JPH09204473A - Slip managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process a lot of slips by automatically numbering the slip, automatically and additionally printing this slip number onto an original slip and additionally inputting this slip number to character data to be originally inputted. SOLUTION: While referring to a slip number counter, the slip number is applied to converted image data and registered in an image data base 5 by an image data registering means 6. Afterwards, the slip number is printed at the designated position of the read slip by a slip number printing means 7, and the slip is ejected from a device. While referring to the slip (original slip) on which the slip number is printed, required character data and the slip number are inputted to keys, and these character data are registered in a character data base 9 as a retrieval key by a character registering means 10. Thus, the slip number of a link key is an internal key, it is not necessary for a user to care of it, the character data are retrieved and displayed and only by requesting the retrieval of the original slip later, the slip image (original slip) can be displayed on the same screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form management apparatus, and more particularly to a form management apparatus for searching for an original form image by storing a form stored as a paper ledger in an image database and linking the form to a character database created separately. The present invention relates to a form management device that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 4, a conventional form management apparatus reads image data of a form, recognizes and corrects handwritten characters included in the image data, and then corrects the character data and image data. An optical character reader 101 for creating a mixed data file 105, and the data file 105 transferred from the optical character reader 101 is read and classified into character data and image data.
And the image data transferred from the management computer 102, and registers the image data in the image database 116 and displays the image data in response to the search request. EWS103 for the purpose. (For example, JP-A-2-39374)
With reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5, the operation from the data file 105 storing the read form data to the registration in the management database 110 storing character data and the image database 116 storing image data will be described.

In FIG. 5, in step ST1, character / image information of a form is read by the OCR basic S / W 104. In step ST2, erroneous recognition is corrected, and if correction is completed, in step ST4, a data file 105 in which character / image data are mixed is created. The created data file 105 is transferred to the management computer 102 in step ST5.

[0004] The management computer 102 receives this (step ST6), and proceeds to steps ST107 to ST109.
Classifies character data and image data. If it is determined that the data is character data, the character data is read in step ST10, a character data file is created in step ST11, and the management database 11 is read in step ST12.
Register to 0.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the image data is image data, the image data size is read in step ST13, the image data corresponding to the size is read in step ST14, and an image data file is created in step ST15. The created image data file is transferred to the EWS 103 in step ST16.

The EWS 103 receives this (step ST17), and registers it in the image database 116 in step ST18.

[0007]

Since the above-described conventional form management apparatus is configured as described above, it has the following problems. For all character data on the form,
Because of the method of inputting images, recognizing characters, and correcting erroneously recognized characters, in the case of a large number of forms and a large amount of character data, computer processing time and correction man-hours are enormous. In particular, the character recognition rate of handwritten Chinese characters written by an unspecified number of people is extremely low, and a large number of characters must be corrected. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to practically apply this kind of apparatus when a large amount of forms must be input in a short time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to automatically assign a link key to character data to a form image and register the image data in an image database when the form is input in order to divide and register the form data into image data and character data. A management device, a character data management device that assigns a link key to image data to the minimum character data used for calculation items, etc., and registers keyed-in character data in a character database, and displays character data and image data It is an object of the present invention to provide a form management device for processing a large amount of forms, which is provided with a display device.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a form management apparatus comprising: (A) converting a form into a read image data, automatically converting a form number of a form number counter uniquely managed as a search key into the image data; Image data input means to be assigned, image data registration means to register the image data provided with a search key in an image database, and form number printing for additionally printing the form number used as a search key on the read form (B) an image data management device comprising: a unit; and an image data search unit configured to search the image database when the image data search request is notified and transfer image data as a search result to a request source. ) Calculation with reference to the form on which the form number is additionally printed by the form number printing means Character data registration means for registering character data to be used for eyes and the form number in a character database by key input, and character data which is a search result by searching the character database when a search request for the character data is notified And a character data search unit for transferring a form number to a request source; and (C) receiving a search request and notifying the search request to the character data registration unit and the image data search unit. Request reception control means, a character data display means for displaying the character data transferred from the character data search means on a display device, and an image for displaying the image data transferred from the image data search means on a display device. And a display device comprising: data display means.

Further, a form management device according to a second aspect of the present invention includes
In the invention of the fifth aspect, the form number counter is configured to pay out and manage a form number uniquely for each form type.

Further, a form management apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, the search request is specified by an item of character data.

Further, the form management apparatus of the fourth invention is characterized in that, in the first invention, the display device displays the character data and the image data which are the transferred search results in a multi-window format. It is configured.

Further, in the form management device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the form number transferred at the time of searching the character database is stored in request reception control means and used as a search key at the time of searching the image database. It is configured with that.

Further, a form management device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the form management device according to the fifth aspect further comprises using a search key for searching the image database as an internal key.

[0015]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a form management apparatus according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the form management device according to the present embodiment comprises an image data management device 1, a character data management device 2, and a display device 3.

In FIG. 1, an image data management device 1
Is an image data input means 4 for continuously reading a plurality of forms as original forms and converting the same into image data; an image database 5 for storing image data; and automatically assigning a form number of a form number counter to the read image data. Image data registration means 6 for registering the image data in the image database 5 using the key as a key, form number printing means 7 for additionally printing a form number automatically added to a form (original form) for which image registration has been completed, and retrieval from the display device 3 The apparatus includes image data search means 8 for searching image data according to a request and transferring the image data to a request source.

The character data management device 2 includes a character database 9 for storing character data, and a character data registration means 10 for registering the additionally printed form number and necessary character data in the form in the character database 9 by key input. ,
A character data search unit 11 for searching for a key form number when searching character data and an image database in accordance with a search request from the display device 3 and transferring it to a request source.

The display device 3 is a display 1 capable of displaying character data and image data in a multi-window format.
2, character data display means 13 for editing and displaying character data transferred from the character data management device 2, image data display means 14 for editing and displaying image data transferred from the image data management device 1, And a request reception control unit 15 for notifying the image data management device 1 and the character data management device 2 of the search request.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process up to registration of the form description information in the image database 5 and the character database 9.

In FIG. 2, in step 1, the first form (original form) is read by the image data input means 4 and converted into image data.

Step 2 is to add a form number to the image data converted in step 1 with reference to a form number counter which counts form numbers for each form type, and to use the form number as a search key to register image data. 6 registers in the image database 5.

In step 3, after confirming the completion of the registration of the image data, the form number assigned in step 2 is printed at the designated position of the form (original form) read by the form number printing means 7, and the form number is discharged from the apparatus.

In step 4, it is checked whether or not there is still a form to be input to the image data management apparatus. If there is still a form, the processing in step 1 is performed. If not, the processing in step 5 is performed.

Step 5 refers to the form (original form) on which the form number is printed, inputs the necessary character data and form number by key, and uses the character data as a search key to the character database 9 by the character data registration means 10. register.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a process from searching for registered character data and image data to displaying.

In FIG. 3, in step 6, the request reception control means 15 receives a search request based on the character data of the user, and notifies the character data search means 11 of the search request. The character data search means 11 searches for character data according to the search request and transfers it to the character data display means 13. At this time, the form number of the character data to be searched is notified to the request reception control means 15 and stored.

In step 7, the received character data is displayed on the display 12 by the character data display means 13.

In step 8, when the user confirms the displayed character data and requests a search for image data with a mouse / keyboard or the like, the search request is received by the request acceptance control means 15.
Then, the processing of step 9 is performed, and if there is no image data search request, the termination processing is performed.

In step 9, the form number stored in the request acceptance control means 15 is notified to the image data search means 8 to instruct the image data search. The image data retrieval means 8 retrieves the image data of the notified form number and transfers it to the image data display means 14.

In step 10, the received image data is displayed on the display 12 by the image data display means 14.
In a separate window from the character data.

[0034]

As described above, there are many embodiments for converting a ledger such as a form into image data. However, even if the system is a non-cooperation type that does not have a link key between character data and image data, or a system that cooperates, the method of inputting the link key one screen at a time when inputting image data requires a lot of man-hours. Was.

In the present invention, when an image is first input, a form number serving as a link key is automatically numbered, the form number is automatically added and printed on the original form, and the form number is additionally input to the character data to be originally input. Is solved by doing so. The form number of the link key is an internal key and the user does not need to be aware of it. A form image (original form) can be displayed on the same screen only by searching for and displaying character data and then requesting a search for the original form.

In the present invention, only the minimum necessary character data is input by key, and a method of character recognition after image input is not adopted. This is because character data can be input in a shorter time and with a smaller number of man-hours than in a method of recognizing and correcting handwritten characters by an unspecified number of writers. This is particularly effective when there are few character data to be registered in the form and there are many character data that can be simply referred to by image display.

Further, since the image data management device is separated from the character data management device and realized on an independent device, a large amount of image data can be stored on the same premises by installing it at each site (outgoing organization) where forms are collected. It has the effect that it can be registered at high speed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a form management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a process up to registration of form description information in an image database and a character database in the form management apparatus of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a process of searching and displaying registered character data and image data in the form management apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional form management device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of operation of a conventional form management apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image data management device 2 Character data management device 3 Display device 4 Image data input means 5 Image database 6 Image data registration means 7 Image data search means 8 Form number printing means 9 Character database 10 Character data registration means 11 Character data search means 12 Display 13 Character data display means 14 Image data display means 15 Request reception control means 101 Optical reading device 102 Management computer 103 EWS 104 OCR basic S / W 105 Data file 106 Data transfer S / W 107 Data reception S / W 108 Data reception S / W 109 Data classification S / W 110 Management database 111 Data transfer S / W 112 Database registration S / W 113 Database search S / W 114 Data reception S / W 115 Data Conversion S / W 116 image database 117 image display S / W 118 image database retrieval S / W

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A form management apparatus which registers a form in an image database and a character database and makes it searchable and displayable. (A) Converts a form into read image data and uniquely manages the image data as a search key Image data input means for automatically assigning a form number of a form number counter, image data registration means for registering the image data provided with a search key in an image database, and the form used as a search key for the read form Form number printing means for additionally printing a number, and image data search means for searching the image database when the image data search request is notified and transferring image data as a search result to a request source. (B) the form number printing means; A character data registration unit that refers to the form on which the form number is additionally printed, and registers character data to be used for calculation items and the form number in a character database by key input, and notifies the character data search request. A character data management device comprising: a character data search means for searching the character database and transferring the character data and the form number as a search result to a request source; and (C) receiving a search request and receiving the search request. Request reception control means for notifying the character data registration means and the image data search means of the above, character data display means for displaying the character data transferred from the character data search means on a display device, and image data search Image data display for displaying the image data transferred from the means on a display device Form management apparatus characterized by comprising; a stage, the display device and consists of. 2. The form management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form number counter uniquely manages delivery of a form number for each form type. 3. The form management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the search request is constituted by items of character data. 4. The form management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display device displays the character data and the image data, which are transferred search results, in a multi-window format. 5. The form management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form number transferred at the time of searching the character database is stored in a request reception control unit and used as a search key at the time of searching the image database. 6. The form management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a search key at the time of searching the image database is an internal key.