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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17 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 (5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12)
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2. 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;
preparation means for preparing said document information of said predetermined format on the basis of said electronic data 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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3. 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 (7, 9)
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4. 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;
preparation means for preparing said document information of said predetermined format on the basis of said electronic data 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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13. A document taking-over method of 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 by means of an electronic pen, processing said electronic data to be utilizable in a system disposed at a latter stage and delivering it to said system at the latter stage, comprising:
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a) a step of causing an electronic pen terminal device to obtain said electronic data from said electronic pen;
b) a step of causing said terminal device to transmit said electronic data to said document taking-over apparatus; and
c) a step of causing said document taking-over apparatus to convert said electronic data into document information of said predetermined format on the basis of format information which defines specifications for converting said electronic data stored in memory means of said document taking-over apparatus into said predetermined format and registering it in memory means of said document taking-over apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. 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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17. A document taking-over apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving data concerning a document as electronic data;
memory means for storing format information which defines specifications for converting said received electronic data into a predetermined format;
document information preparation means for preparing document information of said predetermined format by using said electronic data and said format information;
registration means for registering said document information prepared by said document information preparation means; and
transmission means for transmitting said document information registered in said registration means.
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Specification