JPH0689275A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a document by describing the document in handwriting on an optical character read only sheet. CONSTITUTION:This document preparing device consists of an optical character reading means 101 which reads each character of the English alphabet, a numeral, KANA (Japanese syllabary), KANJI (Chinese character in Japanese language), and a ruled line, etc., and recognizes the read character, and encodes the character, a document data converting means 102, which converts data generated by the optical character reading means into the form of document data, a document data preserving means 104 which preserves the document data, and a document data printing means 103 which prints the document data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a document creation device that changes a created document from a "handwritten document" to a "word processor document" using a word processor with the introduction of OA equipment in an office.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the method of creating a document in office work has been changed from the conventional "handwriting" input to a "word processing document" by keyboard input given as an input means of a word processor by the introduction of OA equipment. .
In such a situation, the document creator has had to perform drafting by handwriting when creating a document, and inputting from the keyboard using the word processor function while looking at the drafted paper.

Further, there is an optical character reading device (OCR) as a conventional device for reading handwritten characters, but this device is for reading characters on an optical character read-only sheet and for coding the characters.

[0004]

In the case of creating a "word processor document" using the above-mentioned conventional word processor,
The document creator needs to understand the key arrangement and operation method of the keyboard provided as an input means and understand the function of the word processor.In addition, it takes time and man-hours for those who are not familiar with the word processor to use it. There is a drawback that. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to create a "word processing document" by "handwriting" input, and a person who is not accustomed to a word processor can create a document with a conventional "handwriting" input in time and man-hours. To provide.

[0005]

The document creation device of the present invention reads and reads characters such as letters, numbers, kana, kanji (Japanese), ruled lines, etc., which are written on a sheet for reading optical characters. An optical character reading means for recognizing the formed character and encoding the character, a document data converting means for converting the data created by the optical character reading means into a document data format, and a document for storing the document data It comprises a data storage means and a document data printing means for printing the document data.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document creating apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format example of an optical character read-only sheet in the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment and an example of entry in the sheet. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which the optical reading-only sheet in the document creating apparatus of this embodiment is filled in as shown in FIG. 2 and is output by the document creating apparatus of this embodiment.

In FIG. 1, the construction of the document creating apparatus of this embodiment comprises an optical character reading means 101, a document data converting means 102, a document data printing means 103, and a document data saving means 104. A storage medium 201 stored by the document data storage means 104 of the document creating apparatus of the embodiment, a word processor 301 having a word processor function including a display and a keyboard, an optical character read-only sheet of an input medium of the document creating apparatus of the embodiment. 501, document data printing means 103
3 shows an output sheet 502 output by

In FIG. 2, an optical character read-only sheet 501 of an input medium of the document creating apparatus of this embodiment has a title frame 501-1 for entering the title of a document and a document frame 501-2 for describing a document. , And the grid of the document frame 501-2 is printed in dropout color.

The optical character reading means 101 in FIG. 1 has the same structure and function as an optical character reading device (OCR). The document data converting means 102 receives the data created by the optical character reading means 101 and converts it into document data. This is an addition of the function of the conventional word processor 301 for converting the data input from the keyboard of the word processor 301 to the document data, and the function of converting the data read from the OCR into the document data.
The document data printing unit 103 is the document data conversion unit 102.
It is a printing device having a function of converting the document data created in 1. into print data. The document data storage means 104 stores the document data created by the document data conversion means 102 in the storage medium 201.

Next, the operation of the character creating apparatus of this embodiment will be described. The document creator creates a document by writing the title of the document in the title frame 501-1 of the optical character read-only sheet 501 as shown in the figure and writing characters so that one character is included in one frame of the document frame 501-2. To do. The optical character reading unit 101 of the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment reads the optical character read-only sheet 501, recognizes the characters written in the title frame 501-1 and the document frame 501-2, and the read character is a code. Be converted. The encoded data is passed to the document data conversion means 102 and converted into document data. As the document data, the document data printing unit 103 prints out the document data described in the document frame 501-2, and the document data saving unit 104 prints the storage medium 201.
Stored in. The storage in the storage medium 201 by the document data storage means 104 is performed by the optical character read-only sheet 5
The entry content of the title frame 501-1 of 01 is stored as an index part, and the document described in the document frame 501-2 is stored as a data part, which is used as an input of the word processor 301. In this way, the handwritten document is output as a "word processing document".

In the above description, the "word processing document" can be created by "handwriting" input as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the storage medium 201 saved by the document data saving means 104 is not limited to this. Can be used as an input in the conventional word processor 301, and the same effect can be obtained in terms of reduction of the number of document input steps in the word processor 301.

[0012]

As described above, the document creating apparatus of the present invention can create a beautiful "word processing document" even if a person who does not know the key arrangement of the keyboard and the operation method can create the document by creating the document. The time, man-hours, improvement of operability and efficiency of office work can be measured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a document creation apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format example of an optical character read-only sheet in the document creation apparatus of the present embodiment and an entry example thereof.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which what is written on the optical character read-only sheet in the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment as shown in FIG. 2 is output by the document creating apparatus of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 Optical Character Reading Means 102 Document Data Converting Means 103 Document Data Printing Means 104 Document Data Saving Means 201 Storage Medium 301 Word Processor 501 Optical Character Read-Only Sheet 501-1 Title Frame 501-2 Document Frame 502 Output Paper

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] When creating a document for office work,
Optical character reading means that reads each character such as alphabetic characters, numbers, kana, kanji (Japanese), ruled lines, etc. written on the optical document read-only sheet, recognizes the read character, and encodes the character A document data conversion unit for converting the data created by the optical character reading unit into a document data format; a document data storage unit for storing the document data; and a document data printing unit for printing the document data. A document creation device comprising: