Information analysis system and information analysis method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10091396-B2
Application number	US-201815860012-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 2, 2018
Priority date	Jan 19, 2017
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A reading device scans receipts, and transmits image data of the receipts to an analyzer. The analyzer receives the image data, extracts images of the receipts from the image data; counts a number of the images; executes a character recognition process to obtain text data; transmits, to the display device, a number of all of the images, and sequentially transmits, to the display device, the images for which the character recognition process has been completed, together with the text data. The display device sequentially displays each image, together with the text data; and upon detecting that the number of all of the images matches a number of the sequentially transmitted images, receives a command to report to the analyzer that the reception the images is completed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information analysis system comprising:
a reading device configured to read data;
an analyzer configured to analyze the data read by the reading device; and
a display device configured to display an analysis result by the analyzer,
wherein the reading device includes
a scanner;
a transmitter;
a first processor; and
a first memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the first processor to execute the following steps:
causing the scanner to scan one or more receipts placed in a reading area; and
causing the transmitter to transmit image data to the analyzer, the image data including data of the one or more receipts scanned by the scanner,
wherein the analyzer includes
a first transceiver;
a second processor; and
a second memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the second processor to execute the following steps:
causing the first transceiver to receive the image data;
extracting one or more images of the one or more receipts from the image data, and counting a number of the one or more images;
executing a character recognition process on each of the one or more images extracted by the step of extracting to obtain text data;
causing the first transceiver to transmit, to the display device, a number of all of the one or more images, and to sequentially transmit, to the display device, each image of the one or more images for which the character recognition process has been completed, together with at least a part of the text data of the image;
wherein the display device includes
a display;
a receiver;
a third processor; and
a third memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the third processor to execute the following steps:
causing the display to sequentially display each image of the one or more images received from the analyzer, together with the at least the part of the text data of the image;
causing the receiver to receive an edit on the at least the part of the text data displayed; and
upon detecting that the number of all of the one or more images transmitted from the analyzer matches a number of the sequentially transmitted one or more images of the one or more receipts, configuring the display to be in a state in which the display is capable of receiving a command for indicating the display device to report to the analyzer that the reception of all of the one or more images is completed.

2. The information analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein the steps executed by the third processor further include:
counting a number of the images sequentially transmitted from the analyzer, and displaying the counted number and the number of all of the images transmitted from the first transceiver.

3. The information analysis system according to claim 2 , wherein the steps executed by the third processor further include:
updating the counted number each time the image and the at least the part of the text data are received from the analyzer, and causing the display to display the updated counted number and the number of all of the one or more images transmitted from the first transceiver.

4. The information analysis system according to claim 3 , wherein the steps executed by the second processor further include:
detecting a character related to a date and a character related to an amount of money from the obtained text data, and
wherein the steps executed by the third processor further include:
causing the display to display the image, together with the date and the amount of money.

5. The information analysis system according to claim 4 , wherein the steps executed by the second processor further include:
attaching a position of the character related to the date and a position of the character related to the amount of money to the image, and
wherein the steps executed by the third processor further include:
upon detecting that the receiver receives the edit on the date or the amount of money, controlling a display position of the date or the amount of money in the display using the position of the date or the position of the amount of money attached to the image.

6. The information analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein the steps executed by the third processor further include:
upon detecting that the number of all of the one or more images transmitted from the analyzer matches a number of the sequentially transmitted one or more images of the one or more receipts, causing the display to display a button for transmitting the at least the part of the text data to an external device in a state in which the button is capable of being pressed.

7. The information analysis system according to claim 6 , wherein the steps executed by the second processor further include:
upon detecting that a size of the image is greater than a first threshold value, reducing the size of the image to be the first threshold value, and
upon detecting that the size of the image is less than a second threshold value, the second threshold value being less than the first threshold value, magnifying the size of the image to be the second threshold value.

8. The information analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein the steps executed by the first processor further include:
authenticating a user; and
upon detecting that the authentication is established, causing the transmitter to transmit identification information of the user to the analyzer,
wherein the analyzer further includes a second transceiver, and the steps executed by the second processor further include:
causing the second transceiver to transmit, to an external device, login completion information that is retained after an administrator logs in to the external device and identification information of the user; and
causing the second transceiver to transmit, to the external device, the one or more images of the one or more receipts and the at least the parts of the text data of the one or more images, together with the login completion information and the identification information of the user.

9. The information analysis system according to claim 8 , wherein the steps executed by the second processor further include:
causing the second transceiver to transmit, to the external device, the identification information of the user to query whether the identification information of the user is registered; and
wherein, upon detecting that the identification information of the user is registered, causing the external device to register, with administrator authority, the one or more images of the one or more receipts and the at least the parts of the text data of the one or more images, while associating the one or more images of the one or more receipts and the at least the parts of the text data of the one or more images with the identification information of the user.

10. The information analysis system according to claim 8 , wherein the steps executed by the first processor further include:
upon detecting that the reading device receives information indicating that the user represents a principal and authentication information of the user for the external device, causing the transmitter to transmit the authentication information of the user to the analyzer;
wherein the steps executed by the second processor further include:
causing the first transceiver to receive the authentication information of the user, and causing the second transceiver to transmit the authentication information of the user to the external device to obtain identification information of the principal who designates the user associated with the authentication information of the user as an agent;
upon detecting that the first transceiver receives, from the

Assignees

• Hattori Haruhiko
• Shinozaki Tetsuya
• Muro Koji
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hattori Haruhiko
• Shinozaki Tetsuya
• Muro Koji

Classifications

• H04N1/4426 Primary

  involving separate means, e.g. a server, a magnetic card · CPC title

• H04N1/3873 Primary

  defined only by a limited number of coordinate points or parameters, e.g. corners, centre; for trimming · CPC title

• H04N1/00331

  with an apparatus performing optical character recognition (character recognition G06V30/10) · CPC title

• H04N1/00469

  with enlargement of a selected area of the displayed information · CPC title

• H04N1/4413

  involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN · CPC title