A business form handling system includes an image reading device for reading a
business form and a terminal apparatus installed at the window for discriminatively
deciding whether a read image corresponds to a first species of business form by
referencing form species identifying definition information stored previously in
a file. When the read image corresponds to the first species of business form,
the terminal apparatus cuts an image from a field corresponding to a format inherent
to the first species of business form to thereby recognize contents of statement
from the cut image and executes processing in accordance with result of the recognition.
Unless the read image corresponds to the first species of business form, the terminal
apparatus decides discriminatively whether the read image corresponds to a second
species of business form by referencing the form species identifying definition
information. When the correspondence is found, the terminal apparatus cuts an image
from a field corresponding to a format inherent to the second species of business
form to thereby recognize contents of statement from the cut image.
