Method and system for displaying and processing image of form document

• US 5,231,579 A
• Filed: 06/20/1991
• Issued: 07/27/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Hitoshi, Tsuchiya, Masayuki, Fujise, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Envall, Jr., Roy N.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US07/689,071
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 364/419, 364/518, 364/900 MS
• US Class Current: 715/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Method and system for dispensing a document form including input/output fields into which a character train or a numerical value data train is written on a screen such that the operator can easily correct it on the screen or by a format such that data can be easily input/output into/from the input/output fields thereof for processing. describing a format of the document is read out of a recording medium in which the document format has been written, the read data is displayed on the screen with a format which is the same as or similar to the format written on the recording medium. When the document form is displayed on the screen a character size per character displayed is decided from the read data, the cell is arranged on the basis of the decided character size, extra-cell data such as character or numerical value data or the like is arranged on the basis of the arranged cell, the cell and the extra-cell data are compressed so as not to overflow the display screen, and a processing procedure of items of the format displayed in the display screen is determined.

Claims

1. A method of forming and processing a display on a screen of a form document including at least one cell into which character or numerical value data is to be written and a portion outside said cell into which at least character or numerical value data is to be written, comprising:

a first step of reading data indicating a format of said form document from a recording medium;

a second step of determining a character size per character displayed on the screen from the data which has been read;

a third step of arranging a display of a cell on the screen using the determined character size;

a fourth step of arranging said character or numerical value data in the portion outside the cell on the screen and displaying a format similar to said format on the screen;

a fifth step of confining the display of said similar format to an area of said screen, including compressing the cell and the character data; and

a sixth step of dividing a processing procedure of items of said similar format displayed on the screen.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said fifth step further includes at least one of deleting a blank row or a blank column, executing a synonym conversion of a character train by using a data base, executing a conversion from full-sized character into a half-sized character and, rearranging said cell and character data into a plurality of rows.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said sixth step includes discriminating a character train of each item by a matching with a data base.

4. A document forming system in which a form document including at least one cell into which character or numerical value data is to be written and a portion outside said cell into which at least character or numerical value data is to be written is formed on a screen and processed, comprising:

means for reading data indicating a format of said form document from a recording medium;

means for determining a character size per character displayed on the screen from the data which has been read;

means for arranging the cell on the screen according to said decided character size;

means for arranging the character data in the portion outside the cell on the screen and displaying a format similar to said format on the screen;

means for compressing at least one of the cell and the character or numerical value data so that said similar format doesn'"'"'t overflow the area of the screen; and

means for deciding a processing procedure of items of said similar format displayed on the screen.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein said recording medium includes a document sheet.

6. A system according to claim 4, wherein said recording medium includes a floppy disk of a word processor.

7. A system according to claim 4, wherein said compressing means includes means for executing a synonym conversion of a character train to reduce to size of said similar format.

8. A system according to claim 4, wherein said form document includes plural rows and columns, and wherein said compressing means includes means for deleting at least one blank row or blank column to reduce the size of similar format.

9. A system according to claim 4, wherein said form document includes a plurality of rows, and wherein said compressing means includes means for rearranging a single row of said cell and said character data into a plurality of rows to reduce the size of said similar format.

10. A method of forming and processing a display on a screen of a form document including at least one cell into which character or numerical value data is to be written and a portion outside said cell into which at least character or numerical value data is to be written, comprising:

a first step of reading data indicating a format of said form document from a recording medium;

a second step of determining a character size per character displayed on the screen from the data which has been read;

a third step of arranging a display of a cell of the screen using the determined character size;

a fourth step of arranging said character or numerical value data in the portion outside the cell on the screen and displaying a format similar to said format on the screen;

a fifth step of confining the display of said similar format to an area of said screen, including executing a synonym conversion of a character train by using data stored in a data base to reduce the size of said similar format; and

a sixth step of deciding a processing procedure of items of said similar format displayed on the screen.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein said sixth step includes discriminating a character train of each item by a matching with a data base.

12. A method of forming and processing a display on a screen of a form document having plural rows and columns including at least on cell into which character or numerical value data is to be written and a portion outside said cell into which at least character or numerical value data is to be written, comprising:

a first step of reading data indicating a format of said form document from a recording medium;

a second step of determining a character size per character displayed on the screen from the data which has been read;

a third step of arranging a display of a cell on the screen using the determined character size;

a fourth step of arranging said character or numerical value data in the portion outside the cell on the screen and displaying a format similar to said format on the screen;

a fifth step of confining the display of said similar format to an area of said screen, including deleting at least one of a blank row and a blank column to reduce the size of similar format; and

a sixth step of deciding a processing procedure of items of said similar format displayed on the screen.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein said fifth step further comprises, after deletion of a blank row or a blank column, rearranging a single row of said cell and said character date into a plurality of rows to further reduce the size of said similar format.

14. A method according to claim 12, wherein said sixth step includes discriminating a character train of each item by a matching with a data base.