Document processing devices, recording media and computer program products

Abstract

The present invention provides a document processing apparatus and a recording medium. The document processing apparatus (10) includes: a document acquisition unit (11) for acquiring tickets selected by a user from a document selection screen in a specific document storage area stored in a document management server (20); and a document confirmation and correction processing unit (12) for displaying the acquired tickets on a document confirmation and correction screen so that the user can perform confirmation and correction operations. When a new document is saved to the specific document storage area, the user does not need to select it from the document selection screen, but the newly added document is displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to a document processing device, a document management server, and a program. Background Technology

[0002] For example, a technique has been proposed in the past that, when confirming the content of document files, instead of displaying each document file one by one, displays all or part of the content of multiple document files stored in a specified folder at a glance, thereby enabling the simultaneous confirmation of the content of multiple documents (e.g., Patent Document 1).

[0003] [Prior art literature]

[0004] [Patent Literature]

[0005] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-22734

[0006] Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2008-112214

[0007] Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2010-33228

[0008] Patent Document 4: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-186773 Summary of the Invention

[0009] [The problem the invention aims to solve]

[0010] Sometimes, documents saved in a specific document storage area are displayed on the first screen. The first document selected on the first screen is then displayed on a second screen for processing prescribed document operations. However, if a new document is saved to the specific document storage area while the prescribed document processing is being performed on the second screen, the user must first select the new document on the first screen and then perform the prescribed document processing on the new document on the second screen. This process is cumbersome for the user.

[0011] The purpose of this invention is to reduce the time required for the user to display a new document on the second screen when a document stored in a specific document storage area is displayed on a first screen, a first document selected on the first screen is displayed on a second screen that accepts a specified document processing operation, and a specified document processing is performed on the first document.

[0012] [Technical means to solve the problem]

[0013] The document processing apparatus of the present invention includes a processor that displays documents stored in a specific document storage area on a first screen, displays a first document selected on the first screen on a second screen that accepts a specified document processing operation, and when a new document is saved to the document storage area during the execution of the document processing, displays the new document, i.e., a second document, on the second screen without requiring selection on the first screen.

[0014] Furthermore, the processor of the present invention receives instructions from the user regarding document processing related to the second document before displaying the second document on the second screen.

[0015] Furthermore, when the processor of the present invention receives an instruction from the user to prioritize document processing of the second document, the second document is displayed with priority over the document currently displayed on the second screen.

[0016] Furthermore, when the processor of the present invention receives an instruction from the user to process the second document, it causes the second document to be displayed at the very end of the queue of documents currently displayed on the second screen.

[0017] Furthermore, when the processor of the present invention receives an instruction from the user that the second document should not be processed, the second document is not displayed on the second screen.

[0018] Furthermore, the processor of the present invention allows the user to select whether to automatically display the second document on the second screen.

[0019] Furthermore, the processor of the present invention displays information indicating the number of processes performed by the user on the second screen for the document displayed on the second screen.

[0020] Furthermore, the processor of the present invention causes at least one of the number of documents in the document displayed on the second screen that the user has performed the document processing on or the number of documents that have not yet performed the document processing on to be displayed on the second screen.

[0021] Furthermore, when the document displayed on the second screen contains one or more items that the user has designated as processing objects, the processor of the present invention displays at least one of the number of items for which the user has performed document processing or the number of items for which the user has not yet performed document processing on the second screen.

[0022] Furthermore, when the processor of the present invention shares the specific document storage area with other users, it indicates to the other users that it has performed the document processing on the document displayed on the second screen.

[0023] Furthermore, the processor of the present invention indicates to the user that the document processing has been performed on the document by deleting the document that has been processed by other users from the second screen.

[0024] The document management server of the present invention includes a processor that displays documents stored in a specific document storage area on a first screen of a document processing device, displays a first document selected on the first screen on a second screen of the document processing device that accepts a specified document processing operation, and when a new document is saved to the document storage area during the execution of the document processing in the document processing device, the new document, i.e., the second document, is displayed on the second screen without needing to be selected on the first screen.

[0025] The program of the present invention is used to enable a computer to perform the following functions: displaying a document stored in a specific document storage area on a first screen; displaying a first document selected on the first screen on a second screen that accepts the operation of a specified document processing; and when a new document is saved to the document storage area during the execution of the document processing, displaying the new document, i.e., the second document, on the second screen instead of accepting the selection of the second document on the first screen.

[0026] [Effects of the Invention]

[0027] According to the invention described in technical solution 1, when a document stored in a specific document storage area is displayed on a first screen, and a first document selected on the first screen is displayed on a second screen for accepting a specified document processing operation, and when a specified document processing is performed on the first document, if a new document is saved to the document storage area while document processing is being performed on the second screen, the user's time spent displaying the new document on the second screen can be reduced.

[0028] According to the invention described in technical solution 2, it is possible to inquire about the user's intention to add to the second screen.

[0029] According to the invention described in technical solution 3, new documents can be processed preferentially.

[0030] According to the invention described in technical solution 4, documents can be processed in the order of registration to the second screen.

[0031] According to the invention described in technical solution 5, the user can avoid processing new documents.

[0032] According to the invention described in technical solution 6, the user can choose whether to automatically append new documents to the second screen.

[0033] According to the invention described in technical solution 7, the amount of processing performed by the user can be displayed to the user.

[0034] According to the invention described in technical solution 8, the number of documents that the user has processed or the number of documents that have not yet been processed can be displayed to the user.

[0035] According to the invention described in technical solution 9, the number of items that the user has processed or the number of items that have not yet been processed can be displayed to the user.

[0036] According to the invention described in technical solution 10, other users who are performing the same document processing can be notified of the completed document.

[0037] According to the invention described in technical solution 11, it is possible to avoid repeatedly performing document processing on documents that have already been processed by other users.

[0038] According to the invention described in technical solution 12, when a document stored in a specific document storage area is displayed on a first screen, and a first document selected on the first screen is displayed on a second screen for accepting a specified document processing operation, and when a specified document processing is performed on the first document, if a new document is saved to the document storage area while document processing is being performed on the second screen, the user's time spent displaying the new document on the second screen can be reduced. Attached Figure Description

[0039] Figure 1 This is a diagram showing the overall structure of the document processing system in this embodiment.

[0040] Figure 2 This is a diagram illustrating an example of the document selection screen display in this embodiment.

[0041] Figure 3 This diagram illustrates an example of the display of a document confirmation and correction screen in this embodiment.

[0042] Figure 4 This is a flowchart illustrating the document confirmation and correction process in this embodiment.

[0043] Figure 5 This is an example of how a pop-up screen is displayed in this embodiment.

[0044] [Explanation of Symbols]

[0045] 10: Document processing device

[0046] 11: Document Acquisition Department

[0047] 12: Document Confirmation and Correction Processing Department

[0048] 13: Add a document monitoring department

[0049] 14: User Interface (UI) Processing Department

[0050] 15: Control Department

[0051] 16, 22: Document Storage Department

[0052] 20: Document Management Server

[0053] 21: Editorial Control Department

[0054] 141: Operations and Acceptance Department

[0055] 142: Display Control Unit Detailed Implementation

[0056] The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0057] Figure 1 This is a diagram showing the overall structure of the document processing system in this embodiment. Figure 1 The document processing device 10 and the document management server 20 are represented in the diagram. The document processing system in this embodiment has multiple document processing devices 10, but they only need to be configured identically. Figure 1 In this paper, a function block is represented for only one document processing device 10.

[0058] The document management server 20 in this embodiment can be implemented using the conventional hardware structure of a general-purpose server computer. That is, the document management server 20 has storage components such as a central processing unit (CPU), read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and hard disk drive (HDD), as well as a network interface as a communication component for communicating with each document processing device 10.

[0059] The document management server 20 in this embodiment includes an editing control unit 21 and a document storage unit 22, which manages the documents used in the system. Components not described in this embodiment are omitted from the figures. The document storage unit 22 stores the documents used in the system. The document storage unit 22 has a specific document saving area shared by multiple users of the document processing device 10. The editing control unit 21, while cooperating with the document processing device 10, controls the editing of documents to prevent documents saved in the specific document saving area from being set as confirmation and correction targets by multiple users.

[0060] The editing control unit 21 in the document management server 20 is implemented through coordinated operation between the computer that forms the document management server 20 and the program running by the CPU mounted in the computer. Furthermore, the document storage unit 22 is implemented using storage components mounted in the document management server 20.

[0061] The document processing device 10 in this embodiment can be implemented using the conventional hardware structure of a personal computer (PC) or similar computer. That is, the document processing device 10 includes storage components such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, and hard disk drive (HDD), user interface components such as a mouse or keyboard as input components and a display as a display component, and a network interface as a communication component for communicating with the document management server 20.

[0062] The document processing apparatus 10 in this embodiment includes a document acquisition unit 11, a document confirmation and correction processing unit 12, a document addition monitoring unit 13, a user interface (UI) processing unit 14, a control unit 15, and a document storage unit 16. Furthermore, components not used in the description of this embodiment are omitted from the figures.

[0063] The document acquisition unit 11 acquires documents designated for confirmation and correction processing from the document management server 20. The document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 displays the documents based on user operations, allowing the user to confirm the document's content. Furthermore, it implements confirmation and correction processing, allowing the user to correct the document as needed, as a prescribed document processing procedure. The document addition monitoring unit 13 monitors for newly added documents registered in a specific document storage area of ​​the document storage unit 22. The user interface processing unit 14 includes an operation acceptance unit 141 and a display control unit 142. The operation acceptance unit 141 accepts user operations using a mouse or keyboard, etc. The display control unit 142 controls the display on the monitor. The control unit 15 controls the operation of each component 11 to component 14. The documents acquired from the document management server 20 are stored in the document storage unit 16.

[0064] Each of the constituent elements 11 to 15 in the document processing device 10 is realized through the coordinated operation of the computer that forms the document processing device 10 and the program executed by the CPU mounted in the computer. Furthermore, the document storage unit 16 is implemented using a storage component mounted in the document processing device 10.

[0065] Furthermore, the program used in this embodiment can, of course, be provided via a communication component, or it can be provided by storing it on a computer-readable recording medium such as a Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device. The program provided from the communication component or the recording medium is installed into the computer, and the computer's CPU executes the program sequentially to perform various processes.

[0066] Users use the document processing device 10 to perform the following confirmation and correction operations: confirming the content of a document stored in a specific document storage area of ​​the document storage unit 22 and making corrections as needed. Basically, for a single document, only one user needs to perform the confirmation and correction process once. However, to improve confirmation accuracy, the same user or different users may perform the confirmation and correction operations multiple times for a single document. Furthermore, sometimes multiple users share multiple documents to perform document confirmation and correction operations simultaneously and in parallel.

[0067] Furthermore, the term "confirmation and correction work" refers to the work performed by the user using the functions provided by the document processing device 10 during the confirmation and correction of a document. Moreover, the term "confirmation and correction processing" refers to the processing performed within the document processing device 10 during the confirmation and correction of a document, but there is no need to strictly distinguish between them.

[0068] In this embodiment, a ticket will be used as an example of a document. A "ticket" refers to a document format; in this embodiment, it refers to a document filled out by the user in a prescribed format by hand. Besides tickets, other handwritten documents include questionnaires. In this embodiment, only tickets will be processed as documents; therefore, in the following description, "document" and "ticket" will be used synonymously.

[0069] The following describes the document confirmation and correction process performed by the user.

[0070] In order to perform the required operation for confirmation and correction, the user obtains the ticket set as the object for confirmation and correction from the document management server 20, and displays the ticket selection screen on the display of the document processing device 10.

[0071] Figure 2This diagram illustrates an example of the document selection screen display in this embodiment. On the document selection screen 31, which serves as the first screen, documents stored in specific document storage areas of the document storage unit 22 are displayed at a glance. Figure 2 The example shown displays the filename, ticket name, scan date and time, and status as information related to the document. This is just one example and is not required to be limited to. The filename is the filename of the document. The ticket name is the name indicating the ticket format. Therefore, sometimes... Figure 2 As illustrated, this is shared by all document files. The scan date and time is the date and time when the ticket is read by the scanner and the image data is digitized. In this embodiment, the data is saved to a specific document storage area at the same time as scanning; therefore, the scan date and time are synonymous with the date and time registered in the specific document storage area. The status indicates the status of the ticket. There are states where a ticket has been read and is undergoing text recognition processing, and states where the ticket has been saved to a specific document storage area and is awaiting document confirmation and correction processing. Figure 2 The status is "Standby" or has been selected by the user as the object to be confirmed for correction processing. Figure 2 The status indicates that the correction process has been completed. Figure 2 (e.g., "the end" in the text).

[0072] In each document's display row, checkboxes 32 are displayed in association. Additionally, checkboxes 32 for documents whose processing has been completed are displayed in a non-selectable manner. The user selects the document display button 33 by checking the checkboxes 32 corresponding to the document set as the processing target. However, in this embodiment, if all checkboxes 32 are not checked, it is considered that all tickets have been selected. Here, it is assumed that the user selected the document display button 33 with all checkboxes 32 unchecked.

[0073] When the document display button 33 is selected, the document acquisition unit 11 retrieves the corresponding document file from the document management server 20 and saves it to the document storage unit 16.

[0074] Figure 3 It means through Figure 2This diagram illustrates an example of a document confirmation and correction screen displayed when the document display button 33 is selected. The document confirmation and correction screen 34, which serves as the second screen, displays: a ticket display area 35, for displaying an image of the document file (ticket) acquired by the document acquisition unit 11; and a confirmation and correction area 36, ​​for the user to confirm the contents of the ticket and make corrections as needed. The handwritten text on the ticket undergoes character recognition processing, but in the confirmation and correction area 36, ​​the image of the handwritten text and the character recognition result are displayed side-by-side as items to be confirmed. The user can refer to the confirmation and correction area 36 to confirm the content filled in on the ticket. Furthermore, the comparison between the handwritten text and the character recognition result determines whether the character recognition result matches the handwritten text. If the character recognition result does not match the handwritten text, the user corrects the character recognition result. The document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 enables the user to perform confirmation and correction operations on the ticket displayed in the ticket display area 35 within the confirmation and correction area 36.

[0075] Furthermore, in Figure 3 The document confirmation and correction screen 34 shown displays information indicating the number of confirmation and correction operations performed by the user. The document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 displays a processing count indicator 37, which divides the tickets acquired by the document acquisition unit 11 into confirmed tickets ("confirmed") and unconfirmed tickets ("unconfirmed"), as information indicating the number of processed tickets. Furthermore, while a ticket may contain one or more items requiring confirmation, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 divides all items in all tickets into confirmed items ("confirmed") and unconfirmed items ("unconfirmed"), displaying this as confirmed item count information 38. Confirmed item count information 38 can also be displayed through a user interface such as the processing count indicator 37. In this embodiment, both confirmed and unconfirmed quantities are displayed, but at least one may be displayed. The display component for the automatic acquisition switch 39 will be described later.

[0076] When the confirmation and correction of the items displayed in the confirmation and correction area 36 is complete, the user checks the checkbox 40 corresponding to the item. Each time a checkbox 40 is checked, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 updates the number of confirmed items information 38. When the confirmation and correction of all items contained in a ticket is complete, the user selects the confirmation button 41. The confirmation button 41 can also be selected to process multiple tickets at the same time.

[0077] When the confirmation button 41 is selected, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 sends a confirmation slip indicating that the correction process is complete to the document management server 20. The document management server 20 saves the received slip to a specific document storage area. Furthermore, when sending the confirmation slip to the document management server 20, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 updates the processed document count indicator 37.

[0078] The following describes the document confirmation and correction process when a user performs a document confirmation and correction operation from the document confirmation and correction screen 34, using... Figure 4 The flowchart shown will be used for illustration.

[0079] Furthermore, the control unit 15 operates in conjunction with the document acquisition unit 11 and the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 to display the document selection screen 31, the document confirmation and correction screen 34, and the pop-up screen 51 (described later) on the display control unit 142. However, for the sake of simplicity in the following description, it will be explained that the main body of the screen display processing, namely the document acquisition unit 11 or the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12, displays the screen. Similarly, user operations or information input from the screen are received by the operation receiving unit 141. The document acquisition unit 11 and the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 receive the information received by the operation receiving unit 141 and perform the prescribed actions. However, for the sake of simplicity in the following description, it will be explained that the document acquisition unit 11 or the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 receives the information.

[0080] Furthermore, during the document confirmation and correction process, the document addition monitoring unit 13 continuously or periodically monitors whether any documents are newly added to a specific document storage area of ​​the document storage unit 22 of the document management server 20. Alternatively, when the document management server 20 detects a document registration to a specific document storage area, it may notify the document addition monitoring unit 13 of this intention each time or periodically. By receiving the notification, the document addition monitoring unit 13 can detect the situation where a document has been newly added to the specific document storage area.

[0081] The document confirmation and correction process repeats the steps described below until the user selects the confirmation button 41 (N in step S101), at which point the process ends. Alternatively, if the cancel button 42 is selected, the document confirmation and correction process is considered interrupted and thus terminated.

[0082] Additionally, when the user confirms and corrects all selected tickets, they select the confirmation button 41. Based on the user's operation, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 sends the temporarily stored document confirmation and correction processing content to the document management server 20. Simultaneously, the status of the processed tickets changes to "End".

[0083] As mentioned above, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 performs the document confirmation and correction processing as described below, that is, it displays the items to be confirmed on the ticket that is set as the processing object in the confirmation and correction area 36, ​​so that the user can perform the aforementioned confirmation and correction operation (step S102).

[0084] If the document processing device 10 does not receive any information (N in step S103) during the document verification and correction process, the document verification and correction processing unit 12 allows the user to continue the verification and correction process.

[0085] Here, when the document processing device 10 receives certain information (Y in step S103), and when it detects that a new document has been added to a specific document storage area of ​​the document storage unit 22 (Y in step S104), if the user has not yet selected the automatic retrieval mode (N in step S105), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 will transfer the processing to step S101.

[0086] Furthermore, users can select whether to enable the document confirmation and correction processing to run in automatic acquisition mode using the aforementioned automatic acquisition switch 39. Automatic acquisition mode is a mode in which a newly registered document is automatically displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34. If the user operates the automatic acquisition switch 39 to select "off," the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 accepts the selection and does not enable the document confirmation and correction processing to run in automatic acquisition mode. On the other hand, if the user operates the automatic acquisition switch 39 to select "on," the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 accepts the selection and enables the document confirmation and correction processing to run in automatic acquisition mode.

[0087] If the user selects to run in automatic acquisition mode (Y in step S105), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 displays the document that has been added to the specific document saving area, but before that, a pop-up screen is displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34 (step S106).

[0088] Figure 5This diagram illustrates an example of the pop-up screen display in this embodiment. The pop-up screen 51 displays: a new document display area 52, used to list newly added documents registered in a specific document storage area (hereinafter also referred to as "new documents"); and a ticket display area 53, used to display a ticket image. In the new document display area 52, the filename of the newly added document registered in the specific document storage area and the date and time of its registration are displayed for each new document. The filename is optional; when the user selects any filename, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 causes the document acquisition unit 11 to retrieve the selected document from the document management server 20, and displays the image of the document in the ticket display area 53. Alternatively, the ticket display area 53 may not be displayed until the user selects a filename.

[0089] Furthermore, for each new document, buttons 54, 55, and 56 are displayed together with the options "Confirm," "Confirm Now," and "Ignore." Additionally, in the new document display area 52, buttons 57, 58, and 59 are displayed with the options "Confirm All," "Confirm All Now," and "Ignore All." Users can select buttons 54 to 59 displayed on the pop-up screen 51 to instruct on the processing of new documents, and the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 processes the instructions related to the new documents based on the button operations performed by the user.

[0090] Furthermore, as mentioned earlier, on the document confirmation and correction screen 34, the document set by the user as the processing target is imported and displayed in the ticket display area 35. Additionally, Figure 3 In the document confirmation and correction screen 34, only one ticket is displayed. However, since the display can be switched, it can be said that the document set as the processing target is selectively displayed. Furthermore, in the confirmation and correction area 36, ​​since the items in the document set as the processing target that are to be confirmed and corrected are displayed in a scrollable manner, it can also be said that the document set as the processing target is displayed.

[0091] When the user selects any "Confirm" button 54 (confirming all in step S107), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 retrieves the new document corresponding to the selected "Confirm" button 54 from the document management server 20 and saves it to the document storage unit 16 (step S108), and appends it to the end of the document already displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34 (step S109). Thus, the user can process documents in the order they are retrieved.

[0092] When the user selects any "Confirm Now" button 55 (in step S107, it's "(All) Confirm Now"), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 retrieves the new document corresponding to the selected "Confirm Now" button 55 from the document management server 20 and saves it to the document storage unit 16 (step S110). It then appends the document to the queue of documents already displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34, immediately after the document the user is currently processing (step S111). That is, when the confirmation and correction processing of items in the document the user has designated as the processing target is completed, the user can designate the newly added document as the processing target without any special operations such as scrolling. This allows the user to process new documents with the highest priority and efficiency. Furthermore, the newly added document can be appended before the document the user is currently processing, making it the processing target. After the confirmation and correction processing of the newly added document is completed, the processing of the original document undergoing confirmation and correction processing continues. In other words, the processing of the document the user has designated as the processing target can be temporarily interrupted, and the newly added document can be designated as the processing target. As a result, users can process new documents more efficiently and prioritize them over documents that are currently undergoing confirmation and correction processes, and can also easily handle documents that require urgent processing.

[0093] When the user selects any of the "Ignore" buttons 56 (in step S107, "(All) Ignore"), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 does not acquire the new document corresponding to the selected "Ignore" button 56. That is, it is not displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34. Therefore, the user can avoid setting the new document as the object of the confirmation and correction operation. Furthermore, when the user presses the "Ignore" button 56, it can also be deleted from the new document display area 52 corresponding to the "Ignore" button 56. Therefore, it is easy for the user to confirm the new document in the new document display area 52.

[0094] The "Confirm," "Confirm Now," and "Ignore" buttons 54, 55, and 56 are designed for new documents. Therefore, even if you want to handle all new documents in the same way, you must repeat the same operation for each new document. Therefore, if you want to process all new documents in the same way, it is convenient to select any one of the "Confirm All," "Confirm All Now," or "Ignore All" buttons 57, 58, and 59.

[0095] That is, when the user selects the "Confirm All" button 57 (confirm all in step S107), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 retrieves all new documents currently displayed in the new document display area 52 from the document management server 20 and saves them to the document storage unit 16 (step S108), and appends them to the very end of the documents already displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34 (step S109). Furthermore, when the user selects the "Confirm All Immediately" button 58 (confirm all immediately in step S107), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 retrieves all new documents currently displayed in the new document display area 52 from the document management server 20 and saves them to the document storage unit 16 (step S110), and appends them to the document queue already displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34 after the document for which the user is currently performing confirmation and correction processing (step S111). Alternatively, it can be added before the document that the user is currently confirming and correcting, so that the newly added document is displayed as the object to be confirmed for editing. After the confirmation and correction of the newly added document is completed, the processing of the original document that was being confirmed and corrected can continue.

[0096] New documents are generally displayed in the order they appear in the new document display area 52, but the display order can be changed. Furthermore, when the user selects the "Ignore All" button 59 (ignore all in step S107), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 does not retrieve the new document. That is, it is not displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34. Moreover, when the user presses the "Ignore" button 56, it can also be deleted from the new document display area 52 corresponding to the "Ignore" button 56.

[0097] After the user decides how to handle the new document and performs the aforementioned button operation, selecting the close button 60 will clear the pop-up screen 51 in the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12. Alternatively, the user can also select the close button 60 without performing the aforementioned button operation, thereby clearing the pop-up screen 51. Furthermore, the new document can be displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34 when the user presses buttons 54, 55, 57, or 58, and the pop-up screen 51 can be cleared when the user presses buttons 57 to 59. Moreover, when the update button 61 is selected, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 can retrieve the new document added to the specific document saving area after the pop-up screen 51 is displayed, and update the display of the new document display area 52.

[0098] Furthermore, in this embodiment, when operating in automatic acquisition mode (Y in step S105), when a document is added to a specific document storage area, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 displays a pop-up screen 51 (step S106). However, the pop-up screen 51 may not be displayed, and the new document may be automatically displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34. In this case, the user cannot select the display position of the new document, i.e., whether it is displayed after the document being processed or at the very end of the queue of documents currently being displayed. Therefore, for example, the user may be allowed to preset the display position of the new document.

[0099] When a new document is added as described above and displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 updates the display of the processed document count indicator 37 and the confirmation item count information 38 in tandem with the addition of the new document. Therefore, even when new documents are automatically added as display objects, the user can still grasp the total number of documents to be processed or the number of documents not yet processed.

[0100] Furthermore, as mentioned earlier, a specific document storage area is shared by multiple users, so other users may be simultaneously performing document verification and correction tasks in parallel. In this case, a document may be processed by multiple users, but it is inefficient for other users to verify and correct a document that one user has already confirmed and corrected in the same way.

[0101] Therefore, during the execution of the document confirmation and correction process (step S102), when the confirmation and correction process for the ticket is completed, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 can also indicate to other users that the confirmation and correction process has been completed. For example, it can notify other users that the ticket has been confirmed and corrected. That is, it can send the file name of the ticket that has been confirmed and corrected to the document processing device 10 being used by other users.

[0102] When a notification of confirmation completion is received from another document processing device 10 (N in step S104, Y in step S112), the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12, while displaying the confirmed and corrected ticket on the document confirmation and correction screen 34 but before performing confirmation and correction, indicates to the user that the ticket has been confirmed and corrected by another user. For example, the ticket is deleted from the document confirmation and correction screen 34 (step S113). Thus, other users will not perform duplicate confirmation and correction for tickets that have already been confirmed and corrected. Here, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 automatically deletes the confirmed and corrected document, but it may also be limited to displaying the received notification on the document confirmation and correction screen 34, while the user performs the deletion of the displayed ticket from the document confirmation and correction screen 34.

[0103] When a ticket is deleted, the document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 updates the display of the processed item count indicator 37 and the confirmed item count information 38 along with the deletion of the ticket. Therefore, even when tickets are automatically deleted, the user can still know the total number of items that should be processed or the number that has not been processed.

[0104] In the above description, the document processing device 10 can directly notify other users' document processing devices 10 that are in use, but it can also send the notification to the document management server 20 and notify them indirectly through the document management server 20.

[0105] That is, in the document management server 20, when a notification is received from the document processing device 10 indicating that the ticket has been confirmed and corrected, the editing control unit 21 notifies all document processing devices 10 that the ticket has been confirmed and corrected. Alternatively, the editing control unit 21 may exclude the document processing device 10 that issued the notification of confirmation and correction from the notification recipients.

[0106] Furthermore, while the document management server 20 receives a notification from the document processing device 10 indicating that the ticket has been confirmed and corrected, the act of sending a confirmed and corrected ticket from the document processing device 10 can also be considered as such a notification. In this case, the document processing device 10 no longer needs to issue such a notification.

[0107] In addition, in this embodiment, during the execution of the document confirmation and correction process, the only information received from the outside is the intention to add new documents and the notification that the ticket has been confirmed and corrected. Therefore, in the case of receiving other information (N in step S112), the process moves to step S101.

[0108] As explained above, according to this embodiment, if a document is newly added to a specific document storage area while the user is performing a document confirmation and correction operation, even if no display is shown... Figure 3 The document selection screen 31 shown allows the user to select the document to be displayed on the document confirmation and correction screen 34, and can also display a new document on the document confirmation and correction screen 34.

[0109] Figure 1 In the document processing system shown, a document confirmation and correction processing unit 12 is provided in the document processing device 10 to allow users of the document processing device 10 to perform document confirmation and correction operations. However, the system structure does not need to be limited to this.

[0110] For example, components 11 to 13 and 15, other than the user interface processing unit 14, are located in the document management server 20. Since the document management server 20 has a document storage unit 22, the document storage unit 16 is not required. The document processing device 10 may also be configured to use a browser to display the document selection screen 31, the document confirmation and correction screen 34, and the pop-up screen 51 provided by the confirmation and correction processing function in the document management server 20 on the display of the document processing device 10.

[0111] In the above embodiments, the term "processor" refers to a processor in a broad sense, including general-purpose processors (such as central processing units (CPUs)) or special-purpose processors (such as graphics processing units (GPUs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices, etc.).

[0112] Furthermore, the actions of the processor in the described embodiments may not be performed by a single processor, but rather by multiple processors located in physically separate locations working together. Moreover, the order of the processor's actions is not limited to the order described in the various embodiments and can be appropriately modified.

Claims

1. A document processing device, characterized in that, Including processors, The processor causes documents stored in a specific document storage area to be displayed on the first screen. The first document selected on the first screen is displayed on the second screen, which handles the specified document processing operations. When a new document is saved to the document saving area while the first document is displayed on the second screen to perform the document processing, the new document, i.e., the second document, is displayed on the second screen without needing to be selected on the first screen.

2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, Before displaying the second document on the second screen, the processor receives instructions from the user related to document processing for the second document.

3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that, When the processor receives an instruction from the user to prioritize the processing of the second document, it prioritizes displaying the second document over the document currently displayed on the second screen.

4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that, When the processor receives an instruction from the user to process the second document, it causes the second document to be displayed at the very end of the queue of documents currently displayed on the second screen.

5. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that, When the processor receives an instruction from the user that the second document should not be processed, it shall not display the second document on the second screen.

6. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The processor receives a user's choice on whether to automatically display the second document on the second screen.

7. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, The processor, for the document displayed on the second screen, displays information indicating the number of processes performed by the user on the second screen.

8. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that, The processor causes at least one of the number of documents in the document displayed on the second screen that the user has performed the document processing on, or the number of documents that the user has not yet performed the document processing on, to be displayed on the second screen.

9. The document processing apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that, When the document displayed on the second screen contains one or more items that the user has set as processing objects, the processor displays at least one of the number of items that the user has already processed or the number of items that the user has not yet processed on the document on the second screen.

10. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that, When the processor shares the specific document storage area with other users, and a user has already performed the document processing on the document displayed on the second screen, the processor indicates to the other users that the document processing has been performed on the document.

11. The document processing apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that, The processor indicates to the user that it has performed the document processing on the document by deleting the document that has already been processed by another user from the second screen.

12. A recording medium storing a program for enabling a computer to perform the following functions: To display documents saved in a specific document saving area on the first screen; The first document selected on the first screen is displayed on the second screen, which handles the specified document processing operations; and When a new document is saved to the document saving area while the first document is displayed on the second screen to perform the document processing, the new document, i.e., the second document, is displayed on the second screen without needing to be selected on the first screen.

13. A computer program product for enabling a computer to perform the following functions: To display documents saved in a specific document saving area on the first screen; The first document selected on the first screen is displayed on the second screen, which handles the specified document processing operations; and When a new document is saved to the document saving area while the first document is displayed on the second screen to perform the document processing, the new document, i.e., the second document, is displayed on the second screen without needing to be selected on the first screen.

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