Workflow approval system, approval order setting method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024203148-A1
Application number	US-202318542633-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 16, 2023
Priority date	Dec 20, 2022
Publication date	Jun 20, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A workflow approval system includes an acquisition unit, a recognition unit, and a route setting unit. The acquisition unit acquires a first image. The recognition unit recognizes one or more approval fields included in the first image on the basis of the arrangement of a combination of characters included in the first image and a delimiting line that delimits a predetermined region in the first image. The route setting unit sets an approval order indicating the order of approvers who approve the first image, on the basis of the array of the one or more approval fields recognized by the recognition unit. The delimiting line includes one or more straight lines or one or more curved lines.

First claim

1 . A workflow approval system comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires a first image; a recognition unit that recognizes one or more approval fields included in the first image on a basis of an arrangement of a combination of characters included in the first image and a delimiting line delimiting a predetermined region in the first image; and a route setting unit that sets an approval order indicating an order of approvers who approve the first image, on a basis of an array of the one or more approval fields recognized by the recognition unit, wherein the delimiting line includes one or more straight lines or one or more curved lines.

2 . The workflow approval system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display processing unit that displays, on a display device, a second image in which an approval field image corresponding to the one or more approval fields recognized by the recognition unit is superimposed on the first image.

3 . The workflow approval system according to claim 2 , further comprising a changing unit that changes at least one of a position at which the one or more approval field images are superimposed and a shape of the one or more approval field images.

4 . The workflow approval system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a storage unit that stores an approval route in which a target person is assigned to the approval order as the approver corresponding to the one or more approval fields; and a transmission unit that transmits second image information corresponding to the second image, to the target person assigned to the approval route, in accordance with the approval order.

5 . The workflow approval system according to claim 4 , further comprising a first acceptance unit that accepts an input operation of inputting identification information indicating the target person, wherein the route setting unit assigns the identification information accepted by the first acceptance unit to the approver as the target person.

6 . The workflow approval system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a reception unit that receives the second image information transmitted from the transmission unit; a second acceptance unit that accepts an operation by the target person; and an approval unit that adds an approval image to an approval field corresponding to the target person among the one or more approval fields included in the second image corresponding to the second image information received by the reception unit when the second acceptance unit accepts the operation by the target person, wherein when the approval image is added by the approval unit, the transmission unit transmits the second image information to a target person corresponding to the approval field to which the approval image is not added.

7 . The workflow approval system according to claim 4 , wherein when a newly set approval order is the same as the approval order of the approval route stored in the storage unit, the route setting unit selects the target person assigned to the approval route stored in the storage unit as the approver.

8 . The workflow approval system according to claim 1 , further comprising a region setting unit that sets a partial region of the first image as a target region, wherein the recognition unit recognizes one or more approval fields included in the target region on a basis of an arrangement of a combination of characters and a delimiting line included in the target region.

9 . An approval order setting method comprising:
acquiring, by an acquisition unit, a first image; recognizing, by a recognition unit, one or more approval fields included in the first image on a basis of an arrangement of a combination of characters included in the first image and a delimiting line delimiting a predetermined region in the first image; and setting, by a route setting unit, an approval order indicating an order of approvers who approve the first image, on a basis of an array of the recognized one or more approval fields, wherein the delimiting line includes one or more straight lines or one or more curved lines.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores an approval order setting program that is executed by a computer, the approval order setting program causing the computer to function as:
an acquisition unit that acquires a first image; a recognition unit that recognizes one or more approval fields included in the first image on a basis of an arrangement of a combination of characters included in the first image and a delimiting line delimiting a predetermined region in the first image; and a route setting unit that sets an approval order indicating an order of approvers who approve the first image, on a basis of an array of the one or more approval fields recognized by the recognition unit, wherein the delimiting line includes one or more straight lines or one or more curved lines.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Takeda Kenji
• Nakatani Yuusuke

Classifications

• G06V30/416 Primary

  Extracting the logical structure, e.g. chapters, sections or page numbers; Identifying elements of the document, e.g. authors · CPC title

• G06V30/414

  Extracting the geometrical structure, e.g. layout tree; Block segmentation, e.g. bounding boxes for graphics or text · CPC title

• G06Q10/0633 Primary

  Workflow analysis · CPC title