Automated form testing
View Patent ↗Systems and techniques are provided that allow for comparison of an automatically-generated form to an original form to identify discrepancies efficiently. Portions of the form, such as those expected to contain dynamic data, may be masked, allowing for more efficient and accurate comparison with a predicted form and an actual output form. Further, testing of the form may be automated, allowing for more accurate and efficient generation of each form considered.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining an original representation of a form;
generating a predicted result representation of the form, the predicted result representation including a first mask that masks at least one region of the form;
obtaining an actual output representation of the form, the actual output representation being generated by a system configured to generate a version of the form automatically;
comparing the predicted result representation of the form to the actual output representation of the form excluding each masked region;
based upon the comparison, providing an identification of at least one inconsistency between the predicted result representation and the actual output representation of the form; and
generating an actual output representation to remove the inconsistency.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the predicted result representation of the form comprises:
generating a raw version of the original representation of the form; and
applying the first mask to the raw version.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the raw representation is a bitmap.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the mask identifies a portion of the predicted result representation of the form designed to receive dynamic data.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the actual output representation of the form comprises:
generating a raw version of the actual output representation.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the raw version is a bitmap.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the mask identifies a portion of the predicted result representation of the form that is not compared with the actual output representation of the form.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically revising an algorithm designed to generate the actual output representation to remove the inconsistency.
9. A system comprising:
a computer-readable storage storing an original representation of a form;
a processor configured to:
generate a predicted result representation of the form, the predicted result representation including a first mask that masks at least one region of the form;
obtain an actual output representation of the form, the actual output representation being generated by a system configured to generate a version of the form automatically;
compare the predicted result representation of the form to the actual output representation of the form excluding each masked region;
based upon the comparison, provide an identification of at least one inconsistency between the predicted result representation and the actual output representation of the form; and
generate an actual output representation to remove the inconsistency.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the step of generating the predicted result representation of the form comprises:
generating a raw version of the original representation of the form; and
applying the first mask to the raw version.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the raw representation is a bitmap.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the mask identifies a portion of the predicted result representation of the form designed to receive dynamic data.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the step of generating the actual output representation of the form comprises:
generating a raw version of the actual output representation.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the raw version is a bitmap.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the mask identifies a portion of the predicted result representation of the form that is not compared with the actual output representation of the form.
16. The system of claim 9 , said processor further configured to revise an algorithm designed to generate the actual output representation to remove the inconsistency.