JPH0380632B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an information processing device, and particularly to an information processing device that records positional information on a medium for outputting (printing out) characters, symbols, images, etc. This invention relates to an information processing method that automatically obtains information by recognizing such information.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when outputting data to a blank field 16 of an invoice as shown in FIG. 1 using a document editing and creating device, for example, the positional relationship between the leading position of the paper and the blank field is programmed in advance. , it was necessary for the user to set the paper in a position that satisfied the positional relationship. Related papers of this type include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 112601/1983.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

This caused a problem in that the printing position and column were misaligned.

The present invention has been made to eliminate these problems, and by recognizing the characters written on the paper and obtaining the position information of the paper, it is possible to eliminate restrictions on the paper and the troublesome time when setting the paper. The purpose of this invention is to provide an information processing method that performs advanced information processing based on recognized information and outputs it.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention is characterized in that the positional information of the paper to be printed out is obtained by reading the characters written on the paper.

[Function] Since the characters and symbols written on the paper to be printed out are read and recognized, and the printing position and printout information are obtained as a result, the trouble of setting the paper accurately can be eliminated.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to Examples.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 will be explained using FIG. 1.

The control section 21 in FIG. 2 feeds the sheet 10 in FIG. 1 to a readable position, and the recognition section 22 reads and recognizes the characters 11. (At this time, it is necessary to cut out the characters, but this is omitted as it is not the gist of the present invention, but see, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 54-42070.) In this case, even if the recognition unit 22 is provided with a feed function, good. When the read characters are recognized by the recognition unit 22 and found to be “bill”, this information is sent to the control unit 21. The control section 21 can obtain paper format information based on the information from the recognition section 22. That is, information such as the type of paper (for example, bill), the type of information to be read next (for example, name), and the position to be output is obtained. These pieces of information are prepared in advance in the memory of the control unit 21. Now, the character 11 is read, and based on the result, the control unit 21 feeds the paper 10 to the next reading position, and issues a control signal to the recognition unit 22 to start reading, and obtains, for example, "Yamada Taro" as the character 12 representing the name.
The control unit 21 provides information on characters 11 and 12 to the search unit 23 to search for output data. on the other hand,
The control unit 21 further feeds the paper and reads the retrieved information to obtain information on the print position and item, and prints the characters 13 for "Product Name", 14 for "Price", and 15 for "Quantity". reading,
Paper is fed so as to print out the search results by the search unit 23 in the blank field 16 after that, and the output data from the search unit 23 is printed out by the output unit 25. It goes without saying that even if the paper to be read and the paper to be printed are not the same, the printing position can be controlled in the same way based on the read information.

Furthermore, for example, as shown in Figure 3A, the characters read are 31 and 32, an addition sign 33, and an equal sign 3.
If the value is 4, the control section 21 controls the addition operation processing and sends data 31 and 33 to the calculation section 24 to perform the addition operation processing. This result is output to output section 2.
5 to obtain 1+2=3 as shown in FIG. 3B.

Furthermore, the calculation unit 24 can perform calculation processing such as enlarging, reducing, rotating, and moving the characters, symbols, and line figures to be output based on the positional information of the recognized line figures, characters, and symbols. This allows, for example, the size of the characters to be selected so that they fit within the frame.

As another example, as shown in FIG. 3C, the recognition unit 3
For example, it is possible to normalize the size of the map so that it falls within this range and print it out.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the mechanical parts of the figure reading part and the output part are shared. That is, in order to read characters, a mechanism is required to move the paper 41 and the pedestal 42 on which the photoelectric conversion section is mounted. Furthermore, a mechanism for moving the paper 41 and print head 47 is required to output (print out) characters. Therefore, by mounting both on the same pedestal and integrating both mechanisms, it is possible to realize an apparatus having a composite input/output mechanism. In FIG. 4, paper 41 can be fed in a vertical direction 411 by a paper feeding mechanism (not shown).

A photoelectric conversion section consisting of a printing head 47, an illumination light source 44, a photoelectric conversion element 45, and an imaging lens 46 is mounted on the same moving frame 42 and moved in the left-right direction 412 by a motor 43. In FIG. 4, the print head 47 and the photoelectric conversion element 45 are lined up in the vertical direction 411 (paper feeding direction);
2 (the moving direction of the frame).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, characters and symbols are read and recognized, and as a result, the printing position,
Since printout information is obtained, it is possible to eliminate the complexity of setting paper accurately and to provide various information processing functions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a form read according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of an embodiment of an information processing apparatus that implements the method of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of applied information processing, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an input/output section of an information processing apparatus that implements the method of the present invention. 10...Paper.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Reading a sheet of paper including a plurality of recording sections recording characters or symbols and a line figure forming a blank space for printing, and recognizing first information representing the type of paper from one of the plurality of recording sections. Then, by obtaining format information regarding the paper stored in advance based on the first information, and reading the characters or symbols recorded in the remainder of the plurality of recording sections based on the format information, the blank space is filled in. Recognizes second information representing the type of information to be recorded in the blank field, obtains position information of the blank field, and performs desired arithmetic processing based on the position information so that the information to be printed in the blank field fits within the blank field. An information processing method characterized in that the information to be printed is printed in the blank space by performing the following steps.