Screen display methods for computer-aided data entry
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1. A method for manually editing a plurality of optically scanned documents, comprising the steps of:
- a. determining if characters on the optically scanned documents are not recognized;
b. accumulating a plurality of unrecognized characters from the documents;
c. displaying together the accumulated unrecognized characters;
d. manually editing the unrecognized characters;
e. performing a first integrity check on;
(1) documents having manually edited characters; and
(2) documents not having unrecognized characters;
f. performing a field edit on fields from the documents failing the first integrity check;
g. performing a second integrity check on the field edited fields; and
h. saving the field edited information if it passes the second integrity check.
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Abstract
An optical character recognition screen editing process is performed efficiently and only when necessary. The process is ordered so that editing is performed in increasing order of work intensity. That is, less "expensive" (i.e., less time consuming) correction methods are performed first, as a filter for more "expensive" correction methods. In the preferred embodiment, individual character are corrected first, information fields are corrected second, and entire forms are correction last. Preferably, the individual characters may be collected from a number of forms before being displayed for correction.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for manually editing a plurality of optically scanned documents, comprising the steps of:
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a. determining if characters on the optically scanned documents are not recognized; b. accumulating a plurality of unrecognized characters from the documents; c. displaying together the accumulated unrecognized characters; d. manually editing the unrecognized characters; e. performing a first integrity check on; (1) documents having manually edited characters; and (2) documents not having unrecognized characters; f. performing a field edit on fields from the documents failing the first integrity check; g. performing a second integrity check on the field edited fields; and h. saving the field edited information if it passes the second integrity check. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for displaying a number of unrecognized optically scanned images, comprising the steps of:
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a. accumulating a number of unrecognized characters from a plurality of documents; b. selecting if the accumulated unrecognized characters are to be displayed at a uniform size; c. if the accumulated unrecognized characters are not selected to be displayed at a uniform size, arranging the accumulated characters in size order; d. if the accumulated unrecognized characters are selected to be displayed at a uniform size; (1) normalizing the unrecognized characters; (2) determining an image density of the accumulated unrecognized characters; (3) arranging the characters in order of image density; e. aligning the accumulated unrecognized characters; and f. displaying the aligned accumulated unrecognized characters. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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