Method and apparatus for completing a partially completed document in accordance with a blank form from data automatically retrieved from a database
First Claim
1. A method for completing a form document which is partially completed with written data, the method being executed by a computer system and comprising the steps of;
- reading an image of the form document together with the written data written onto the form document as image data and storing the image data in a memory of the computer system;
recognizing in the image data i) a format of the form document and ii) key information comprising intelligible characters in said written data;
automatically retrieving first data from a database in the memory of the computer system based on the recognized key information; and
,printing at least a part of the retrieved first data onto said form document in accordance with the recognized format of the form document.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for completing a document in accordance with a blank tabularized form document from data automatically retrieved from a database. An image of the blank form document is read into the system as image data from which a format of the blank form document and key information is determined. Supplemental data relating to the key information is automatically retrieved from a database and outputted in accordance with recognized parts of the original blank form document. In a second embodiment, the retrieved data is edited before being outputted. The data automatically retrieved from the database is selectively printed onto the original form document or onto a second form document.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for completing a form document which is partially completed with written data, the method being executed by a computer system and comprising the steps of;
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reading an image of the form document together with the written data written onto the form document as image data and storing the image data in a memory of the computer system; recognizing in the image data i) a format of the form document and ii) key information comprising intelligible characters in said written data; automatically retrieving first data from a database in the memory of the computer system based on the recognized key information; and
,printing at least a part of the retrieved first data onto said form document in accordance with the recognized format of the form document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for completing a blank form document which is partially completed with first information written onto a blank portion of the form document, the system comprising:
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an image input unit for reading an image of the blank form document together with said first information as image data; a recognition unit for recognizing in the image data a format of the blank form document and key information comprising intelligible characters in said first information written onto said form document; a first memory for storing a database; retrieval means for automatically retrieving first data from said database based on the key information; and
,output means for printing at least part of the retrieved first data onto said blank form document based on the recognized format of the blank form document. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for completing a blank form document which is partially completed by first information disposed in a blank space on the form document, the method being executed by a computer system and comprising the steps of:
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reading an image of the blank form document together with said first information as image data; storing said image data in a memory; recognizing in the image data i) a layout format of the blank form document and ii) key information comprising intelligible characters in said first information; automatically retrieving first data from a database based on the key information; editing the retrieved first data; and
,outputting the edited data onto the blank form document based on the recognized format of the blank form document. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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