Patent ID: 6801658
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
A method of recognizing contents of statement of a business form according to species of the business form, comprising the steps of:a) reading by an image reading device business forms of plural species which differ from one another in respect to a field of the image to be cut and deciding discriminately whether or not the read image is relevant to a business form of a first species by referencing form species identifying definition information stored previously in a file; b) when said read image is irrelevant to said business form of the first species, deciding discriminately whether or not the read image is relevant to a business form of a second species by referencing the form species identifying definition information stored previously in the file; c) when said read image is irrelevant to both said business form of the first species and said business form of the second species, deciding discriminately whether or not the read image is relevant to a business form of a next species among plural species of business forms to be discriminated in a predetermined order by referencing the form species identifying definition information stored previously in the file; d) when the read image is relevant to the business form of said first species, said second species or said next species, determining a subordinate attribute of the business form having been decided to be relevant; and e) recognizing contents of statement of the business form having been decided to be relevant based on the subordinate attribute thus determined.