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Form utilizing encoded indications for form field processing
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1990-05-30
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Granted: 1991-10-29
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Expires: 2010-05-30
Abstract
Abstract A form including user modifiable fields and an encoded description of the location, size, type, etc. of the fields allows direct programming of a form interpreter. Other information including the processing of the form, encoded data, etc., may be included in the encoded information. A system for creating forms carrying an encoded description of selected attributes of the fields includes means for selecting or creating fields and locating the fields on a form while generating, substantially simultaneously, the encoded description of the selected attributes. A form composer then allows merging of the form and its encoded description for printing or electronic transmission. A system for reading such forms includes a scanner, decoding device, and processor. By reading such forms, data may be entered into or recalled from a data processing system, or a form interpreter may be programmed, locally or remotely, for subsequent handling of forms.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter A. L. Johnson
- 👤 Baldo A. Faieta
- 👤 Z. Erol Smith, III
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 08:38
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/166; G06F40/174; G06K17/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A form for use in a machine data entry and retrieval system of the type including a decoding section for decoding encoded information carried by the form, comprising: carrier means for carrying at least one type of indicia and upon which a user may impart or modify such indicia; a field region arbitrarily located on said carrier means for receiving machine readable user imparted or modified indicia; and an encoded information region arbitrarily located on said carrier means for receiving machine readable encoded information representing selected attributes of said field region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A form for use in a machine data entry and retrieval system of the type including a decoding section for decoding encoded information carried by the form, comprising: carrier means for carrying at least one type of indicia and upon which a user may impart or modify such indicia; a field region arbitrarily located on said carrier means for receiving machine readable user imparted or modified indicia; and an encoded information region arbitrarily located on said carrier means for receiving machine readable encoded information representing selected attributes of said field region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
The form of claim 1, wherein said field region contains field data at a particular physical location on said carrier means and said encoded information region contains encoded information represents the location of the field data such that the data entry and retrieval system upon decoding the encoded information may locate and read the field data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The form of claim 1, wherein said field region contains field data upon which a specified operation is to be performed and said encoded information region contains encoded information representing instructions to the data entry and retrieval system which will result in the operation being performed on said data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
84 words
A form for use in a machine data entry and retrieval system of the type including a decoding section for decoding encoded information carried by the form, comprising: carrier means for carrying at least one type of indicia and upon which a user may impart or modify such indicia; machine readable field data arbitrarily located on said carrier means which may be imparted or modified by a user; and encoded information arbitrarily located on said carrier means representing selected attributes of said field data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
84 words
A form for use in a machine data entry and retrieval system of the type including a decoding section for decoding encoded information carried by the form, comprising: carrier means for carrying at least one type of indicia and upon which a user may impart or modify such indicia; machine readable field data arbitrarily located on said carrier means which may be imparted or modified by a user; and encoded information arbitrarily located on said carrier means representing selected attributes of said field data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The form of claim 4, wherein said field data is located at a particular physical location on said carrier means and said encoded information represents the location of the field data such that the data entry and retrieval system upon decoding the encoded information may locate and read the field data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The form of claim 4, wherein said field data is of the type upon which a specified operation is to be performed and said encoded information represents instructions interpretable by the data entry and retrieval system which will result in the operation being performed on said data.
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