JP2878430B2 - Communication terminal device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, and more particularly to a communication terminal device capable of receiving a document including a plurality of pages and outputting each page in a different number of copies.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a communication terminal device, for example, a facsimile device,
When the number of output copies of a document to be output on the receiving side is designated from the transmitting side, information on the number of output copies is set in a communication protocol, for example, an NSC (non-standard function) parameter of the session start command CSS.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-described conventional example, the number of output copies can be specified only in one communication unit. Communication has to be performed for the number of copies, and the communication efficiency of the line and the utilization efficiency of the device are reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication terminal device in which the number of output copies can be specified for each page, thereby improving the communication efficiency of the line and the utilization efficiency of the device. And

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a communication terminal device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a communication terminal device capable of receiving a document composed of a plurality of pages and outputting each page in a different number of copies, a determination unit for determining a specific region of each page, and a specific region determined by the determination unit. And a recognizing means for recognizing the number of output copies in the printer, and an output means for outputting the page by the number of output copies recognized by the recognizing means.

[Operation] In the above configuration, a document including a plurality of pages is received, and a specific area of each page is determined. By recognizing the number of output copies in the determined specific area and outputting the pages by the recognized number of output copies, each page of a document including a plurality of pages can be output with a different number of copies.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Description of Configuration (FIGS. 1 and 2)> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile apparatus in the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an operation panel, which includes a key input unit including numeric keys and various function keys, a monitor of input keys, and a display unit for displaying a state of the apparatus. Reference numeral 2 denotes a reading unit (reader) which outputs image data read by an image sensor such as a CCD and converted into a digital signal. Reference numeral 3 denotes a printer, such as a laser beam printer (LBP) or a thermal transfer printer.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage device, which is a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk.

An operation panel control unit 5 controls an input unit and a display unit of the operation panel 1. Reference numeral 6 denotes a reader control unit, which performs interface control with the reader 2. An OCR recognition unit 7 recognizes an OCR area of a received document described later.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a printer control unit, which performs interface control with the printer 3. Reference numeral 9 denotes a storage device control unit that performs interface control with the storage device 4.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a microprocessor unit, which controls the entire apparatus according to a processing procedure described later, a ROM storing processing procedures (programs) executed by the CPU, and a CPU used when the CPU executes processing. It is composed of a RAM including a work area and a table. Reference numeral 11 denotes a buffer memory for storing image data transmitted or received. 12
Denotes an encoding / decoding unit which compresses image data read by the reader 2 or decompresses received image data. A communication control unit 13 controls data communication according to a predetermined protocol. 14 is a network control unit (NC
U) to control the connection to the network via the line.

A document with an OCR area used in the facsimile apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, a document 22 with an OCR area has a mark 22 indicating the OCR area, and a process designating section 23 for designating page processing.
The OCR recognition unit 7 recognizes characters in an area specified by the mark 22 so that each page of a document including a plurality of pages is different. It is possible to output the number of copies.

If the processing designation unit 23 is “01”, it indicates the designation of the number of copies. In this case, the number of output copies specified by the quantity unit 24 is
This page is output by the printer 3.

<Explanation of Processing Procedure (FIG. 3)> Next, processing for receiving and outputting a document according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when the communication control unit 13 detects an incoming call from the partner device via the line, the process proceeds to step S 1, receives the image data according to the communication protocol of the process, and stores it in the buffer memory 11. Next, when image data storage is completed,
The process proceeds to step S2, where the image data is decoded for each page as shown in FIG. 2, and the presence or absence of the OCR area is determined. If there is an OCR area, the process proceeds to step S3, and the OCR recognition unit 7 is activated to perform character recognition. Then, the result is checked in step S4. If the number of copies is designated, the process proceeds to step S5, and this page is output by the printer 3 by the designated number of output copies.

On the other hand, in step S2 described above,
Otherwise, if the number of copies is not specified in step S4, the process proceeds to step S7, and normal output processing is performed. When the output process in step S5 or S7 is completed, the process proceeds to step S6, and it is determined whether there is a next page from the state of the buffer memory 11, and if there is no data for the page, the process ends. However, if it is determined that the next page exists, the process returns to step S3, and the above process is repeated.

As described above, according to the embodiment, by reading the information on the number of copies in the OCR area and controlling the number of output copies based on the information, it is possible to specify the number of copies in page units.

In this embodiment, the OCR area is output as it is,
For example, the output may be made blank, or the date and time information or the partner terminal information may be printed in the OCR area.

In the above-described embodiment, a facsimile apparatus has been described as an example of a communication terminal apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a communication apparatus having an advanced communication function added to a word processor may be used. A similar effect can be obtained even with a certain teletex terminal or a videotex terminal that handles image information composed of characters and figures.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the communication efficiency of the line and the utilization efficiency of the device by specifying a different number of output copies for each page.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus in this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a document with an OCR area in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in this embodiment. In the figure, 1 ... operation panel, 2 ... reader, 3 ... printer, 4 ... storage device, 5 ... operation panel control unit, 6 ...
Reader control unit, 7 OCR recognition unit, 8 Printer control unit, 9 Storage device control unit, 10 Microprocessor unit, 11 Buffer memory, 12 Code decoding unit, 13
The communication control unit 14 is an NCU.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A communication terminal device capable of receiving a document composed of a plurality of pages and outputting each page in a different number of copies, comprising: a determination unit for determining a specific area of each page; A communication terminal device comprising: a recognition unit that recognizes the number of output copies in the specific area; and an output unit that outputs the page by the number of output copies recognized by the recognition unit.