Receipts scanner and financial organizer
AssigneeKris Engineering, Inc.
InventorRadha K. C. Pandipati
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Abstract
Expense information is obtained from receipts having various formats. Electronic image information of a receipt is processed to obtain expense information contained on the receipt. The expense information contained on the receipt can be categorized into one or more predetermined categories to obtain categorized information for the receipt. The categorized information for the receipt can be combined with categorized information of other receipts to produce reports for one or more of the predetermined categories.
Claims32
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method of processing expense information, the method comprising:
- receiving electronic image information of a plurality of receipts having various formats, each of said receipts containing expense information printed thereon;
- processing said electronic image information including numerical data obtained from each of the receipts to obtain said expense information from said electronic image information;
- categorizing said expense information for each of the receipts into one or more predetermined categories to obtain categorized information for each of the receipts,
- wherein said categorized information for each of the receipts is combined with categorized information for other said receipts to produce report information for one or more of said predetermined categories.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method of processing expense information, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic image of a receipt, the receipt being of no predefined format and containing expense information printed thereon;
- processing said electronic image to obtain said expense information from said electronic image;
- categorizing said expense information for the receipt into one or more predetermined categories to obtain categorized information for the receipt,
- wherein said categorized information for the receipt is combined with categorized information of other receipts to produce report information for one or more of said predetermined categories.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising the steps of:
- receiving electronic information of a receipt having no predefined format;
- processing the electronic information to obtain expense information contained on the receipt;
- organizing the expense information in the form of a report;
- outputting the expense information organized in the form of a report to a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.