Filling Forms with a Smartphone

• US 20160253305A1
• Filed: 02/25/2016
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caleb Wiese, Calvin Wiese
• Original Assignee: Caleb Wiese, Calvin Wiese
• Inventors: Wiese, Caleb, Wiese, Calvin
• Application Number:
  US15/053,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253305A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/412 Layout analysis of documents structured with printed lines or input boxes, e.g. business forms or tables

Abstract

Form Filler App is a method for filling out forms using smartphone technology and image processing. It encompasses creating an image of the form with the smartphone'"'"'s camera, then using image analysis to identify the input fields of the form. It will then map the fields to corresponding fields in a data repository then, using the data in the repository, digitally fill-in the form and deliver the completed form by fax, email or direct download.

Claims

1. A method for filling out forms comprising using a smartphone camera to acquire a digital image of the form, using the digital image to map the fields of the form to a data repository, filling the fields of the form from the data repository, filling the fields of the form for which the data repository lacks data using user input, and transmitting the filled out form to a destination.

2. The method of claim 1 where the fields of the form are mapped to a data repository using human intelligence.

3. The method of claim 1 where the fields of the form are mapped to a data repository using machine intelligence.

4. The method of claim 1 where the fields of the form are mapped to a data repository using human intelligence combined with machine intelligence.

5. The method of claim 1 where the filled out form is transmitted to a destination by fax.

6. The method of claim 1 where the filled out form is transmitted to a destination by email.