JPH0452866A - Business program automatic generation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce formation cost and to improve an formation speed by automating all of the format and type formatting of slips and documents, the formation of I/O fields, the specification of attributes, the formation of a processing program, and the positioning of printing. CONSTITUTION:A processor 2 stores an image inputted from an input device 3 or a recording medium input device 9 in an input information storing area 12a. A slip/document recognizing part 11c recognizes the contents of a slip or a document based upon the stored image and stores the recognized result in a recognized result storing area 12b. A slip/document processing program is formed by using the recognized result and a slip/document issuing part 11d executes the formed slip/document processing program. The executed result is stored in an executed data storing area 12c, the recognized result of the area 12b is developed on a working area 12d, the result of the area 12c is superposed to the developed result, and the superposed result is printed out by a data printing part 11e. Since all the processing is automatically executed by a processing system, working manhour can be reduced and the program formation speed can be improved.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to the creation of programs that occur when processing is combined, and in particular to the automatic creation of business programs for creating forms/forms of slips/documents. Regarding the generation method.

[Prior art] Conventionally, in development work that occurs when computerizing business processing, for example, the preparation of the environment involves creating a slip screen format, creating a form format, and creating a program according to the slip screen or form format. is necessary.

Generally speaking, a batch method is used to create a slip screen format or a form by giving external conditions using parameters, and a screen painting method is used to create the format while interacting with the terminal screen. These methods convert columns while looking at the format of the screen or form to be created, draw one column at a time on the display, and then convert all input/output fields required for the format of the form or form on the screen. The location, size, attributes, etc. are manually entered and specified one by one. When creating a program, all fields can be handled using various languages while viewing both sides and form formats created on the display. We will develop each processing logic.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Normally, in such business operations, input is performed on a screen and output is performed on a form, and most of the business execution consists of processing on this screen and the form.

Currently, the formats on the screen are created by converting the format drawn on the paper column by column on the screen.

However, converting columns onto the screen is very difficult, calculations for alignment are difficult, and there are many mistakes in counting columns, so the creation on the screen requires repeated corrections and confirmations. In this way, a considerable number of man-hours are spent until an accurate product is completed.

Furthermore, in order to run the program using the created screen and print this execution result data at the desired position on the preprinted form paper, you need to know the name of the data to be printed and its print position in advance. A program must be created that specifies the format of the document, and if the form or format of the form changes, the created program must also be changed, making it very difficult.

Furthermore, after creating the form and format of a slip or document, all execution processing procedures for each input/output field, such as specifying the position, size, and attributes of the input/output field, must be specified in batch or interactive format. , the time required for the creation work was enormous.

In addition, beginners who have not sufficiently learned how to create screens and forms or the programming language have a low level of proficiency and are unable to use it immediately because they have to rework a lot, and in the end, the work is concentrated on a specific person. I often put it away.

Recently, consideration has been given to automating the creation of forms and formats by inputting them as images.

In this method, the style and format of the slip is input as an image, and the positions, sizes, and attributes of input and output fields are specified on the image displayed on the screen while positioning the cursor. With this method, only the creation of the screen format, that is, the positioning, is automatic, and the really difficult work of input/output field size, attribute specification, and processing programming creation is all manual input, and as described above. It has not solved the problem.

In addition, I used a word processor to draft the format of the screens and forms as the original specifications, and based on that, I examined what was output from the word processor and then drew it again on the display while looking at the output from the word processor. It took a lot of effort.

Therefore, the present invention has the following advantages: (1) It is easier to create something that has been completed to some extent while modifying and changing it than to create everything from scratch.

(2) Be able to understand what should be entered where based on the format and format of slips and documents, and character strings.

The purpose of the present invention is to create a form and format of slips and documents, create input/output fields, specify attributes, create processing programs for each input/output field, and align the printing of execution results. We provide a program generation method and system that solves the above-mentioned problems by automating everything and allowing the development staff to complete the program after it is automatically created by a computer, thereby significantly reducing the creation cost and improving the creation speed. The purpose is to measure the

Still another object of the present invention is to enable beginners to immediately become proficient;
and improve the proficiency level of beginners, and if it is in a normal format,
The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic program generation method and system that is ``completely maintenance-free''.

[Means for Solving the 11 Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses the rules of slips and forms, the general rules of business, the character of Japanese, etc. Collect and accumulate information on the endings of the terms on the form that represent them and the endings of the words with their properties added.
Based on the information you have accumulated, understand the format on forms, the content and meaning of terms.

Based on the understood information, generate input/output field definitions, create processing procedures based on the defined input/output fields, and print data at desired positions on the form based on the execution results of the created processing procedures. It was designed to do so.

In addition, even when creating a file using a word processor, you can use a medium that records the format created using the word processor and create the format directly on the display from this medium, eliminating the need to re-enter and re-create the format from the output of the word processor draft. You can immediately start from a draft without any need.
This makes it possible to create programs.

[Operation] The present invention is based on the rules of forms, general rules of business, the nature of the Japanese language, etc., and understands the formats and terms on forms and the contents and meanings of terms. Define input/output fields based on content and meaning, automatically generate processing procedures based on the defined input/output fields, and print data at desired locations based on the execution results of the automatically generated processing procedures. This not only significantly reduces the number of man-hours and speeds up work in business processing, it also significantly reduces the burden on operators and significantly improves work efficiency.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. One system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a console device 1, a processor 2, and an input device for inputting characters, images, etc.! 3, an input device controller 4 for controlling it, a printer 5, a printer controller 6 for controlling it, a disk device 7 for storing knowledge databases and processing results, a disk controller 8 for controlling it, and a recording medium input device. (floppy disk, etc.) 9 and a controller 10 for controlling the disk.

The processor 2 stores the image input from the input device 3 or the recording medium input device 9 into the input information storage area 12a through the slip form input section 11b under the control of the overall control section 11a. Based on the stored image, the slip or form recognition unit 11c recognizes the contents of the slip or form using the knowledge database stored in the disk device 7, and stores the recognition result in the recognition result storage area 12b. Using this recognition result, a slip form processing program is generated and the slip form issuing unit li
In step d, the generated slip form processing program is executed. Store the execution results in the execution data storage area 12c, develop the recognition results in the recognition result storage area 12b in the work area 12d,
The result of the execution data storage area 12c is superimposed on it and printed by the data printing section 11e.

FIG. 2 shows the concept of automatic program generation processing.

A slip or form as shown in 201 is entered (202). This input is performed by directly inputting slips or forms from the input unit W3 (such as an OCR reader or FAX), or by inputting the form once created using a word processor from the recording medium input device 9.

After the input, the written content of the information such as ruled lines, characters, images, etc. of the read slip or form is displayed on the display screen in the format shown in step 203, and the operator changes the format displayed on this display screen. A comparison is made between the information and the contents of the read paper (204).

If there is a correction to be made here, the operator can perform the correction work through interactive processing while looking at the results displayed on the display screen.

When the confirmation and correction work is completed and the continue key is input from the input device 13 (keyboard, etc.), the position, size, attributes, etc. of the input/output field are changed according to the shape of the ruled line, the content of the character string, and the meaning. Step 205
Display in the format shown in .

The operator confirms the displayed contents (20
6) If there is a correction to be made to the position, size, attributes, etc. of the input/output field, the correction is made through interactive processing while looking at the display results on the display screen. At this time, the operator can perform trial printing as necessary to confirm and fine-tune the input/output field positions.

When the continuation key is input from the input device 3 (keyboard, etc.) after the confirmation and correction is completed, a processing procedure is created.

A processing procedure is created for each input/output field based on the properties and positions of the input/output fields and the knowledge database. The created processing procedure is stored in the disk device 7 (207).
), execute (208). As shown in step 209, the result of executing the program is displayed in the input/output field on the screen, and as shown in 210, it is printed at the position where the fine adjustment has been made in the input/output field.

The flow of these processes will be explained with reference to FIG. 3(a).

When reading a form from a reading device, if the form is larger than the reading section of the reading device and cannot be read from the reading device, it is reduced in size and copied, the reduced form is read in, and after reading it is enlarged on the computer.
Processing can proceed.

The concept is shown in FIG. 3(b).

Voucher a, which is too large to be read by the reading device, is copied in a reduced size (350). The reduced copy of the form is read by a reading device and input is performed (351). The enlargement rate is designated on the screen as shown in C, and enlargement processing is performed (352). As shown in d, the recognition information of the reduced-copied form, such as the thickness information, single character information, and ruled line information of the form, is enlarged according to the enlargement ratio and stored as the input information of the original drawing. After that, based on the enlarged input information, the format is displayed on the screen as shown in f, and the next process is recognition processing. It will be possible to process it.

<Recognition Processing> FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a slip consisting of cell information and non-cell information to be processed in an embodiment of the present invention.

In the slip 400, information is divided into areas surrounded by ruled lines on three or four sides and other information such as "customer name" and "code".
It is divided into two types: ``Product name j, etc.'' and ``Delivery note''``January'' and ``Day.'' Cell information for the ones mentioned above.

What will be described later is called extra-cell information, 401 to 411 are cell information, and 421 to 424 are extra-cell information.

FIG. 5(a) is a detailed explanation of the recognition process shown in step 303 of FIG. 3(a) in one embodiment of the present invention.

In the recognition process, first, the character size is recognized from the input information of the inputted character (500), and the cell group is recognized from the input information of the ruled line (501).

Recognize a meaningful character string from characters inside or outside the cell (502), then determine the attributes and properties of the input/output field based on the type of cell and the meaning of the character string, and set the input/output field. Do it (503).

Finally, information on the position, size, attributes, and properties of the input/output fields is stored in the disk drive [7] as recognition information.
04).

<Recognition of Character Size> FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing for determining character size. The character size determination process consists of two processes: a process for determining a standard character size (601) and a process for extracting characters to be enlarged (602).

First, the size of one character on the slip that corresponds to one character on the display screen is determined. This is done by determining the standard character size 701 as the character size that is most frequently used among all the characters in the document or form to be read, and then adding the line pitch and character pitch as shown in Figure 7. Set the value.

Next, characters to be processed as enlarged characters are extracted. 8th
As shown in the figure, the values obtained by subtracting the line pitch and column pitch sizes from the standard character size are compared, and if the characters are larger than a certain value, they are recognized as enlarged characters.

Recognition of cells〉 FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the flow of cell recognition.

Line segments of the input information of ruled lines read from the reading device are corrected (901). An example of line segment correction will be explained in FIG. a, b-c are corrections for angles formed by intersecting line segments. To correct corners, vertical and horizontal line segments are lengthened, and arcs a and b, and notches C are corrected so that they are connected vertically and horizontally at right angles. For line segments such as d, e, and f, which are separated and not close together, the intersection error is corrected, and the line segments are brought close together and intermingled.

Here, the structure of cells within a slip will be explained with reference to FIG. 11.

The shape of a normal slip or form is made up of a group of cells, and by arranging cells in units of cells, a neatly shaped form can be recognized. This group of adjacent cells is called a block.

In Figure 11, it is divided into blocks 1101, 1102, and 1103.
The cell 104.1105.1106 is called a reference cell.

In the flowchart of FIG. 12, first, this reference cell is found (1201). The starting point and ending point of this reference cell are converted into the number of rows and columns on the display screen, and based on this, the position of each cell in the block is calculated and arranged (1202). Make fine adjustments up/down/left/right (
1203), it is difficult to determine whether all cells have been placed.
204), if all cells have been placed, the process ends; if not, the next cell is placed.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing calculation formulas for determining the number of starting columns and the number of ending columns of the reference cell.

It is calculated by dividing the position value expressed in mm on the slip or form by the standard character size. This determines the number of rows and columns on the display screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of an embodiment of the present invention.

The "Customer Name J 1411" of the slip 1400 becomes the reference cell, the start point 1416 and the end point 1418 are calculated in a matrix as shown in FIG. and point 1436
is converted to The starting point 1418 of the cell of "Address J 1431" of the slip 1400 is the point 143 of the format 1401 because the starting row and ending column points of the reference cell have the same value.
7 is set. "End point 1438 of address J 1431
Since there is no standard, matrix calculations are performed based on the value of the end point 1438 to determine the number of ending rows and ending columns. Starting point 1420 of cell ``Name J 1432'' of slip 1400
and the end point 1421 are the end matrix number of the reference cell and r address J
Format 1 due to the ending matrix number of cells of 1412
Find points 1439 and 1440 of 401.

``If the starting point starts from the middle of the previous cell and there is space within the standard font size, such as the cell with number J 1414 and blank field 1415, the starting point 1422.1415 is aligned with the starting line point 1416 of the standard cell. Therefore, the starting point 1422 of number J 1414 is format 1401.
The point 1441 and the end point 1423 are format 1401
is the point 1442. Similarly, the starting point 1424 of the blank cell 1415 is converted to the point 1443 of the format 1401, and the ending point 1425 is converted to the point 1444. In this case, "The character string in the cell number J 1443 is 2 characters, but in the cell 1433 of the created format 1401, it is 3 characters.
Characters are empty.

If the cell becomes larger with this adjustment, the string within the cell will be centered to maintain a good balance. Table 1402 is created by the method described above. In table 1402, cell numbers, position values on the form, and values converted to rows and columns on the display are registered.

Recognizing character strings> After recognizing a cell, recognize character strings inside or outside the cell.

Cuts out meaningful character strings from input character information,
Characters whose height and width overlap even slightly with the first character are considered to be character strings in the same row or column, based on the direction from left to right. An example of this is shown in FIG.

In other words, even if the starting positions of the lines of characters are aligned as shown in 1501, even if the starting positions of the lines of characters are uneven as shown in 1502, the first character "go"
The characters ``ri'' and ``thing'' that span the width of the line are considered to be on the same line. Furthermore, as shown in 1503, when one character spans two lines, the upper line is given priority and is regarded as the character on the upper line. Although rows have been described here, similar processing is performed for columns as well.

Next, with reference to FIG. 16, the extraction of a meaningful character string from characters on the same line will be explained. The extraction is performed by matching the change in character spacing with terms and words in the knowledge database 340.

In 1601, the interval ``a'' between ``r'' in ``address'' and ``surname'' in ``rname'' changes more widely than the interval ``a'' between ``rjo'' and ``location,'' and the interval ``a'' changes widely from interval ``a'' to interval ``i''. The character string "address" is extracted. At 1602, the interval A changes narrowly to the interval B, and the character string "telephone" up to the change is extracted. In 1603, the intervals A and B are equally spaced and vary narrower at , and wider than . In such a case, if you cut out when the interval changes, "product unit" will be cut out. If the interval changes widely after becoming narrow in this way, the point where the -carrier interval changes is cut out and matched against terms or words in the knowledge database 340. If the character string exists in the knowledge database 340, that character string is extracted. If it does not exist, only when the character becomes narrower and then wider, the character before the character that changes to become narrower is regarded as the start of one character string, and the characters up to the character before that are cut out as one character string. Although the explanation here has been given only for cases in which characters are arranged horizontally, the same applies to processing for columns in which characters are arranged vertically.

After cutting out each row or column, character strings are cut out if multiple lines or columns have the same meaning.

An example is shown in FIG.

In step 1701, two words, "Business Partner" and "Code" are extracted, but in reality, "Business Partner" and "Code" are a single string of characters, and must become "Business Partner Code J." This process of creating a character string with a bunch of minus characters is performed when the interval between lines is within the vertical size of a standard character, and the beginning positions of each line or the positions of the last characters are aligned. However, the width within the horizontal size of standard characters is treated as an error.
Let the vertical spacing between the characters be a, the offset of the starting row be b, and the offset of the ending row of the characters "sa" and "do" be C. If a < α and b < β or c × β , "Business Partner" and "Code"
is recognized as a string of characters and becomes a "client code."

Character strings are basically extracted using the method described above, but when the cells are vertically long with 2 columns and n rows (n > 2) like 1702 and 1703, or when the cells are 2 columns and 2 columns like 1704, ,
For two lines, use the following method.

That is, if the cell is vertically long and has two columns and n rows (n>2), if the characters at the beginning of the rows, that is, the line spacing, is larger than the vertical size of the S sub-character, it is cut out in the horizontal direction. If it is small,
Cut out the characters vertically like 1702. In the case of 1702, it is "usage period entry".

In the case of 2 columns and 2 rows as in 1704, the data is specially extracted from both the horizontal and vertical directions and determined by matching with the knowledge database 340. In the case of 1704, if it is read horizontally, it will be "r prefecture", and if it is read vertically, it will be "r@ys prefecture". In this case, the vertical reading of "prefecture" is used. If it cannot be determined by matching in the knowledge database 340, horizontal reading is used as the standard.

In addition to the cases described above, there are cases where multiple rows and multiple columns (n rows and n columns) have one meaning depending on the characters in the character string. At the end of the cut string or at the beginning of the next line, add "J".
If there is a continuation character such as "and""orJ""and""and", it is treated as one character string regardless of the spacing. In 1705, since the first line ends with "handler's" and has the character "no" indicating continuation, it is combined with the next line and extracted as "handler's address."

To recognize a character string outside a cell, the table created in the cell recognition process is searched based on the start position of the character string outside the cell, and the start row and column of the cell with the closest value are found.

For example, assume that cells 1801 to 1804 in FIG. 18 are recognized as in table 1806. "date"
To find the start position of the character string outside the cell in 1805.

Search for the starting row position of the table based on the starting row position of "Date J 1805" and find the cell with the closest value. In this example, it will be the cell with "Name J 1801". The starting row number 2 of the cell is "Year Month Day" 180
This is the starting line of the character string 5. Similarly, “Year, month, day, 1805
Search the starting column position of the table based on the starting column of , and find the nearest cell "Amount J 1804. The starting column number of this cell is the desired number of columns. As a result, in this example,
The recognition position of the character string 1805 is the 2nd row and 8th column. This completes the recognition process for character strings outside cells.

<Adjustment Process> FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the adjustment process.

First, center the string in the cell (19°1)
, checks whether the created format is larger than the display screen (1902). If it is larger than the display screen, the blank rows and columns that occupy the most space are deleted (1903). After deleting, check whether the created format is larger than the display screen (1904), and if it is still larger, convert the strings with synonyms to the shortest synonyms, and (1905). It is checked three times whether it is larger than the display (1906), and if it is still larger, the character string is converted from full-width characters to half-width characters (1907).

Finally, the created format is adjusted to center within the display screen (1908), and the process ends.

In addition, in the flowchart of FIG. 19, step 190
After step 7, the display screen is centered and the process ends. However, after step 1907, it is checked whether the created format is larger than the display screen, and if it is larger, the item field is changed from one line to multiple lines. It is also possible to add processing to reduce the number of digits in the details.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the synonym conversion process of step 19o5 in FIG. 19.

In the 20-inch ``Customer's Address,'' the item string is larger than the number of hexagonal digits, and it is more visible than the display screen. In such a case, use the knowledge database 2002 to retrieve the character string of the customer's address J 2001.

Convert it into a synonym for a shorter string, such as ``Customer Address J 2003.'' This allows it to be reduced to fit on the display screen.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the conversion process from full-width characters to half-width characters in step 19o7 of FIG. 19.

For characters with half-width characters such as katakana characters,
Convert to the appropriate half-width characters. “Customer code J 210
In the character string 1, by converting the "code" into half-width characters, it becomes possible to fit it on the display screen as in []I[customer code J 2102.

Setting input/output fields> After recognizing cells and character strings, processing is performed to set input/output fields to be used for data input/output based on this information. The 221st point here is that cells are classified into three types depending on the positional relationship between cells and character strings! This will be explained in I.

In FIG. 22, reference numeral 2201 is a heading cell, which is a cell that is made up of only character strings and has no room for creating input/output fields. this is.

This is the heading for the input/output field. 2202
Although there is a character string in the cell, the area occupied by the character string is less than half of the area in the cell, and it is a cell with a heading in which input/output fields can also be set in the cell.

22o3 is a field cell in which there is nothing inside the cell, and the cell itself becomes an input/output field. Although this field cell is a blank cell in 2203, it is still a field cell even if there is a character string containing only a word representing a unit such as "1 yen" or "rkgJ".

FIG. 23 shows the flow of input/output field setting processing.

The cells are classified into the three types described above (2301), and the heading cells and related field cells are linked (230).
2) Next, the fields in the field cell with a heading are set (2303), and the heading character string of the field cell that is not linked to the heading cell is searched for and linked (2304). Finally, set input/output fields for strings outside cells that are not surrounded by borders (2305
), the connection between heading cells and input/output fields is as follows:
The basic method is to connect to the right and down using the heading cell as the base point.

In FIG. 24, in the case of 2401, the heading cell raJ
is tied to the field cell of rJ.

When small field cells are consecutive as in 2404, the entire continuous cell d is connected to the header cell of C. If 2410, the field cell of f is connected to the header cell of e, In the case of the heading cell g, the field cell h is connected to the field cell j, and the heading cell i is connected to the field cell j below. Here, field cell j is connected from both header cells g and i. In this way, when a plurality of heading cells are linked to one field cell, the heading cells linked to the field cell with a smaller number of linked field cells are linked preferentially. Therefore, in the case of 2410, h and j
Whereas the heading cell of g is linked to the field cell of , the heading cell of i is only linked to the field cell of j, so the field cell of j is linked to the heading cell of i, ``Telephone Number.'' .

However, this rule does not apply to matrix types such as 2420. In the case of 2420, since the heading on the left side represents the type and the heading above represents the nature of the field cell, connections are made from both the left and top directions. m and k header cells for field cell 0, m and 1 header cells for q field cell, n and k for p field cell, and m and k header cells for r field cell. n and 1 are connected.

Settings for the input and output fields in a field with a heading are determined by the position of the empty part relative to the character string in the cell, and the content and meaning of the character string serving as the heading.

In FIG. 25, 2501 is an example in which the right half of the cell is empty, and 2502 is an example in which the lower half of the cell is empty.

This is an example of a vacant space. However, even if more than half of the area remains, as in 2503, if one character string spans three or more of the four cells when the cell is divided into four, it will be treated as a heading cell and input. No output field settings are made.

The setting position of the field is determined by the content and meaning of the character string inside, either top, bottom, left, or right; however, if the content or meaning cannot be recognized, an empty area within the cell is set.

Knowledge database 340 is used to recognize the content and meaning of character strings.
26 (a), 26
Referring to Figure (b), recognition of the meaning of character strings by matching and field settings will be explained.

In FIG. 26(a), the knowledge database 340 stores field setting position information corresponding to character strings. For example, for the character string "sama", "left",
For the character string "10,000 yen", "left", for "-", "
The field setting position is determined according to the field setting position information corresponding to each character string.

In Figure 26(b), 2601.2602.260
In the case of 4, it is set to the left of each character string, and only in 2603, it is set to the right of the character string. If there is nothing in the knowledge database 340 that corresponds to the character string in the field cell with heading, the right or lower part of the empty area is set as the input/output field.

However, as a result of the above-mentioned connections, if there is an input/output field cell that has not yet been associated with a heading, search for a character string that should become a heading that exists around the input/output field cell, and add this to the input/output field cell. Connect it to the input and output fields as a field cell heading. In Figure 27,
Here is an example.

In FIG. 27, a character string within the range of the upper and lower intervals α and the left and right intervals β is searched for field cell 2701 a. In 2702, there is "amount" as a character string within the upper interval α, and "amount" is specified for the field cell.
becomes the heading.

If there are multiple characters or columns that should be headings for an input/output field as in 2703, they are linked in priority order of left, top, right, and bottom. Therefore, in the case of 2703, "Technical Fee" is the heading. However, as shown in 2704, if characters that can be used as a unit, such as "Yen J rkgJ," are added around the input/output field, the character string in the direction opposite to the direction in which the unit is added is used as the heading. 2
In the case of 704 1, “Technical fee J becomes the heading, 2705
In this case, "Amount" becomes the heading.

Finally, set the input and output fields from the string that is not surrounded by ruled lines.

In FIG. 28, the characters a, b, c, and d are not surrounded by ruled lines, and input/output fields are set for these character strings by matching them with the knowledge database 340.

The above-described method links input/output field settings and corresponding headings.

Creation and storage of recognition information> For the set input/output field, attributes are determined based on the content and meaning of the character strings in the headings that are connected, and recognition information is generated and stored in the recognition information file. do.

FIG. 29 illustrates an example of the content of recognition information stored in the recognition information file. For each input/output field, a position a, length b, width C1, maximum number of characters in the input/output area d, field area name e, and attribute f are set and stored. a
, b, and c are set up to 1/10m, and the number of characters in the field of d is the maximum number of characters that can fit in that field, and is calculated from the field size (length, cap) and the output character size. and set.

FIG. 30 explains an example of how to calculate the number of characters. l and m in 3001 are the length and width of the input/output field, and α and β represent the standard spacing between characters.If the 41 semi-character size is represented by P and Q as in 3005, the number of characters is calculated by the following formula. You can ask for it.

When one field cell is formed by a continuous collection of multiple small field cells for one heading cell as shown in 3010a in Figure 30, one character is entered for one small field cell. Let the number of detailed field cells be the maximum number of characters. Further, the number of characters determined previously is only for the standard character size, and the operator can change this number of characters later, and the character size is also automatically set by determining this number of characters. In other words, increasing the number of characters will decrease the font size, and conversely, decreasing the number of characters will increase the font size.

The field name is usually set as the character string of the heading. In the case of a matrix type as shown in Fig. 31, the two heading cells on the left and the top are connected to one field cell, and generally in such a matrix type, the character string of the left heading is the type, Since the character string in the top heading represents its nature, the field name is set as "Left Heading + Top Heading". Therefore, the field name for a is "ballpoint pen purchase unit price J, b is "ballpoint pen retail unit price," c is r fountain pen purchase unit price," and d is "fountain pen retail unit price." These set field names are Used when assembling field attributes, properties, and processing procedures.

Based on the field name determined in the above method, search for a match from the terms and words in the knowledge database 340, and read and set the attributes set for the matched terms and words as the attributes of the input/output field. and store it as recognition information. Here, the knowledge database 340 will be explained.

FIG. 32 illustrates an example of an overview of the knowledge database 340. The knowledge database 340 is divided into a terminology part and a common sense word part C. The terminology part contains words of general business terminology, and the common sense word part C contains words that are the basic endings of business terms and have properties. It is a collection of. Generally, the meaning, content, and nature of a business term are expressed by the word ending in the word.For example, in the term "sales amount," the nature is expressed by the word "amount" at the end of the word. In addition, the terminology section and the common sense word section C are stored in the same format, and in addition to the term/word d, the agreement Wje,
It consists of various information such as input fields, output fields, attributes f such as alphanumeric characters and kanji, and arithmetic expressions g.

Using this knowledge database 340, the character string and knowledge database 34
Proceed by matching terms/words within 0.

As this matching method, the following three methods are sequentially performed. First, perform a 1:1 matching between the character string and the terminology part, and then perform a 1:1 matching between the character string and the words in the common sense word part C.
This method performs matching and then uses the common sense word part C to cut out the ending words of the character string to find the corresponding one.

In this way, the attribute of the input/output field is found from the field name, and the corresponding attribute is set in the input/output field.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing the flow of matching processing with the knowledge database.

First, the field name is terminology section 3 in the knowledge database.
A check is made to see if there is a match among the 350 term groups (3301). If there is a match in the knowledge database, the attribute set for the matched term is set to the field name (3304). If there is no match, a check is made to see if there is a field name that matches the word group in the common sense word section 3351 in the knowledge database (3302). If not, a check is made to see if there is a word included in the field name among the word groups in the common sense word section 3351 (3303);
If there is a common sense word included, select that common sense word and set the attributes of the selected common sense word (3304)
. In step 3303, if there are multiple matches.

Among the matching common sense words, select the one with the largest number of characters and the last one if possible, and set the attribute of the selected word. For example, if the field name is "sales product name", "sales product name" is stored in the terminology part 33 of the knowledge database.
50 and the common sense word field 3351. In step 3303, a check process is performed to see if a common sense word is included in the field name.
There are three candidates: "Product Name" and "Product". Among these, "Product Name" is selected as the word with the largest number of characters at the end of the word, and the attribute of "Product Name" in the common sense word section 3352 is set for the field name "Sales Product Name". .

Above, find the positions and attributes of all input and output fields,
These pieces of information are stored in the disk device 7 as recognition information. At the same time, input/output fields are displayed on the screen, as shown at 205 in FIG. 2, superimposed on the format information displayed on the display screen, and! ! ! Ends the identification process.

<Creation of processing procedure> As a result of the recognition process, a processed hand stitching pattern is created based on the set recognition information. The created processing procedure is output in a format that can be executed on the spot.

The name of the file used in creating the processing procedure is
Either it is specified by the operator after the creation starts, or it is automatically specified to correspond to the terminology or common sense word in the knowledge database.

Hereinafter, in the procedure creation process, the input/output fields will be referred to as "search items."

Generally, a processing procedure using a slip or form consists of processing for each search item of the slip or form. Furthermore, the processing for each search item involves performing a file search for the previously input data and substituting the corresponding record contents as-is, or performing calculations on the data of the corresponding record contents, and then calculating the results. It is divided into arithmetic processing that assigns .

For example, the input/output fields a and g in FIG. 34 perform search item processing, and the input/output fields k and 1 perform arithmetic processing.

An example of the flow of the processing procedure creation process is shown in FIG. 35.

First, a processing procedure for search items is created (3501), a processing procedure for operation items is created (3502), and the number of times the same file is opened is optimized and redundant processing is optimized (3503).

Normally, the processing order of each item is from top to bottom and left to right, but depending on the contents of the slip or form,
In some cases, it may be better to perform the processing in the reverse order, such as from right to left. For such cases, 1. The computer automatically determines the processing order so that the processing can be carried out efficiently.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing order determination processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The slip 3600 is an example in which the order is normally given from left to right. On the other hand, the slip 3601 is an example in which processing is reversed from the normal one, such as from right to left.

In the normal processing procedure, first, year 3611, month 3612
, day 3613 are automatically displayed, and the operator inputs a code related to the name, for example, a name code added for each customer. The computer searches the database for the name corresponding to the name code and automatically displays it in the name field 3615. Similarly, the product code is automatically displayed in the product name field upon input from the operator. Therefore,
This processing order is sufficient for the slip 3600. but,
In the case of slip 3601, the field positions of "Name", "Code", "Product Code", and "Product Name" are in slip 360.
This is different from 0, and if this is processed from top to bottom and left to right, the name field and product name field will appear before entering the code related to the name and before entering the product code, respectively. It is troublesome to process. Therefore, in such a case, the processing order should be changed from 3621 to 36.
22 → 3623 → 3625 → 3624 → 3627 → 36
Processing is performed to replace the data in the order of 26→3628. This replacement is also performed using the knowledge base.

After finishing the placement adjustment process, first, the field table 35
02 is created, the corresponding item name is searched from the input item classification table 3605 of the knowledge database 3603 based on each item name, and the classification is determined as to whether it is an input item that the operator must input. conduct.

For display items related to input items, check whether there is a display item before the input item, and if there is, change the order. In the example of the slip 3601, the field table 36
Among the items in 02, "code" and "r product code" are listed as input items. Before these two items, there are display items related to each input item, ``Name'' and ``Product Name J,'' so the order is changed.
The order is in the processing order table 3604. In this way, it is possible to set the correct processing order while using the knowledge base.

<Creating a search item processing procedure> An example of the flow of the process for creating a search item processing procedure in step 3501 in FIG. 35 is shown in FIG. ), a file to be searched and a search key item in the file to be searched are set for each identified search item (3702), and a processing procedure is created using these (3703).

Test items are identified based on information in the knowledge database. The knowledge database contains information on whether or not this term or word is a search item for each term or common sense word, and each field name can be searched by matching with the term or common sense word group in the knowledge database. A determination is made as to whether the item is an item or not, and the item is identified as a search item.

FIGS. 38(a) and 38(b) illustrate the flow of search item identification processing.

Field names are matched with terms in the knowledge database (3+1101) and common sense words (3802), and if there is a match in the knowledge database, the search information is checked to see if it can be a search item. Check (3805). If there is no match, the field name is always in the knowledge database! Checks whether the word is included (3803),
The included common sense words are found and checked to see if they can be search items (3805).

For example, as shown in FIG. 38(b), if the field name is a, and there is search information b in the terminology section 3850 and search information C in the common sense word section 3851 in the knowledge database, the search item is "customer code". ” and “component code”. For the test items identified in this way,
Performs search processing to select files to be searched and search key items on the files, and creates processing procedures.

The search process for files to be searched and search key items is performed by matching the item names in all specified files with the field names of the search items, converting the field names of the search items into synonyms, and matching them with the item names in all files. Figure 39 (a) and Figure 39 (b) are divided into three stages: matching processing, cutting out words from the field names of search items using common sense words, and selecting item names of files that have many of the cut out words. ) is a diagram explaining the flow of search processing.

If a file including the field name set as the search item is searched for (3901), the file and the field name that is the search key are set as the search key item. If not, the field name is converted into a synonym using the knowledge database (3902), and a file containing the same item name as the converted synonym is searched (3903).

If not, use a common sense word to cut out the ending word from the field name (3904), search for a file with the same item name as the cut out ending word (3905), If it does not exist, create a processing procedure with the file name and search key item as a "?" mark. If two or more candidates are found, the field name is divided using common sense words in the knowledge database (3906), and the name of the search key item that has been proposed as a candidate is divided into two or more words. Select the one that exists (3907).

If two or more candidates cannot be narrowed down yet, convert the extracted words into synonyms (3908) and repeat step 39.
The item names that came up as candidates in step 07 are checked, and the one containing the most names is selected (3909). In this way, one search file and one search key item are finally set for one search item.

FIG. 40(a) and FIG. 40(b) are examples of the above-mentioned search processing.

First, the field name "product code" of a is matched with the item name of each file (4001). However, since there is no match, synonym conversion for "Product Code" is performed, but in this case, since there is no synonym corresponding to "r Product Code" in the knowledge database, matching using synonyms is not performed ( 4002). Extract word endings using the common sense word section of the knowledge database and create a "code"
is extracted (4003). Based on this "code", the item name of the file b is searched, and "product code" and "code" are selected (4004). Since there are two selected item names, the field name "Product Code"
Using the common sense words section of the knowledge database, we can
code” (4005). "Code" is a final word and there are already two results, so the one containing "product" is selected (4006).

In this case, neither the "product code" nor the "code" includes the "product". Therefore, "product" is further converted into a synonym using the common sense word part of the knowledge database (4007), and items containing the synonym "product" are selected (4008). As a result, "1 item code" is selected (4009). As described above, here, by the above processing method, the search file is set to "A", and the search key item in the file to be searched is set to "product code" (4020).

Once the search file and search key item are set, a processing procedure is created based on the set search file and search key item. As shown in FIG. 41, the processing procedure for creating a file is as follows: opening a file (4101), and inputting data of the corresponding record based on the set search file and search key item (4102). If there is no corresponding record, an error message is output (4103) and the process waits for re-input (4104). If there is a corresponding record, a processing procedure is created to close the search file (4105).

<Creation of calculation processing item procedures> Processing procedures for calculation items, except for the total item, are basically created according to the rules set for terms and word correspondences in the knowledge database 340. If no rules are set in the knowledge database 340, a processing procedure is incorporated in which a corresponding item is set from among the records retrieved in the previous search item process and the content of the set item is displayed on the screen.

The calculation rules of the knowledge database 340 include range rules and execution processing rules, as shown in b and c of FIG.

Calculation items are 1:1 matching with the knowledge database from the field name, 1:1 matching by converting the field name into synonyms, or a knowledge database with words cut out from the field name using words from the common sense word section. It performs 1=1 matching with , and searches for the corresponding rule. There are three types of execution processing rules in the knowledge database: date and date rules, time rules, and calculation rules using item names.
As shown in d in the figure, it is used to display the calendar or to find and display the time. The calculation rule using the item name shown in e searches the file for the item name described in the execution processing rule and assembles the processing procedure as described. The rules for calculations using properties such as those shown in f allow calculations on multiple values to be performed by regarding the sum of items having the specified property as one value. For example, in execution processing rule f, the sum of all items with the property of "unit price" and "
It represents multiplying the sum of items that have the property of "quantity". A property corresponds to a term or a word, and represents the characteristics of that term or word. Usually, the property is g
As shown in the figure, there are eight types, and operators can be added and changed. A computation rule with this property is expressed as a "Σ property."

The range rule is a rule that checks the range of the input value of the item, and the processing procedures to generate it are as shown in #43@, checking whether it is within the range (4301), outputting an error message (4302), and re-inputting. Waiting (4303) 3
There are two processing steps.

Among the calculation items, the ``total'' item automatically generates a processing procedure even if there is no calculation formula in the knowledge database. You can generally understand which items are totaled at that position. For example, for a in 4401 in FIG. 44, it is sufficient to calculate the sum of the amounts located above the total column. Similarly, the sum of b is the sum of the amounts above, and the sum of d is the sum of the tax amount of C above and the sum of b. In this way, the total generates a processing procedure that takes the sum up to the items that have the property of ``total J'' in the items located above.If there is a total as one of the items in the details, such as e in 4403, , generates a processing procedure according to the execution processing rule.

In addition, when the total columns are far apart, as in f in 4404, the item to be processed is searched from the item name of the total, and a processing procedure for calculating the sum of the items is generated.

A business program is created from recognition information using the method described above.

Print Processing Method> According to the present invention, the program execution result can be printed at a specified position on a specified sheet of paper based on the position, width, and length of the input/output field in the recognition information.

The concept of the printing process is shown in FIG.

If there is a slip like the one shown in 4501, this 4
By inputting the slip 501, input information is created, input/output fields are recognized, and recognition information as shown in 4502 is obtained. By executing the program, the execution results are displayed as shown in 4503.

The obtained execution results are shown in 4504. This execution result is stored in the disk device 17, the item name of the execution result as shown in 4504 and the area name in the scattered recognition information 4502 are searched, and the program execution result data is placed in the area position of the corresponding area name. The printed version is 4506.

At this time, the operator can perform the printing process by determining the size of the character font to be printed from the number of characters that fit into the area in the recognition information, and printing the resulting data in that character size. There is no need for assembly and printing is done automatically.

Furthermore, when printing, the user can check the vlj
Adjustments can be made. For fine adjustments, by specifying the amount of movement on the screen, you can control the data output start position, line spacing, and character spacing without changing the program at all. The concept of this trial printing is shown in FIG.

As shown at 4601 in FIG. 46, it is displayed on the screen based on the input information of the inputted slip, and input/output fields are automatically recognized from this input information, and recognition information as shown at 4602 is obtained. . Here, it is assumed that a print result as shown in 4603 is obtained by inputting a key for trial printing. Here, the horizontal deviation α, the vertical deviation β, the character spacing, the line spacing, and the paper size γ are measured using a ruler, and the operator inputs adjustment values on a screen as shown in 4604. Based on the input adjustment values, the print start position and print size are corrected, and the stored recognition information is stored again as the corrected recognition information. Based on the corrected values, execution result data obtained by executing the created program is printed at the corrected position. This allows printing alignment to be performed at any time without modifying the program.

<Utilization of intermediate results> Reading the input information and recognition information of slips and forms, which are the intermediate results of the present invention, and the program, from a file that stores them, and creating a similar program by modifying and updating those information. I can do it. FIG. 47 shows the flow of the process.

After reading and inputting slips and forms (4701), checking and correcting them (4702), the system stores the input information of the slips and forms as one file in the disk 4703 under the file name specified by the user. Thereafter, recognition processing is performed (4704), and after confirmation and correction (4705), the recognition information is stored as one file in the disk drive [4706] under the file name specified by the user. A program is created from this recognition information (4707), and the created program is stored on the disk device 1470 with the same file name.
It is stored as one file in 8. The result information created in this way is modularized and stored in one intermediate result file like 4709. Therefore, the intermediate result stored once is 4710.4711.47 based on this.
As shown in 12, it is possible to make changes and additions from any intermediate result to create another one, or to re-register it with the same name.

Examples of each method will be described in FIGS. 48(a) and 48(b).

An example of updating the input information to the disk device 4703 in FIG. 47 is shown in FIG. 48(a).

An instruction to update input information is issued (4801), and a file name to be updated is specified. The corresponding input information file A is read out from the file 4802 in which format information is stored, and the form format is displayed on the screen as shown in 4804. Make corrections on the screen (4805),
Registration processing is performed (4806). At this time, if the same file name as the one used when reading is specified, the corrected input information is stored over the previously stored input information file A (4807). Also, if you register with a different file name than the one used when reading, the new input information file A, -1
(4808). A similar program can also be easily created using this new input information file A-1.

An example of updating the recognition information to the disk device 4706 in FIG. 47 is shown in FIG. 48(b).

When a modification request and a file name to be updated are specified (4811), the corresponding recognition information file is read from the files in which recognition information is stored in the same way as the input information, and is displayed on the screen as shown in 4812. Displays input information and recognition results. Corrections have been made (4813);
Register with the same file name as the read recognition information file (
4815), or register it with a file name different from the read recognition information file (4816). If the storage of recognition information is re-registered with a different file name, the input information will also be re-registered with the file name changed. In Figure 48(b), input information file A4817 is changed to format information file AA4818. The file name has been changed and additional registration has been made.

After this, another program can be created based on the changed or added recognition information file or input information file.

With reference to FIG. 49, a method of representing the file name of intermediate result information will be explained.

Users do not need to assign a file name to each piece of intermediate result information, and can manage it with a single form name.
The format is 01+section 4902. The user only needs to remember the name 4901.

In the division 4902, input information, recognition information, and programs are distinguished. For example, if the classification is A for input information, B for recognition information, and C for program, the name is URIAG.
Three types of intermediate result modules such as 4904 are created for one E4903.

In this way, the user only needs to specify the name,
Each modularized intermediate result information file can be freely updated and used.

Also, after creating a format with a word processor, store it in a recording medium, and use that recording medium to read format information from the recording medium and input it, create input/output fields, and create programs. You can also do it.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to create formats for slips and forms, create input/output fields, specify attributes, create processing programs for each input/output field, and display execution results. This processing system automatically performs everything up to and including print positioning, resulting in a significant reduction in work man-hours and an increase in program creation speed, allowing the person in charge to significantly improve work efficiency.

In addition, since normal business programs can be completed after being modified by a developer, these programs can be created almost completely without manual input, and processing efficiency can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the concept of automatic program generation processing of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Figure 3 is a diagram showing the overall flow of the automatic program generation process of the embodiment.
b) is a diagram showing the flow of input processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of cell information and non-cell information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of recognition processing in an example. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of character size determination processing in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the concept of standard character size in one embodiment of the present invention. ,
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the concept of enlarged character size in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of cell recognition processing in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of line segment correction, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the concept of cell group arrangement according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a cell recognition process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Flowchart showing the flow; FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a character recognition method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a cell recognition method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 15 16 is a diagram showing an example of character string recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing for cutting out multiple character strings from the same matrix according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of character string recognition according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process for cutting out character strings in multiple matrices according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. A flowchart showing the flow of the adjustment process in the embodiment, FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of synonym conversion of the adjustment process in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 21 shows half-width characters in the adjustment process in the embodiment of the present invention. Diagram showing an example of conversion, second
Figure 2 is a diagram explaining cell types in an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 23 is a flowchart showing input/output field setting processing in an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 24 is a heading for an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of the connection between cells and field cells. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of the field setting of a cell with a heading in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. A diagram showing an example of a field position table in a database, FIG. 26(b) is a diagram showing another example of field setting of a cell with a heading according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a field setting of a cell with a heading according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 28 is a diagram showing an example of processing for linking headings to field cells; Figure 28 is a diagram showing input/output field setting processing for character strings outside cells according to an embodiment of the present invention; Example LK ill
FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an example of an information file, FIG. 30 is a diagram explaining how to calculate the number of characters in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 31 is a diagram showing how to assign matrix-type field names in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 32 is a diagram showing the contents of the knowledge database according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing for determining attributes according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of search items and processing items according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing procedure creation according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 36 is an example of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing the flow of creating a search item processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. A flowchart showing the flow of search item identification processing in an example, FIG. 38(b) is a diagram illustrating search item identification processing in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 39(a) is an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 39(b) is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the search file and search key search process according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 40(a) 40(b) is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a search process using a search file and a search key according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing procedure creation according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an example of calculation rules in the knowledge database according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing the process flow for creating a range check processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 44 is a diagram showing the concept of how to calculate the "total" according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 45 46 is a diagram showing the concept of print processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 46 is a diagram showing the flow of trial printing according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating the creation of a similar program according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 48(a) is a flowchart showing the flow of similar input information creation according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 48(b) is a flowchart showing the flow of similar recognition result information creation according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing an example of how to name an intermediate result information file according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Console device, 2... Processor, 3...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Understand the format/meaning based on the ruled lines/characters on the document, generate input/output field definitions based on the understood format/meaning of the document format, and generate input/output field definitions for the defined document format. An automatic business program generation method characterized by automatically generating a processing procedure based on an output field and printing data at a desired position on a form based on the execution result of the generated processing procedure. 2. In printing according to claim 1, the business program automatic generation method allows correction of discrepancies between the paper format and the print result by directly specifying parameters on the screen, and prints the execution result at the corrected print position. 3. The business program automatic generation method according to claim 1, which cuts out meaningful character strings based on changes in character spacing and arrangement of character strings. 4. The business program automatic generation method according to claim 1, which allows the understood form format to be changed to any size. 5. In claim 1, the information on the understood form format and the information on the defined input/output fields are sequentially accumulated, the accumulated information is retrieved as necessary, and another form format can be created from the retrieved information. Business program automatic generation method. 6. The automatic business program generation method according to claim 1, which is capable of understanding the format/meaning of information in a form created by a word processor based on a medium on which the information is recorded.