JPH0748230B2 - Screen form format automatic creation method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a computer processing screen from a slip or a form in a business program creation work that occurs when computerizing a general business processing of a user, and a screen for the same. It relates to the method of automatically creating forms from the screen.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in order to computerize a user's business, there is a creation of a slip screen format and a form format as environment maintenance. These are generally created by a batch method in which conditions are given from outside with parameters and a painting method in which they are created by interacting with the screen. In these methods, the column conversion is performed while viewing the screen and form of the form created by the operator, and each column is drawn on the display. Japanese Patent Application No. 1-175469 is related to this type of technology.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The work of a normal user consists of a screen as an input and a form as an output. At present, to create this screen or form for computer processing, the format drawn on paper is converted into column units on the display and drawn on the display. However, alignment calculation is difficult, many column counting errors occur, and it takes a lot of preparation time.

Further, slips and forms often have blanks between rows and columns, and if they are drawn on the display as they are, they often extend beyond the display screen. If a job is executed with this protruding portion, screen scrolling occurs during job execution, which affects job execution performance. Therefore, it is necessary to fit within the display screen as much as possible, and the operator made all of these adjustments in consideration.

As described above, the time required for the format creation work of the user is enormous.

An object of the present invention is to provide a screen form format automatic creation method that eliminates the user's format creation work, improves the efficiency of the user's business processing, and reduces the user's business.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above object, in a form processing apparatus for processing a form, the described information in the format is read from a described medium in which the format of the form is described.
The second step means for deciding the character size per one line of the display from the read described information, the third step means for arranging cell information based on the decided character size, Fourth step means for arranging the out-of-cell information based on the arranged cell information, and a fifth step for compressing the character size information, the cell information and the out-of-cell information so as not to extend outside the display screen. And means for deciding the processing procedure of each item of the format displayed on the display screen.

Also, the fifth step means is a seventh step means for deleting blank lines and blank columns, an eighth step means for converting synonyms of a character string using a knowledge base, and a full-width character The ninth step means for converting into half-width characters is included.

Further, the sixth step means includes a tenth step means for judging the character string of each item by matching with the knowledge base.

[Operation] A format similar to the format on the form or slip can be created by means of obtaining the reference character size from the form and obtaining the line digit position of the display from the millimeter size of the ruled line or the character based on this reference size.

Since the matrix conversion of the part surrounded by the ruled line is performed first and the character string not surrounded by the ruled line is arranged while looking at the arrangement table of the part surrounded by the ruled line, the characters on the form and slips are arranged. Does not depend on the expansion and contraction of the arrangement due to the size of
It can be placed almost the same as the relative position on the slips and forms, and it does not create a format that at first glance feels strange.

By using the knowledge base and compressing character strings by synonymous word conversion, it can be stored efficiently in the display, and the items to be processed can be selected first and the processing order can be checked by comparing with the read format. Efficient business processing can be performed by adding.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

A central processor 1 for controlling the whole is provided with a console device 2 for instructing an operator and displaying a created format, a reading device 3 for reading a slip and a form through a reading device controller 4. It is connected. Further, a printer 6 for outputting processed slips and forms is connected via a printer controller 5, and a storage device 8 for storing a created format and the like is connected via a storage device controller 7.

The processor 1 causes the reading device 3 to read a slip or a form, and stores the input information in the input information storage area 10 in the storage device 8. From the stored input information, the processor 1 uses the knowledge base 9 in the storage device 8 to recognize the form of the slip, the form, the content of each item used in the form, and the like. The recognition result is stored in the recognition result storage area 11, and the processor 1 automatically creates a format from the recognition result. Stored in the format storage area 12, set the processing procedure from the generated format, and execute the business program.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a flow of a series of processing at the time of execution of one embodiment of the present invention.

There are vouchers that are about to be processed by computers (1000). OCR etc. reading device for slip paper 3
Read it and input the input information (1001). Based on the read input information such as ruled lines, characters, and images, it is displayed on the display of the console device (1002).
The operator can confirm and correct this display (10
03). The computer recognizes the input / output field by using the input information read by the operator or the input information from the operator, and displays the recognized input / output field (100
Four).

In addition, you can check and correct here (1005). Confirmation·
After correction, the format to be processed is automatically created based on the read input information and the recognized input / output fields (1006). The generated result is displayed on the display (1007), and the operator can confirm and correct it. The created format is the format storage area 12 in the storage device 8.
It is stored in (1008). A processing procedure is created based on the created format information (1009), a job is executed (1010), and processing such as data input is performed (101).
1).

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the flow of automatic creation processing in the screen form format according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Preprocessing is performed (1100), which includes processing such as obtaining a reference character size and extracting characters to be enlarged. Like the “customer name” shown in FIG. 4, each group of information (hereinafter referred to as cells) surrounded by ruled lines is arranged (110
1) Also, a group of information (hereinafter referred to as out-of-cell information) other than the information surrounded by the ruled lines is arranged (1102), and reduction processing or processing to prevent the created result from protruding from the display screen Post-processing such as order processing for determining the order of is performed (1103).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of cell information for processing, out-of-cell information, and a slip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the slip 15, the information is the part surrounded by the ruled line and other parts,
For example, there are two types, such as "customer name", "code", "product name", and "delivery note", "month", "day". The above information is called cell information, and the later information is called out-of-cell information.
˜110 are cell information, and 200˜203 are out-of-cell information. These pieces of information are represented by a character string and a start position and an end position expressed in mm units. These pieces of information are created by the input processing and the recognition processing, and are also arranged and created by using these pieces of information when the format is automatically created.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the flow of preprocessing in the flow chart shown in FIG. 3 of an embodiment of the present invention.

The pre-processing (1100) is the processing for obtaining the reference character size (120
0) and a process of extracting a character to be enlarged (1201). First, the size of one character on the slip form corresponding to one character on the display screen is obtained. The size of the most used character is determined as the standard character size 205 from all the characters in the slips and forms to be read, and line pitch and character pitch are added as shown in FIG. Set the value. Using this size, cell placement processing is performed thereafter.

Next, the character to be processed as the enlarged character is extracted. 7th
As shown in the figure, the reference character size is compared with the value obtained by subtracting the size of the row pitch and the column pitch, and if it is a certain value or more, it is recognized as an enlarged character.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the flow of arrangement processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Here, the configuration of cells in the slip will be described with reference to FIG.

Ordinary slips and forms are made up of lumps of cells, which can be arranged in a clean shape by arranging them in units of lumps. This block of adjacent cells is called a block.

In FIG. 9, it is divided into 115, 116, and 117 blocks, and the upper leftmost 118, 119, and 120 cells of each block are called reference cells. In the flow chart of FIG. 8, first, obtain this reference cell (1300). Convert the start and end points of this reference cell into the number of rows and columns on the display screen,
Based on this, position calculation is also performed for each cell in the block and placement is performed (1301). Fine adjustment of up / down / left / right (1302) is performed to determine whether placement has been performed for all cells (1303). If placement has been performed for all cells, the process ends. If not, placement is performed for the next cell. To do.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a calculation formula for obtaining the number of starting matrices and the number of ending matrices of the reference cell.

The value of the position expressed in mm on a slip or form is divided by the standard character size to obtain the value. With this, the number of rows and columns on the display screen is obtained.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement according to the embodiment of the present invention.

"Customer name" 130 of slip 20 becomes the reference cell, starting point 210,
The end point 212 is matrix-calculated by the calculation method shown in FIG. 10, the start matrix and the end matrix are obtained, and the points of format 21 are calculated.
Converted to 220 and point 221. The point 212 of the format 21 is set as the starting point 212 of the cell of the “address” 131 of the slip 20 because the starting row and the ending column of the reference cell have the same value.
Since the end point 223 of the “address” 131 has no reference, a matrix calculation is performed based on the value of the end point 223 to obtain the end row number and the end column number. Starting point 2 of cell "Name" 132 on slip 20
14 and end point 215 are the end matrix number of the reference cell and the "address" 131.
The points 224 and 225 of the format 21 are obtained by the number of end matrices of the cells of

When the start point starts in the middle of the previous cell and there is a space within the reference character size like the cell of “Number” 133 and blank 134, the start points 216 and 134 are aligned with the start line point 210 of the reference cell. . Therefore, the start point 216 of the “number” 133 becomes the point 226 of the format 21, and the end point 217 becomes the point 227 of the format 21. Similarly, the starting point 218 of the blank cell 134 is the format 21
The point 228 and the ending point 219 are converted into a point 229. In this case, the character string in the cell of “number” 228 has two characters, but in the created cell of format 138, three characters are vacant.

When adjusted to be large in this way, the character strings in the cells are centered so as to be well balanced. The table 22 is created by the above method. table
The cell number, the position value on the form, and the value converted into the row and column on the display are registered in 22. After arranging cells, it is the arrangement of characters outside the cells. The characters outside the cell are arranged based on the table described above. The positional relationship of the character string outside the cell is important for the positional relationship with the cells near it, and the correct arrangement cannot be obtained by simply converting it into a matrix.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example in which an out-of-cell character string is arranged according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As for the layout of the characters outside the cell, the table created by the layout of the cells described above is searched based on the start position of the characters outside the cell, and the starting row and the starting column of the cell having the closest value are obtained.

For example, assume that cells 140 to 143 are arranged like a table 145 in FIG. To find the start position of the character string outside the cell of "Date" 144, search the start row position of the table based on the start row position of "Date" 144, and find the cell with the closest value. . In this example, the cell is "name" 140. The starting line number 2 of the cell of “name” 140 becomes the starting line of the character string of “year / month / day” 144. Similarly, "Date" 144
The starting column position of the table is searched based on the starting column of, and the nearest cell "amount" 143 is looked at. The starting column number of this cell is the number of columns to be obtained. As a result, in this example, the arrangement position of the character string “year / month / day” 144 is the second row and the eighth column. This completes the out-of-cell character arrangement processing.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the flow of processing in the post-processing shown in FIG. 3 of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the post processing here, adjustment processing of the created format to fit as much as possible within the display screen (1400)
And the order setting (140
Do 1).

FIG. 14 shows a flowchart of the adjustment process.

First, the character string in the cell is centered (1500), and it is checked whether the created format is larger than the display screen (1501). If it is larger than the display screen, delete the blank rows and columns that are the most common in the layout (1502). After deleting, check again whether the created format is larger than the display screen (150
3) If it is still large, the synonyms in the character string are converted to the shortest synonym string and the character string is reduced (1504). Thirdly, it is checked whether it is larger than the display (1505), and if it is still larger, the character string is converted from full-width characters to half-width characters (1506). Finally, the centering adjustment is performed within the display screen of the created format (1507), and the process ends.

In the flowchart of FIG. 14, after step 1506, centering is performed in the display screen to finish, but after step 1506, it is checked if the created format is larger than the display screen, and if it is larger, It is possible to add a process for reducing the number of detail digits by making one column into multiple lines.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining an example of the synonym conversion process of step 1504 in FIG.

In the “customer's address” 155, the item character string is larger than the number of input digits, and is out of the display screen. In such a case, the knowledge base 156 is used to convert the character string of the “customer address” 155 into a synonymous word into a shorter character string such as the “customer address” 157. This allows it to be reduced to fit on the display screen.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining an example of conversion processing from full-width characters to half-width characters in step 1506 of FIG.

Regarding characters that have half-width characters such as katakana characters,
Convert to the corresponding half-width character. In the character string of “customer code” 160, the “code” is converted into half-width characters, so that it can be stored in the display screen like “customer code” 161.

Normally, the processing order of each item is processed from top to bottom, left to right, but depending on the contents of the slip and form,
In some cases, it may be better to perform the processing in the reverse order, such as from right to left. For such a case, a computer automatically determines the order of processing so that the processing can be performed efficiently.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining an example of processing order determination processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The slip 30 is an example in which the order is normally assigned from left to right. On the other hand, the slip 31 is an example that includes processing reverse to normal such as right to left.

In the normal processing procedure, first, the year 165, month 166, and day 167 are automatically displayed, and the operator inputs a code relating to a name, for example, a name code added for each customer. The computer retrieves the name corresponding to the name code from the database and automatically displays it in the name field 169. Similarly, the product code is automatically displayed in the product name field by the operator's input. Therefore, this processing order is sufficient for the slip 30. However, in the case of slip 31, "name",
If the fields of "Code", "Product code", and "Product name" are different from the slip 30, and if you process this from top to bottom, left to right, before entering the code related to name, Further, before the product code is input, the name field and the product name field are opened, which makes the process troublesome. Therefore, in such a case, change the processing order from 173 to 1
The process of swapping in the order of 74 → 175 → 177 → 176 → 179 → 178 → 180 is performed. This replacement is also done using the knowledge base.

After the arrangement adjustment process is completed, first, the field table 32 is created, and based on each item name, the input item distinction table 35 of the knowledge base 33 is searched for the corresponding item name, and the operator must input it. Determine whether the input item is required or not. In the display items related to the input item, check whether there is a display item before the input item, and if there is, change the order. In the example of the slip 31, the “code” and the “product code” are given as the input items from the items of the field table 32. Before these two items, there are display items related to the respective input items, such as "name" and "product name", so that the order is changed and the processing order table 34 becomes the order.
In this way, it is possible to set the correct processing order while using the knowledge base.

According to the present embodiment, the format for processing by the computer is automatically created only by reading the format of the slip or the form from the reading device, and the work process created by the operator is eliminated, and the working efficiency is greatly improved.

In addition, because it is optimally adjusted so that it fits within the display screen, when the operator executes business processing,
Confirmation can be done immediately and the operating becomes easy.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a screen format to be processed by a computer can be created by simply inputting the format of a slip or a form from a reading device such as an OCR, and further, the display format Since the output is optimally adjusted so that it can be stored, there is no need for the user to create a work on the display, and the efficiency of the user can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the flow of procedures when an operator of the embodiment of the present invention uses it, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a series of flow of processing of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a slip format displayed on a display screen of the embodiment of the present invention, and a table of input information, FIG. FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the processing contents of the pre-processing of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the reference character size when arranging in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a method of extracting enlarged characters according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of arrangement processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the relationship of each item in the example, and FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a calculation method for converting the read input information of the example, FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an actual arrangement example and a form format storage table of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a method for arranging a character string outside a cell in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 13 is a flowchart of post-processing of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. A detailed flowchart of storage adjustment on the display screen, FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the synonym conversion method of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 16 is a half-width character of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the outline of a conversion system. First
FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a method of determining a processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Processor, 2 ... Console device, 3 ... Reading device, 6 ... Printer, 8 ... Storage device, 9 ... Knowledge base, 1
0 …… Input information storage area, 11 …… Recognition result storage area, 12…
… Format storage area.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A form for generating and displaying on a screen a form including at least cell information in which character or numerical data is to be written and out-of-cell information in which character or numerical data is to be written is displayed and processed. In the processing device, a first step of reading the described information in the format from the described medium in which the format of the form is described, and a second step of determining a character size per screen display character from the read described information A step of arranging the cell information on the screen based on the determined character size, and a fourth step of arranging the out-of-cell information on the screen based on the arranged cell information, A fifth step of compressing at least one of the cell information and the out-of-cell information so that it does not overflow the screen; Auto create a screen form format; and a sixth step of determining the entry of the procedure. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the fifth step is the seventh step of deleting blank lines and blank columns, and the reduction of the character string by synonymous conversion of the character string using a knowledge base. A method for automatically creating a screen form format, which includes an eighth step of performing, and a ninth step of converting full-width characters to half-width characters. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sixth step includes a tenth step of judging a character string of each item by matching with a knowledge base.