JPH09315066A - Paper to be exclusively used for optical character reading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable data to be optically read while avoiding an erroneous recognition in a reading process by using a ruled voucher paper for clerical retrieval purposes and printing the same content as printed on the voucher paper on a dedicated blank paper for optical character reading which is stacked on the voucher paper. SOLUTION: The papers used for the printer of a computer are a voucher paper 1 of ruled format such as voucher and bill and a dedicated paper 2 which is a blank of the same shape and paper quality as the voucher paper 1 and has a voucher process symbol attached to the edge and further, is read by an OCR unit. After printing the same content on both voucher paper 1 for retrieval and the dedicated paper 2, both papers are processed by the OCR unit. In this case, if the voucher paper 1 is directly read by the OCR unit in the conventional manner when a character is too close to the rule, an erroneous recognition in the reading process occurs. However, it is possible to avoid the error of the recognition in reading the character by reading the character printed on the non-ruled dedicated blank paper 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a CR (optical character reading device), and particularly to a dedicated paper used in this device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the use of OCR for office management processing. As shown in the figure, a company A uses a computer 10 and a printer 11 to make a slip, an invoice,
Documents such as a delivery note are created. The created slip or the like is sent to another company B, read by the OCR 12, and processed by the computer 13. Here, OCR12
Is a device for reading characters by optical means, which stores image information including characters on a paper surface in a storage device by a combination of an optical system and a paper feeding system, analyzes the image information, and performs character recognition. The optical system is divided into an illumination unit and a light receiving unit, and the light receiving unit has a large number of CCD elements.

In this way, it can be said that the OCR 12 aims at simplifying computer clerical work capacity, utilizing it in a wide range, computerizing it, and improving work efficiency.

[0004]

By the way, the OCR is
Usually, the format of paper is specified, and in the case of format-invariant documents, the limit of processing is 4 or 5 continuous sheets. Even in these cases, mainly the processing of numbers is mainly performed, and optical reading of characters in a sentence is particularly difficult. Therefore, processing of short sentences is mainly performed. Especially, there is a problem that optical reading is almost difficult for a mixed format of ruled lines and characters. The mixed format is used for the purpose of management for facilitating retrieval of slips, invoices, delivery notes, etc., in addition to having the OCR 12 read it. In such a case, in order to be able to input into the OCR, it is necessary to again print out data without ruled lines from the printer of the computer, which leads to waste of time and labor costs, and tends to be shunned in business processing. In other words, although the computer 13 is introduced to reduce clutter, the OCR1
In reality, it is now necessary to hire additional operation personnel in order to operate 2. For this reason, it is a fact that a corporate society based on homogeneity, mass, and universality, such as efficiency, rationality, economy, functionalism, and dualism, bears substantial risks. In addition, since OCR is generally expensive in terms of money and the device itself is large-scale, it is difficult for a general company to install the equipment in consideration of the actual conditions of use.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention maintains the mixed format of ruled lines and characters for retrieval,
It is also an object of the present invention to provide a dedicated paper used in an optical character reading device that can easily read light.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention uses a slip sheet having a ruled line for office-like search and prints on the slip sheet for search. It is characterized in that the same contents as those described above are sequentially printed on a blank sheet of paper for the above-mentioned slips for retrieval, and the characters are read exclusively by optical means. By this means, the printed sheet on the OCR dedicated blank sheet is
Office management OCR process eliminates erroneous recognition of characters due to ruled lines, allows you to enter various types of paper sizes, and can classify and analyze work contents for various items such as slips, invoices, and delivery notes. The process is carried out quickly and efficiently.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a dedicated sheet used in the optical character reading device according to the present invention. As shown in this figure, as the paper used for the printer 11 of the computer 10 of FIG. 5, there are slips, invoices, invoices, etc. in a style with ruled lines and specially printed ruled lines for easy retrieval. With slip paper 1 and blank paper of the same shape and quality as this paper, but with a slip processing symbol (○ ×
The special paper 2 for reading on the OCR 12 is used in the format marked with (). The blank slip processing symbol is used to distinguish it from other sheets.
It is out of the scope of the optical reading of item 2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of ruled lines of the slip sheet 1 of FIG. As shown in this figure (a), the slip paper 1 is provided with ruled lines composed of horizontal lines and vertical lines. This figure (b)
As shown in, the slip sheet is provided with ruled lines composed of horizontal lines. FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the printer 11 of FIG. As shown in the figure, the printer 11 of FIG. 5 prints on the slip sheet 1 for search with a sheet having ruled lines (step S1) and prints a blank sheet on the read-only sheet 2 of the OCR 12 with the same content as that of step S1. (Step S2) is performed.

FIG. 4 shows an example for explaining the printing in steps S1 and 2 of FIG. This figure (a) shows the example printed on the slip paper 1 consisting of horizontal and vertical ruled lines, and this figure (b) shows the example printed on the blank read-only paper 2. As shown in this figure (a), there are cases where characters have ruled lines that are too close. In such a case, when the slip sheet 1 is directly read by the OCR 12 as in the conventional case, erroneous recognition of reading occurs. However, as shown in this figure (b), in the present embodiment, since the characters printed on the blank special paper without ruled lines are read by the OCR 12, even if the characters are too close to the ruled lines of the slip sheet 1, It is possible to avoid misrecognition of reading.

Even if the ruled lines of the voucher paper 1 having horizontal and vertical ruled lines are overlapped with the characters as shown in this figure (c), the ruled lines of the voucher paper 1 with horizontal ruled lines are shown as shown in these figures (d) and (e). Even if characters come close or overlap, as shown in (f) and (g) of this figure, even if characters are printed on the color home and the printed characters are shaded, misrecognition of reading is avoided. can do.

In this way, by processing the special paper 2 on which the characters are printed by the office work management OCR 12 of FIG. 5, erroneous recognition of the characters due to the ruled lines is eliminated, and various types of paper sizes can be input. Work contents can be classified and analyzed for slips, invoices, and delivery notes for each item, and office management processing can be performed quickly and efficiently.

In the conventional character recognition of the OCR 12, as described above, most of the slips, bills, delivery notes and the like are printed in the printed matter of the ruled line framework by the printer. For this reason, the ruled lines and the characters are overlapped with each other, or are out of the frame, so that even one slip cannot be optically read. Or, it was expected that the development of character recognition would be a huge amount of time and financially expensive software. Such a problem is easily solved by using the dedicated paper of the present application.

In particular, the OCR 12 for office work tends to be shunned due to the conventional problems. Therefore, the key
I used a puncher to input slips. However, even a key puncher that is familiar with how to input data will have a sense of creativity due to the intention of the data, such as creation during work depending on how it is received. Furthermore, it is no exaggeration to say that the input of texts and data was uncertain when it was difficult to input in a general company. However, by using the special paper of this application, the data is input as it is,
The data can be input as extremely fine-grained data in a very short time without any intentionality, and the computer 1
It becomes possible to take in 3. That is, by using such a dedicated sheet, it is possible to improve efficiency and functionality and to omit the office management process.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a dedicated sheet used in an optical character reading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of ruled lines of the slip sheet 1 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the printer 11.

FIG. 4 shows an example illustrating printing in steps S1 and 2 in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the use of OCR for office management processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Voucher paper with ruled lines 2 ... Blank read-only paper 10, 13 ... Computer 11 ... Printer 12 ... OCR

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A voucher sheet having ruled lines, wherein the voucher sheet is used for an office search, and the same content as printed on the voucher sheet for searching is blanked on the voucher sheet having the ruled lines. Yes A special paper used for an optical character reading device, which sequentially prints on a special paper for optical character reading, and performs the optical reading exclusively on the printed special paper.