JPH04207844A - Automatic electronic mail receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To normally display the original data regardless of the inserting direction of an original by fetching the inserted original, deciding the vertical position of the original from the original image data, and displaying the original data at a screen display part of a mail receiver main body after rearranging the data in the regular direction. CONSTITUTION:When an original form 100 is put into an original slit 2 of a mail receiver main body 1, an image sensor 500 searches for the position of the frame of an address entry column 111 which is enclosed in a square by a frame line in an entry column 110. Thus only the position of an address frame is detected and a fact whether this frame exists in an upper part, a lower part, a right part, or a left part is decided. Based on this deciding result, all data are rearranged in the regular positions and only the column 111 is taken out of these rearranged data. Then the image data on the column 111 is fitted onto an address input screen and then displayed at a screen display part 5 of the main body 1 as an address input screen.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention automatically accepts manuscripts in response to customer requests, such as letters of congratulations or condolences, and sends them by facsimile to the destination post office, etc. (hereinafter referred to as This invention relates to an automatic electronic mail acceptance device that performs electronic mail (referred to as F A >ζ transmission).

[Prior Art] 'Recently, new services using FAX transmission have become popular in response to customer requests.

Among these, for example, at a post office, a manuscript such as a message of congratulations or condolence written by a customer on a designated manuscript paper is accepted and faxed to the destination post office. Specially designed paper (cardboard) selected by the customer according to the fax content, such as
An electronic mail service called "Retax" is attracting attention, in which the paper is copied into a specially designed envelope and then delivered.

C Invention or problem to be solved] However, in the conventional electronic mail delivery service described above, in particular, at the receiving post office, the post office staff receives and collects the manuscript paper requested by the customer at the counter. ,
Currently, the office staff determines the purpose of the document and sends it by fax to the destination post office.

Furthermore, fees are paid manually depending on the number of manuscripts to be sent, either at the request of the station staff or at the discretion of the customer, which makes the transmission procedure cumbersome, and furthermore, the burden on staff at the customer's request is also high. There was a big problem.

[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic electronic mail acceptance device that allows a customer to easily perform a sending procedure by FAX transmission.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the problems described in 1., the present invention provides an apparatus main body having a document insertion slot and a screen display section, and a device for handling originals inserted into the document insertion slot of the apparatus main body. An electronic mail automatic receiving device comprising a document importing means for importing a document and a document transmitting means for facsimile transmission of the document retrieved by the document capture means, the vertical position of the document being determined from the image data of the document imported by the importing means. This document data is rearranged in the normal direction and displayed on the screen display section of the main body of the apparatus.

[Operation] That is, the present invention captures a document inserted into the document insertion slot of the main body of the device, determines the vertical position from the image data of the captured document, and rearranges the document data in the normal direction. Since the information is displayed on the screen display section of the main body of the apparatus, it is possible to display it correctly regardless of the direction in which the document is inserted.

This also prevents errors in memory when the customer inputs the delivery conditions to the destination, the postal code of the destination post office, etc.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an illustrated example.

FIG. 2 shows the overall appearance of the electronic mail automatic acceptance device according to the present invention, and numeral 1 in the figure is the main body of the device.

The main body of this device has a document insertion slot 2 located at the front of the upper part.
and a charge slot consisting of a coin slot 3 placed on the front side of the upper surface of one side and a bill slot 4 placed on one side of the front surface, and a screen as a screen display means consisting of a CRT is provided on the top side. A display section 5 is formed, and
This screen display section 5 includes a touch panel 5a.

The touch panel 5a is of a capacitive type, an infrared type, or an electromagnetic induction type, and all operations by the customer are performed by touching the screen.

In addition, in the figure, 6 is a charge return button located near the coin slot 3 of the device main body 1, and 7 is also the coin slot 3.
8 is a charge return slot located below the bill slot 4; 9 is a slot for issuing payment confirmation documents such as receipts located below the manuscript slot 2; .

FIG. 3 shows an automatic acceptance unit 1 that constitutes an automatic electronic mail acceptance system built into the device main body l.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of 0.

- This automatic underwriting device unit 1o is equipped with a control means consisting of a control device 20 such as a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as a personal computer), and the CRT screen display section 5 is connected to this control device 20. , the touch panel 5a of the screen display section 5 is connected to the port 21 which is the control section thereof.

Further, the control device 20 includes a speech circuit 31
FAX transmitting unit 3 as a FAX transmitting means incorporating
0 and a hard disk 40 as a data storage means for operating all software, and this hard disk 40 contains software 41, a database 42, and stored data 43.

The software 41 is a program itself, and the database 42 contains the post office names and postal codes of about 5,500 post offices nationwide, as well as the FAX number of the post office corresponding to the postal code.

The stored data 43 records the original data from the customer as it is, and is called up when retransmission is required. Normally, when a signal is received that the call has arrived at the destination station (destination station), the station staff performs an operation. It is now discarded by

In this case, the original data from the customer recorded in the storage data 43 is automatically discarded after a certain period of time.

Further, the boat 21 includes a FAX document reading section 50 which is a document importing means, a money processing section 60 which is an input fee determining means, and a document issuing section 70 which is a document issuing means.
are connected and controlled respectively.

The FAX original reading section 50 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
As shown in the figure, an inlet paper sensor 51 provided in the document insertion port 2 of the apparatus main body 1, an inlet paper sensor 52 provided on the downstream side of this inlet paper sensor 51, and a document inserted from the document insertion port 2 A platen roller 53 that winds up the manuscript paper 100
and a motor 5 that rotates the platen roller 53 in forward and reverse directions.
4, and a contact type image sensor 500 that reads the original of the original paper 100 wound on the platen roller 53.
It is composed of.

That is, when the original paper 100 passes the entrance paper sensor 51, the motor 54 is started and the platen roller 53 is activated.
rotates.

This rotation of the platen roller 53 causes the document paper 100 to
When the document paper 100 is taken in, the state of the document paper 100 being taken in is detected by the intake port paper sensor 52.

Then, the final end of the document paper 100 is located at the entrance paper sensor 5.
1, the rotation of the motor 54 is stopped, the winding is temporarily stopped while the leading edge of the document paper 100 is held in the platen roller 53, and the document is returned by operating the document return button 7. It waits until there is an instruction to return the document, insert the second sheet of manuscript paper 100, or complete the document capture.

At this time, information written in part of the manuscript on the manuscript paper 100 that has passed through the image sensor 500 is read as is and stored in the storage data 43 of the hard disk 40, and is temporarily saved.

In this state, when the second sheet of manuscript paper 100 is inserted and its leading edge passes the entrance paper sensor 51, the platen roller 53 is rotated by restarting the motor 54.
The first sheet of manuscript paper 100 inserted earlier is taken in, and while the written contents of the remaining manuscripts are read by the image sensor 500, the first sheet of manuscript paper 100 is stored in a storage section (not shown) in the main body 1 of the apparatus. The second and subsequent manuscript sheets 100 are taken in in the same manner.

In addition, if there is a reason for returning the manuscript paper 100 in this case,
For example, the motor 54 rotates in the reverse direction, and the manuscript paper 100 is returned to the manuscript insertion slot 2 upstream of the entrance paper sensor 51.

By the way, the contact image sensor 500 includes a light emitting section (LED ARRAY) 501 and a light receiving section (ROD ARRAY) 501.
LENS ARRAY) 502 constitutes the test scanner head, and the manuscript paper 1 wound on the platen roller 53
The light receiving unit 5 receives the reflected light from the light emitting unit 501 onto the light emitting unit 501.
02, and charge is accumulated in a sensor unit (SENSOR) 503.

The accumulation of charge in this sensor unit (SENSOR) 503 is
As shown in FIG. 6, an analog switch 504 and a shift register (SIFT REGI-3TER) 505
After that, by giving control signals of the pulse signal (SI) and the clock signal (CLK) to the analog switch (ANALOG 5W-ITCHES) 504 and the shift register 505, the amplifier (AMP) 5C )6 via the optical output signal (S I
G) is input to the comparator 507 and compared and adjusted with the comparison voltage value v0, and the read data is output as an analog quantity from the black level to the white level.

In this case, when the read data is extracted as black and white binary values, the standard for the read time (charge accumulation time) for one line of manuscript paper is set to 5m5ec, as shown in Figures 7 to 9.
When set to , the white level is around 2V and the black level is around O.
The comparison voltage value X of the cossiparator 507 is near X'.

By setting 2 between O and 2■, it becomes possible to obtain black and white binary data.

Also, the ratio V and voltage value ■ of the comparator 507. By varying , it is also possible to change the determination point of black and white binary values.

That is, when the charge accumulation time is 5 m5ec, the white level output voltage is about 2V, but the output voltage changes by changing the charge accumulation time.

Therefore, by changing the charge accumulation time,
Comparison voltage value of comparator 507\. This makes it possible to vary the decision point for black and white binary values while keeping the value constant.

With this, by changing the reading time from rough 1 to 2, it is easy to fine-tune the black and white division values without changing the hardware.

On the other hand, in such a swaddling type image sensor 500, when monochromatic image data is converted into 8 bits by the data read timing according to the pulse signal (Sl) and clock signal (CLK) shown in FIG. The amount of line data is 1728 dots (216 bytes at 8 dots/byte) in the A4 version, the data reading height period of one line is 5 m5ec, and the CLK frequency is 500 m.

In other words, the time to read one line of data is
The charge accumulation time of the sensor unit 503 is based on 5m5ec, or 1728 in CI-K of 500KHy.
The time to read data is 11500KHz x 17
28 = 3,456m5ec, and in reality, 3. Data can be read in 456 m5ec, and as shown in FIG. 11, data can be compressed in the remaining time.

In this way, by compressing the captured image data using the charge accumulation time for each line, it becomes possible to omit the time required for compression, especially when the image data is all white. , the maximum compression amount for one line is 216
It is possible to compress from byte to 2 bytes (1/18Q).

As a result, if the most frequently occurring data for the l line is set to be compressed using the charge accumulation time, it becomes possible to compress the data by 1/3 to 1/4, speeding up the data read operation. can be definitely achieved.

Furthermore, as mentioned above, the readout signal (S I G) is output as an analog quantity from the black level to the white level, and at this time, the white level voltage is 2■, and the black level voltage is the output Ov. .

Moreover, since the data read period (charge accumulation time) of one line is the period of the pulse signal (SI), when the charge accumulation time changes, the obtained output voltage also changes.

However, in the image sensor 500 described above,
The LED of the light emitting unit 501 that constitutes the scanner head or the lens of the light receiving unit 502 is dirty, or the LED of the light emitting unit 501 is dirty.
Due to fluctuations in the current flowing through D, the charge accumulation time may be 5 m.
Even if it is set to 5ec, there are platforms that cannot obtain an output voltage of 2cm at the white level.

Therefore, in the present invention, automatic correction is made possible so that the output voltage of the white level is always 2V.

The configuration of such an automatic correction circuit is as shown in FIG.
The waveform output signal ('31G) from the scanner head No. 0 is input to the A/D converter 5o8 and converted into digital data.

The CPU 509 compares and processes this digital data with 2V, and the pulse signal generator 510 generates a pulse signal (
Sl) is generated and this pulse signal is sent to the image sensor 5.
It is designed to be inserted into 00.

At this time, if the data value is less than 2 to ', the charge accumulation time (SI period) is extended, and conversely, if it exceeds 2V, the charge accumulation time is shortened.

In this way, by varying the period of SI, the white level output voltage is adjusted to 2V, and when the output voltage reaches 2V, a blank sheet for calibration is discharged.

In this case, since the first line of the original paper 100 is always blank, by automatically adjusting the readout time (charge accumulation time) for one line so that the output waveform at this time is 2V, it is possible to maintain the same density. The data read voltage is always kept constant.

Another method of calibrating the scanner head is to form a black and white band on the top edge of the document paper 100, so that the scanner head detects the first black area, and then detects the next white band. The reading voltage of the section is a constant value (2
It is also possible to perform this by adjusting the width of the pulse signal (Sl) so that it becomes \).

As a result, when calibrating the scanner head, it is possible to calibrate the document paper every time just before reading the document, and because there is no need to periodically insert paper specifically for proofreading as in the past, it improves the quality of the document read. can be kept constant.

On the other hand, the money processing section 60 includes a coin sorting machine 61 and a banknote sorting machine 62.
It also determines the amount of the fee input from the fee input slot of the banknote input slot 4 and performs a monetary settlement process in which change can be returned to the fee return slot 8 as necessary. In the future, it will also be possible to use prepaid cards.

Further, the document issuing section 70 is composed of a printer 71 and a printer control circuit 72, and sends a payment confirmation document such as a receipt for confirming the payment of - times to the issuing port 9 of the device main body 1.
It has been published for many years and also has the function of a journal.

In addition, 80 in the figure is a power supply device consisting of a DC power supply. This power supply device 80 is connected to a power source via an uninterruptible device 81.

Next, the electronic mail automatic acceptance system according to the present invention,
The explanation will be based on the drawings shown in FIG. 13 and below.

゛Figure 13 shows a predetermined version size, such as A4 or A5.
14 shows the initial screen state of the screen display section 5 of the apparatus main body 1, FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of operations on the apparatus main body 1 by the customer, and FIG. 16(A) and FIG. 16(B) are flowcharts showing the operation flow on the terminal side of the device main body 1.

That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the manuscript paper 100 has a postal code, address, name, etc. written in the address entry field 111 and sender entry field 112, which are each surrounded by a rectangular frame at the top 111 (1100A). First entry field 11
0 and a second entry field 120 below 1100B in which contents such as desired text and designs are entered. In this second entry field 120, a watermark pattern such as a picture is formed as necessary, and the first entry field 11
0 is divided vertically by a dividing line a.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 14, on the screen display section 5 of the device main body 1, explanatory text (not shown) prompting the customer's order of operations is displayed on the screen in the initial state, such as "Stop", "Proceed J", etc. A switch is provided.

Then, the customer entry column 110 of such a manuscript form 100
, 120, the customer has written the addressee, sender's postal code, address/name, desired text, design, etc. in advance by handwriting, etc., and then the manuscript paper 100 is placed in the main body 1 of the device installed at a post office or the like. Insert the document into the document insertion slot 2.

First, as shown in Fig. 15, by operation on the customer side,
When the first sheet of manuscript paper 100 is inserted into the main body 1 of the apparatus, the contents of the manuscript are scanned by the image scanner of the FAX manuscript reading section 50 on the terminal side, as shown in FIGS. 16(A) and (B). , and determines whether the address has been entered in the destination entry field] 11 written in the first entry field 110 of the manuscript paper 100.

In order to determine whether or not the address entry column Ill of the manuscript paper 100 is left blank, when the manuscript paper 100 is imported, the address entry column 111 is searched and the size of the data therein is visually determined. It will be done.

At this time, if the address entry field 111 of the manuscript paper 100 is blank and has not been filled out, importing is canceled and the manuscript paper 100 is blank.
will be returned.

If it is determined that an address has been entered in the destination entry field 111 of the manuscript paper 100, the length of the manuscript paper 100 is determined.

The length of the manuscript paper 100 is determined by determining whether the number of lines scanned by the image scanner on the manuscript paper 100 is 2000 lines or more, as shown in FIG.

In other words, if the printing chair is A4 size, for example, 1mm
If you take data with the number of lines of 8 dots, it is 2376.
If the number of lines on the manuscript paper is 100 or more than 2000 lines, it is determined to be an A4 version.
If it is less than 2000 raishi, please send 1 manuscript paper as 5th edition.
The size of 00 is determined.

In this way, when the size of the manuscript paper 100 is determined, the destination entry field ill in the first entry field 110 is determined from the image data of the imported manuscript, and as shown in FIG. The first entry field 110 of the manuscript paper 100 and a part of the manuscript in the second entry field 120 are displayed on the screen display section 5 of.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when a document sheet 100 is taken in from the document insertion slot 2 of the apparatus main body l, the FAX document reading section 50 on the terminal side, which constitutes the document sheet importing means, first reads the The image sensor 500 searches for the position of the frame of the destination entry field 111 surrounded by a square in the first entry field 110.

In other words, the search for the position of this frame is as shown in Figure 1.
Find all the data of the imported original, find only the position of the destination frame, determine whether the frame is at the top, bottom, right, or left, and then All data is sorted to the regular position, and from the data that has been sorted to the regular position, the address entry column 111
Cut out only.

At this time, on the terminal side, after importing the manuscript paper 100, there are various operations such as inputting various conditions, but when the destination address input screen is reached after these operations, the input screen that was cut earlier is displayed. The image data of the destination entry field Ill is inserted and displayed as an address input screen on the screen display section 5 of the device main body I.

Then, in this way, the address entry field 1 of the first entry field 110 is
By rearranging the data in 11, even if the manuscript paper 100 is inserted upside down, for example, it is possible to rearrange it to the normal state on the terminal side without having to reinsert the manuscript paper 100. Become.

In addition, by displaying the destination entry field 111 of the first entry field 110 and a part of the document, it is possible to confirm the insertion direction of the document (diagonal insertion, reverse insertion, horizontal insertion, etc.) and the content of the transmission. Moreover, if the image sensor 500 fails, it cannot be read, resulting in a pitch black screen.
This makes it easy to confirm the imported document data.

Therefore, even if the original paper 100 other than the blank paper is inserted into the original insertion slot 2 of the apparatus main body 1 with the front and rear directions reversed, the original paper 100 can be easily taken in.

Note that, as a method for searching for the destination entry field 111 of the first entry field 110 in such a manuscript paper 100, in addition to determining the frame position of the destination entry field 111 described above, for example, the top edge of the manuscript paper 100 is marked in black. It is also possible to perform rearrangement by determining the top, bottom, right, left, and right positions of this black solid position.

Furthermore, if the emergency return button 7 is pressed by the customer at this time, the import is stopped and the manuscript paper 100 is immediately returned.

In this way, the loading of the first sheet of manuscript paper 100 is completed.

Next, the second sheet of manuscript paper 100 is inserted by the customer's operation.
When a document is inserted from the document insertion slot 2 of the apparatus main body 1, the position for blank page determination is changed.

This change in the position of the blank page determination is such that the address, etc. has already been entered in the first entry column 110 of the first manuscript sheet 100, and the address etc. has already been entered in the first entry column 110 of the second and subsequent manuscript sheets 100. Since there is no need to enter information such as the following, the second entry field 120 is changed so that it is judged as a blank page.

As a result, even if the address etc. are not entered in the first entry field 110 of the second and subsequent manuscript sheets 100, if the desired text, design, etc. are entered in the second entry field 120. , it is imported as an official manuscript, and if it is determined to be blank without that entry, it will be automatically returned.

At this time, if the customer presses the "stop" switch by touching the screen, the second and subsequent sheets of manuscript paper 10
0 final manuscript paper will be returned.

In this way, when the second and subsequent sheets of manuscript paper 100 are taken in, the length of the manuscript paper 100 is determined as described above, and the second and subsequent sheets of manuscript paper 100 are It is determined whether or not the length of the first sheet of manuscript paper 100 is the same as that of the printing chair.

At this time, if the version size is different from the second or subsequent manuscript paper 100 or the first manuscript paper 100, write whether it is a manuscript in the second entry field 120 of OO, even if the second or subsequent manuscript paper 100 is different in size. It will be automatically returned even if it is.

Such changes in the blank page determination positions for the first and second and subsequent manuscript sheets are performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 18.

In this way, when it is determined that the second and subsequent manuscript sheets 100 are of the same size as the first manuscript sheet 100, the previous manuscript sheet 100 that has already been taken in can be stored.

This kind of document paper storage is carried out in F as shown in Figure 4.
In the AX document reading section 50, the first sheet of document paper 100, which is the previous document, is stuck on the platen roller 53 after a part of its leading edge is read by the image sensor 500, and the second sheet of paper 100 is stuck on the platen roller 53. When the first manuscript paper 100 is inserted, the first manuscript paper 100 is stored.

By storing the manuscript paper in this way, the previous manuscript 1
The data of the 1st sheet of manuscript paper 100 is saved and the number of sheets is counted.

The operations on the customer's side so far have been to "Stop" by touching the screen or "
Insert the second and subsequent sheets of manuscript paper using the "Proceed" operation.
When "Stop" is pressed, the final document sheet that is caught in the platen roller 53 is returned.

If you press "Proceed", it is assumed that all the manuscript paper has been inserted, and the screen display section 5 of the device main body 1 will display the content of the manuscript, whether it is a congratulatory document, a condolence document, or an ordinary document. The selected usage, ie the delivery terms, will be displayed.

Such selection of the intended use of the manuscript content is made by the customer, and in particular, for manuscripts with congratulatory content, a specially designed mount is selected.

In addition, if the manuscript content is for a celebration or condolence, the designation of the delivery date will be displayed on the screen display section 5 of the device main body 1, allowing you to specify the delivery date. change.

As shown in FIG. 19, when the input screen for the destination postal code is displayed on the screen display section 5 of the apparatus main body 1, at the same time, the destination is entered in the first entry field 110 of the manuscript paper 100 imported as the first sheet. Field 111 is cut out and this address entry field 1
The screen display unit 5 displays a single line of text, which makes it possible to prevent erroneous input without installing a character recognition device.

Next, when the input of the postal code of the destination is completed, the total amount of the charge based on the delivery conditions such as the number of sheets of manuscript paper inserted and the selection of mounts in the congratulatory content is displayed on the screen display @5.

Then, when the customer inserts coins or banknotes into the coin slot 3 or the banknote slot 4 of the device main body 1 according to the total price displayed on the screen display section 5, as shown in FIG. The coin sorting machine 61 or bill sorting machine 62 of the money processing section 60 performs payment of fees such as dispensing change.

When the payment of the fee is completed, the document issuing unit 7o creates a payment confirmation such as a receipt to confirm the payment of a single fee, and this confirmation is ejected to the issuance port 9 of the device main body 1. Once the customer receives the confirmation, all operations on the customer's side are completed and payment is made.

On the other hand, on the terminal side, once the confirmation form has been created and ejected, based on the entered postal code of the destination, the terminal sends a message to the fax number of the fax receiving means of the destination post office.
The AX transmitter 3o automatically makes a call through the telephone line and FAs the manuscript to the destination post office in charge of delivery according to the delivery conditions.
Send X.

By the way, this FAX transmitter 3o is controlled by a personal computer to automatically make a call, and this automatic call refers to the FA of the destination station (other station) that corresponds to the destination. This refers to searching the corresponding post office for the FAX number of the X receiving means from the database 42 of the hard disk 40 and automatically making a call to that FAX number.

At this time, if the other station is unreachable, for example, retry (
If the call is received within the range, the call is automatically converted to a FAX transmission and the transmission is started.

If the call does not arrive within the range of three consecutive automatic calls, the re-call time is set based on the current time, and the second automatic call is made after a certain period of time as shown in Figure 21. , retransmit.

In this case, retransmission may be performed by changing the time of day, such as 2 hours later if transmission is interrupted in the morning, 30 minutes after 3:00 p.m., and 20 minutes after 3:00 p.m. be exposed. This allows for smooth retransmission within the post office operating hours.

Furthermore, if the second automatic call is unsuccessful, as shown in Fig. 22, the FAX receiving means attached to the local station A, which is the calling station registered in advance, and the destination party FA of other FAX receiving means attached to station B or FAX receiving means attached to another station close to partner station B
Make an automatic call to number X and send.

In this way, other FAX receiving means, such as the originating station's FA
When a document is sent to the X-receiving means, a staff member at the originating station visually checks it and contacts the office telephone of the destination to inform the staff at the other party of the cause of the inability to receive the fax.
For example, it notifies the user of a malfunction or paper outage in the FA, This makes it possible to prevent incomplete transmission due to unmanned automatic underwriting terminal equipment, and allows the other station to complete transmission quickly and reliably.

Then, when the FAX receiving means on the receiving side is in place and normal transmission is possible, the transmission is completed by manual retransmission by the staff at the transmitting station.

Further, even if the destination FAX receiving means becomes unable to receive the fax due to a paper cut or the like during transmission by automatic calling, the transmission is similarly performed to other fax receiving means.

In the above embodiment, if a manuscript cannot be transmitted, the staff at the sending station A is visually confirmed and the staff at the destination station B is contacted by office telephone. As a means of communication, as shown in Figure 20, the FA of the other station
An automatic call is made to the number It is also possible to encourage maintenance by, etc.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a document inserted into the document insertion slot of the main body of the device is captured, the vertical position is determined from the image data of the captured document, and the vertical position of the document is determined based on the image data of the document. Since the document data is rearranged in the normal direction and displayed on the screen display section of the main body of the apparatus, it is possible to display the document normally regardless of the direction in which the document is inserted.

This also prevents errors in memory when the customer inputs the delivery conditions to the destination, the postal code of the destination post office, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the cutout state of the destination address column of a document in the electronic mail automatic acceptance device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of the automatic acceptance device, and Fig. 3 is an electronic mail acceptance device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the document capture mechanism; FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the image sensor reading means of the document capture mechanism; FIG. 6 is an image Sensor blocking [, Figures 7 to 9 are explanatory diagrams showing black and white determination means when reading data by the image sensor, Figures 10 and 11 are timing charts for reading data by the image sensor, and Figure 12 is an image. A block diagram showing the calibration state of the sensor scanner scanner, Fig. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the manuscript paper, and Fig. 14 is an explanation showing the initial screen display state.
The figure is a two-chart showing the flow of operations on the customer side, Figures 16 (A) and (B) are flowcharts showing the flow of operations on the terminal side, and Figure 17 is an explanation showing the screen display state when importing a document. Figure 18 is a flowchart showing the reading status of the second and subsequent documents; Figure 19 is an explanatory diagram showing the screen display status when entering the postal code after importing the original; Figure 20 is the FAX after payment and settlement. Flowchart showing the transmission status, Figure 21 is a block diagram of the FAX transmission status, Figure 22 is the FAX transmission status.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a transmission and reception state when AX transmission is interrupted. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Apparatus body, 2... Document insertion slot, 5... Screen display section, to... Automatic underwriting device unit, 20... Control means, 30... FAX transmission means, 40. ...Data storage means, 50...Manuscript reading means, 100...Manuscript paper, 110...First entry field, 111...Address entry field, 112...Sender entry field, 120... -Second entry field. Figure 3: Pit Figure 4 Figure 5 Q Convex Figure 6! Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Time for one line Figure 13 00B × Q 〇c' ψ Figure 15 Customer side Figure 18 Figure 20

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A device main body having a document insertion slot and a screen display section; a document capture device that captures the document inserted into the document insertion port of the device main body; and a document transmission device that sends the document captured by the capture device by facsimile. An automatic electronic mail acceptance device comprising: a means for determining the vertical position from the image data of the document captured by the capturing means; and a means for arranging the document data in a normal direction and displaying the image on the screen of the device body. 1. An automatic electronic mail acceptance device, comprising: means for displaying information on a display unit.