Through the many years of experience developing, installing, and fielding many image-based systems worldwide, it has become apparent to Fairfax Imaging that not all imaging systems are created equal. In fact, with the same requirements on hand, the diversity between the various proposed imaging systems make the difference between a robust system producing a minimum number of exceptions and one that is constantly requiring operator assistance. This is particularly true of systems requiring a heavy amount of data capture from forms and checks or both.

Based on our experience in forms processing, the following is a list of features that we believe should be part of a robust forms processing system, and we made each and every element on the list a standard feature of our product.

Feature System Requirement Notes
Input form type The system must process virtually any form. There should be no need to redesign the forms. This is especially helpful if you have no control over these forms (i.e., if the forms that you process are customer or third party issued). Standard feature of our products
Barcode recognition for form identification The system must work with industry standard barcodes (3of9, 2of5, Codabar, etc.) and not a proprietary glyph. Standard feature of our products
Form identification methods The system must possess at least three (3) different form identification techniques. These are executed in a hierarchical manner in order to ensure maximum form identification accuracy. These are:
  1. Barcode recognition
  2. Field based recognition (any field on the form can be used as a recognition target for the purpose of identifying the form with a fuzzy logic acceptance)
  3. Template based for recognition. If neither of the two method has successfully identified the form, then this technique used advanced image processing technology such as template matching to identify the form.
Standard feature of our products
Workflow The system must be delivered with a powerful workflow system such as Eastman Kodak* and FileNET*. This workflow allows the customer to schedule, prioritize, and route units of work between servers and operators. This ensures that the priority work gets done first, and that the work is handled by the appropriate work teams in a timely manner scheduled in advance. All this is handled in a dynamically configured schema under the customer's supervisory and management control. Standard feature of our products
Data capture and recognition technologies The system must utilize the world's most advanced recognition engines such as the Mitek, the AEG, and the Siemens engines. These engines have been recognized as the world's most advanced recognition engines and they are also the most expensive engines. Standard feature of our products
Cursive recognition technology The system must feature a cursive recognition engine for those poorly handwritten fields. Parascript is the only company in the world currently boasting a purely cursive recognition engine known as NHR (Natural Handwriting recognition) technology. Standard feature of our products
Key data correction The system must combine a field based key data correction technology embedding the ability to perform character based correction without the limitation of exclusive character-based correction. Standard feature of our products
Rule based data validation All the rule validation programming is simple and is available to the customer. All rule programming is available in the industry accepted and standard Visual Basic. Standard feature of our products
Fuzzy logic lookup Code The system must be able to provide the user with a fuzzy logic lookup table with dictionaries based on the closest match. Standard feature of our products
Data output The system must be delivered standard with the capability to deliver the output exactly in the format required by most industry leading enterprise software such as SAP(r), PeopleSoft(r), etc. Standard feature of our products
Image and data retrieval The system must be delivered with the ability to retrieve image and data from the database using simple queries. Quick Modules(r) also allows for the retrieval of these images on the Internet. Standard feature of our products
User exits The system must be delivered with a number of user exits through all the processes. These user exits allow the end user or the integrator (if they so desire) to customize the system to their specific needs. These user exits can be programmed using wizards for simple customizations, or Visual Basic for more elaborate customizations. Standard feature of our products
CD-ROM and juke box management The system must automatically archive images and data on CD-ROM and interfaces to juke boxes for retrieval purposes. Standard feature of our products
Data center monitoring The system must come standard with a 24 by 7 data center monitoring rules featuring the useful three color flags for each modules. These are: Green: Everything ok, Yellow: Non-critical error in the module, Red: Critical error in the module requiring immediate system administrator intervention. Standard feature of our products
Message logging All events and procedures in each of the modules inside the system are logged to centralized log files that may be perused by the system administrator for diagnostics purposes. These events are logged by date and time of the event or the procedure. Standard feature of our products
Reports The system must be delivered with a host of productivity reports. Standard feature of our products


 

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