,
The handwriting character image corresponding to the item where the cursor is not positioned is a composite size changing unit that narrows the composition area and reduces the size of the composition. A character recognition unit 70 performs character recognition on the image data of each item stored in the image data memory 46 and stores the character recognition in the storage area of the corresponding item of the character data memory 48. The character recognition unit 70 also has a function of reading an identification number printed in advance on a predetermined portion of the form 40. A data output unit 72 outputs the character data for each item stored in the character data memory to the host when the output key of the keyboard is pressed.

FIG. 3 is a concrete block diagram of the synthesizing section 64.
Reference numeral 74 denotes a read control unit that repeatedly reads an input image drawn in the first V-RAM while sequentially performing non-interlaced scanning. Reference numeral 76 denotes a second V-RAM that stores image data item by item and separately for an enlarged size and a reduced size. (Fig. 7
B), 78 is a conversion unit for reading image data from the image data memory for each item, converting it to a normal size and enlarged size handwritten character image, and writing it to the buffer memory for each item, and 80 is stored in the format data buffer Based on the prepared format data and the cursor position data calculated by the cursor position calculation unit, one of the handwritten characters of the enlarged size or the reduced size of each item from the second V-RAM is synchronized with the read control unit 74. A read / combine control unit 82 that repeatedly reads out images and switches the switches while performing non-interlaced scanning according to a predetermined rule, and a read control unit 74 and a read / combine control unit 80.
Is a switch for switching and outputting the output of the switch, and 84 is a video conversion unit for converting the output of the switch into an analog signal and adding synchronization for non-interlaced scanning.

Second V-RAM 76, converter 78, read
The composition control section 80 constitutes a composition size changing section 68. When the form entry field is large and the size of the image data stored in the image data memory 46 is large, the conversion unit 78 stores the enlargement size of the second V-RAM 76 as the enlargement handwritten character image as it is, for example. It is possible to store the handwritten character image stored in the area and reducing the image data by thinning out every other dot in the reduced size storage area. In addition, the form entry field is small and the image data memory 46
When the size of the image data stored in is small,
For example, as a handwritten character image of a reduced size, the second
It is possible to store the handwritten character image stored in the reduced size storage area of the V-RAM 76 and enlarging the image data by, for example, interpolating dots, into the enlarged size storage area. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the entry field of the form is large, the enlargement size is the image data stored in the image data memory as it is, and the reduction size is created by reducing the image data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the read / combine control unit 80, in which the input image drawing unit 60 uses the first data based on the format data.
As the input image drawn in the V-RAM 62 is A, the first line is the item content input field of the bank name, the second line is the branch name input field,
The third line is an account number input field, and an empty area B1 in which an enlarged size handwritten character image is placed above the first line.
Between the second line, empty regions b2 and b3 for storing the handwritten character image of the reduced size are provided between the second and third lines, and the regions for the reduced size are b1, 2 on the upper side of the first line. It is assumed that the area on the upper side of the line in which the enlarged size is entered is B2, and the area on the upper side of the line in the enlarged size is B3. When the read control unit 74 reads the input image from the upper end, the read / combine control unit 80 switches the switch 82 to the a side, and if the cursor is not on the first line, the input image is read at the upper end of b1. Keep switching to the a side until it arrives,
When it comes to the upper end of b1, switch to b side,
The handwritten character image HS1 relating to the bank name in a reduced size is read out from the upper end from the second V-RAM 76. Then, when the reading of the reduced size handwritten character image HS1 ends and the reading of the first line on the input image side starts, the switch 8
2 is switched to a side. When the cursor is on the first line, when the reading of the input image comes to the upper end of B1, the switch 82 is switched to the b side and the second V
-Start reading the handwritten character image HL1 relating to the bank name in an enlarged size from the RAM 76 from the upper end. When the reading of the enlarged handwritten character image HL1 is completed and the reading of the first line on the input image side is started, the switch 82 is turned on.
Switch to the side.

If the cursor is not on the 2nd line, the reading of the 1st line of the input image proceeds, the reading of the 1st line is completed, and further, it is kept switched to the a side until it reaches the upper end of b2. Read / combine control unit 80
Switches the switch 82 to the b side, and the second V-
The handwritten character image HS2 related to the branch name is read out from the RAM 76 in a reduced size from the upper end. Then, when the reading of the reduced size handwritten character image HS2 ends and the reading of the second line on the input image side starts, the switch 82 is switched to the a side. When the cursor is on the second line, when the reading of the input image comes to the upper end of B2, the switch 82 is switched to the b side and the second V-RAM 7
From 6, the handwritten character image HL2 related to the branch name is read out from the upper end in an enlarged size. Then, when the reading of the enlarged size handwritten character image HL2 ends and the reading of the second line on the input image side starts, the switch 82 is switched to the a side. Then, if the cursor is not on the third line, the reading / combining control unit 80 finishes reading the second line of the input image,
Further, the switch 82 is kept switched to the a side until the reading of the input image reaches the upper end of b3, and when it reaches the upper end of b3, the switch 82 is switched to the b side, and the second V-RAM is used.
Handwritten character image HS related to the account number in reduced size from 76
Start reading 3 from the top. Then, the reading of the reduced size handwritten character image HS3 is completed, and the input image side 3
The switch 82 is switched to the side a when the reading of the row starts. If the cursor is on the 3rd line and the reading of the input image comes to the upper edge of B3, switch 8
2 is switched to the b side, and the handwritten character image HL3 relating to the bank account is started to be read from the upper end from the second V-RAM 76 in an enlarged size. Then, when the reading of the enlarged handwritten character image HL3 is finished and the reading of the third line on the input image side is started, the switch 82 is switched to the a side. As a result, the handwritten character image of the item on which the cursor is located is enlarged and displayed on the screen in a large size, and the handwritten character image of the item on which the cursor is not located is displayed on the screen in a reduced size and small.

5 and 6 are flow charts showing the operation of the above-mentioned form input device, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a concrete example of a completed form, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of data stored in the character data memory 48. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example.
A description will be given according to these figures. Here, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, the form 40 is for transfer, but the entry items are only the bank name, branch name, and account number of the transfer destination, as shown in FIG. OCR the form 40 for transfer in which the bank name, branch name and account number are filled in by hand by the customer
When applied to the reading device 42, the identification number and written characters are read and converted into image data (step 1 in FIG. 5).
01). The character recognition unit 70 performs recognition processing of the identification number from the image data related to the identification number, and outputs it to the format data master file 50.
To download the form data for the transfer form 40 to the form data buffer 52 (step 102,
103). Subsequently, referring to the format data stored in the format data buffer 52, the image data read by the OCR reading device 42 by the item segmentation unit 44 is divided into items and stored in the image data memory 46 (step 10).
4). Then, the character recognition unit 70 performs character recognition on the image data in the image data memory 46, and stores it in the character data memory 48 item by item (step 10).
5). Here, it is assumed that it is recognized as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, the conversion unit 78 of the synthesizing unit 66 individually reads out the image data for each item stored in the image data memory 46, and outputs the image data as they are as the handwritten character images HL1 to HL3 of the enlarged size. Second VR
The handwritten character images HS1 to HS of the reduced size are individually stored on the enlarged size side of the AM 76, and the image data of each item stored in the image data memory 46 is reduced.
3 is stored individually on the reduced size side of the second V-RAM 76 (step 106). In addition, the cursor position calculation unit 56 sets the cursor position data to 1
Initialized to data designating the character (step 10)
7). Then, based on the format data stored in the format data buffer 52, the cursor position data output from the cursor position calculation unit 56, and the item-specific character data stored in the character data memory 48, the input image drawing unit 60 On the first V-RAM 62 for the screen, as shown in FIG. 4A, an input image is drawn according to a predetermined format in which the line spacing is opened by a predetermined width with one item per line (step 108). At this time, the cursor position calculation unit 56 sets 1 in the frame of the first line by default.
The position data of the character is output, and based on this, the input image drawing unit 60 draws a cursor mark at a position corresponding to the first character in the frame of the first line of the first V-RAM 62. Although the cursor mark is underlined in the present embodiment, it may be represented by a reverse character.

Next, the synthesizing unit 66 reads the input image from the first V-RAM 62, and enlarges or reduces the image size of the corresponding item so as to be adjacent to the upper side of each item line of the input image. In the handwritten character image of the size, the enlarged size is combined with the item pointed by the cursor, and the reduced size is combined with the item not pointed by the cursor, and displayed on the screen of the display 66 (FIG. 6).
Step 201). At this time, the read control unit 74 sets the first V
In synchronization with the reading of the input image in the RAM 62 by interlaced scanning, the cursor initially points to the item on the first line, so the read / combine control unit 80 displays the input image at the upper end of B1 in FIG. While scanning to the upper end, the switch 82 is switched to the a side, and when it reaches the upper end of B1, it is switched to the b side, and the handwritten character image HL1 related to the first item of the enlarged size storage area of the second V-RAM 76 is switched to the upper end. From the bottom of the handwritten character image HL1 to the lower end of the input image, the switch 82 is switched to the a side and the second V -Reading from the RAM 76 is temporarily stopped.

Then, when the reading of the first row of the input image is completed and further when it reaches the upper end of b2, the switch 82
Is switched to the b side, and the handwritten character image H related to the second item in the reduced size storage area of the second V-RAM 76.
Read S2 from the upper end by interlaced scanning,
The scanning proceeds to the lower end of the handwritten character image HS2, and when the lower end of b2 at which the scanning of the second line of the input image starts is reached, the switch 82 is switched to the a side and the second V-RA.
The reading from M76 is temporarily stopped, the reading of the second line of the input image is completed, and when it comes to the upper end of b3, it is switched to the b side, and the third item of the reduced size storage area of the second V-RAM 76 is also changed. Handwritten character image H related to
Read S3 from the upper end by interlaced scanning,
The scanning proceeds to the lower end of the handwritten character image HS3, and when the lower end of b3 at which the scanning of the third line of the input image starts is reached, the switch 82 is switched to the a side and the second V-RA.
The reading from M76 is temporarily stopped, the reading of the second line of the input image is finished, and further, when the reading to the lower end of the first V-RAM 62 is finished, the first V-RAM 7 is finished.
Returning to reading from the upper end of 6.

On the screen, as shown in FIG. 9 (1), the item heading "bank name" and the item content character recognized from the handwritten character are displayed in the frame on the first line, and at the beginning of the item content character. The cursor mark is displayed. On the second line, the item heading "branch name" and the item content characters recognized from the handwritten characters are displayed in the frame, and on the third line the item heading "account number" and the item content characters recognized from the handwritten character are displayed. It is displayed in the frame. Then, the enlarged handwritten character image HL1 related to the bank name is displayed adjacent to the upper side of the first line, and the reduced size handwritten character image HS related to the branch name is adjacent to the upper side of the second line.
2 is displayed, and the handwritten character image HS3 of the reduced size related to the account number is displayed adjacent to the upper side of the third line. As a result, if you look at the screen, you can check at a glance for each item that there are omissions or errors, and whether there is an error in character recognition, etc. Also, the bank name entered by the customer is enlarged and displayed. Therefore, the operator can easily understand what character is written.

Here, when the bank name matches the handwritten character and the recognized character, but there is a confusing character in a part of the branch name written by the customer, and there is a suspiciously recognized character. , The lower key of the cursor key of the keyboard 54 is pressed once. Then, the cursor position calculation unit 56 calculates and outputs the position data of the first character in the frame of the second line (steps 202 and 203), and based on this, the input image drawing unit 60 makes the frame of the second line in the frame. Draw a cursor mark at the position corresponding to the first character of the
8). Further, the reading / combining control unit 80 of the combining unit 64 sets the switch 82 to the a side while scanning from the upper end of the input image to the upper end of b1 in FIG. 4 as the cursor changes to the item on the second line. The handwriting character image HS1 is switched to the b side when the upper end of b1 is reached, and the handwriting character image HS1 related to the first item in the reduced size storage area of the second V-RAM 76 is read by interlaced scanning from the upper end. The scanning advances to the lower end of HS1, and when the lower end of b1 at which the scanning of the first line of the input image starts is reached, the switch 82 is switched to the a side and the reading from the second V-RAM 76 is temporarily stopped.

When the reading of the first line of the input image progresses, B
When it reaches the upper end of 2, the handwriting character image HL2 is switched to the b side and the handwritten character image HL2 related to the second item of the enlarged size storage area of the second V-RAM 76 is read from the upper end by interlaced scanning. B2 starts to scan the second line of the input image.
When the switch 82 is switched to the side a when the lower end of the input is reached, the reading from the second V-RAM 76 is temporarily stopped, the reading of the second line of the input image ends, and further, b
The switch 82 is switched to the b side when the upper end of 3 is reached, and at the same time, in the reduced size area 3 of the second V-RAM 76.
The handwritten character image HS3 relating to the second item is read from the upper end by interlaced scanning, and the handwritten character image HS3 is read out.
The scanning proceeds to the lower end of the input image, and when the lower end of b3 at which the scanning of the third row of the input image starts is reached, the switch 82 is switched to the a side and the reading from the second V-RAM 76 is temporarily stopped, and the input image is read. When the reading of the second row is completed and further the reading is completed up to the lower end of the first V-RAM 62, the reading is resumed from the upper end of the first V-RAM 62.

As a result, the screen changes as shown in FIG. 9 (2) and the handwritten character image related to the branch name is enlarged and displayed.
It makes it easier for the customer to understand what characters they have written, and it is possible to accurately check the correctness of the recognized characters. Note that the handwritten characters related to the bank name that have been enlarged and displayed earlier are reduced and displayed. As a result of the check, for example, when a part of the recognized character of the branch name is incorrect, if the cursor needs to be aligned with the character, the right key or the left key of the cursor keys is operated. Then, the cursor position data (the position of the character in the frame changes while the line position remains on the second line) corresponding to the operation is calculated by the cursor position calculation unit 56, and the reading / reading of the input image drawing unit 60 and the combining unit 64 is performed. It is output to the synthesis control unit 80. However, since the line position of the cursor does not change, the read / combine control unit 80 continues the same composition method as before. The input image drawing unit 60 changes the position of the cursor mark drawn on the first V-RAM 62 according to the change in the cursor position data. However, there is no need to perform the cursor movement operation here because there is an error in the first recognition character of the branch name (the date is the place to be noticed).

In this state, the character keys of the keyboard 54,
When a character input / correction operation is performed using a conversion key or the like, the character input / correction processing unit 58 refers to the format data in the format data buffer 52 and the cursor position data, and refers to the item relating to the branch name in the character data memory 48. The first of the content characters is rewritten to a new character (eye) (steps 204, 2).
5). The input image drawing unit 60 follows the change of the character data
The first character of the item contents of the second line of the first V-RAM 62 is redrawn into a new character pattern. In addition, in accordance with the character input / correction operation for one character, the cursor position calculation unit 56 automatically calculates the position one character to the right from the cursor position up to that point in the branch name item on the second line. Since it is output, a cursor mark is drawn at that position (step 108 in FIG. 5). As a result, the contents of the character data memory 48 are changed to correct data as shown in FIG. 8 (2), and the screen is changed as shown in FIG. 9 (3), indicating that a part of the branch name is corrected. ..

If there is an error in the recognition character for the account number on the third line, if the lower key of the cursor key is pressed once, the handwritten character relating to the account number will be processed in the same manner as described above. Since the image is enlarged and displayed, the operator can easily read it and easily check the correctness of the recognized character (in this case, the handwritten character image related to the branch name is reduced). When it is necessary to correct the recognized character, a cursor movement operation or a character input / correction operation may be performed. In this way, for each item in the input image, when the item content characters in the frame have been corrected according to the handwritten characters, the operator presses the output key of the keyboard 54. Then, the output unit 72 causes the character data memory 48 to
Since the contents of each item are read from and output to the host,
Input processing for one form is completed (step 20 in FIG. 6).
6, 207).

According to this embodiment, since the handwritten character image corresponding to the item pointed by the cursor is enlarged and displayed, the visibility is improved, and even in the case of abbreviated characters, habit characters, random characters, etc. The data can be easily read and there is no need to look at the original form (handwritten form 40) one by one, so that the input efficiency is greatly improved. At this time, since the composite area of the handwritten character image is expanded above the item content character pointed by the cursor, the item content character in the frame is not hidden. Further, the character recognition unit 70 performs character recognition from the image data read by the OCR reading device 42 from the handwritten form, and stores the character data for each item in the character data memory 48. Can be automated to a certain degree, and work efficiency can be further improved.

In the above embodiment, the character recognition unit 7
Although the character recognition for each item is performed with 0, the character recognition may not be performed, and all the item contents may be input by the character input / edit operation by the operator. Further, the frame indicating the item content input area and the item heading character do not necessarily have to be displayed on the screen. Furthermore, as the handwritten document to be input, the form for transfer is given as an example, but other types of forms may be used. Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, modified examples, and application examples, the present invention can be modified in various ways according to the gist of the present invention described in the claims, and the present invention does not exclude these. ..

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the operator performs the cursor movement operation to the desired item by the operation means, the cursor position calculation means calculates the cursor position and the combined size is changed based on the cursor position data. Since the means is configured to increase the size of the handwritten character image of the desired item, the visibility of the handwritten character image of the desired item is automatically improved. You can read what the characters are, and you don't have to look at the original document to check what the characters are, even if they are abbreviations, habits, or cluttered characters. To do.

The character recognition means performs character recognition on the image data read by the optical reading means, and the recognized character data is stored in the character data storage means item by item. Since input can be automated to some extent, work efficiency can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a specific configuration diagram of a combining unit in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of a read / combine control unit in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a first flowchart showing the operation of the form input device.

FIG. 6 is a second flowchart showing the operation of the form input device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of a completed form.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of data stored in a character data memory in FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example of the display in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional form input device.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an input image.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional screen display example.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional screen display example.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional screen display example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 40 Form 42 OCR Reader 44 Item Division 46 Image Data Memory 48 Character Data Memory 52 Format Data Buffer 54 Keyboard 56 Cursor Position Calculation Section 58 Character Input / Edit Processing Section 60 Input Image Drawing Section 62 V-RAM (1st V-RAM ) 64 combining unit 66 display 68 combining size changing unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An optical reading unit (42) for converting a document (40) on which handwritten characters are written for each of a plurality of items under a predetermined format into read image data, and read by the optical reading unit (42). Itemization means (44) for itemizing the obtained image data, image data storage means (46) for storing the itemized image data, and character data storage means 48 for storing character data related to item contents for each item. ), Format data storage means (50, 52) for storing format data of a predetermined format, operation means (54) for performing cursor movement operation and character input / edit operation, and cursor position calculation means (for cursor position calculation) 56)
And a character input / edit processing means (58) for performing input / edit processing of character data for the item and item content character position designated by the cursor in the character data storage means (48) in accordance with the character input / edit operation. From the format data stored in the format data storage means (50, 52), the character data stored in the character data storage means (48), and the cursor position data calculated by the cursor position calculation means (56) An input image drawing means (60) for drawing an input image according to a predetermined format, which includes characters and cursor marks relating to item contents, and an input image drawn by the input image drawing means (60),
Combining means (6) for composing a handwritten character image based on the image data of the corresponding item stored in the image data storage means (46) next to each item of the input image.
4) and a display means (66) for displaying the image synthesized by the synthesizing means (64) on the screen, the handwriting character corresponding to the item indicated by the cursor on the synthesizing means (64). An image is increased in size and combined, and a handwritten character image corresponding to an item not designated by the cursor is provided with a combined size changing means (68) for decreasing size and combining. Input device. 2. A character recognition means (70) for performing character recognition on the image data read by the optical reading means (42) is provided, and the character data recognized by the character recognition means (70) is classified by item. The input device according to claim 1, wherein the character data storage means (48) stores the character data.