Method and system for identifying multiple questionnaire pages
AssigneeSap SE
InventorWilliam Patrick Tunney
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Abstract
A method and system for identifying multiple questionnaire pages. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a set of coordinates from a capture device, the set of coordinates indicating shapes made on multiple pages of a questionnaire without the use of a graphical user interface, and mapping each shape to a questionnaire answer on a different page. The method enables a processor to accurately and quickly determine which answers were entered on each questionnaire page attached to the capture device, without relying on the user to do so. Exemplary applications include a field survey and inventory.
Claims7
A method comprising:
- receiving a set of coordinates from a capture device, the set of coordinates representing shapes made by a user on multiple pages of a paper form;
- mapping each shape to a questionnaire answer on a different one of the multiple pages;
- and
- identifying the multiple pages, including
- receiving multiple sets of coordinates corresponding to the same data,
- determining the order in which the multiple sets of coordinates was captured by the capture device, and
- assigning each set to a different one of the multiple pages in the determined order,
- wherein the paper data form is attached to the capture device, the data form including the multiple pages and a plurality of boxes, each box having a unique shape and corresponding to a questionnaire answer,
- wherein each of the shapes is made by filling in one of the boxes.
A method comprising:
- receiving a set of coordinates from a capture device, the set of coordinates representing shapes made by a user on multiple pages of a paper form;
- mapping each shape to a questionnaire answer on a different one of the multiple pages;
- and
- discarding a mistakenly filled-in box, including
- receiving the set of coordinates corresponding to the mistakenly filled-in box and the set of coordinates corresponding to a cross-out line,
- determining that the cross-out line was drawn across the mistakenly filled-in box on the paper form, and
- eliminating the set of coordinates corresponding to the mistaken filled-in box and the set of coordinates corresponding to the cross-out line,
- wherein the paper data form is attached to the capture device, the data form including the multiple pages and a plurality of boxes, each box having a unique shape and corresponding to a questionnaire answer,
- wherein each of the shapes is made by filling in one of the boxes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.