Document Processing Apparatus Resolving Dependency Order

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems lack an efficient method to acquire, categorize, and process multiple documents, particularly in financial and official contexts, where determining the dependency relationships and processing order of key documents is cumbersome and often requires manual intervention.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus comprising an acquiring unit, type specifying unit, document specifying unit, processing specifying unit, and determining unit that automates the acquisition, categorization, and processing of documents, including specifying key documents and relevant documents, and determining the dependency relationships and processing order based on these specifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual intervention is used to determine dependency relationships and processing order of documents, then processing accuracy can be maintained, but processing time and manual effort increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables documents to specify their own dependency relationships and processing orders through metadata, keywords, and structured data elements embedded within them. The determining unit automatically processes this self-provided information to establish processing sequences without requiring manual intervention, thus maintaining accuracy while reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual intervention system with an automated information processing system. The determining unit uses computational algorithms to analyze document types, extract dependency relationships from document content and metadata, and automatically determine processing orders, substituting human manual operations with automated mechanical processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Quantity of substance

If multiple documents are processed simultaneously without automated classification, then all documents can be handled, but the complexity of managing dependency relationships increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of documents processedVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex task of processing multiple documents by first classifying them into different types using the type specifying unit. Each document type is then handled according to predefined processing rules and dependency relationships, breaking down the overall complex process into manageable segments that can be processed independently and systematically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The determining unit is designed with universal functionality to handle various types of documents and their diverse dependency relationships through a single integrated mechanism. It can automatically determine processing orders for different document types (e.g., applications, approvals, notifications) using unified algorithms that adapt to different document characteristics, reducing the need for separate complex processing systems for each document type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If automated processing is implemented without intelligent document classification, then processing speed increases, but processing accuracy and appropriateness decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing speedVSAvoidprocessing accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The type specifying unit performs preliminary classification of documents before they enter the main processing pipeline. By预先 categorizing documents into types and identifying their dependency relationships in advance, the system prepares the processed data structure that enables subsequent automated processing to proceed quickly while maintaining accuracy through pre-established processing rules for each document type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10015355B2Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing system
Publication Date: 2018.07.03 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquiring unit that acquires plural documents, a type specifying unit that specifies types of the documents, a document specifying unit that specifies a key document as a target of a predetermined processing and a relevant document required for performing the processing among the plural documents based on the type specified by the type specifying unit, a processing specifying unit that specifies a processing corresponding to the key document among plural of the predetermined processing, and a determining unit that, in a case where the document specifying unit specifies plural key documents, specifies a dependency relationship of processing specified for the plural key documents among a key document and a relevant document related to the processing, and determines a performing order of the processing specified for the plural key documents based on the specified dependency relationship.