JPH0830659A - Ocr document design automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a design time and to improve operation efficiency by calculating a line start position and a field start position from the number of lines, the number of characters and the number of fields, setting desired document size, and optimizing a format under desired process conditions. CONSTITUTION:Formation information on process choices that a user desires, such as the kind of an OCR to be used, the number of lines, and a character kind, is inputted from a keyboard 1 to a format information part 2. According to the format information 3, an optimum format generation part 4 calculates the line start position and field start position from the number of lines, the number of characters, and the number of fields and sets document size meeting the conditions. Then it is judged whether or not there are desired process conditions and when so, the format is optimized under the conditions. Consequently, the generated format data 5 are confirmed at a format confirmation and correction part 6 and when the format does not meet the operator's desire, correction data 7 are inputted from the keyboard 1 to alter the format. A printer output part 8 outputs a test document with this corrected format.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a design of a reading form for an optical character reader, and more particularly, a format parameter generator is used to create a format setting, and a read parameter file in which format information is encoded is read. The present invention relates to an optical character reading device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when designing a form using an optical character reading device, a worker can manually write each millimeter-shaped character frame while understanding the rules for designing the form, and It is a general method to create a document and have a printing company print the document based on the test document.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional form design method, the creator measures all of the form size, the character position on the form, and the size of the character frame, and creates the image of the form by handwriting. It was very difficult to design the form, and it took a lot of time to modify the created form. In addition, it took time to consider an efficient form with the manual in one hand and considering the recognition rate and reading speed.

[0004]

The OCR form design automation system according to the present invention comprises an OCR model, a row field number,
A format information section that inputs format information including the number of characters, an optimum format generation section that automatically generates the optimum format, a format confirmation correction section that confirms and corrects the format data, and a printer output section that creates a test form. It is characterized by having.

In the OCR form design automation system according to the present invention, the optimum format generation unit calculates the line start position from the number of lines, the number of characters and the number of fields, sets the field start position, and sets the form size that meets the conditions. Whether or not there is a condition, and if there is a desired condition, the format can be optimized according to the condition.

In the OCR form design automation system according to the present invention, the optimization in the optimum format generation unit judges whether or not the desired condition is the recognition rate priority. If the recognition rate is priority, the character frame and the form are selected. If the desired condition is enlarged and the reading speed is prioritized, the character frame or the form may be reduced and the position of the character frame may be set to the upper part of the form.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an OCR form design automation system for an optical character reader according to the present invention.

This OCR form design automation system includes a keyboard 1, a format information section 2 for inputting format information 3 including the OCR model, the number of line fields, and the number of characters from the keyboard 1, and the format information 3 from the format information section 2. , The optimum format generation unit 4 for generating the optimum format data 5, the correction data 7 from the keyboard 1, and the format confirmation correction unit 6 for checking the format of the format data 5 and creating the test form. The printer output unit 8 is provided.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, from the keyboard 1, the OCR model to be used, the number of lines, the number of characters, the character type, and the format information of the process selection (reading speed priority, recognition rate priority, etc.) desired by the user are input to the format information section 2. Figure 2 Example of format information input screen
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For this format information 3, the optimum format generation unit 4 calculates the line start position field start position from the number of lines, the number of characters and the number of fields (step S1), and sets the form size that meets the conditions (step S2). ). Next, it is determined whether there is a desired processing condition (step S3). If there is a desired condition, the format is optimized according to that condition (steps S4 to S5).

That is, first, in step S4A, it is determined whether or not the desired condition is the recognition rate priority. If the recognition rate is prioritized, the character frame and the form are enlarged (step S5).
A). If the reading speed is prioritized (step S4B), the character frame and the form are reduced, and the position of the character frame is at the upper part of the form (step S5B). Further, although not shown, if there are other desired conditions, the corresponding processing is performed. In this way, the format information of the optimum format is output (step S6).

The generated format data 5 is confirmed by the format confirmation / correction section 6, and if the operator's wishes are not satisfied,
The format can be changed by inputting the correction data 7 from the keyboard 1. The printer output unit 8 outputs the test form according to the corrected format. Further, the created test form can be read by the optical character reading device by the read parameter file in which the format is encoded. An example of the test form corresponding to the format information shown in FIG. 2 is shown in FIG.

[0014]

As described above, the OC according to the present invention
With the R form design automation system, even beginners can easily design a form, and after understanding all the instructions, there is no need to write a fine frame by hand, which greatly reduces design time and improves work efficiency. It is possible to improve. In addition, since an optimal form with good work efficiency is automatically created, it is possible to perform designing that meets the user's request.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a format input screen in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a test form according to the format information shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of processing of an optimum format generation unit 4 according to the embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 keyboard 2 format information section 3 format information 4 optimum format generation section 5 format data 6 format confirmation and correction section 7 printer output section

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A format information section for inputting format information including an OCR model, the number of line fields, and the number of characters, an optimum format generation section for automatically generating an optimum format, and a format confirmation and correction section for confirming and correcting the format data. And an OCR form design automation system having a printer output unit for creating a test form. 2. The optimum format generation unit calculates the line start position field start position from the number of lines, the number of characters and the number of fields, sets a form size that meets the conditions, determines whether there is a desired processing condition, and selects the desired processing condition. If there is a condition, the format is optimized according to the condition.
CR form design automation system. 3. The optimization in the optimum format generation unit is
It is determined whether the desired condition is the recognition rate priority. If the recognition rate is prioritized, the character frame and the form are enlarged. If the desired condition is that the reading speed is prioritized, the character frame and the form are selected. 3. The OCR form design automation system according to claim 2, wherein the character frame position is made smaller and the position of the character frame is at the top of the form.