Unified Form for Multi-Page Document Data Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current document capture methods process multi-page documents page by page, leading to inefficient data validation and reconciliation, as human operators must navigate multiple pages and forms to compare and validate data, resulting in suboptimal processing of structures that span multiple pages.
Innovation Solution
Processing a multi-page document as a single entity with a single data entry form, where pages are identified and associated, and data values are extracted and validated using automated and manual processes, facilitating reconciliation across pages and minimizing operator effort by displaying corresponding document image snippets alongside form fields.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If pages are processed independently with separate data entry forms, then each page can be captured individually, but operators must navigate through multiple pages and forms to reconcile data values, increasing operational complexity and time consumption
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple page-specific data entry forms into a single unified data entry form that can capture and validate data across all pages of a multi-page document. This unified form allows operators to validate data without navigating between multiple separate forms, directly resolving the contradiction by merging the operational interface while maintaining the ability to capture individual pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified data entry form serves multiple functions: it can capture data from any page of a multi-page document, validate data across pages, and reconcile values without requiring separate forms for each page. This multi-functional approach improves ease of operation while preserving the flexibility to process pages individually when needed.
2Productivity
If each page has its own data entry form, then data can be extracted from each page independently, but additional processing is required to map metadata to multi-page structure and reconcile values across pages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple page-specific processing operations into a single unified data entry form that handles data extraction, validation, and reconciliation for all pages simultaneously. This reduces the need for additional mapping and reconciliation processing by eliminating the complexity of managing multiple separate forms and their interrelationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified data entry form is designed to pre-establish the multi-page document structure and data relationships before data entry begins. By setting up the unified form with knowledge of the multi-page structure in advance, the system eliminates the need for post-capture mapping and reconciliation operations, thereby improving productivity without increasing complexity.
3Reliability
If human operators manually navigate through multiple pages to validate data, then comprehensive validation can be performed, but operator fatigue increases and processing efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified data entry form combines all data from multiple pages into a single interface, allowing operators to perform comprehensive validation without navigating between pages. This maintains validation accuracy by providing access to all data while eliminating the time loss associated with page navigation and reducing operator fatigue.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified data entry form acts as an intermediary between the multi-page document and the operator, presenting all relevant data in a single organized interface. This mediator eliminates the need for operators to manually navigate through multiple pages while still providing comprehensive validation capabilities, thereby reducing validation time without sacrificing accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques to capture document data are disclosed. It is determined that a sequence of pages in a stream of document page images comprise a single multi-page document. Data is extracted from two or more different pages included in the sequence. The data extracted from two or more different pages included in the sequence of pages is used to populate a data entry form associated with the multi-page document.