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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2000
Koichi Kashiwagi, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshito Fujino, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Work of defining a ledger slip for an OCR is reduced as much as possible in registering the kind and position of characters and symbols inputted in the slip. Image data is analyzed to detect a cell (frame in which characters and symbols are entered) included in the image data. It is determined whether the cells continue in a constant pattern. If the cells continue, it is determined that the continuous cells area group of cells in which a common attribute is to be registered. The cell group for which a common attribute is to be registered is displayed on a display device distinctively from other cell groups. The operator can perform a modification work on a specific cell group on the display screen, such as elimination and addition of a part of cells. The operator can also specify a cell group and input an attribute to all cells included in that cell group in a bundle.