System and method for taking over a document
First Claim
1. A document taking-over system including an electronic pen terminal device provided with an electronic pen which gets information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together with kind information of said document as electronic data and for transmitting said electronic data, a document taking-over apparatus for processing said electronic data to produce it as document information and a system disposed at a latter stage to utilize said document information, which are connected to one another through a network;
- said document taking-over apparatus comprising;
communication means for receiving said electronic data from said electronic pen terminal device through said network and transmitting said document information to said system at the latter stage;
memory means for storing format information which defines specifications for converting said electronic data into a predetermined format utilizable in said system at the latter stage;
recognition means for taking out characters or selection item from said electronic data on the basis of said format information to recognize said taken-out characters or selection item;
preparation means for preparing said document information of said predetermined format on the basis of said characters or selection item recognized by said recognition means and said format information; and
registration means for registering said document information in said memory means and transmitting said document information to said system at the latter stage by means of said communication means.
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Abstract
A document taking-over system includes a terminal device provided with an electronic pen which gets information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together with kind information of the document as electronic data and for transmitting the electronic data, a document taking-over apparatus for processing the electronic data to produce it as document information of XML format, a correspondence retrieval apparatus for transmitting connection information to the document taking-over apparatus to the terminal device, and a system disposed at a latter stage to utilize the document information processed by the document taking-over apparatus, which are connected to one another through a network.
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11 Claims
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1. A document taking-over system including an electronic pen terminal device provided with an electronic pen which gets information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together with kind information of said document as electronic data and for transmitting said electronic data, a document taking-over apparatus for processing said electronic data to produce it as document information and a system disposed at a latter stage to utilize said document information, which are connected to one another through a network;
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said document taking-over apparatus comprising; communication means for receiving said electronic data from said electronic pen terminal device through said network and transmitting said document information to said system at the latter stage; memory means for storing format information which defines specifications for converting said electronic data into a predetermined format utilizable in said system at the latter stage; recognition means for taking out characters or selection item from said electronic data on the basis of said format information to recognize said taken-out characters or selection item; preparation means for preparing said document information of said predetermined format on the basis of said characters or selection item recognized by said recognition means and said format information; and registration means for registering said document information in said memory means and transmitting said document information to said system at the latter stage by means of said communication means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A document taking-over system including a terminal device provided with an electronic pen which gets information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together with kind information of said document as electronic data and for transmitting said electronic data, a document taking-over apparatus for processing said electronic data to produce it as document information, a correspondence retrieval apparatus for transmitting connection information to said document taking-over apparatus to said terminal device, and a system disposed at a latter stage to utilize said document information, which are connected to one another through a network;
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said correspondence retrieval apparatus comprising; first memory means for storing at least correspondence information for causing said kind information of said document to correspond to said connection information to said document taking-over apparatus; first communication means for communicating with said terminal device through said network; and retrieval means for searching, when said kind information of said document is received from said terminal device, said correspondence information for said connection information to said document taking-over apparatus corresponding to said kind information of said document to transmit said connection information to said terminal device; said document taking-over apparatus comprising; second communication means for receiving said electronic data from said terminal device through said network and transmitting said document information to said system at the latter stage; second memory means for storing format information which defines specifications for converting said electronic data into a predetermined format utilizable in said system at the latter stage; recognition means for taking out characters or selection item from said electronic data on the basis of said format information to recognize said taken-out characters or selection item; preparation means for preparing said document information of said predetermined format on the basis of said characters or selection item recognized by said recognition means and said format information; and registration means for registering said document information in said memory means and transmitting said document information to said system at the latter stage by means of said communication means. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A document taking-over system comprising:
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a) an electronic pen for getting information written by hand on a document prepared to be able to specify a kind thereof together with kind information of said document as electronic data; b) an electronic pen terminal device for transmitting said electronic data; and c) a document taking-over apparatus for processing said electronic data to produce it as document information and including; c-1) communication means for receiving said electronic data transmitted from said electronic pen terminal device and transmitting said document information; c-2) memory means for storing format information which defines specifications for converting said electronic data into a predetermined format; c-3) recognition means for taking out characters or selection item from said electronic data on the basis of said format information to recognize said taken-out characters or selection item; c-4) preparation means for preparing said document information of said predetermined format by using said characters or selection item recognized by said recognition means and said format information; and c-5) registration means for registering said document information to be transmitted through said communication means.
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Specification