JPH08287168A - Method and device for document generation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve operation efficiency by reading the entry frame of a document out by an image input means through a translucent sheet type filter in complementary color relation with the entry frame displayed in a dropout color on the document when areas of a transfer source and a transfer destination are set. CONSTITUTION: A processor reads image out of a delivery application form 10 and a delivery slip and a mode switching part executes a setting mode wherein the areas of the transfer source and transfer destination are set. A control means which specifies the areas of the transfer source and transfer destination on a monitor screen is actuated and an image input device reads the entry frame 25 of the document out through the translucent sheet type filter 41 in the complementary color relation with the entry frame 25 displayed in the dropout color on the document. Consequently, the entry frame 25 is not read when entry contents are transferred, but read at the time of editing accompanied by position specifying operation, so that an output document in different format can easily be generated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention optically reads the contents entered in a form (hereinafter referred to as an input form) of a predetermined format such as a delivery note, an invoice, a delivery slip, and edits the read contents. The present invention relates to a form creation device that creates an output form by transcribing to the same or different form of another format (hereinafter referred to as an output form).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a device for optically reading the contents entered in an input form, editing the contents, and transcribing the contents to an output form to create the output form. For example, the year-end gift, Chugen etc. delivery application form (input questionnaire) has multiple delivery destination entry fields and accompanying product entry fields in addition to the applicant entry field, and for each delivery destination Delivery slip (output form) must be created. Then, in order to perform such a posting operation on the output form mechanically without manual labor, the form creating device is set in the form setting mode in advance, and the entry position or range of the entry content to be transferred on the input form is set. , It is necessary to individually specify the print position of the output form to which you want to copy it.

[0003]

In order to deal with this, the applicant of the present invention has already disclosed that "the information entry area designation device for forms" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-200644 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-253467. The "form transfer device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication is proposed. However, in the former device, since the digitizer specifies the entry position or range of the entry contents to be transcribed on the input form, there is a disadvantage that the device becomes large.

On the other hand, according to the latter device, the device can be miniaturized, but when the image reading means reads the entry position or range of the entry content to be transcribed on the input form, it is printed in dropout color. Unable to read the entry frame of the input form. Therefore, in addition to printing the entry frame with normal ink, it is covered with a mask sheet so as not to read except in the form setting mode, but it is complicated to use the mask sheet for each reading. There is inconvenience. Also, if you print the entry frame in drop-out color, in the form setting mode, you will need to manually read this entry frame to edit the image of the input form to match the format of the output form. Therefore, it is necessary to trace the entry frame using a ballpoint pen or the like, which is inconvenient for this work. Alternatively, the print image is printed in a color that the image reader cannot read,
To specify the area of each entry field of the input form,
Is it necessary to prepare two types of input forms according to the work, such as using a color sample that can be read by a reader? It is inconvenient to prepare two types of input forms like this. There is.

The present invention eliminates such inconvenience,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a form creating method and a form creating apparatus that enable downsizing of the form creating apparatus and that have good work efficiency.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a method for creating a form by optically reading the entry contents of an input form and converting it into an output form having a format different from that of the input form. It is a form creating method in which the read contents are transcribed and an output form is created by a form creating device.
An image input unit that does not read the entry frame displayed in the dropout color of the form, an image display unit that displays the image read by this image input unit, and a transfer source and a transfer destination on the display screen of the image display unit. When the control means having the position designation part for designating the area is activated to set the areas of the transfer source and the transfer destination, the image input means is in the complementary color relationship of the entry frame displayed in the dropout color of the form. The entry frame of the form is read through a semitransparent sheet filter.

Further, the form creating apparatus optically reads the input contents of the input form and transfers the read contents to an output form having a format different from that of the input form to create the output form by the form creating unit. An image forming device for reading a form entry image, which normally does not read the entry frame displayed in the dropout color of the form, and an image display for displaying the image read by the image input device. Means and a control means having a position designating portion for designating a transfer source area and a transfer destination area on the display screen of the image display means, and setting the transfer source and transfer destination areas, the image input means A filter that interposes a semi-transparent filter between the form reading section and the form, which is a complementary color relation to the entry frame displayed in the form dropout color. Those having a stationary unit.

[0008]

[Operation] When reading the image of the input form, when reading the entry contents, the entry frame displayed in dropout color is not read, but when editing the form settings,
The input / output form is designed by reading the input frame displayed in the dropout color of the form through a semi-transparent sheet filter that has a complementary color relationship with the input frame.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention in which a delivery application form for an advanced article is used as an input form and a delivery form as an output form will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a filter 41 used in the form creating method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of an image input means of the form creating apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the device of the form creating apparatus. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the format of the delivery application form, FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the format of the delivery form, FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the position setting operation of the entry fields of the delivery application form, and FIG. 7 is the delivery. 7 is a flowchart of a slip print position setting operation.

First, the delivery application form 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The delivery application 10 contains the address of the requester,
Client's entry field 11 in which name and telephone number are entered, application date entry field 12, application form number entry field 13, "Chugen",
The entry field 14 for entering a gift, such as "Go", the entry field 15 for the operator, the entry field 16 for the transportation organization, such as "airline,""mail," and "automobile," and the address and name of the recipient. , The address entry field 17 for entering the telephone number, "same as above", "delete"
Function mark entry field 18 to be filled in to select four types of functions, "printer distribution" and "reading end", product entry field 19 to enter product name, quantity, unit price, etc., addition to enter sending department etc. Numerals entry field 20 and amount entry field 21
And each of the entry columns 11 to 21 has a hook-shaped registration mark 22 for designating the reading position. In addition,
In each of the entry columns 17 to 21 and the registration mark 22, the regions 17 to 21 and the registration mark 22 arranged in the lateral direction are collectively formed into a block, and in the illustrated embodiment, 7 blocks are formed. Further, each of the entry columns 17 to 21 is printed in dropout color.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the delivery slip 23 includes a requester output column 24, an application date output column 25, a slip number output column 26 corresponding to the application number, and a gift application output column 27. And the operator output column 28 and the transfer engine output column 29
It has a delivery destination output column 30, a product output column 31, an additional fee output column 32, and an amount output column 33.

Next, the structure of the form creating apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes a processing device composed of a combiter as a control means for controlling the whole. The processing device 1 reads images of the delivery application form 10 and the delivery slip 23, and sets areas of a transfer source and a transfer destination. A setting mode, a mode switching unit 1a for a normal transcription mode for executing a transcription process from a transcription source to a transcription destination, and a position designation unit 1b for designating a region of the transcription source and a transcription destination on a screen of a monitor 5 described later.
And an image input device (image scanner) 2 which is an image input means, an image memory (RAM) 3 which stores an input graphic by the image input device 2, and a dot which prints a specified image and characters on the delivery slip 23. A large-capacity auxiliary storage including an impact printer 4 such as a printer, a monitor 5 as an image display means for displaying an input image by the image input device 2, a keyboard 6 for performing various inputs, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, a floppy disk device, etc. It is connected to the device 7, a hard disk, a disk drive device 8 for driving an optical disk or a floppy disk, and the like.

Further, the image input device 2 of the form creating device is
It is configured to perform reading with monochromatic light corresponding to the color of the dropout color, and normally, the entry frame 25 of the color of the dropout color is set not to be read, but the mode switching of the processing device 1 is performed. When the section 1a switches to the setting mode for setting the area, the image input device 2 reads the delivery application form 10 via the filter 41 as shown in FIG. 1, so that the entry frame 25 can be read. The filter 41 is, in the embodiment,
In the figure, the left side part and the lower part are in a file shape that is bound. Also, the color of the semi-transparent filter 41 is the same as the entry frame 2
There is a complementary color relationship with the color of 5 dropout color,
For example, when a reddish color is used as the drop-out color of the entry frame 25, the color of the filter 41 is changed to a greenish color so that the entry frame 25 can be read when the image input device 2 reads.
Is something that becomes closer to black and becomes readable.

When a filter similar to the filter 41 is attached to the image input device 2, the filter 4 is provided between the form reading section 42 of the image input device 2 and the delivery application form 10.
The filter intervening means 51 for interposing 4 is constructed as shown in FIG. The filter 44 is normally wound around the roller 46 and is on standby, but by rotating the knob 45 of the roller 46 counterclockwise in the drawing, the filter 44 covers the form reading section 42, and the delivery application form is obtained. 10 is sent by the sending roller 43, and the form reading unit 4
When the 2 starts reading, the entry frame 25 can be read. Further, when the form reading unit 42 is a form reading unit of a type that faces the entire surface of the delivery application form 10 as indicated by 47, the roller 46 may be further rotated to cover the entire surface of the form reading unit 47. is there.

Next, a method of designating the position data of each entry field of the delivery application form 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 showing the control operation of the processing apparatus 1. Prior to this designation, the delivery application form 10 will be described in advance. The business name related to the format conversion of the delivery slip 23, various parameters related to control, etc. are input and set from the keyboard 6.

After the predetermined initialization process (step 101), the operator inputs the reference number of the delivery application form 10 from the keyboard 6 (step 102). Next, for confirmation,
A preset business name related to format conversion, various control parameters, and the like are displayed on the screen of the monitor 5, and the keyboard 6 is used to change or add settings as necessary (step 103). continue,
Based on the input from the keyboard 6, it is determined whether to newly register the information entry fields 11 to 21 of the delivery application form 10 or to copy and register the already registered data (step 10).
4) If it is a new registration, the entry frame printed in dropout color is read (step 105), and the unfilled delivery application form 10 as a reference is set in the image input device 2.

The image (entry frame) of the delivery application form 10 is read by the image input device 2 through the filter 41 or 44 (step 106), and the output data of the image input device 2 is sent to the processing device 1 for processing. The device 1 converts it into an image signal and outputs it to the monitor 5. Each position of the registration mark 22 is designated by the keyboard 6 or mouse (not shown) while observing the entire image of the delivery application form 10 displayed on the monitor 5 (step 107). Each entry column 11-
Areas 17 and 19 to 21 are designated, and the record numbers corresponding to the entry fields 11 to 17 and 19 to 21 are input from the keyboard 6 to the respective entry fields 11 to 17 and 19 to 21 (step 108). Next, the area of the function mark entry field 18 is designated (step 10).
9).

As a method of designating the areas of these entry fields 11 to 21, for example, the positions of the two vertices on the diagonal lines of the entry fields 11 to 21 are designated by the coordinates displayed on the screen,
There is a method of specifying with the cursor displayed on the screen. Note that the area designation of the entry fields 11 to 21 after the second block is automatically performed as described later, and therefore the area designation by the operator may be performed only for the highest first block.

Next, when there are a plurality of delivery application forms 10, a screen display prompting the input of the type mark for distinguishing each other is displayed, and the operator uses the keyboard 6 to instruct the type mark displayed on the screen. Is performed (step 110). further,
By the function operation based on the display on the display screen,
According to the registration mark 22, the entry fields 11 to 21 for each block after the second block are automatically input (step 111). Further, similarly, the area where the image needs to be read in order to transfer from the delivery application form 10 is automatically set from the position data of each area designated as described above (step 112). in this way,
The area or position data set in steps 106 to 112 is stored in the auxiliary storage device 7 (step 11).
3).

If it is determined in step 104 that the copy is registered, the registered optical disk (or floppy disk, the same applies hereinafter) is displayed on the display screen of the monitor 5.
An instruction message to the effect of exchanging with is displayed (step 114). Then, set the optical disk (step 1
15) If it is confirmed that this is the desired optical disk (step 116), the procedure proceeds to step 117, where registration processing for transferring the recording data to the auxiliary storage device 7 is performed, and the copy registration operation ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the optical disc is not the desired optical disc in step 116 when it is determined to be the copy registration in step 104, the process returns to step 114 again, and the registered optical disc is exchanged on the display screen of the monitor 5. A message to that effect is displayed.

Next, a method of inputting each printing position of the delivery slip 23 will be described with reference to FIG. 7 showing the control operation of the processing apparatus 1. After performing a predetermined initial process (step 201), the designation number of the delivery slip 23 is designated and displayed on the monitor 5, and the embedding number of the delivery slip 23 is designated by the operator or the keyboard 6 in response to the designation ( Step 20
2). Next, it is judged according to the input from the keyboard 6 whether the output fields 24 to 33 of the delivery slip 23 are newly registered or whether the already registered data is registered by copying (step 203). Read (step 20)
4) The standard delivery slip 23 is set in the image input device 2.

The image (entry frame) of the delivery slip 23 is read by the image input device 2 through the filter 41 or 44 (step 205), and the output data of this image input device 2 is sent to the processing device 1 for processing. The device 1 converts it into an image signal and outputs it to the monitor 5. From the entire image of the delivery slip 23 displayed on the monitor 5, the operator uses the keyboard 6 to output the output fields 24 to 33 of the delivery slip 23.
Are divided into output columns 24 to 29 corresponding to the entry columns 11 to 16 of the delivery application form 10 and output columns 30 to 33 corresponding to the entry columns 17 and 19 to 21, respectively, in each block of the delivery application form 10. The output block of the corresponding delivery slip 23 is designated (step 206).

Then, as in the case of the delivery application form 10,
The operator designates the areas of the output fields 24 to 33 with the keyboard 6 and the mouse (not shown), and records the corresponding record fields 11 to 17 and 19 to 21 of the delivery application form 10 (step 108 in FIG. 6). Enter the same number as on the keyboard 6
From (step 207). Based on this record number, each entry column of the delivery application form 10 (excluding the entry column 18) is associated with each output column of the delivery slip 32. Furthermore, by the function operation based on the display on the display screen, each of the entry columns 11 to 16 and 17 to 21 (excluding the entry column 18) of each block after the second block of the delivery application form 10 should be dealt with. The correspondence of the output columns 24 to 33 is automatically set (step 208).

If necessary, a font for a company mark and a company name logo to be printed on the delivery slip 23 is designated and input (step 209). The font pattern is created by displaying a grid-shaped pattern on the monitor 5 by another program and designating black or white with a mouse or the like. In this way,
The data in the output fields 24 to 33 of the delivery slip 23 input in steps 206 to 209 are stored in the auxiliary storage device 7 (step 210).

If it is determined in step 203 that the registration is copy registration, step 11 in the case of application 10
The registration processing is performed by the operations from step 211 to step 214 corresponding to step 4 to step 117, and the copy registration operation ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 203 that copying is registered, if it is confirmed in step 213 that the floppy disk is not the desired floppy disk based on the input from the keyboard 7, the process returns to step 211.

In this way, the position data of each entry field of the delivery application form 10 and each output field of the delivery slip 23 are set and stored in the auxiliary storage device 7, and the correspondence relationship between the formats is also set by the record number. And the auxiliary storage device 7
Stored in. In the auxiliary storage device 7, if there are characters and numbers to be output to the printer by themselves, those data are also stored. These are the edited data for the actual transcription printing.

By the above operation, each entry column of the delivery application form 10 and the delivery slip 23 to which the entry contents of each entry column should be transferred
This means that the correspondence relationship with each output (print) column of can be set. After that, the delivery slip 23, which is in a continuous state on the printer 4,
On the other hand, the delivery application form 10 in which the delivery destination is actually entered is set in the image input device 2 and each entry field 11-2 is entered.
The entry content 1 is read as an image by the image input device 2. At that time, the reading mode of the image input device 2 is switched to the normal transcription mode by the mode switching unit 1a of the processing device 1 and the entry contents printed in the dropout color are not read, and the entry contents of the delivery application form 10 are not read. Only read as an image. The processing device 1 temporarily stores the image data read by the image input device 2 into the image memory 3
Stored in the printer 4 and converted into a format suitable for the delivery slip 23 based on the edited data in the auxiliary storage device 7.
Output to. Thereby, the delivery slip 10 for each delivery destination entered in the delivery application form 10 can be created.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, a hard disk, an optical disk, a floppy disk, or a memory card may be used as the auxiliary storage device 7.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the present invention, the reading and non-reading of the entry frame marked by the dropout color is performed by selecting whether to pass through the filter having the complementary color relationship of the entry frame displayed in the dropout color, Posting work using an input form with a printed entry frame,
The position designation work of the input form and the output form in the pre-processing of this transfer work can be performed extremely easily and surely without incorporating a complicated circuit in the form creating apparatus,
It has the effect that a desired output form can be easily created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a usage state of a filter.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram of an image input unit of the form creation device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of a form creation device.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the format of a delivery application form.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the format of a delivery slip.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the position setting operation of the entry fields of the delivery application form.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a delivery slip print position setting operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Embedding device 1a Mode switching part 1b Position designation part 2 Image input device 3 Image memory 4 Printer 5 Monitor 6 Keyboard 7 Auxiliary storage device 8 Disk drive 10 Delivery application form 11 Requester entry column 12 Application date entry column 13 Application number Entry field 14 Entry field for quotient 15 Entry field for handler 16 Entry field for transportation organization 17 Entry field for addressee 18 Entry field for function mark 19 Entry field for product mark 20 Entry field for additional fee 21 Amount entry field 22 Registration mark 23 Delivery slip 24 Requester Output column 25 Application date output column 26 Voucher number output column 27 Binary purpose output column 28 Handler output column 29 Transporter output column 30 Addressee output column 31 Product output column 32 Additional charge output column 33 Amount output column 41 Filter 44 Filter 51 Filter intervening means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A form creating method for optically reading the entry contents of an input form, transferring the read contents to an output form having a format different from that of the input form, and creating the output form by a form creating device. , An image inputting means for reading the filled-in image of the form and not reading the entry frame displayed in the drop-out color of the form, an image displaying means for displaying the image read by the image inputting means, and the image display When starting the control means having a position designating section for designating the areas of the transfer source and the transfer destination on the display screen of the means, and setting the area of the transfer source and the transfer destination,
A form creating method characterized in that the image input means reads the entry frame of the form through a semitransparent sheet filter which has a complementary color relationship with the entry frame displayed in the dropout color of the form. 2. A form creating device for optically reading the input contents of an input form, transferring the read contents to an output form having a format different from that of the input form, and creating the output form by the form creating device. , An image inputting means for reading the filled-in image of the form and not reading the entry frame displayed in the drop-out color of the form, an image displaying means for displaying the image read by the image inputting means, and the image display When starting the control means having a position designating section for designating the areas of the transfer source and the transfer destination on the display screen of the means, and setting the area of the transfer source and the transfer destination,
A form creating apparatus comprising a filter interposing unit for interposing a translucent filter having a complementary color relationship of a writing frame displayed in a dropout color of the form, between the form reading unit of the image input unit and the form. .