JPH11316789A - Document recognizing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To support the recognition of various documents by reading image data of an inserted document, exchanging the data with an ID card, displaying the image data and a recognition result and performing transaction selection, etc., according to displayed contents. SOLUTION: A card reading part 5 reads data on an inserted ID card and displays the classes of registered handlable documents on a screen. A user selects a document class to be handled and inserts a bill into a document read printing part 4. The image data of the document is read there and the image data is transmitted through a card reading part 5. The ID card transmits a recognition result to a document reader 1. The reader 1 displays the recognition result on a displaying part 2. And, the reader 1 regards that transaction is established when the user depresses a button for confirmation, prints necessary items on the document and collects it, communicates with a financial institution center connected to a line part and performs settlement processing such as directly drawing from the account of an ID card holder.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a system which need to recognize a form in which characters are written.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-242371 discloses a toll storage device for storing utility charges and the like. In the publication disclosed in the publication, a bill in which a fee or the like is entered is read by the OCR of the device, a recognition result is displayed, and the fee is paid based on the result.

According to this, when the character recognition rate of a prescribed form is high, it is not necessary for the user to directly input data, and a convenient service can be provided to the user. In addition, the introduction of automatic machines has made it possible to greatly simplify window operations.

[0004] However, the forms that can be handled are limited, and some forms cannot be handled.

[0005]

As described above, the fee storage machine described in the above-mentioned publication requires that a form format to be handled be registered in the apparatus in advance, and supports a wide variety of forms. Could not.

Further, in recognizing handwritten characters and the like, since it depends on personal characteristics such as habit characters, it is not possible to maintain an optimal character dictionary for the person, and erroneous reading or unreading occurs, and the recognition rate is low. There was a problem.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides format information, a character recognition algorithm and a character dictionary required for recognizing information described in a form on a terminal side. It is not held only by the document owner but by the form owner.

[0008] By registering information necessary for the recognition in an ID card or the like, recognition of various forms can be supported.

For this purpose, the system can be easily realized by using means for registering format information in an ID card or the like, means for automatically learning a character dictionary to improve performance, and means for transmitting and receiving image data from a form reader. realizable.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the inside of the form reading device 1. In the figure, the form reader is
A display unit 2 for displaying operation guidance for the user,
An input unit 3 including a touch panel for inputting selection / confirmation, a form reading / printing unit 4, a card reading unit 5,
A line control unit 6 that enables communication with a form reading and printing unit and other terminals such as a cash processor and a center of a financial institution, a control unit 7 that controls the whole, a power supply unit 8 that supplies necessary power to each unit.
It is composed of

FIG. 2 is an external view of a form reading apparatus.

The line control unit 6 is connected to a cash processing machine or a center of a financial institution by a line 9.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the internal structure of an ID card 10 such as an IC card holding format information necessary for recognizing data described on a form, a character recognition algorithm and a character dictionary. In the figure, ID
The card includes a memory unit 12 for holding the information necessary for recognition as the interface unit 11 for exchanging data with the card reading unit 5 and the form image data sent from the form reading and printing unit 4, and a control unit 13 for overall control. It is composed of

FIG. 4 shows an external view of the ID card.

FIG. 5 shows a form reading apparatus 1 according to the present invention.
It is an operation flowchart at the time of using. Hereinafter, the operation procedure will be described along the flowchart.

First, an example of paying a telephone charge using the bill for the telephone charge (Company A) shown in FIG. 11 will be described.

The user inserts an ID card according to the contents of the display (step 1) (step 2). It is assumed that format data of a telephone bill of Company A is registered in the ID card. When the ID card is inserted, the data in the ID card is read by the card reading section.
The types of forms that can be handled and registered in the D card are displayed on the screen (FIG. 6).

According to the displayed screen, the user selects a form type to be handled. (Step 3) In this embodiment, “1” is selected. The user inserts the bill into the form reading and printing unit. (Step 4) The image data of the form is read by the form reading and printing unit, and the main image data is transmitted via the card reading unit. I
The D card performs character recognition based on the transmitted image data, registered format information, a character recognition algorithm, and the like, and transmits the recognition result to a form reading device. The form reading device displays the recognition result transmitted from the ID card on the display unit (FIG. 8). (Step 5) If the result is correct, the user presses the confirmation button. (Step 6) When the user presses the confirmation button, the form reading device regards that the transaction has been concluded, prints and collects necessary items on the form,
Communication with the financial institution center connected to the line
Perform payment processing such as withdrawing from the cardholder's savings account. (Step 7) At this time, a receipt or the like is issued as necessary.

When a series of processing is completed, if necessary, if necessary, to improve the character dictionary in this transaction, the card is returned after the automatic learning (step 8), and the transaction is terminated.

When a form not registered in the ID card (for example, when paying an electricity bill shown in FIG. 12) is handled in the step (step 3), "99" is used in this embodiment.
Is input from the input unit. A screen is displayed so as to input the telephone number of the inquiry of the electric company as shown in FIG. 7 (step 9), and the user inputs the telephone number. (Step 1
0) The form reading device makes a telephone call to the input inquiry destination, enables communication with the electric company via the line control unit, and requests data necessary for recognition of format data and the like. Upon receiving the request, the center of the electric company transmits necessary information to the form reading device (step 11).

The form reading device converts the received data into I
Register on a D-card, which will also allow you to handle bills from electric companies.

FIG. 9 is an internal block diagram of the registration device 14 for performing format registration. In FIG. 1, the registration device includes a card reading device 15, an overall control unit 16, and a line unit 17 connected to a telephone line, a personal computer, or the like. Note that an input unit and a display unit may be configured as needed.

FIG. 13 shows a system configuration diagram using the official registration device. The registration device 14 is connected to a personal computer 18,
The personal computer is connected to a form issuing center such as an electric company via the handwriting input device 19 and a telephone line. The personal computer communicates with the center of the electric company from the personal computer to the ID card inserted into the registration device, downloads information necessary for recognition, and registers the information on the card.

According to the present system, the ID can be easily used in ordinary households.
A new support form can be added to the card. Also, by registering the character image data of the handwritten characters of the personal information from the handwriting input device, the dictionary can be easily improved and the recognition performance can be improved.

In this case, all information necessary for recognition is I
Although registration is performed in the D card section, until the ID card becomes widespread, it is easily conceivable to realize a system in which this function is provided in the form reading apparatus to easily add a support form.

When an ID card having a small memory capacity is used, only a handwritten character dictionary is held in the ID card, and other format information and a recognition algorithm are provided to the form reading device side. In such a case, the recognition rate can be improved by transmitting the dictionary data from the ID card to the form reading device in the reverse of the transaction.

[0028]

According to the present invention, by registering a plurality of format data in the ID card, the form reading apparatus can deal with any type of paper without being aware of the format. As for the handwritten character recognition performance, it is possible to improve the recognition performance capable of creating a character recognition dictionary unique to the ID card owner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a form reading device.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a form reading device.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an ID card.

FIG. 4 is an external view of an ID card.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart.

FIG. 6 is a screen example (form number input screen).

FIG. 7 is a screen example (telephone number input screen).

FIG. 8 is a screen example (amount confirmation screen).

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of a registration device.

FIG. 10 is an external view of a registration device.

FIG. 11 is a form example (telephone company).

FIG. 12 is a form example (electric company).

FIG. 13 is a system configuration diagram using a registration device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Form reader, 2. Display unit, 3.
... input section, 4 ... form reading and printing section, 5 ... card reading section, 6 ... line control section, 7 ... control section,
8 ... power supply section, 9 ... line, 10 ... I
D card, 11 interface unit, 12 memory unit, 13 control unit, 14 registration device,
15: card reading unit, 16: control unit,
17: line section, 18: personal computer, 19: handwriting input device, 20: telephone line, 21: center.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A form recognition device for reading format information and character information described in a form inserted from an insertion slot, and an ID card such as an IC card having a form format and a character recognition algorithm (including a character dictionary). In a recognition control system for exchanging form image data and recognition result data between the means, means for reading image data of an inserted form, means for exchanging data with an ID card, means for displaying image data and recognition result, and display contents A form reading device provided with an input means for performing a transaction selection or the like in accordance with the form. 2. A means for receiving form image data with an ID card such as an IC card comprising an interface unit, a control unit, a memory unit, etc., a unit for storing received image data, and analyzing necessary information from the received image data. An ID card having means for recognizing and means for transmitting the result of the recognition. 3. An ID card according to claim 2, wherein said ID card is read.
A card reading / writing device which has means for exchanging data in a card and a form issuing source connected through a communication line and exchanging information necessary for recognition of a form format, a character dictionary, and the like.