Document Assembly System with Automated Form Field Digitization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user interfaces lack efficient methods for inserting non-digitized documents and form fields into digital documents, and for generating contextual forms, especially when dealing with un-digitized physical media.
Innovation Solution
The system provides graphical user interfaces that allow users to select and insert non-digitized pages from external documents into digital documents using a document scanning device, and automatically digitize form fields for electronic editing, enabling seamless integration of physical media into digital formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual digitization of physical documents is performed, then document content can be converted to digital format, but the process is time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting form fields and extracting their properties (bounding boxes, data types, labels) before the user actually needs to create the form. This advance processing eliminates the need for manual digitization during the form creation workflow, resolving the contradiction between automation extent and time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically scanning physical documents, detecting form fields, and generating digital form structures without requiring manual intervention. The document scanning device and processing system work autonomously to convert physical documents into editable digital forms, eliminating the time-consuming manual digitization process while achieving high automation.
2Manufacturing precision
If detailed document scanning and digitization is performed, then high quality digital copies are obtained, but the complexity of the process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by designing a multi-functional integrated solution that combines document scanning, form field detection, property extraction, and digital form generation into a single workflow. This universal approach handles various document types and form fields through standardized processing steps, maintaining high digitization quality while managing system complexity through functional integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an intermediary approach by introducing automated form field detection and property extraction as intermediate processing steps between physical document scanning and final digital form creation. This intermediary layer automatically identifies form fields and extracts their characteristics, serving as a bridge that simplifies the overall process while maintaining high digitization precision through systematic analysis.
3Productivity
If automated form field detection is implemented, then form generation is accelerated, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies segmentation by breaking down the complex form detection process into distinct, manageable components: form field detection, property extraction (bounding boxes, data types, labels), and digital form generation. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, accelerating form generation productivity while managing system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical form creation processes with automated computational methods. Instead of manually creating digital forms from physical documents, the system uses automated form field detection and property extraction algorithms to generate forms computationally. This substitution dramatically increases form generation speed while managing complexity through algorithmic automation rather than manual procedures.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for displaying one or more pages of a first document in a first region on a user interface; displaying thumbnail images of the one or more pages of the first document in a second region on the user interface; receiving user input for inserting one or more pages from a non-digitized second document into the first document; and in response to the user input, digitizing the one or more pages of the non-digitized second document using a document scanning device, and inserting the one or more pages of the digitized second document into the first document, wherein the inserted pages are displayed as part of the first document on the user interface.