JPH09223187A - Method and system for ocr input confirmation and correction - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the determining process of order reception data, needed to generate delivery slip data, efficient by correcting data which are inputted by an OCR(optical character reader) according to corresponding data when the result of collation shows a discrepancy. SOLUTION: According to a range or order reception slip number which is inputted, an OCR order reception data file 11 is retrieved through a host device 10. When corresponding data is present, the corresponding data of an image management data file 12 and an image data file 13 are acquired according to the order reception slip number. Further, the OCR order reception data 7 is checked against a calculation log file 14 and when a discrepancy is found, the corresponding data is displayed on the screen of a confirmation and correction terminal 1 in order reception slip units. At this time, data whose corresponding calculation log is determined which is displayed at an error place on the correction screen or a master file 15 is referred to and the data is corrected. Thus, image data is displayed together with code data and then the order reception slip can be reconfirmed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an OCR (optical character reader; hereinafter referred to as OCR) input confirmation and correction method and system, and more particularly to a confirmation and correction method and system for OCR input data in business such as ordering and delivery.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in data input using OCR, an error rate is higher than that in other data input methods, and therefore various measures have been taken.

For example, according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-12387, a handwriting data key input is provided as a correction means, and characters rejected due to non-reading or the like at the time of OCR reading are immediately referred to with reference to the original slip. It enables input and simplifies the operator's correction work. However,
The more items stored on the voucher to read, the more correction work may occur. Since this is an immediate input, it is necessary to sequentially correct the unread data displayed on the screen. That is, the correction data cannot be arbitrarily selected.

Further, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-65189, the reading of the slip is so-called batch processing, and the post-processing is corrected. Then, regardless of whether or not the slip read by the OCR is to be corrected, all the read contents are displayed on the screen for confirmation. Further, since the administrator censors and corrects the corrected item, the operator's work load is heavy, and the troublesome work is required twice.

That is, in the conventional method, it is necessary to visually determine and correct any correction such as erroneous reading or non-reading of the data read by the OCR.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional OCR input data confirmation and correction method, the OCR
It is necessary to display all the read data on the screen at the time of confirmation and correction regardless of whether or not there is an error. That is, since the data to be displayed has not been collated and verified in advance, visual work is required.

All error data such as erroneous reading / non-reading at the time of OCR reading in the immediate correction is OCR.
You must confirm and correct in the order read in. Therefore, the work of confirming and correcting the OCR input data is complicated and requires a lot of time and labor.

The object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks by collating the data input by the OCR with reference to the data separately input by the key and displaying the data only when they do not match for confirmation and correction. It is to provide an input confirmation correction method and system.

[0009] Specifically, when there is a lot of description on the slip (particularly gift order data of a department store), when the OCR is read and the data is confirmed and corrected, the acceptance counter information keyed in is used to make it unreadable. It is intended to improve the efficiency of the confirmation correction processing such as the above, that is, the confirmation processing of the order data necessary for creating the delivery slip data.

[0010]

According to the OCR input confirmation and correction method of the present invention, the character data described in the OCR form is keyed in and an input data file is created in which a part of the character data is used as a search key. When an OCR form is OCR input, it is recognized and stored in a file as code data, and when there is an unrecognizable character at the time of the OCR input, when the character is included in the search key, an immediate correction process is performed and the search is performed. When it is not included in the key, it is converted into a specific mark, the code data is arbitrarily searched by the search key and collated with the corresponding data stored in the input data file. Is realized by correcting the OCR input data based on the corresponding data.

Further, in the OCR input confirmation / correction method of the present invention, the search key is unique code data for specifying the OCR form.

In the OCR input confirmation / correction method of the present invention, the OCR form includes an image data area,
Information described in the image data area is input together with character data to create an image data file and an image management data file.

Further, in the OCR input confirmation / correction method of the present invention, the OCR form is a product purchase application slip or an order receipt slip.

Further, the OCR input confirmation / correction system of the present invention uses the OCR form containing character data or image data to key in a part of the character data, and input data including a search key according to a predetermined procedure. Data input means for creating a file and the OCR form are OCR
OCR input means for inputting and recognizing and creating respective files as code data, image data, and image management data, and arbitrarily searching for the code data, image data, and image management data to the input data file. It is provided with means for collating the stored corresponding data and correcting the OCR input data based on the corresponding data when the result of the collation does not match.

Further, in the OCR input confirmation / correction system of the present invention, when a character that cannot be recognized exists, the OCR input means immediately corrects the character when it is included in the search key, and the character is included in the search key. When it is not present, it is provided with a means for converting it into a specific mark.

Specifically, each item of the contents received by the acceptance counter is collated and verified, and is transferred as a calculation log to a higher-level device, and the calculation log is matched with the OCR read data (OCR order data). The data for creating the delivery slip has already been confirmed at the time of receiving the counter,
Confirmation correction processing after OCR reading is greatly performed by calling the confirmed data with the receipt number that is the key when reading the OCR, matching the data, and displaying only the data that does not match the calculation log as the confirmation correction target on the screen. To be more efficient.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This example is applied to a gift receiving order receiving business in a department store or the like.
The input confirmation / correction system inputs the order data (product code etc.) based on the items described in the order slip 4 in the gift accepting business and the host device 10 which stores the data transferred from each terminal and controls the whole. The order receiving terminal 3, the calculation log file 14 created in the gift accepting business, the OCR terminal 2 reading the items described in the order receiving sheet 4, the OCR order receiving data file 11 created when the OCR terminal 2 reads the order receiving sheet 4, Image management data file 1
2 and the image data file 13 and the confirmation / correction terminal 1 for performing the confirmation / correction processing of the OCR order data while referring to the various master files 15 based on the calculation log file 14.

The order receiving terminal 3 inputs each item described in the order receiving sheet 4, and collates and verifies each item with various masters (commodity master etc.) in the order receiving terminal 3 to the upper level device 10 as finalized data. Forward. Then, the host device 10
The calculation log file 14 is created based on the data transferred from the order receiving terminal 3.

The items on the order slip 4 are the order slip number, the name of the requester's address, the name of the delivery address, and the purpose of use (Chugen
Year-end gifts, crude goods, etc., name entry, packaging form (simple packaging, complete packaging, etc.), special delivery (general / express delivery, etc.), product code corresponding to each recipient, product name, quantity, delivery code, etc.
Part of it is image data. From the order receiving terminal 3, items except for the product name, the name of the client's address, and the name of the delivery address are input. At the time of input, collation is performed with various masters corresponding to each item, such as duplication check of order slip number and existence check of product code.

The OCR terminal 2 reads necessary data (code data and image data such as address fields) from the order receipt 4 and transfers the data to the host device 10. The host device 10 is O
OCR order data file 11 and image management data file 1 based on the data transferred from the CR terminal 2.
2, and the image data file 13 is created.

The order receipt 4 is the same as that used in the order receiving terminal 3. When reading the OCR, only the code data is immediately corrected or converted. At this time, only when the order slip number is unread, the screen is displayed and correction input is performed from the keyboard. However, if other code data is unread or misread, the corresponding character is unconditionally set to "*". Converted and not modified on the fly. However, since the order receipt number is printed in advance by the OCR character, it can be considered that there is almost no error in whether or not one sheet is unread when 100 sheets are read.

The read data is transferred to the higher-level device 10, and the higher-level device 10 uses the transferred data to receive the OCR order data file 11 and the image management data file 1.
2, and the image data file 13 is created.

The OCR order data file 11 stores the code data of the items to be recorded on the order slip 4, and the image data file 13 stores the image data such as the address fields described on the order slip 4 for image management. The data file 12 stores information such as the order slip number and the offset of the image data.

The key of the OCR order data is the order receipt number or the numbering number, and the key of the image management data is the order receipt number.

The OCR terminal 2 is usually installed in a rear office and used as a data input device for creating a delivery slip.

After the data input processing by the order receiving terminal 3 and the OCR terminal 2 described above, the confirmation / correction terminal 1 executes the confirmation / correction processing of the input data.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the OCR input confirmation correction processing. In the figure, first, the confirmation correction terminal 1
The order form 4 to be confirmed and corrected is arbitrarily designated (S21). The designation method is "000001 to 00" based on the method of directly designating the order slip number or based on the numbering number printed on the back surface of the order slip 4 when reading the OCR.
There is a method of specifying a range such as "0050".

Next, the OCR order data file 11 is searched through the host device 10 based on the input range or order number (S22). If the corresponding data exists, the corresponding data of the image management data file 12 and the image data file 13 is acquired based on the order slip number (S23, S24). Furthermore, the calculation log file 14 is referred to and the OCR order data 7 is compared (S
25) If there is a mismatch, the corresponding data is displayed on the confirmation correction terminal 2 on a screen basis in units of order slips (S26, S2).
7).

At that time, the fixed data of the corresponding calculation log or the master file 15 displayed in the error portion on the correction screen is referred to and the correction is performed based on the data (S2).
8). The confirmation correction process is sequentially performed within the range arbitrarily specified at the time of search, but if there is no mismatch, the screen is not displayed and the order slip with the next error is skipped.

The contents of the order slip that has been corrected or the order slip that has been skipped because of no error are OC
The R order data file 11 and the like are updated (S29, 3
0).

By displaying the image data together with the code data as described above, it becomes easy to reconfirm the order receipt.

The confirmation / correction terminal 1 is often installed in a rear office, like the OCR terminal 2.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration example in the case where the number of host devices is two. In the figure, the calculation log created by the host device 31 is transferred to the host device 32 via a communication line 33 such as LAN or INS. Further, even in a configuration in which the order receiving process and the OCR reading process have the same host device, the present invention can be realized by transferring the data in the same manner as above.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing still another system configuration example. That is, the figure shows the OCR input processing by a plurality of OCR terminals and the confirmation and correction processing by a plurality of confirmation and correction terminals for one host device 1.

In this case, it is possible to carry out the OCR input process and the confirmation correction process in parallel. Multiple OCR
When processing by terminal, by attaching a unique number for each OCR terminal to the numbering (up to 16 digits possible) printed on the back of the order slip, you can retrieve the data of the corresponding order slip at the time of confirmation and correction. Is possible. Also, OC
By attaching not only the R terminal number but also the read date to the numbering, it is possible to make the number unique for each date, and it is possible to lengthen the period for confirmation and correction. In other words, it is not always necessary to perform confirmation and correction processing on the day of the order for which the OCR input processing has been performed.

[0038]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to display only the erroneous data on the screen in the confirmation and correction of the data after the OCR reading, and the operator can make a visual check. The time and effort for checking can be saved, and the work for correcting unread / misread is reduced. That is, the separately input information is already confirmed data, and the data to be corrected at the time of OCR reading becomes the minimum (only the order slip number), and the influence of misreading and nonreading can be reduced.

Further, any data can be designated at the time of correction. That is, unlike immediate correction, OCR
It is possible to correct without reading the order read by. Further, the OCR reading and the confirmation correction processing can be performed asynchronously. The reason is that the information input at the time of receiving an order and the information read by the OCR are linked by the order slip number or the numbering number. Therefore, the target data can be easily called by using this as a search key.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing another system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing another system configuration of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Confirmation / correction terminal 2 OCR terminal 3 Order receiving terminal 4 Order receiving sheet 10 Upper device 11 OCR order receiving data file 12 Image management data file 13 Image data file 14 Calculation log file 15 Master file

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input data file in which character data described in an OCR form is keyed in and a part of the character data is used as a search key, and the OCR form is OCR input for recognition processing to be a file as code data. When there is an unrecognizable character in the OCR input, the character is immediately corrected when the character is included in the search key, and when the character is not included in the search key, the character is converted into a specific mark. The code data is arbitrarily searched by the search key and collated with the corresponding data stored in the input data file. If the result of this collation does not match, the OCR input data based on the corresponding data is used. An OCR input confirmation correction method characterized by correction. 2. The OCR input confirmation / correction method according to claim 1, wherein the search key is unique code data for specifying the OCR form. 3. The OCR input confirmation and correction method according to claim 1, wherein the OCR form includes an image data area, and the information described in the image data area is input together with character data to obtain an image data file and an image. An OCR input confirmation / correction method characterized by creating a management data file. 4. The OCR input confirmation / correction method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the OCR form is a product purchase application slip or an order receipt slip. 5. Data input means for key-inputting a part of the character data from an OCR form containing character data or image data and creating an input data file including a search key according to a predetermined procedure, OCR input means for OCR inputting an OCR form to perform recognition processing to create respective files as code data, image data, and image management data, and the code data,
The image data and the image management data are arbitrarily searched and collated with the corresponding data stored in the input data file, and if the collation result does not match, the data OCR input based on the corresponding data And an OCR input confirmation correction system. 6. The OCR input confirmation / correction system according to claim 5, wherein when the OCR input means includes an unrecognizable character, when the character is included in the search key, an immediate correction process is performed, and the OCR input means adds the search key to the search key. An OCR input confirmation / correction system comprising means for converting to a specific mark when not included.