SYSTEM FOR ENTERING DATA INTO A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention is a data entry system for extracting data from an image. The system displays a number of data capture windows corresponding to data fields employed in a data processing application, such as accounting software. The system allows the user to position the capture windows over the associated data in the image and automatically extracts the digital string under the window as the value of the associated data field. The system then submits all the data field values to the data processing application as if the user had entered them directly into a data entry screen in the data processing application.

主权项

1. A data entry system for extracting data from an image displayed on a screen viewable by a user and associating the extracted data with application data fields, values of which application data fields a data processing application is configured to receive, each application data field having a field name, wherein the image comprises one or more than one image field, each of the image fields being a portion of the image containing image field data, the data entry system comprising a computer processor running a software application, the software application being configured to cause the computer processor to:
(a) permit the user to designate a portion of the displayed image as one of the image fields; (b) convert the image field data in the designated image field to a digital string; (c) receive an indication of the field name of the application data field that corresponds to the image field data; and (d) associate the digital string with the indicated field name of the application data field to create application data field information.