METHOD OF PRODUCING A DATABASE HAVING INPUT FROM A SCANNED DOCUMENT

摘要

A method of producing a database having input from a scanned document comprises the steps of performing a preliminary scan of the document to thereby produce a digital image stored in computer memory; displaying the scanned image on the computer screen; presenting on the computer screen a plurality of database field types associated with the database, for subsequent selection of one of the database field types by a user; retrieving the properties of the selected database field type; optimizing optical character recognition software according to the properties of the selected database field; accepting a user-defined area of the displayed image on the screen; performing optical character recognition on the defined area so as to convert images within the defined area into resultant text; displaying the resultant text; and storing the resultant text in the database. Steps (a) through (i) are performed as necessary, to form the database.