JP2937562B2 - Facsimile communication device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a relates to a facsimile communication equipment for using the facsimile of the databases that are registered in the host computer searching and retrieving from a remote location.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally , a method of outputting data registered in a host computer to a facsimile is performed by installing a special terminal such as a video terminal for search at a remote place and operating the special terminal. I entered a search item and received the output by facsimile.

[0003] Alternatively, a request table is sent to the sensor by facsimile, and an operator in the center operates a computer to input the contents, so that the information registered in the file is transmitted through the public network. Was output to a facsimile.

[0004]

However, the above prior art requires two types of devices, a search terminal and an output facsimile. Further, in order to operate a special terminal for search, it is necessary to learn a complicated operation, and there is a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and does not require a search terminal, so that data of a general-purpose host computer can be searched only by facsimile. Another object of the present invention is to provide an excellent facsimile connection device which can be performed by filling out a request form without requiring special knowledge.

[0006]

To achieve the above object of the Invention The present invention converts the image data sent from the facsimile apparatus through a communication line, the code data for the host computer that manages the information data And
Fakushi transferring a recognition unit which transmits to the host computer, the information data obtained from said host computer in response to the code data to the facsimile device
In a facsimile communication device including a data expansion unit for converting to millimeter data and a memory unit , the information data
Is character code data, image data and vector data
And the data expanding section includes the character code
Character code expansion unit for expanding the code data in the memory;
Develop the image data and vector data in the memory
Image data / vector data developing unit,
Character code data expanded by the code expansion unit and the
Image data and vector data expanded by
Combines image data and vector data, and
The enlarged or reduced to convert the facsimile data
And a data synthesizing unit .

[0007]

The recognition section detects and recognizes characters written in image data sent from a facsimile, and converts the characters into code data. By sending the handwritten request table by facsimile, the host computer can input the command as a command converted into code data.

Therefore, by sending the request table by facsimile, data can be automatically searched, transferred, and retrieved from the facsimile without the intervention of an operator operating the host computer.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a system for searching for house information such as an apartment or a condominium using the present invention.

[0010] 1 is a facsimile communication equipment according to the present invention, apartment, residential information of the apartment or the like is connected to the host computer 3 to manage the file 2, which is registered in advance. The facsimile communication device 1
Communicates with facsimile machines 5 in offices located in various places through a public line network 4.

[0011] illustrates a block configuration facsimile communication equipment in Fig. As shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile communication device 1
Has the following configuration. Reference numeral 11 denotes an interface control unit for communicating with the host computer by commands and data, 12 denotes a character code developing unit for expanding character code data sent from the host computer on a memory, and 13 denotes a character code developing unit sent from the host computer. An image data / vector data expanding unit for expanding image data and vector data on a memory; 14 is a data synthesizing unit for synthesizing the expanded character code data and image data / vector data to perform enlargement / reduction; 15 is a public network A facsimile control unit that communicates with the facsimile 5 through 4;
A recognition unit 16 recognizes handwritten character data and data in a predetermined format sent from the facsimile 5 and converts them into commands.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 3 shows a housing guidance search table used in this system. At the office, the necessary rent, floor plan, and house of the apartment and the condominium are entered in this house guide search table, and the facsimile 5 is transmitted to the center. In facsimile communication equipment 1 in the center, a housing guide search table sent, the facsimile control unit 15 is transferred to the recognition unit 16 receives. The recognizing unit 16 determines necessary items (rent, floor plan,
The request is read, converted into a character code as shown in FIG. 4, and transferred to the host computer 3 through the interface control unit 11.

[0014] The host computer 3, by a command received from the facsimile communication equipment 1, locate information conforming to the search requesting source of the request housing information file 2. The found information is transferred to the facsimile communication device 1 as shown in FIG.

[0015] In facsimile communication equipment 1, of the data sent from the host computer, the character code data into the character code expansion unit 12, the image data and the vector data is supplied to the image data vector data expansion unit 13 Then, it is developed as a pixel on a memory (not shown).
Each data on the memory is synthesized by the data synthesis unit 4,
The data is output to the public network 4 via the facsimile control unit 15.

[0016] In the facsimile communication equipment 1, on the basis of the telephone number that had to fill out the request source of housing proposed love the look-up table that has been sent from the facsimile 5 previously, and sends the combined data to the requester.

FIG. 5 shows a facsimile machine 5 of the requesting office.
Shows apartment and condominium information output to The addresses of apartments and condominiums are the parts developed as character codes, the map 1 of the apartments and condominiums is the part developed by vector data, and the external view of the apartments and condominiums is composed of data developed by image data. ing.

Thus, the handwritten search table sent from the facsimile in the office to the center via the public network,
That is, by converting the data request into a code data command that can be decoded by the host computer, data in various formats can be automatically transferred from the information file in the center to the facsimile 5 and output.

In the above embodiment, the search table sent from the facsimile apparatus is handwritten. However, it is needless to say that predetermined code data may be used by operating keys of the facsimile apparatus.

[0020]

According to the present invention, by transmitting a request table from a facsimile of a request source, information in a host computer in a remote center can be searched. Therefore, the requester can search and retrieve information of the host computer with one facsimile without using a special terminal. Also in the center, the facsimile communication equipment is able to recognize the dot data or handwritten characters from the facsimile device, further for performing format conversion of the data, can automatically search processing to the host computer. Further recognition and, for performing format change data in facsimile communication equipment, it is possible to substantially improve the processing capacity of the host computer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a system configuration diagram of a facsimile communication equipment according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a facsimile communication equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a house guidance search table used in the system shown in FIG. 1;

4 is a data format diagram of a host computer and facsimile communication instrumentation置間.

FIG. 5 is a data diagram output from a host computer by facsimile.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 facsimile communication equipment 2 residential information file 3 host computer 4 PSTN 5 facsimile machine 11 interface control unit 12 character code expansion section 13 the image data vector data developing unit 14 data synthesizer 15 facsimile control unit 16 recognizing unit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] The method according to claim 1 image data sent from the facsimile apparatus through a communication line, and converts the code data for the host computer that manages the information data, the so
Fakushi transferring a recognition unit which transmits to the host computer, the information data obtained from said host computer in response to the code data to the facsimile device
In a facsimile communication device including a data expanding unit for converting to millimeter data and a memory unit , the information data includes character code data, image data,
And the data expansion unit stores the character code data in the memo.
A character code expanding unit for expanding the image data,
An image data base for developing vector data in the memory
By the vector data development unit and the character code development unit
Expanded character code data and the image data vector
Image data and vectors developed by the
Torrent data and expand or reduce this
A data synthesizing unit for converting the data into facsimile data.
Facsimile communication equipment, characterized by.