Form Processing Apparatus Resubmission Image Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing form processing systems fail to effectively handle inadequacies in submitted forms, particularly when a name or signature is missing or incorrect, requiring resubmission without preserving the original form data.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that recognizes inadequate fields in a form image and generates a resubmission image with blank fields for the inadequate areas, allowing for the preservation of original data and facilitating re-submission by users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the original form is replaced with a resubmission form when inadequacy is found, then the resubmission process is simplified, but the original form data is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresubmission processVSAvoidoriginal form data
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a copy of the original form image and uses this copy as the basis for generating the resubmission form. The original form image is preserved in the storage unit, while the copied image is processed to create the resubmission form with blank fields at inadequate positions. This copying approach allows the resubmission process to be simplified without losing the original form data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Ease of operation

If all fields are made blank in the resubmission form, then users can re-enter all information, but the effort to preserve accurate original data is wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveform re-entryVSAvoiddata re-entry time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by making only the specific fields that contain inadequate information blank in the resubmission form, while preserving the content of fields with correct information. The field determination unit identifies which fields are inadequate, and the image generation unit creates blank fields only at those specific positions. This allows users to re-enter only the necessary information rather than all fields, saving time while ensuring data accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Quantity of substance

If the form processing system stores only the final valid form, then storage space is optimized, but the ability to trace and manage resubmission history is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage spaceVSAvoidform management
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a nested structure where the resubmission form is generated based on the original form image, creating a hierarchical relationship between the two. The original form image is stored and serves as the foundation, while the resubmission form contains the corrected information. This nesting approach allows the system to maintain both forms efficiently, optimizing storage space while preserving the ability to trace and manage resubmission history through the linked structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentUS12100231B2Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
Publication Date: 2024.09.24 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire recognized items obtained by recognizing characters in a first image showing a reading target including one or more first fields in which characters are written and a second field in which a name or a signature is written, if any one of the first fields is inadequate, create a second image having blank fields for the inadequate first field and the second field, if the second field is inadequate, create a second image having a blank field for the second field, and output the created second image.