Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

To automatically create a workflow that allows data to be registered in the created database. [Solution] The field information creation unit of the client terminal creates field information and sends the created field information to the database control unit of the data management server. The database control unit creates a new database based on the field information received from the field information creation unit. The database control unit determines whether or not the field information received from the field information creation unit contains a workflow creation instruction flag. The database control unit sends database information about the created database to the workflow control unit of the workflow creation server. The workflow control unit creates a workflow based on the database information received from the database control unit.

Claims

1. An acquisition means for acquiring information that instructs the creation of a workflow that links with a database, field information which is definition information of data items in the database, a database identifier assigned to the database created for each type of document, and database information including field identifiers assigned to the fields in which the item values ​​of the data items are registered. A creation means for creating the workflow to be executed by an image forming apparatus that forms a document image that extracts the item values ​​based on the database information, Equipped with, The acquisition means acquires the database identifier and the field identifier from an external server where the database was created based on the field information. An information processing device characterized by the following:

2. The creation means registers the item value extracted from the document image into the field in the database corresponding to the type of document represented by the document image, the field identifier corresponding to the item value has been assigned. The information processing apparatus according to feature 1.

3. The system further comprises a transmission means for transmitting the workflow to the image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus according to feature 1.

4. The workflow includes OCR processing of the document image to extract the item value corresponding to the data item, The information processing apparatus according to feature 1.

5. The acquisition means acquires OCR coordinate information indicating the area in the document image where the OCR processing is performed for each data item defined in the field information. The OCR processing in the aforementioned workflow is performed based on the OCR coordinate information. The information processing apparatus according to feature 4.

6. When the acquisition means obtains information from a client terminal that accepts user input that instructs the creation of the workflow, it requests the database information from the external server. The information processing apparatus according to feature 1.

7. The information instructing the creation of the aforementioned workflow is the workflow creation instruction flag included in the field information. The information processing apparatus according to feature 1.

8. The image forming apparatus includes at least one of a scanner and a fax machine. The document image is either a scanned image obtained by scanning a document with the scanner or a document image received via fax. The information processing apparatus according to feature 1.

9. A data management server that retrieves field information, which is definition information for data items, and creates a database for each document type based on that field information, A workflow creation server obtains database information from the data management server, including the field information, the database identifier assigned to the database, and the field identifier assigned to the field where the item value of the data item is registered, and creates a workflow to be executed by an image forming apparatus that forms a document image that extracts the item value based on the database information. An information processing system characterized by having the following features.

10. The aforementioned field information includes a workflow creation instruction flag. The data management server transmits the database information to the workflow creation server if the workflow creation instruction flag indicates that the workflow should be created. The information processing system according to feature 9.

11. The steps include obtaining information that instructs the creation of a workflow that interacts with a database, field information which is definition information for data items in the database, a database identifier assigned to the database created for each type of document, and a field identifier assigned to the field where the item value of the data item is registered, The steps include creating a workflow to be executed by an image forming apparatus that forms a document image that extracts the item values ​​based on the database information, Equipped with, The aforementioned acquisition step involves obtaining the database identifier and the field identifier from the external server where the database was created based on the field information. An information processing method characterized by having the following features.

12. The data management server obtains field information, which is definition information for data items in the database, and creates the database for each type of document based on said field information. A workflow creation server obtains database information from the data management server, including the field information, the database identifier assigned to the database, and the field identifier assigned to the field where the item value of the data item is registered, and creates a workflow to be executed by an image forming apparatus that forms a document image that extracts the item value, based on the said database information. An information processing method characterized by having the following features.

13. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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