Image based document processing system comparing recognition results from primary and secondary lists

摘要

The method of processing documents in an image-based document processing system to associate recognition results from a primary source results list with corresponding results from a secondary source results list comprises: a)scanning a first type of document to obtain scanned data; b)scanning a second type of document to obtain scanned data; c)processing scanned data from the first type of document to provide recognition results associated with the first type of document; d)processing scanned data from the second type of document to provide recognition results associated with the second document; e)storing recognition results associated with the first type of document in a primary list; f)storing recognition results associated with the second type of document in a secondary list; g)comparing recognition results from the primary list with recognition results from the secondary list to determine if an exact match occurs and thereby associate a first set of recognition results from the primary list and a first set of results from the secondary list and h)comparing recognition results from the primary list with recognition results from the secondary list to determine if an approximate match occurs, when an exact match fails to occur in step (g), and thereby associate a second set of recognition results from the primary list and a second set of results from the secondary list. An apparatus for use in the method of processing documents as defined above is also disclosed.