Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Software Engineering Company, Ltd.

Masayuki Tsuchiya

Hiroshi Fujise

Hitoshi Suzuki

Toshihiko Matsuda

Haruo Takeda

Masato Teramoto

Mitsunobu Tasaka

Kazuhiro Satoh

Ichitaro Koai

Syozi Yamada

Yoshiaki Kuno

Takashi Muramatsu

A character data input method for an information processing system. Image information on a form which has only a format and on which no data is recorded is read from an input unit for inputting image information. A plurality of input areas in which data is recorded is prescribed by utilizing this image information. Image information on the same form on which data is recorded is thereafter read from the input unit. The format and data are discriminated from image information on the form on which data is recorded based on the recognized character pattern and border pattern of the format and the information prescribing the data input areas to recognize a character pattern in each data input area.

System for inputting character data

A document processing method and system are provided in which data is inscribed as handwritten information on a blank form in a document form hitherto used or a blank form for a document produced by a word processor or the like. The blank form with the handwritten information data is facsimile-input and is transmitted to a computer which in turn receives the data directly and recognizes the received data to process the document. Initially, the contents or format of a blank form are read to obtain and store information regarding ruled lines and handwritten character input areas. Upon execution of document processing, an input document image received via facsimile is searched for reference ruled lines on the basis of the ruled line information initially stored to positionally adjust the document image and ruled line images in handwritten character input areas are erased from the adjusted document image on the basis of the handwritten character input area information initially stored to recognized handwritten characters. A function of returning the result of recognition or the result of processing by the computer to a sender facsimile or a function of eliminating improper facsimile transmission may be provided by receiving a sender facsimile number as data upon reception of the facsimile document image and storing it or comparing the received number with transmission-allowed facsimile numbers previously registered.

Method and system for processing a document transmitted via facsimile in

A data retrieving method and apparatus capable of narrowing the range of retrieved data without changing the retrieving condition equation, capable of retrieving data by designating relative conditions, and capable of providing indices for helping a user to judge the properness of retrieved results. The data retrieving apparatus includes a term defining unit for defining a fuzzy term designated by a user and related terms and assigned to an item to be retrieved, by setting a retrieving condition range for each of the terms and a distribution curve representing an optimum distribution within the retrieving condition range for each term, a satisfaction degree evaluating unit for calculating a satisfaction degree of the retrieved data by using a function allocated to the distribution curve, and a condition analyzing unit for transforming the fuzzy term into numerical values to obtain a value-based retrieving condition equation.

Data retrieving method and apparatus providing satisfaction or agreement

Method and system for displaying and processing image of form document

A data processing system for inputting data to a form display includes a scanner for inputting an image of a form document to the system, a processor for recognizing character and line patterns from the form document image supplied from the scanner to produce physical structure data of the document and logical structure data related to data input/output fields in the form document depending on the physical structure data so as to automatically produce based on the logical structure data a program to input data to the form display, a display screen for presenting thereon a form display defined by the physical structure data or normalized data obtained by correcting the physical structure data to be adaptive to a cursor pitch, a data input key apparatus, and a printer for producing a printout document based on the form display filled with the data.

Method and system for producing from document image a form display with

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Masayuki Tsuchiya