JPH0340553A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To instruct the processing of a received original by one operation by transmitting a voice message relating to a transmitting original at the time of transmitting the original. CONSTITUTION:At the time of receiving a signal indicating the start of voice message transmission from a transmission side equipment, the receiving side outputs the sent voice message from a voice I/O device control part 18 to a speaker to be a voice I/O device 19 through a communication control part 16. On the transmission side, a communication control part 16 transmits image data compressed by a coding/decoding part 15, and on the receiving side, the received compressed image data are decoded and printed out to a printer 3. Since the voice message can be transmitted together with an original at the time of transmitting the original, the received original can be processed by the method instructed by the voice message.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a facsimile machine.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved] Conventionally, communication terminal devices such as facsimile machines transmit only document originals. Therefore, when instructing the receiving side to process the transmitted manuscript, there is a drawback that the instructions must be written on a separate sheet of paper and sent at the same time, or the instructions must be communicated separately.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to propose a communication terminal device that can transmit a voice message related to a transmitted document when transmitting a document, and can issue instructions regarding the handling of a received document in a single operation.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned problems of the present invention include means for transmitting a document manuscript;
This is achieved by a communication terminal device characterized by having a transmitting means for transmitting a voice message together with a document.

This communication terminal device further includes voice message storage means for storing voice messages, and is configured to transmit the stored voice messages together with the document.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device characterized in that it is provided with output control means for separating transmission information into a voice message portion and an information portion, outputting the voice message through a speaker, and outputting an image information portion by facsimile. achieved.

[Embodiment 1] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a facsimile machine will be described as an example of a communication terminal device.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine in this embodiment. As shown in the figure, it includes an operation panel 1 for issuing various instructions, a reading section 2 for reading a transmitted document, and a printer section 3 for recording received image information. For the printer section 3, a laser beam printer, a thermal transfer printer, etc. can be used. The facsimile machine 4 further includes a control section for controlling each of the above-mentioned units, and the following units connected to each other via a bus for image data processing or communication system (distribution). First, the storage device 4 is provided to store transmitted/received data, and this control is controlled by the storage device control unit 10.A nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk can be used as the storage device 4.Recording device 5 is used to record transmitted voice messages. 11 is a recording device control unit for controlling the recording device. For this recording device 5, for example, an IC memory for voice recording is used. 6 is a control unit for controlling the operation panel 1 and the entire device. This is an operation panel control unit that serves as an interface between the microprocessors 12.7
is a league control unit, 8 is an OCR recognition unit that performs character recognition, and 9 is an OCR recognition unit that performs character recognition.
is the printer-controlled i-track section.

Reference numeral 13 indicates an information destination storage section that stores broadcast destination information, and the transmission image information read by the reader 2 is stored in a buffer memory 14, and is stored in accordance with the information destination storage section 13 that stores broadcast destination information. , broadcast is sent. 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes an encoding/decoding unit that compresses data when transmitting and expands data when receiving. Reference numeral 16 indicates a communication control unit, and 17 indicates a composition (curve unit (NCU) activated by the communication control unit engineer 6).
). 19 is an audio input/output device having a microphone for audio input, a speaker for audio output, etc., and 18 is an audio input/output system (music part) that functions as an interface. Therefore, when transmitting a voice message, A message is input to the voice input device 19 through a microphone, and is recorded on the recording device 5 via the voice input/output control section 18 and the recording device control section 11.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an OCR sheet used in this embodiment. When this OCR sheet is applied to the 0CI (recognition section 8), the broadcast transmission instruction mark F1, voice message presence mark F2, and destination entry area 3 are read, and the facsimile operates according to each mark.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

When the original is read in step S31, the presence or absence of an OCR sheet in the original is determined in step S32, and the OC
If there is an R sheet, character recognition is performed in step S33. In step S34, if the result of character recognition is a circular transmission instruction, the process proceeds to step S35, and if there is a voice message, the voice message is inputted from the microphone of the voice input/output device 19 in step S36, and the voice input control unit 18 records the voice message. It is stored in the recording device 5 via the device-side i-storage unit 11.

In step S37, it is determined whether there is a broadcast destination to which the transmission should be made,
If so, a voice message is sent in step S38,
In step S39, the document is transmitted. Then, the process returns to step S37, and ends when there are no more broadcast destinations to send to.

On the other hand, if there is no voice message in step S35, normal broadcast processing is performed in step 5311 and the process ends. Further, if the broadcast is not broadcast in step S34 described above, the process proceeds to step 5310, normal processing is performed, and the process ends. Similarly, in step S32, if there is no OCR sheet in the read document, the process advances to step 5310, performs normal processing, and ends.

Next, the communication procedure performed by this embodiment will be explained according to FIG. 4.

First, the transmitting side device makes a call to the number inputted from the operation panel 1, and when the receiving side answers the incoming call, it sends out a signal to start transmitting a voice message. Then, on the receiving side which has received this signal, the voice message sent is directly output as voice from the voice input/output device control section 18 to the speaker of the voice input/output device 19 via the communication control section 16.

Next, when the sending side finishes sending the voice message,
The communication control section 16 transmits the image data compressed by the code/decoding section 15 according to a facsimile communication procedure. On the other hand, the receiving side decodes the received compressed image data and outputs it to the printer 10. Then, according to the instructions given by the voice message,
You can process the received manuscript.

[Other Embodiments] In the embodiments described above, the explanation was given using circular communication as an example.
The present invention provides a similar effect even in the case of non-broadcast communication. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in that case. Steps common to the embodiment of FIG. 3 indicate common controls.

Therefore, if it is determined in step S35 whether there is a voice message, the voice message is transmitted and then the document is transmitted (steps S38 and 539).
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Although OCR is used, other methods such as OMR, barcodes, etc. can also be considered.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case of a facsimile machine has been described, but similar effects can be obtained with a communication terminal device other than a facsimile machine, such as a teletex machine.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, by transmitting a voice message together with the document transmission, information regarding the transmitted document can be transmitted by voice.

Therefore, an extremely convenient communication terminal device can be provided because instructions regarding the handling of the document can be given by voice at the same time as the document is transmitted.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the OCR sheet used in this embodiment. Fig. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment. Fig. 4. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the example of control on the other side shown in FIG. 3. FIG. In the diagram, 1...operation panel, 2...league, 3...
Printer, 4... Storage device, 5... Recording device, 6.
...Operation panel control section, 7...Reader control section, 8.
...OCR recognition unit, 9...Printer control unit, 10...
- Storage device control unit, 11... Recording device control unit, 12.
...Microprocessor unit, 13...Return destination storage unit, 14...Buffer memory, 15...Coding/decoding unit,
16... Correspondence system i opening, 17... NCtJ, 18.
...Audio input/output device control unit; 9...Audio input/output device. Patent applicant Canon Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A communication terminal device characterized by having means for transmitting a document and a transmitting means for transmitting a voice message together with the document. (2) The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising voice message storage means for storing voice messages, and transmitting the stored voice messages together with the document. (3) A communication terminal device characterized by comprising output control means for separating transmission information into an audio message portion and an image information portion, outputting the audio message through a speaker, and outputting the image information portion by facsimile.