JP2012133507A - Receipt data collation support apparatus and receipt data collation support program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a tenant sales management job speedy and efficient by accurately and efficiently collating receipts collected from shops in each tenant with sales data.SOLUTION: When a person in charge of business collates numerical data of each of sales management items, inputted manually or by receipt character recognition and required for sales management with contents of an actual receipt, for each of sales management items to be checked, a receipt image data processing section 11 segments image portions of one or more receipt items corresponding to the relevant sales management item in a row direction from an image of the receipt that becomes a calculation source therefor. A sales check screen editing section 16 creates a sales check screen in which numerical data for each of sales management items of a collation target and images obtained by permuting the images of receipt items segmented by the receipt image data processing section 11 according to an order of sales management items are disposed side by side, and displays the sales check screen on a display device 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a receipt data collation support apparatus and a receipt data collation support program for collating receipt data of a store such as a shopping center with sales management data aggregated for each store.

  The tenant management department that manages the stores of tenants (such as companies that operate stores) that open stores in shopping centers, shopping malls, etc. collects the daily sales of each store, and breakdowns of sales such as cash sales, coupon sales, etc. ( Sales management item). When creating the sales breakdown, payment receipts and credit slips provided from each store are collected and the numerical value of the sales management item is calculated. The payment receipt and credit provided from each store are calculated. Currently, slips are created in various formats. For this reason, the tenant management department requires a great deal of labor in daily work to collate the provided payment receipts and the numerical data of the created sales management items. When actually performing sales management operations, cash receipts, credit sales, gift certificate sales, etc. printed on the payment receipt are arranged on the desk for each store. Visually, the sales management data entered based on the payment receipt is checked for correctness.

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, each sales merchandise registration device can input sales confirmation data tabulated for each transaction item such as cash transaction and margin transaction. The sales management device collects the sales confirmation data input from each sales commodity registration device together with the cumulative sales data for each transaction item. Then, the collected sales confirmation data and the accumulated sales data are collated for each sales merchandise registration apparatus to determine whether or not they match. Based on the comparison result, a sales scrutiny list for each product sales department is created and output. Patent Document 1 discloses a sales management system as described above.

JP-A-9-147238

  As mentioned above, the payment receipts (hereinafter referred to as receipts) provided from each store such as a shopping center differ in the details of the receipt items from store to store, so the tenant management department of the company (organization) that operates the shopping center etc. Then, in order to total sales, etc., the receipt data of each store is re-entered into sales management data corresponding to sales management items unified in advance.

  Since the sales management terminal that outputs the receipt of each store differs from store to store, the breakdown of sales at the store often differs in the receipt item, and even if the receipt item means the same content, the receipt item Various names are often described as names. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 20, the business person in charge of the tenant management department 500 matches the receipt 501 collected from each store with the credit slip 502, cash voucher 503, etc. that are tabulated in a part of the receipt item. However, the operation of collating the sales management data input as the sales management item 504 is performed. The receipt 501 is printed with data in which sales for one day are totaled for each store.

  FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 show examples of correspondence between receipt items for each store and sales management items by the tenant management department. In FIGS. 21 and 22, receipts from different stores are represented as receipts 501a and 501b. FIG. 21 shows an item correspondence table 5041a between sales management items and receipt items 501a. Similarly, FIG. 22 shows an item correspondence table 5041b between sales management items and receipt items 501b.

  In this example, the numerical data of the sales management items necessary for the sales management of the tenant is No. No. 1 “cash sales” 11 sales management items up to 11 “number of customers”. However, these sales management items are not printed as they are in a one-to-one relationship as the items of the receipts 501a and 501b of each store. Therefore, the business person in charge 500 obtains the value of each of the 11 sales management items from the receipt item of each store according to the item correspondence tables 5041a and 5041b for each store, and the value of each sales management item already calculated. Work to verify.

  For example, in the case of the receipt 501a shown in FIG. 21, the amount obtained by adding the value of the "thank you card" of the seventh receipt item to the "daily cash amount" of the 19th receipt item is the first sales management item. Corresponding to “cash sales” is shown in the item correspondence table 5041a. Therefore, in the case of the store with the receipt 501a, the business person in charge of the tenant management department 500, 122,793 yen (cash amount on daily report) +2,500 yen (thank you card) between the 19th and 7th receipt items = 125,293 yen is collated as the value of “cash sales” of the first sales management item.

  On the other hand, in the case of the receipt 501b shown in FIG. 22, the item correspondence table 5041b shows that the amount of “cash sales” of the 14th receipt item corresponds to “cash sales” of the first sales management item as it is. ing. Therefore, in the case of the store of the receipt 501b, the business person in charge of the tenant management department collates 139,639 yen (cash sales) in the 14th receipt item as the value of “cash sales” of the first sales management item. To do. Similarly, other sales management items are collated in accordance with the item correspondence tables 5041a and 5041b of the sales management items and receipt items, respectively, and the numerical data (sales management data) of the collated sales management items is registered in the sales DB (database). Or, correct and update the parts that do not match the verification results.

  In such a case, in order to finalize the final sales management data in the sales DB, the business person in charge of the tenant management department 500 collects the numerical data of the breakdown of the sales management items entered and the data collected from each store. It takes a considerable amount of time to collate with the receipt 501, the credit slip 502, and gift certificates such as gifts (hereinafter referred to as a cash voucher 503), and if the numerical values do not match, a considerable amount of time is also spent on the correction work. . Therefore, the business person in charge of the tenant management department 500 is currently spending most of the daily work for these data collation operations.

  In addition, when using a receipt collection device that reads printed receipts, credit slips, etc. with an image reader, etc., converts the read images into character data or numerical data using character recognition technology, and collects sales management items. In some cases, however, character recognition and digit recognition errors may occur due to unclear or smudged printed receipts. Even in such a case, similarly, the business person in charge of the tenant management department 500 spends a great deal of work on the data collation work.

  It would be best if the receipt items in each store's terminal could be shared and sales data could be collected automatically online, but in large-scale shopping malls, there may be more than 100 stores. Since the types of information devices used in the stores are different, it is actually very difficult to change the information devices to collect data uniformly and to automate the data collation.

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, sales items of stores in the same company are collected by the management department via the company network, and the collected items are simply aggregated. On the other hand, shopping centers are not stores of the same company, but stores of a plurality of different companies. Therefore, the category and type of items for managing sales are different, and the names of items are given company-specific names. The order of items is also different. For this reason, in order to collate the sales management data of all stores belonging to the shopping center, the name of the receipt item is checked for each receipt issued from each store to determine whether the item is necessary for tenant management. However, if it is a necessary item, after determining which sales management item it corresponds to, the number is checked. Conventionally, a lot of manpower and time have been spent on this work. In addition, since this check work requires business customs and industry knowledge, the person in charge of this work was limited to skilled workers who had a lot of experience, and there was a case where the person in charge of the person in charge was insufficient.

  In addition, because companies are different, data collection via the network requires each company to obtain permission to establish a network, and the network type to be connected varies depending on the installed system. There is a problem, and there is a problem that it takes enormous time and cost.

  In view of the above, the present invention automatically discriminates items necessary for sales management from the payment receipt issued from each store, and aims at speeding up and efficiency of sales data collation work in sales management work. It is aimed.

  In the present invention, for example, based on a receipt issued from each store, whether or not the numerical data for each sales management item necessary for sales management input by human manual input matches the actual receipt contents. When checking whether the numerical data for each sales management item obtained by checking the character of the receipt or the actual receipt contents matches, it is easy to visually check on the display screen. The receipt item image corresponding to each sales management item that needs to be checked is cut out in line units from the original receipt image, and each sales management item is ordered in line units. Sort the images of the receipt items cut out in step 1, and arrange the numerical data of each sales management item and the image of the receipt item corresponding to each sales management item Characterized in that it displayed in the above check the screen.

  In other words, according to the present invention, when the person in charge of the check work checks whether the numerical data of each sales management item is correct by checking with the receipt of the calculation source, the image of the receipt of the calculation source is displayed as it is. Instead, the receipt item image required for the check is cut out in line units, the receipt image is rearranged to correspond to each sales management item, and displayed together with the numerical data of each sales management item. , It will be easy to check visually. Specifically, the present invention includes the following means.

  (1) In the present invention, the numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means to be checked by the verification is collated with the receipt from which the numerical data of the sales management item is calculated. A receipt data collation support device for supporting, a receipt image storage means for storing an image of a receipt to be collated, a predetermined sales management item, and a line in a receipt from which each sales management item is calculated Correspondence information storage means for storing the correspondence information with the receipt item at the position, and the receipt information in the receipt item corresponding to each sales management item based on the correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage means A receipt image data for obtaining a row position and cutting out an image in at least the row direction from the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage means. A sales check screen in which images cut out by the data processing means and the receipt image data processing means are arranged corresponding to the item names of the sales management items and their numerical data in the order of predetermined sales management items. And a sales check screen editing / display means for displaying the created sales check screen on a display device.

  This checks whether the numeric data for each sales management item entered manually by hand or the numeric data for each sales management item obtained by character recognition of the receipt matches the actual receipt contents. When the receipts are created in various different formats for each store, the images of the receipts are rearranged to correspond to the sales management items in units of rows and displayed in the sales check screen. Therefore, the numerical data for each sales management item that needs to be checked can be easily compared by visually comparing the actual receipt contents.

  (2) Further, according to the present invention, in the invention described above, the receipt data collation support device inputs the correction information for the numerical data portion of the sales management item on the sales check screen, and the correction information is input to input the correction information. And means for updating numerical data of the corresponding sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means.

  As a result, since the display related to collation and the edit screen related to correction are displayed on the same sales check screen, the work of collating data and the work of correcting data can be performed simultaneously.

  (3) Further, according to the present invention, in any one of the above inventions, the numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means is an image of a receipt stored in the receipt image storage means. Whether or not there is an error in the numerical data of the receipt item whose character is recognized based on the predetermined relational expression of the sales management item. The sales check screen editing / displaying means includes numerical data of sales management items corresponding to the numerical data of the receipt item analogized by the first error analogy means. , And means for highlighting on the sales check screen.

  As a result, the numerical data that is estimated to have an error in the sales management item is highlighted on the sales check screen. Therefore, the estimated location of the numerical data error is grasped, and the receipt item that is estimated to be the cause of the error. The display of the image of can be confirmed.

  (4) Further, according to the present invention, in any one of the above inventions, the numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means is an image of a receipt stored in the receipt image storage means. The receipt data matching support device stores past correction history information of the numerical data corrected by the means for inputting the correction information for the numerical data of the sales management item. When there is numerical data that does not satisfy the relational expression between the correction history storage means and the predetermined sales management item, character recognition is performed based on the correction history information stored in the correction history storage means. The sales check screen editing / displaying means comprises a second error analogy means for inferring whether there is an error in the numerical data of the receipt item, The serial second numerical data sales management items corresponding to the numerical data of receipt item is inferred as an error by the error analogy means, characterized in that it comprises means for highlighting in the sales check screen.

  This makes it possible to obtain correction history information related to the numerical data of receipts for each store, making it easier to find the cause of recognition errors due to print defects of the receipt issuing device in the store using past correction history. , It is possible to analyze the result of verification mismatch caused by the store.

  (5) Further, according to the present invention, in any one of the above inventions, the sales check screen edit display means further includes means for displaying an image of a receipt stored in the receipt image storage means on the sales check screen. It is characterized by having.

  As a result, the image of the receipt that is the basis of the numerical data of the sales management item can be displayed in the original image format before the receipt item is cut out in units of rows, and the actual receipt image can also be confirmed. It becomes like this.

  (6) Further, according to the present invention, in any one of the above inventions, the receipt data collation support device includes image storage means such as a voucher for storing an image of a credit slip or a voucher, and the sales check screen edit display means includes: It has a means to display the image of the credit slip or cash voucher memorize | stored in the said image storage means, such as a cash voucher, on the said sales check screen.

  As a result, image data such as credit slips, gift certificates, etc. related to receipt items that are the basis of numerical data of sales management items are centrally managed. It can be displayed and confirmed.

  (7) Further, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the receipt data collation support device recognizes the credit voucher or the voucher image obtained by recognizing the image of the credit voucher or the voucher stored in the image storage means such as the voucher. Check means for comparing the total amount of money and the numerical data of the sales management items related to the credit slip or the voucher stored in the sales management data storage means, and the sales check screen edit display means includes the voucher check When the comparison value in the means does not match, it has means for highlighting the numerical data of the corresponding sales management item on the sales check screen.

  As a result, the total number and amount of credit slips or cash vouchers related to the sales management items can be immediately confirmed on the screen.

  (8) Further, according to the present invention, in any one of the above inventions (6) and (7), the sales check screen edit display means includes means for displaying the number of credit slips and the total amount for each credit company. It is characterized by having.

  As a result, the number and total amount of credit slips for each credit company related to the sales management item can be immediately confirmed on the screen.

The effects of the present invention are as follows.
(1) Since the correspondence between the sales management item and the image of the receipt item is displayed so as to be easily grasped visually, the efficiency of the collation work can be achieved.
(2) Credit vouchers, vouchers, etc. related to receipts can be checked on the same sales check screen, and labor saving and speeding up of collation can be achieved.
(3) Further, since data collation work and data correction work can be performed together on the sales check screen, labor saving and efficiency improvement in collation work can be achieved.
(4) In addition, numerical data that is estimated to have an error in sales management items and the numerical data of receipt items that are estimated to be the cause of the error can be automatically displayed, improving collation accuracy in collation work. And achieve speed.
(5) Since the past correction history can be grasped by taking the correction history information of the receipt data, the result of the verification mismatch caused by each store can be analyzed, and the cause can be dealt with promptly.

It is a figure which shows the apparatus structural example of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of sales DB. It is a figure which shows the example of a sales check screen display. It is a process flowchart of the receipt data collation assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a correspondence information table. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the image data search in a receipt image data processing part. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the image data search in image data processing parts, such as a voucher. It is a figure which shows the example of receipt data. It is an edit processing flowchart of the sales check screen display of the receipt data collation assistance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the cutout operation of a receipt image. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a sales check screen edit part. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the collation data of a sales management item, and the cutout image of a receipt item. It is a figure which shows the example of a sales management item display. It is a processing flowchart of receipt data inspection. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a receipt data test | inspection part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the relationship table between sales management items. It is a figure which shows the example of a correction log | history information table. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the collation process of a credit slip, a voucher, etc. in a data collation part, such as a voucher. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the collation process of a credit slip, a voucher, etc. in a data collation part, such as a voucher. It is a figure explaining the subject of a conventional method. It is a figure which shows the example of the correspondence of a sales management item and a receipt item. It is a figure which shows the example of the correspondence of a sales management item and a receipt item.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following, an example of a device that collates sales management items will be mainly described. However, the present invention is not limited to collation of sales management items, and results printed on purchase summary data and other slips. The same can be applied to collate data.

  FIG. 1 shows an apparatus configuration example for explaining the outline of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is composed of a CPU and a storage device such as a hard disk and a memory, etc., and a receipt data collation support device that assists in collating receipt data of one or a plurality of stores, and 2 is a receipt read and stored by a reading device. A display device for displaying sales management items and the like in which images and receipt items are managed in a unified manner, 3 is an input device for inputting and editing data when the user corrects receipt data, 4 is It is a sales database (DB) that stores sales data of sales management items of each store.

  The receipt data collation support device 1 is a device that supports collation work between the numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales DB 4 and the receipt from which the numerical data of the sales management item is calculated.

  The receipt image storage unit 101 stores a receipt image (receipt image) to be collated. The image storage unit 102 such as a voucher stores an image of a credit slip or a voucher. These images are read in advance by a scanner (not shown).

  The receipt data storage unit 103 stores receipt data obtained by character recognition of the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage unit 101. The correspondence relationship information storage unit 104 stores correspondence information between a predetermined sales management item and a receipt item at a row position in a receipt as a calculation source of each sales management item for each store where the sales management data is managed. Remember. When the input editing unit 17 inputs correction information for the numerical data of the sales management item, the correction history storage unit 105 stores the correction history information of the numerical data corrected by the correction information.

  The sales data for each sales management item stored in the sales DB 4 is obtained by recognizing the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage unit 101 based on the correspondence between the sales management item and the receipt item. Receipt data that has been processed or data that has been processed (calculated). Alternatively, the sales data for each sales management item may be input manually by human input instead of character recognition. For example, at the stage of input by character recognition or manual input, the sales data is handled as temporary registration in the sales DB 4 and after it is confirmed that it is correct by collation with a receipt, it is handled as main registration.

  The receipt image data processing unit 11 reads a receipt image stored in the receipt image storage unit 101 related to a receipt to be verified. The receipt image data processing unit 11 refers to the correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage unit 104, and stores the receipt image data in the receipt image storage unit 101 based on the line position in the receipt corresponding to each sales management item. An image is cut out from the stored receipt image. The receipt image data processing unit 11 rearranges the cut-out images in the order of predetermined sales management items in correspondence with the receipt item names and their numerical data. The receipt image data processing unit 11 sends the image data such as the rearranged image and the original receipt image to the sales check screen editing unit 16. It is assumed that the image data is converted into an image read by a reader such as a scanner and stored in the receipt image storage unit 101 in a known data format such as a bitmap format.

  The image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher searches for a credit voucher image and a voucher image stored in the image storage unit 102 such as a voucher that are associated with the receipt to be verified. The image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher reads image data such as a credit voucher image and a voucher image from the image storage unit 102 such as a voucher when there is associated image data. The image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher sends the read image data to the sales check screen editing unit 16 and notifies the receipt data specifying unit 13 of the search result.

  The receipt data specifying unit 13 is a receipt subject to collation stored in the receipt data storage unit 103 based on the store code input from the input device 3 and the key information of the search condition for specifying the store such as the store name. Specify the receipt data. The receipt data specifying unit 13 refers to the correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage unit 104 for the store to be collated, thereby obtaining the correspondence of the receipt item corresponding to each sales management item. Using these, the receipt data specifying unit 13 specifies necessary receipt data and related image data for the store to be verified, and provides information necessary for processing such as each function unit and screen editing, data verification / inspection. Interact.

  The receipt data inspection unit 14 uses the information from the receipt data specifying unit 13 and the information stored in the correspondence information storage unit 104 and the correction history storage unit 105 to inspect the receipt data for the receipt to be verified. For this purpose, the receipt data inspection unit 14 includes a first error analogy unit 141 and a second error analogy unit 142 (shown in FIG. 15 described later). The first error analogy unit 141 infers whether there is an error in the numerical data corresponding to the receipt item that has been character-recognized based on a predetermined relational expression between the sales management item and the receipt item. The second error analogy unit 142 recognizes characters based on the correction history information stored in the correction history storage unit 105 when numerical data that does not satisfy a predetermined relational expression between sales management items exists. Analogize whether there is an error in the numerical data of the receipt item. Details of the first error analogy unit 141 and the second error analogy unit 142 will be described later.

  The data verification unit 15 such as a voucher is a credit voucher or a total amount of the voucher obtained by recognizing the image of the credit voucher or the voucher stored in the image storage unit 102 and the credit voucher stored in the sales DB 4 Or, the numerical data of the sales management item related to the cash voucher is compared.

  The sales check screen editing unit 16 displays a sales check screen 20 as shown in FIG. The sales check screen editing unit 16 displays a receipt image 24 stored in the receipt image storage unit 101 on the sales check screen 20. The sales check screen editing unit 16 displays the image 25 of the credit slip and the image 26 of the cash voucher stored in the image storage unit 102 such as the cash voucher on the sales check screen 20. Further, the sales check screen editing unit 16 displays the total number and total amount display 251 of the credit slip for each credit company and the total number and total amount display 261 for each cash voucher on the sales check screen 20.

  The sales check screen editing unit 16 highlights on the sales check screen 20 the sales management items analogized as errors by the first error analogy unit 141 or the second error analogy unit 142 and their corresponding numerical data. Further, the sales check screen editing unit 16 highlights the corresponding sales management items on the sales check screen 20 and the numerical data corresponding thereto when the comparison values in the data verification unit 15 such as the voucher do not match.

  The input editing unit 17 receives the search conditions for the collation data related to the store code, the store name, etc. from the input device 3, and instructs the receipt data specifying unit 13 of these search conditions. The input editing unit 17 receives correction input corresponding to the numerical data of the sales management item on the sales check screen 20 with respect to the collation data of the sales management data, and receives the correction data from the receipt data specifying unit 13 and the sales check screen editing unit 16. Make correction input instructions.

  The sales management data registration unit 18 receives the correction or update instruction from the receipt data specifying unit 13 and registers or updates the numerical data of the corresponding sales management item stored in the sales DB 4.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the data structure of the sales DB (database) 4. The sales DB 4 stores numerical data of a plurality of sales management items that unify the sales details of the stores in common for each store code (and / or sales date). For example, sales management item No. 1 “Cash Sales”, No. 1 2 “Multiple sales”, No. 2 3 Stores numerical values corresponding to settlement items relating to sales such as “credit sales”,. As a result, the receipt items in a completely different format (sheet format) for each store are unified, and the receipt items, names, numerical values, etc. that cannot be unified in the receipts output by each tenant store are unified. The collected sales management items are stored and managed in the sales DB 4.

  The receipt data collation support device 1 uses the above-described means to use the receipt data stored in the receipt data storage unit 103, the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage unit 101, and the like in the sales DB 4 for each store. Are created to collate the numerical data of the receipt with the numerical data of the receipt for each store, and provide the user with various display screens for receipt collation work.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sales check screen 20 displayed on the display device 2. In FIG. 3, the store display column 21 displays a store code, a store name, a sales date as a basis for sales management data, and the like of the store that the receipt data collation support apparatus 1 collates with sales management items. In the sales management item display area 22, “item” of the sales management item is displayed, and “receipt item name” cut out from the receipt image and its corresponding “numerical value” for the receipt item in the store to be verified. Is displayed. In the “correction area” of the sales management item display area 22, numerical data, which is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reading result read from the receipt data storage unit 103, is displayed.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 23 denotes an edited receipt image in which necessary receipt items are cut out and rearranged from the receipt image in the receipt to be collated according to the correspondence relationship with the sales management item in the sales management item display area 22. . Reference numeral 24 denotes a receipt image read from the receipt data storage unit 103. 25 is a credit voucher image read from the image storage unit 102 such as a voucher, and 261 is a result display such as the total number and total amount of the credit voucher collated by the data voucher data collation unit 15. Reference numeral 26 denotes an image of a cash voucher read from the image storage unit 102 such as a cash voucher. Reference numeral 251 denotes a result display such as the total number and the total amount of the cash voucher data collated by the cash voucher data collating unit 15.

  Hereinafter, detailed functions of the receipt data collation support apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the processing flowcharts of FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a process flowchart of the receipt data collation support apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The processing executed by the receipt data matching support device 1 will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

  The receipt data collation support device 1 is activated and this processing is started. When a store code is input from the input device 3 (step S1), the input editing unit 17 passes the input store code to the receipt data specifying unit 13. Based on the received store code, the receipt data specifying unit 13 searches for the corresponding relationship information corresponding to the store code input from the corresponding relationship information storage unit 104, and acquires the corresponding relationship information of the store to be verified. (Step S2).

  Specifically, the correspondence relationship information is stored in a correspondence relationship information table 1041 provided in the correspondence relationship information storage unit 104. For example, in the correspondence relationship information table 1041, as shown in FIG. 5, for each store code, the store name, the names of a plurality of sales management items, and the setting contents of receipt items corresponding to each sales management item (“calculation” Correspondence relationship information including “classification” and “correspondence classification”) is stored. The “calculation category” shown in FIG. 5 sets whether or not an operation between corresponding receipt items is necessary for each sales management item. When the “calculation category” is “1”, an operation is required, and when it is “0”, an operation is not required. In the “corresponding category” shown in FIG. 5, when the “calculation category” is “1”, a receipt item number (or row number) and an operator between corresponding receipt items are set. The “corresponding category” is set to the corresponding receipt item number when the “calculation category” is “0”, or set to “0” when there is no corresponding receipt item.

  As shown in FIG. 5, for example, in a store of “store code: 100001” and “store name: A store”, “cash sales” of the sales management item is set to “calculation classification: 1”. Therefore, “cash sales” is a value obtained by adding the numerical data of the 19th receipt item and the 7th receipt item in the receipt data of the store A according to “corresponding classification: 19 + 7”. In addition, in the “account sales” of the sales management item, the setting of “calculation category: 0” and “correspondence category: 5” indicates that the numerical data of the receipt item whose “account sales” is the fifth is substituted. . In the case of other sales management items, the setting “calculation category: 0” and “correspondence category: 0” indicates that there is no corresponding receipt item, so the value is “0” or “blank”. It becomes. In this way, the receipt data specifying unit 13 acquires correspondence information between the sales management item and the receipt item of each store from the correspondence information table 1041.

  As described above, the correspondence relationship information is set for each store in the correspondence relationship information table 1041, stored in advance in the correspondence relationship information storage unit 104, and used for the subsequent processing.

  Next, the receipt image data processing unit 11 acquires a receipt image from the receipt image storage unit 101, and the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher acquires an image such as a voucher from the image storage unit 102 such as a voucher (step S3).

  Specifically, an acquisition request such as a receipt image of a target store code, an image such as a voucher is sent from the receipt data specifying unit 13 to the receipt image data processing unit 11 and the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher. In response, the receipt image data processing unit 11 acquires the receipt image 1011 of the target store code from the receipt image storage unit 101, and the image data processing unit 12 such as a cash voucher obtains the credit slip image 1021 or the cash voucher image 1022. Obtained from the image storage unit 102 such as a voucher. At the same time, the receipt data specifying unit 13 acquires receipt data from the receipt data storage unit 103. Each of these is sent to the sales check screen editing unit 16 for editing the sales check screen 20. The receipt data collation support apparatus 1 uses, for example, a receipt image storage unit 101, a cash voucher image, etc., for a related file (receipt image file, a cash voucher image, etc.) of a target receipt data file by a search method described below. A search is made as to whether or not the data is in the storage unit 102.

  FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are diagrams for explaining the image data search operation in the receipt image data processing unit 11 and the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher.

  FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the receipt image data processing unit 11 shown in FIG. The receipt image data processing unit 11 includes a receipt image data reading unit 111, a receipt item cutting unit 112, a receipt image editing unit 113, and an image data output unit 114, as shown in FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that the receipt image data processing unit 11 has the configuration shown in FIG.

  Here, it is assumed that a receipt data file having receipt data 1031 as shown in FIG. 8 is stored in the receipt data storage unit 103, for example. For example, it is assumed that a file name “100001_20101201A” uniquely determined by the store code and the sales date / time is assigned to the receipt data file. The receipt image 1011 associated with the receipt data file “100001_20101201A” is given an identifier “PR” indicating the receipt image and stored in the receipt image storage unit 101 as “100001_20101201A_PR *”. And Similarly, the credit slip image 1021a and the cash voucher images 1022a and 1022b associated with the receipt data file “100001_20101201A” are given credits and identifiers “PK” and “PC” indicating the cash voucher, and “100001_20101201A”. _PC * ”and“ 100001_20101201A_PK * ”are stored in the image storage unit 102 such as a cash voucher. The “*” part may be given a numerical value according to the number of files, or may not be given in the case of one file. In this example, the data search is shown by a method of searching related files by file name. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and other storage means having information managed centrally is used. It may be a method of searching using.

  The receipt data specifying unit 13 specifies related file names such as the credit slip image 1021a and the cash voucher images 1022a and 1022b related to the receipt data file “100001_20101201A” in accordance with the rule of the preset file name as described above, and the receipt. The image data processing unit 11 and the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher are notified.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the receipt image data reading unit 111 of the receipt image data processing unit 11 searches the receipt image storage unit 101 for a receipt image file “100001_20101201A_PR” related to the receipt data file “100001_20101201A”. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the voucher image data processing unit 12 similarly searches the voucher image storage unit 102 for the credit slip image file “100001_20101201A_PC1” and the voucher image files “100001_20101201A_PK1” and “100001_20101201A_PK2”. To do. Each of the receipt image data processing unit 11 and the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher notifies the receipt data specifying unit 13 of the retrieved result.

  As a result, the receipt data specifying unit 13 has 1 credit slip from the credit slip image file “100001_20101201A_PC1” as shown in FIG. 7, for example, and two cash vouchers from the cash voucher image files “100001_20101201A_PK1” and “100001_20101201A_PK2” It can be judged that there is.

  These image data files are processed in accordance with the required data format by the image data output unit 114 of the receipt image data processing unit 11 and the image data output unit (not shown) of the image data processing unit 12 such as a cash voucher to check the sales. It is sent to the screen editing unit 16.

  Next, the sales check screen editing unit 16 edits the sales check screen 20 in order to display the received receipt image 1011, cash voucher images 1021 to 1022, receipt data, and the like on the display device 2 (step S 4). After the editing, the sales check screen editing unit 16 outputs the sales check screen 20 to the display device 2, and the display device 2 that has received this output displays the sales check screen 20 (step S5).

  Next, the receipt data specifying unit 13 determines whether or not there is a credit slip for the receipt data of the store to be verified (step S6).

  When there is a credit slip, the receipt data specifying unit 13 sends a display request for the credit slip image 1021 related to the receipt data to the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher. When the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher sends the data of the credit slip image 1021 acquired in response to the display request to the sales check screen editing unit 16, the credit check image 1021 is edited by the sales check screen editing unit 16. , Displayed on the sales check screen 20 (step S7). After the screen display, the process proceeds to the next step S8. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S6 that there is no credit slip, the process proceeds to step S8.

  Subsequently, the receipt data specifying unit 13 determines whether or not there is a cash voucher or the like for the receipt data of the target store (step S8).

  If there is a voucher or the like, the receipt data specifying unit 13 sends a display request for the voucher image 1022 related to the receipt data to the image data processing unit 12 such as the voucher. When the image data processing unit 12 such as a voucher sends the voucher image 1022 acquired in response to this request to the sales check screen editing unit 16, the voucher image 1022 is edited by the sales check screen editing unit 16 and is displayed on the sales check screen 20. (Step S9). After the screen display, the process proceeds to the next step 10. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8 that there is no cash voucher or the like, the process proceeds to step 10.

  Next, the receipt data inspection unit 14 starts a receipt data inspection process (step S10). The receipt data specifying unit 13 receives the inspection result from the receipt data inspection unit 14 and checks the inspection result (step S11).

  After checking the inspection result, the receipt data specifying unit 13 determines whether there is an error in the inspection (step S12). If there is an error in the inspection, the receipt data specifying unit 13 waits for the correction input (step S13), reflects the correction input of the designated corresponding part, and returns the process to step S10.

  If there is no error in the inspection, the receipt data specifying unit 13 sends the sales management data to be registered for the store to be verified to the sales management data registration unit 18, and the sales management data registration unit 18 stores the sales management data in the sales DB 4. Register or update (step S14). Thereafter, the receipt data collation support apparatus 1 ends this process. First, sales management data obtained from the OCR reading result of the same receipt, etc. is provisionally registered in the sales DB 4, and the sales management data of the store is stored in the sales DB 4 in the process of step S14 after the matching process. It will be registered.

  FIG. 9 is a detailed process flowchart of step S4 shown in FIG. The sales check screen editing process executed by the receipt data collation support apparatus 1 will be specifically described with reference to FIG. The configuration of the receipt image data processing unit 11 will be described as a configuration example shown in FIG.

  When the editing process of the sales check screen 20 is started, the receipt item extracting unit 112 of the receipt image data processing unit 11 sets a line of a receipt item required from the receipt image based on the acquired correspondence information. It identifies (step S21). Subsequently, the receipt item extraction unit 112 further extracts a receipt item and a numerical image from the line image of the identified receipt item (step S22). The receipt item cutting unit 112 stores the cut image in the work area (work memory) (step S23).

  For concrete explanation, FIG. 10 shows a receipt image cut-out operation explanatory diagram. In FIG. 10, it is assumed that the receipt image 1011 a stored in the receipt image storage unit 101 is read by the receipt image data reading unit 111. Based on the correspondence information, the receipt item cutout unit 112 identifies the line of the receipt item that is necessary from the read receipt image 1011a, and further receives the receipt item and the numerical value from the line (line number) of the identified receipt item. Cut out the data image. Further, the receipt image editing unit 113 receives these cut-out images from the receipt item cutout unit 112 and the receipt data 1031 of the collation source from the receipt data specifying unit 13 and receives a receipt data work area 191 (work memory (not shown)). To store.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, “100001” and “A store” read from the correspondence information are stored in “store code” and “store name” as setting contents in the receipt data work area 191. . In “line number”, the item number of the receipt item of the receipt data 1031 is stored. The “image” stores an image cut out from the receipt item cutting unit 112. For example, in the receipt image 1011a shown in FIG. 10, the numerical value data “1” is stored in the “line number” in the receipt data work area 191 for the line “daily sales amount 148,467”. A cut image of “daily sales amount 148,467” is stored in the “image” relating to the number.

  Next, the receipt image editing unit 113 rearranges the cut-out images of the receipt items stored in the work area (receipt data work area 191) based on the correspondence information so as to correspond to the sales management items. (Step S24). The receipt image editing unit 113 further synthesizes the image obtained by cutting out the store name, date, and the like with the rearranged cut out image and edits the image so that the image is displayed in a predetermined screen area of the sales check screen 20 (step S25). ).

  Note that the receipt image, the receipt image cut and edited (hereinafter referred to as an edit receipt image), the image of the cut receipt item, and the like are sent via the image data output unit 114 to the sales check screen editing unit 16. Sent to.

  Next, the receipt data specifying unit 13 determines whether there is a calculation between receipt items based on the correspondence information (step S26), and notifies the sales check screen editing unit 16 of the determination result.

  Here, FIG. 11 shows a configuration example of the sales check screen editing unit 16 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the sales check screen editing unit 16 includes a collation data display editing unit 161, a correction information display editing unit 162, a highlight display editing unit 163, a cut image display editing unit 164, and a receipt image display. A unit 165 and an image display unit 166 such as a cash voucher. These functional units will be described according to the following flow.

  When there is no calculation between receipt items, when editing the sales check screen 20, the collation data display editing unit 161 of the sales check screen editing unit 16 displays a receipt item (cutout) of the receipt image for displaying the sales management item display area 22. Image) is edited (step S27). In this case, in the display of the sales management item display area 22, display fields 221 to 224 (shown in FIG. 12) are provided by the collation data display editing unit 161, and a “calculated value” display field 225 between receipt items. Is not provided. After editing, the process proceeds to step S29.

  When there is a calculation between the receipt items, in the editing of the sales check screen 20, the collation data display editing unit 161 displays the receipt item of the receipt image and the receipt item in order to display the sales management item display area 22 according to the notification content. A “calculated value” display field 225 is provided and edited (step S28). After editing, the process proceeds to step S29.

  As a specific example, FIG. 12 shows an example in which the “calculated value” display field 225 is not provided in the sales management item display area 22, and FIG. 13 shows the “calculated value” display field 225 in the sales management item display area 22a. An example is provided. 12 and 13 show display examples of the edit receipt images 23 and 23a displayed side by side in the sales management item display areas 22 and 22a, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 12, in the sales management item display area 22, for each “No.” and “item” in the “sales management item (name)” display field 221, an “item name” display field for the corresponding receipt item is displayed. 222 and a “numerical value” display field 223 are displayed. In the “item name” display field 222 and the “numerical value” display field 223 of the receipt item, a receipt item name cut out from the receipt image and an image of the corresponding numerical value are displayed. It should be noted that the image of the cut receipt item name and the corresponding numerical value is adjusted according to the setting, and displayed side by side for each corresponding sales management item. The “correction area” display field 224 displays numerical data of receipt data read from the receipt data storage unit 103. Alternatively, numerical data of sales management items temporarily registered in the sales DB 4 is displayed.

  In the edited receipt image 23 shown in FIG. 12, for example, rows 231 to 2311 of necessary receipt items of the receipt image 1011 read from the receipt image storage unit 101 are cut out, and the receipt item and the sales management item in the receipt to be collated are displayed. These images are rearranged, edited, and displayed by the cut-out image display editing unit 164 so that the user can easily grasp the corresponding relationship. In the row 230, the store name, the sales date, and the like in the receipt image are cut out from the original receipt image 1011 and synthesized.

  Further, although not described in the above-described processing flow, in addition to this, when it is recognized that there is an error in the sales management item by an error analogy process described later, the highlight editing unit 163 is shown in FIG. As described above, the corresponding sales management item, the corresponding receipt item, and the like are highlighted by, for example, shading and color coding.

  An example of the display of the sales management item display area 22a shown in FIG. 13 is a case where the sales management item has an operation between receipt items. For example, in the sales management item “cash sales”, the receipt item “cash on daily report has cash present”. A value obtained by adding receipt data corresponding to “high” and “thank you card” is stored in the “calculated value” display field 225. In the “correction area” display field 224, when there is a calculation between receipt items, the numerical value of the receipt item and the calculated result are stored and displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 13, first, “122,793” of the receipt item “cash amount on daily report” and “2” of “thank you card” are displayed in the “correction area” display field 224 of the sales management item “cash sales”. , 500 "and a calculated value" 125, 293 "between these receipt items is displayed. The numerical data corresponding to the receipt items in these correction areas can be corrected or edited by the user, and the calculated values between the receipt items are recalculated and displayed with these inputs or edits. The display columns 221 to 224 are the same as those in FIG.

  Next, the correction information display editing unit 162 edits the numerical value input in the correction area in the “correction area” display field 224 of the sales management item display area 22 in accordance with the correction input input from the input device 3 ( Step S29).

  After the above editing, the sales check screen editing unit 16 displays the sales management item, the edited receipt image, the receipt image before editing, and the image such as a cash voucher on the sales check screen 20 according to the setting. The sales check screen editing unit 16 outputs the display contents to the display device 2 (step S210). After the processing of step S210, the sales check screen editing unit 16 ends this processing flow. The receipt image 1011 before editing input by the receipt image display unit 165 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the sales check screen 20, and the image (1021, 1022) such as a voucher is displayed on the sales check screen by the image display unit 166. 20 is displayed.

  As described above, the display function of the sales check screen editing unit 16 allows the user to easily check the correspondence between the sales management item and the receipt item at a glance when collating or correcting the numerical data of the receipt item. Since it can be grasped, it is possible to avoid inadvertently collating or correcting the receipt data in the collation and correction work of the receipt data.

  Further, in addition to the sales management item display area 22, by visualizing images of different receipts for each store, it is possible to easily grasp the characteristics of the receipts. In addition, when it is determined that there is an error in the numerical data of the sales management item at the time of receipt data collation, it is possible to easily grasp the characteristics such as the print quality of the receipt, the dirt, and the font type of the print by checking the image. The cause can be investigated efficiently in a short time.

  In addition, for example, cash registers for printing settlement receipts (receipts) of each store are often different from store to store, but some stores have the same manufacturer and the same printer system. By taking a correction history for each store, for example, for stores that use the same system, the correction history information is used to further improve the accuracy of error recognition analysis and further improve the accuracy of error estimation. be able to. By analyzing the correction history as described above, it is possible to grasp a system, a printer device, etc. having a high recognition probability, and to propose a recommended system, a printer device, etc. to the store.

  FIG. 14 is a detailed processing flowchart of the receipt data inspection in step S10 shown in FIG. The receipt data inspection process executed by the receipt data matching support apparatus 1 will be specifically described below with reference to FIG. 14 and FIGS. 15 to 17.

  Here, FIG. 15 shows a configuration example of the receipt data inspection unit 14 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the receipt data inspection unit 14 includes the first error analogy unit 141 and the second error analogy unit 142 described above.

  The receipt data inspection unit 14 acquires numerical data (sales data) about sales management items from the sales DB 4 (step S31). For example, the receipt data inspecting unit 14 designates “store code: 100001”, “sales date: 2010/12/1” and the condition that becomes key information from the input editing unit 17 as collation data, as shown in FIG. The corresponding sales data is searched from the sales DB 4 shown. When the searched sales data is hit, the receipt data inspection unit 14 acquires sales data for each sales management item from the sales DB 4.

  Next, the first error analogy unit 141 of the receipt data inspection unit 14 acquires a correspondence relation formula between sales management items from the sales management item relation table 1042 provided in the correspondence information storage unit 104 (step S32). .

  FIG. 16 shows a configuration example of the sales management item relationship table 1042. In the sales management item relation table 1042, as shown in FIG. 16, a predetermined relational expression between sales management items is defined and stored. In the sales management item relationship table 1042, for example, “number # 1” (denoted as “relational expression # 1”) has a sales management item No. 5 is the item number. 1 and no. The addition of the numerical data of 3 is defined as “(5) = (1) + (3)”. Similarly, “Relational Expression # 2” includes a sales management item No. 6 is item No. Assuming that the numerical data of 5 is multiplied by, for example, “0.05 (tax rate 5%)”, it is defined as “(6) = (5) × 0.05”. Although not shown in the figure, for the definable expressions, the other relational expressions # 3,.

  Next, the first error analogy unit 141 uses the acquired correspondence expression between sales management items and the numerical data of the sales management items to check whether the correspondence relation between the sales management items is established ( Step S33). Subsequently, the first error analogy unit 141 determines whether or not there is a verification error for the correspondence relationship between the sales management items (step S34). If there is a verification error, the first error analogy unit 141 notifies the receipt data specifying unit 13 of the sales management item of the verification error (step S35). On the other hand, if there is no verification error, the receipt data inspection unit 14 proceeds to step S311.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, the first error analogy unit 141 stores the sales data of the sales management item of the store to be collated in the read numerical value area of the verification work area 192 (work memory not shown). Store. For example, sales management item No. 1 (shown as (1)) “cash sales” read numerical value “139,639”, (3) “credit sales” read numerical value “8,046”, and the like are stored.

  The first error analogy unit 141 uses the “relational expression # 1”, “relational expression # 2”,... Of the sales management item relationship table 1042 to perform verification between sales management items. For example, a check value “147,685 = 139,639 + 8,046” is calculated from (5) = (1) + (3) of “relational expression # 1”. Since the verification value “147, 685” is different from the read numerical value “144, 685” (verification NG), the first error analogy unit 141 reads the read numerical value “139, 639”, (3) in the sales management item. It is estimated that there is an error (result x) in any of the read numerical values “8,046” and (5).

  Subsequently, the first error analogy unit 141 calculates a check value that is “7,234 = 144,685 × 0.05” from (6) = (5) × 0.05 of “relational expression # 2”. calculate. Since the verification value “144,685” matches the read numerical value “144,685” (check OK), the first error analogy unit 141 (5) in the sales management item reads the read numerical values “144,685” and (6 ) Is assumed to be correct (result ○).

  The first error analogy unit 141 estimates, for example, that there is an error in the read numerical data of (1) or (3) in the sales management item from the verification results of “relational expression # 1” and “relational expression # 2”. Note that the estimation based on the verification result by the relational expression is not limited to this example, and the estimation can be made from a combination of a plurality of relational expressions. The estimation process described above is assumed to be the first error estimation.

  Next, the second error analogy unit 142 acquires the correction history information of the receipt data of the corresponding store from the correction history information table 1051 provided in the correction history storage unit 105 (step S36).

  Here, FIG. 17 shows a configuration example of the correction history information table 1051. As shown in FIG. 17, the correction history information table 1051 stores, for each store, history information of correction and non-correction based on the inspection result of the receipt data stored in the receipt data storage unit 103. Updated every time. For example, in the correction history information table 1051 shown in FIG. 17, in the numerical data of the receipt item corresponding to the sales management item, “0 correction history” is “0 → 0” (0 is recognized as 0). The number of corrections such as “0 → 1” (recognized as 0 but corrected as 1), “0 → 2” (recognized as 0 but corrected as 2),. The Other “1 correction history”, etc. are also stored in the same manner.

  Next, the second error analogy unit 142 estimates an error based on the acquired correction history information (step S37). Subsequently, the second error analogy unit 142 notifies the receipt data specifying unit 13 of the result of the analogized error (step S38).

  More specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 16, it is assumed that “5 revision history” in the revision history information table 1051 has the largest number of revisions “8 → 5” for store A. The second error analogy unit 142 searches the verification work area 192 for the numerical value “8” for the read numerical value corresponding to the sales management item. The example shown in FIG. 16 shows a case where one sales management item corresponds to one receipt item. However, when a plurality of receipt items are calculated and correspond to one sales management item, each receipt is displayed. Searched against the numeric value of the item. From the above, first, the second error analogy unit 142 estimates that there are errors in (3) and (5) in the sales management items corresponding to the receipt item numerical data including “8”.

  The second error analogy unit 142 makes a comprehensive judgment using the verification result of the first error analogy unit 141 and the analogy from the correction history information described above, and reads the numerical value of (3) in the sales management item. It may be estimated that “8046” has an error. The second error analogy unit 142 may further correct “5046” as the correction candidate of (3) in the sales management item by using this result, and allow the first error analogy unit 141 to check.

  As a result, the second error analogy unit 142 can know the correction result after correction in the first error analogy unit 141 using the correction candidate, and the receipt data checking unit 14 determines whether the analogy is correct. Can be judged. For example, when “5046” is corrected as a correction candidate, and the verification result is obtained as NG in the first error analogy unit 141, the second error analogy unit 142 first sets the candidate with the largest number of corrections as a candidate. Although the estimation has been performed, next, by selecting a candidate with a large number of corrections as an estimation candidate and repeating the same determination, it is possible to narrow down the numerical data of the receipt item having an error and improve the accuracy of the error estimation. These results are displayed on the sales check screen 20 with the error-presumed sales management item, receipt item, and the like highlighted to alert the user.

  Next, the receipt data inspecting unit 14 determines whether or not there is an error correction notification from the receipt data specifying unit 13 (step S39). If there is no error correction, the receipt data inspection unit 14 proceeds to step S311.

  On the other hand, when there is an error correction, the receipt data inspecting unit 14 takes statistics on the correct history data of the corresponding store and correct numerical data corresponding to the sales management item and the numerical data with the error corrected, and stores the correction history information. The correction history information table 1051 of the unit 105 is updated (step S310), and the process is terminated after the update.

  When there is no verification error or no error correction, the receipt data inspection unit 14 takes statistics on the numerical data corresponding to the sales management item for the correction history information of the corresponding store, and updates the correction history information table 1051. (Step S311), the process ends after the update.

  As described above, in the receipt data matching support device 1 according to the present embodiment, the correction history of the matching result for the sales management data is recorded, so that the correction frequency for each store and the tendency of errors in the sales management data can be easily grasped. can do. In addition, when it is assumed that there is an error, it is possible to point out a possible portion of the error, so it is possible to identify an error in sales management data in a short time and correct the error. As a result, the work time required for the receipt data collation work can be shortened and improved in efficiency.

  Further, since there is no need to change a receipt output device such as a cash register provided in each store, unnecessary expenses for the tenant can be suppressed.

  FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the verification process for credit slips, cash vouchers, etc. in the data verification unit 15 such as a cash voucher.

  First, the operation of the credit slip verification process shown in FIG. 18 will be described. Upon receipt of the credit slip image 1021a as shown in FIG. 7, for example, via the receipt data specifying portion 13 or the like, the voucher etc. data collating unit 15 credits the image according to the slip format predetermined for each credit company. Information such as the type, the identification code for identifying the credit company, and the credit amount is discriminated using a processing method similar to the OCR reading processing. The data verification unit 15 such as a cash voucher counts the number of credit slips from, for example, an image file. The data verification unit 15 such as a voucher sends the determined information to the sales check screen editing unit 16 via the receipt data specifying unit 13. As shown in FIG. 18, the determined information is displayed on the sales check screen 20 by the collation data display editing unit 161 of the sales check screen editing unit 16 together with the display of the sales management item display area 22. Amount display 251 and a credit company detail display 252 are displayed. In this case, for example, an item related to “credit sales” in the sales management item display area 22 may be highlighted so that the corresponding item in the sales management item display area 22 can be easily grasped.

  Next, the operation of the verification process for a voucher or the like shown in FIG. 19 will be described. When receiving the cash voucher image 1022 as shown in FIG. 7 for example via the receipt data specifying unit 13 or the like, the cash voucher data collating unit 15 receives a cash voucher (gift voucher, gift voucher, etc.) for each company. According to the format, information such as an identification code for specifying a voucher issuing company and a voucher type (cash voucher amount) is determined from the image using a processing method similar to the OCR reading processing. Further, the data verification unit 15 such as a cash voucher counts the number of cash vouchers from an image file, for example. The data verification unit 15 such as a voucher sends the determined information to the sales check screen editing unit 16 via the receipt data specifying unit 13. As shown in FIG. 19, the discriminated data display / editing unit 161 of the sales check screen editing unit 16 displays the determined information on the sales check screen 20 along with the display of the sales management item display area 22 and the total number and amount of money vouchers. It is displayed as a display 261 and a detailed display 262 for each voucher company. In this case, for example, an item related to “gift certificate” in the sales management item display area 22 may be highlighted.

  As described above, in addition to the receipt inspection process of the receipt data inspection unit 14 described above, the receipt data inspection unit 14 further combines the result of the verification process of the credit slip and the cash voucher of the data verification unit 15 of the voucher. By checking the receipt data, it is possible to check sales management items more accurately and in a short time. As a result, the work time required for the receipt data collation work can be shortened and improved in efficiency.

  The processing performed by the receipt data collation support apparatus described above can be realized by a computer and a software program, and the program can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or provided through a network.

1 Receipt Data Collation Support Device 2 Display Device 3 Input Device 4 Sales DB (Database)
11 Receipt Image Data Processing Unit 12 Voucher Image Data Processing Unit 13 Receipt Data Identification Unit 14 Receipt Data Inspection Unit 15 Voucher Data Verification Unit 16 Sales Check Screen Editing Unit 17 Input Editing Unit 18 Sales Management Data Registration Unit 101 Receipt Image Storage Unit 102 Voucher image storage unit 103 Receipt data storage unit 104 Corresponding relationship information storage unit 105 Correction history storage unit

Claims (9)

Receipt data collation support device for supporting collation between numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means to be checked by collation and the receipt from which the numerical data of the sales management item is calculated Because
Receipt image storage means for storing an image of a receipt to be collated;
Correspondence information storage means for storing correspondence information between a predetermined sales management item and a receipt item at a row position in a receipt from which each sales management item is calculated;
Based on the correspondence information stored in the correspondence information storage means, the line position in the receipt of the receipt item corresponding to each sales management item is obtained, and at least from the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage means Receipt image data processing means for cutting out the image in the row direction;
Create a sales check screen in which the images cut out by the receipt image data processing means are arranged in the order of predetermined sales management items in correspondence with the item names of the sales management items and their numerical data. A receipt data collation support device, comprising: a sales check screen edit display means for displaying the sales check screen on the display device. In the receipt data collation support device according to claim 1,
Means for inputting correction information for the numerical data portion of the sales management item on the sales check screen;
A receipt data collation support apparatus comprising: means for updating numerical data of a corresponding sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means by inputting the correction information. In the receipt data collation support device according to claim 1 or 2,
The numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means is data obtained by character recognition of the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage means,
The receipt data collation support device further includes a first error analogy means for estimating whether there is an error in the numerical data of the receipt item that has been character-recognized based on a predetermined relational expression of the sales management item. Prepared,
The sales check screen editing and displaying means has means for highlighting numerical data of sales management items corresponding to the numerical data of receipt items analogized as errors by the first error analogy means on the sales check screen. Receipt data collation support device characterized by this. In the receipt data collation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The numerical data for each sales management item stored in the sales management data storage means is data obtained by character recognition of the receipt image stored in the receipt image storage means,
The receipt data collation support device
Correction history storage means for storing past correction history information of numerical data corrected by means for inputting the correction information for the numerical data of the sales management item;
When there is numerical data that does not satisfy the predetermined relational expression between the sales management items, the numerical data of the receipt item that has been character-recognized based on the correction history information stored in the correction history storage means. A second error analogy means for estimating whether there is an error, and
The sales check screen edit display means has means for highlighting the numerical data of the sales management item corresponding to the numerical data of the receipt item analogized as an error by the second error analogy means on the sales check screen. Receipt data collation support device characterized by this. In the receipt data collation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The sales check screen edit display means further has means for displaying a receipt image stored in the receipt image storage means on the sales check screen. In the receipt data collation support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
It has image storage means such as a cash voucher that stores images of credit slips or cash vouchers,
The sales check screen editing / display means includes means for displaying an image of a credit slip or a cash voucher stored in the image storage means such as the cash voucher on the sales check screen. In the receipt data collation support device according to claim 6,
The total amount of the credit slip or cash voucher obtained by recognizing the image of the credit voucher or cash voucher stored in the image storage means such as the cash voucher, and the credit voucher or cash voucher stored in the sales management data storage means It has a check method such as a voucher that compares the numerical data of sales management items.
The sales check screen edit display means has means for highlighting numerical data of the corresponding sales management item on the sales check screen when the comparison value in the voucher check means does not match. Support device. In the receipt data collation support device according to claim 6 or 7,
The sales check screen edit display means has means for displaying the number and total amount of credit slips for each credit company.   A receipt data collation support program for causing a computer to function as means included in the receipt data collation support apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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