Business management system
First Claim
1. A business management system comprising:
- a reading apparatus, which comprises a structure that secures a writing medium to be handwritten upon and detects coordinates of a pen point while items are being written by pen on said writing medium, and generates and transmits handwriting data representing, for each writing medium, coordinate changes over time for said pen point;
a character recognition apparatus that performs character recognition on said handwriting data; and
a business processing apparatus that executes prescribed business processes based on recognized character strings;
said reading apparatus is configured so that one writing medium can be selected from among one or more types of writing media by the operations of a writer; and
said character recognition apparatus comprises;
means for referencing style definition data that specify a format for a writing medium selected by said reading apparatus, and performing position correction processing on a writing medium based on said handwriting data transmitted from said reading apparatus; and
means for performing character recognition on said handwriting data while referencing said style definition data after position correction.
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Abstract
A reading apparatus (10) comprising means for detecting pen point coordinate changes over time, for handwriting made by pen on writing media, and means for generating handwriting data indicating those coordinate changes for each writing medium, a character recognition apparatus (2) for performing character recognition on handwriting data, and a business processing apparatus (4) for executing business processing in response to recognized character strings are provided. Handwritten particulars entered on vouchers are immediately subjected to character recognition, and used in business management, and handwritten vouchers can also be preserved. Accordingly, the redundant work involved in entering handwritten particulars again to a computer can be reduced, input errors can be prevented, and processing can be done speedily.
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40 Claims
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1. A business management system comprising:
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a reading apparatus, which comprises a structure that secures a writing medium to be handwritten upon and detects coordinates of a pen point while items are being written by pen on said writing medium, and generates and transmits handwriting data representing, for each writing medium, coordinate changes over time for said pen point;
a character recognition apparatus that performs character recognition on said handwriting data; and
a business processing apparatus that executes prescribed business processes based on recognized character strings;
said reading apparatus is configured so that one writing medium can be selected from among one or more types of writing media by the operations of a writer; and
said character recognition apparatus comprises;
means for referencing style definition data that specify a format for a writing medium selected by said reading apparatus, and performing position correction processing on a writing medium based on said handwriting data transmitted from said reading apparatus; and
means for performing character recognition on said handwriting data while referencing said style definition data after position correction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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9. A business management system comprising:
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a reading apparatus, which comprises a structure capable of securing a voucher or other writing media, that secures a writing medium and detects coordinates of a pen point while items are being written by pen on said writing medium, and generates and transmits handwriting data representing, for each writing medium, coordinate changes over time for said pen point;
a character recognition apparatus that performs character recognition on said handwriting data, wherein said character recognition apparatus, upon recognizing that a predetermined type of character, symbol, or graphic has been entered at four corners or other predetermined complete-text-deletion columns in said writing medium, determines that said writing medium, in its entirety, is to be designated for deletion; and
a business processing apparatus that executes prescribed business processes based on recognized character strings;
said reading apparatus is configured so that one writing medium can be selected from among one or more types of writing media by the operations of a writer; and
said character recognition apparatus comprises;
means for referencing style definition data that specify a format for a writing medium selected by said reading apparatus, and performing position correction processing on a writing medium based on said handwriting data transmitted from said reading apparatus; and
means for performing character recognition on said handwriting data while referencing said style definition data after position correction.
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10. A business management system comprising:
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a reading apparatus, which comprises a structure capable of securing a voucher or other writing media, that secures a writing medium and detects coordinates of a pen point while items are being written by pen on said writing medium, and generates and transmits handwriting data representing, for each writing medium, coordinate changes over time for said pen point;
a character recognition apparatus that performs character recognition on said handwriting data, wherein said character recognition apparatus, upon recognizing that a predetermined type of character, symbol, or graphic has been entered at beginning of each entry line or other predetermined record-deletion columns in said writing medium, determines that recognized character strings based on handwriting data entered in entry lines corresponding to said record-deletion columns are to be designated for deletion; and
a business processing apparatus that executes prescribed business processes based on recognized character strings;
said reading apparatus is configured so that one writing medium can be selected from among one or more types of writing media by the operations of a writer; and
said character recognition apparatus comprises;
means for referencing style definition data that specify a format for a writing medium selected by said reading apparatus, and performing position correction processing on a writing medium based on said handwriting data transmitted from said reading apparatus; and
means for performing character recognition on said handwriting data while referencing said style definition data after position correction.
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38. A business management method comprising the steps of:
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reading card information recorded on a card and transmitting said information to a business processing apparatus;
certifying said card information in said business processing apparatus, and permitting credit card use upon determination that said credit card is proper;
selecting a card use voucher from style definition data specifying a format for a writing medium in a reading apparatus;
entering use amount and signature on the card use voucher in a reading apparatus, using a pen;
transmitting said use amount and signature as handwriting data to said business processing apparatus;
recognizing said use amount in said business processing apparatus by referring to the style definintion data;
certifying said signature in said business processing apparatus by comparing handwriting data for said signature against pre-registered signature handwriting data; and
determining whether or not handwriting data for said signature approximates said pre-registered handwriting data, and prohibiting use of said credit card when said two sets of handwriting data do not approximate each one another. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A business management method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a medical voucher from style definition data specifying a format for a writing medium available on a portable reading apparatus;
detecting, as handwriting data, results of physician'"'"'s rounds of hospital ward patients entered on medical vouchers using the portable reading apparatus;
holding said handwriting data in said reading apparatus, ward patient by ward patient;
transferring handwriting data held in said reading apparatus to a character recognition apparatus;
performing character recognition on transferred handwriting data by referring to the style definition data, using said character recognition apparatus; and
storing results of said character recognition as medical information data, ward patient by ward patient.
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