Photo-based workflow initiation

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for generating a resource transmission request to initiate a workflow associated with resource transmission. In particular, the disclosed technology is directed to processing image data corresponding to a physical notice of a request for resource transmission to generate an electronic resource transmission request. The system captures image data of the notice and extracts data from the image data. As an example, the system matches the extracted data against predetermined forms and determines whether the notice is in a known format. In instances where there is no match (such that the notice has an unknown format), the system uses one or more of heatmaps, rules of locating field data, and/or a field data extraction model to assign respective field names with data values in the extracted data. The heatmap includes regions in the image data with a likelihood of data values corresponding to particular field names.