Slip processing device, slip processing method, and recording medium

• US 10,430,628 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2017
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamane, Kazuyasu, Moriyama, Teppei
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Taylor, April A
• Application Number:
  US15/641,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20180082098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10762 Relative movement
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1439 including a method step for retrieval of the optical code

Abstract

A slip processing device includes: an imaging unit that images an object; a barcode scanner that reads a barcode; and a processor configured to perform the following: causing the barcode scanner to scan a barcode on a slip to obtain an identification information on the slip; determining whether the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded; when the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded, causing the imaging unit to image the slip to obtain a slip image; and causing the identification information that has been obtained and the slip image that has been obtained to be stored in association with each other in a storage unit.

Claims

1. A handheld device for slip processing, comprising:

an imaging unit that images an object;

a barcode scanner that reads a one-dimensional barcode;

a storage unit; and

a processor configured to perform the following;

causing the barcode scanner to scan a one-dimensional barcode on a slip to obtain identification information on the slip;

determining whether the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded;

when the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded, causing the imaging unit to image the slip to obtain a slip image;

determining whether the one-dimensional barcode is present within the slip image that has been obtained, and, when it is determined that the one-dimensional barcode is present, detecting an inclination of the one-dimensional barcode and then causing a horizontal correction process to be applied to the slip image in accordance with the inclination that has been detected; and

causing the identification information that has been obtained and the slip image that has been corrected by said horizontal correction process to be stored in association with each other in the storage unit.

2. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein an imaging direction of the imaging unit and a laser emission direction of the barcode scanner are set to be a same direction.

3. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following:

changing a laser irradiation area of the barcode scanner in accordance with a position of the one-dimensional barcode on the slip so that the slip fits within a prescribed region in an angle of view of the imaging unit.

4. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following:

causing the slip image that has been obtained to be displayed on the handheld device and receiving input from a user specifying whether the slip image needs to be reimaged, and, when the input specifying that the slip image needs to be reimaged has been received, causing the imaging unit to perform reimaging.

5. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform the following:

receiving input specifying whether an additional image needs to be imaged in addition to the slip image that has already been obtained, and, when input specifying that the additional image needs to be imaged has been received, causing the imaging unit to perform additional imaging,

wherein the processor causes the slip image and the additional image to be both stored in association with the identification information in the storage unit.

6. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein the processor determines a time at which the slip image was imaged and causes said time to be stored in the storage unit together with the slip image and the identification information associated thereto.

7. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein the barcode scanner is a one-dimensional barcode scanner.

8. The handheld device according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is an identification number.

9. A handheld device, comprising:

an imaging unit that images an object;

a barcode scanner that reads a one-dimensional barcode;

a storage unit; and

a processor configured to perform the following;

causing the barcode scanner to scan a one-dimensional barcode on a slip to obtain identification information on the slip;

determining whether the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded;

when the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded, causing the imaging unit to image the slip to obtain a slip image; and

causing the identification information that has been obtained and the slip image that has been obtained to be stored in association with each other in the storage unit,

wherein the processor is configured to receive identification information from a user and scan the storage unit for the slip image that has been stored in association with the received identification information, thereby performing a search for the slip image using the identification information as a search parameter.

10. A slip processing method to be performed by a handheld device for slip processing that includes an imaging unit that images an object;

a barcode scanner that reads a one-dimensional barcode;

a storage unit; and

a processor, the slip processing method comprising, via said processor;

causing the barcode scanner to scan a one-dimensional barcode on a slip to obtain identification information on the slip;

determining whether the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded;

after the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded, causing the imaging unit to image the slip to obtain a slip image;

determining whether the one-dimensional barcode is present within the slip image that has been obtained, and, when it is determined that the one-dimensional barcode is present, detecting an inclination of the one-dimensional barcode and then causing a horizontal correction process to be applied to the slip image in accordance with the inclination that has been detected; and

causing the identification information that has been obtained and the slip image that has been corrected by said horizontal correction process to be stored in association with each other in the storage unit.

11. The slip processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

changing a laser irradiation area of the barcode scanner in accordance with a position of the one-dimensional barcode on the slip so that the slip fits within a prescribed region in an angle of view of the imaging unit.

12. The slip processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

causing the slip image that has been obtained to be displayed on the handheld device and receiving input from a user specifying whether the slip image needs to be reimaged, and, when the input specifying that the slip image needs to be reimaged has been received, causing the imaging unit to perform reimaging.

13. The slip processing method according to claim 10, further comprising:

receiving input specifying whether an additional image needs to be imaged in addition to the slip image that has already been obtained, and, when input specifying that the additional image needs to be imaged has been received, causing the imaging unit to perform additional imaging,

wherein in the step of storing, the slip image and the additional image are stored in association with the identification information in the storage unit.

14. The slip processing method according to claim 10, further comprising, via the processor:

determining a time at which the slip image was imaged; and

storing said time in the storage unit together with the slip image and the identification information associated thereto.

15. The slip processing method according to claim 10, wherein the identification information is an identification number.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein instructions executable by a processor in a handheld device for slip processing, the handheld device including an imaging unit that images an object;

a barcode scanner that reads a one-dimensional barcode;

a storage unit; and

said processor, the instructions causing the processor to perform the following;

causing the barcode scanner to scan a one-dimensional barcode on a slip to obtain identification information on the slip;

determining whether the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded;

after the obtaining of the identification information has succeeded, causing the imaging unit to image the slip to obtain a slip image;

determining whether the one-dimensional barcode is present within the slip image that has been obtained, and, when it is determined that the one-dimensional barcode is present, detecting an inclination of the one-dimensional barcode and then causing a horizontal correction process to be applied to the slip image in accordance with the inclination that has been detected; and

causing the identification information that has been obtained and the slip image that has been corrected by said horizontal correction process to be stored in association with each other in the storage unit.