Business form processing program, method, and device

A method for processing business forms, the method comprising:

• a character box-image reading step for reading all colors on the business forms with blank character boxes and storing as a character box image;
• a business form reading step for reading a recognized image from which colors of unwanted recognized parts on a filled-out business form are dropped out and storing it;
• a character recognizing step for recognizing characters on said recognized image;
• and
• a composite display step for displaying said character recognized results and a filled-out business form image produced by superposing said recognized image on the character box image.

A business form processing device comprising:

• a character box-image reading unit for reading all colors of a business form with blank character boxes and storing them as a character box image;
• a business form reading unit for reading a recognized image from which colors of unwanted recognized parts on a filled-out business form are dropped out and storing it;
• a character recognizing unit for recognizing characters on said recognized image;
• and
• a composite displaying unit for displaying said character recognized results and a filled-out business form image produced by superposing said recognized image on the character box image.