BSCAN
control sheets allow users to select the scanning application,
the scanner settings, image processing, document separation
and auto-indexing. While these settings can be made by the
scan operator, the control sheets allow the scanner operator
to focus on maximizing throughput and quality. Hours of document
preparation can be quickly reviewed before scanning to eliminate
errors.
When
they can be used, the barcodes on the control sheets are the
most efficient and accurate way to index the images scanned.
For example, with backfile conversions, basic information
about each file folder is usually in a database. By creating
a list file of that basic information, sorted in the order
the folders are stored in the cabinets, BSCAN can print a
control sheet for each folder that will automatically
index that folder if it is placed at the start of the document
pages in the folder. During document preparation, the next
page in the stack of folder control sheets should always match
the folder pulled from the cabinet to be prepared for scanning.
Also,
while scanning or as a post-process, the scan station can
perform image processing functions such as Rotation, Crop
& Deskew, Despeckle, Border Removal, Blank Page Deletion
and Color Dropout.
Application
Selection Control Sheet
Place application selection control sheets on top of each
batch of pages to be scanned to ensure that documents are
not scanned into the wrong application.
General Purpose Control Sheet
Set scanner parameters, select image format, turn image processing
such as rotation on and off, identify the start of new documents
and folders and attach database records to the pages following
these general purpose control sheets. They also contain a
10 digit mark sense field for specifying field values during
document preparation.
Document Type Control Sheet
Use these control sheets to separate documents
and identify document type. Print control sheets with all
common document types and BSCAN will apply the text or code
of the marked document type to the document following the
control sheet. By including a special type: [ ] Other
and space for hand printing the document code and name, only
the most common document separator sheets need be printed,
reducing the number of control sheet bins for the various
document types.
Image
Processing Image Processing can be performed
on each image as it is scanned or after scanning. In addition
to the usual image
processing functions such as rotate, crop and deskew, despeckle
and border removal, tests can be enabled that automatically
check for signs of
bad images such as text dropout and a high degree of skew.
Images are automatically flagged for review and reprocessing
without a scanner or
when necessary, for rescanning.
Rescan
During QC, if it is determined that rescanning is needed,
such as when a page was scanned with the corner folded, the
image can be
flagged for rescan. During the Rescan stage, each flagged
image is presented for rescan with information displayed to
help locate the original page.
Forms Processing OCR, Barcode Recognition,
ICR and Mark Sense are performed here to automatically recognize
and extract data from
forms. The captured data is then populated into user specified
fields for review/correction. High speed correction of suspect
characters can be
performed to improve accuracy.
Key Entry Key entry can be performed on a
separate BSCAN-DE station or on the BSCAN scan station with
extra licensing. Key-key verify
and auto-zoom by field are some of BSCAN’s many data
entry capabilities.
Review and Correct At this stage captured
data can be reviewed and corrected.
Release
After scanning, cleanup and indexing, BSCAN can release images
and index information to third-party imaging software, directly
to SQL
server, to a directory structure or to an ASCII file. BSCAN
Standard can create a selection of PDF file formats while
scanning.
