Till receipt reader

• US 20030089780A1
• Filed: 10/28/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbH (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Goodyear, Mark, Berglund, David, Illsley, Martin, Kaldor, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US10/282,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20030089780A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/454
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/22 by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a pattern; Locating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition

Abstract

The present invention concerns a system for converting printed receipts (PTR) into data files comprising an optical reader for acquiring a digital image of a printed receipt in the form of a printed list containing at least object identifiers having a predetermined format, an optical character recognition means for extracting from the digital image at least the object identifiers, a search means for collecting information about the objects in a database on the basis of said object identifiers, a generating means for generating a data file comprising at least said information collected in the database, and a supply means for supplying said data file.

Claims

1. A system for converting printed receipts (PTR) into data files (TRF) comprising:

an optical reader for acquiring a digital image from a printed receipt on which is printed a list containing at least object identifiers having a predetermined format;

an optical character recognition means for extracting from the digital image at least the object identifiers;

a search means for collecting information about the objects in a database (15) on the basis of said object identifiers;

a generating means for generating a data file comprising at least said information collected in the database; and

a supply means (4, 5) supplying said data file.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the collected information about the objects comprise additional information with respect to the printed receipt.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined format of the object identifiers is selected among several formats on the basis of a shop identifier recognized by the optical character recognition means.

4. The system of claim 1, also comprising means (6) for selecting a predetermined format for converting the printed list with the generating means.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the supply means is a link (5) to an external network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the supply means is a means (4) for supplying a floppy disk, a CD-ROM or analog.