JP4768836B2 - Server device, document delivery system, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for sending documents such as letters and letters using a network.

  There is known a technique for mailing mail using a communication network. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique that uses electronic mail for delivery of letters and the like. By using the technique described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to send a letter or the like without the user posting it on a post.

JP 2002-169863 A

However, it may be difficult for those who are familiar with handwritten documents, such as elderly people, to use e-mail.
SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that a desired document can be sent to a destination by a simple operation as much as possible using a communication network.

The server device according to the present invention includes a writing trajectory including a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body, the document information representing the document represented by the trajectory, and the trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means. Based on the identification means for identifying the destination of the document represented by the document information and the desired delivery date, and a plurality of communication devices corresponding to any one of the plurality of delivery stations each delivering the document. A search unit for searching for a communication device corresponding to the specified destination, and determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the search unit is deliverable on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying unit and determining means, when the delivery station is determined to be delivered to the desired delivery date by the determination means, a part of the contents of document information acquired by the acquisition unit represented Generating means for generating transmission data including even without, the search communication device by said search means, and transmitting means for transmitting the transmission data generated by the generation unit, delivery indicating that the delivery has been completed A receiving unit configured to receive a notification; and a charging unit configured to charge the sender of the document when the delivery notification is received by the receiving unit .
The server device according to the present invention includes a first trajectory representing a character or a symbol and a second trajectory representing a character display form as a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body, and the document is represented by the trajectory. Acquisition means for acquiring the document information, identification means for specifying the destination of the document represented by the document information and the desired delivery date based on the trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquisition means, Corresponding to search means for searching for a communication apparatus corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means from a plurality of communication apparatuses corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations that deliver the message, and corresponding to the communication apparatus searched by the search means Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means; and the determination means allows the delivery station to deliver on the desired delivery date A generating unit configured to generate transmission data including at least a part of the content represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit, wherein the document represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit Generating means for generating the transmission data so as to be displayed in the display mode represented by the locus of 2 and transmitting the transmission data generated by the generating means to the communication device searched by the searching means And a transmission means.
The server device according to the present invention includes a writing trajectory including a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body, the document information representing the document represented by the trajectory, and the trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means. Based on the identification means for identifying the destination of the document represented by the document information and the desired delivery date, and a plurality of communication devices corresponding to any one of the plurality of delivery stations each delivering the document. A search unit for searching for a communication device corresponding to the specified destination, and determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the search unit is deliverable on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying unit A part of the content represented by the document information acquired by the acquisition unit when the determination unit determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date by the determination unit; A generation unit configured to generate transmission data including at least a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data generated by the generation unit to the communication device searched by the search unit; When a plurality of communication devices are specified, the search unit searches for the communication device corresponding to each of the destinations, and the transmission unit performs at least a part of each communication device searched by the search unit. It has a configuration for transmitting transmission data representing documents having overlapping contents.
The server device according to the present invention includes a writing trajectory including a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body, the document information representing the document represented by the trajectory, and the trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means. Based on the identification means for identifying the destination of the document represented by the document information and the desired delivery date, and a plurality of communication devices corresponding to any one of the plurality of delivery stations each delivering the document. A search unit for searching for a communication device corresponding to the specified destination, and determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the search unit is deliverable on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying unit A part of the content represented by the document information acquired by the acquisition unit when the determination unit determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date by the determination unit; A generation unit that generates transmission data including at least the communication data searched by the search unit, and the transmission data generated by the generation unit before the desired delivery date specified by the specification unit; It has a structure provided with the transmission means which transmits at the timing which the said delivery station can deliver, and the alerting means which alert | reports the determination result by the said determination means to the said sender.

  The server device according to the present invention includes an image acquisition unit that acquires image data having a correspondence with the document information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the generation unit stores the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit. The structure which produces | generates the transmission data containing can be employ | adopted.

  In the server device according to the present invention, the specifying unit includes a recognizing unit that recognizes a character or a symbol based on the trajectory, and the image obtaining unit recognizes the image according to the character or the symbol recognized by the recognizing unit. A configuration for acquiring data can be employed.

  The server device according to the present invention includes an advertisement acquisition unit that acquires advertisement data having a correspondence with the document information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the generation unit stores the advertisement data acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit. The transmission data may be generated, and the charging unit may determine a charging amount for the sender according to the advertisement data included in the transmission data.

  The server device according to the present invention includes a confirmation unit that allows the sender to confirm the display of the document based on the transmission data generated by the generation unit, and a reception unit that receives a change in the display of the document in response to the confirmation by the confirmation unit. It is possible to adopt a configuration comprising:

  The document delivery system according to the present invention includes any one of the server devices according to the present invention described above, a communication device, a digital pen, and a printer, and the digital pen reads the locus of writing on the display surface. A reading unit that generates trajectory information representing the read trajectory; and a transmission unit that transmits the trajectory information generated by the reading unit to the server device. The server device transmits the trajectory information using the transmission unit of the digital pen. Receiving means for receiving the recorded trajectory information, and specifying means for specifying the document information based on the trajectory information received by the receiving means, wherein the communication device is between the server device and the printer. The printer functions as a relay device that relays the transmission data, and the printer receives the transmission data and the reception unit receives the transmission data. The document represented by the transmitted data it is possible to adopt a configuration including a recording means for recording a predetermined paper was.

The program according to the present invention has a configuration for causing a computer to function as one of the server devices according to the present invention described above .

  According to the present invention, a desired document can be sent to a destination by a simple operation as much as possible using a communication network.

Diagram showing the structure of the document delivery system Figure illustrating document paper Block diagram showing the configuration of the digital pen Block diagram showing configuration of communication terminal Block diagram showing the configuration of the server device Functional block diagram showing the functions realized by the control unit Functional block diagram showing the functions realized by the data generation processor Block diagram showing configurations of relay device and printer Sequence chart showing operations in the document delivery system Flow chart showing data generation processing A diagram illustrating the surface of a record to be delivered Sequence chart showing operations in the document delivery system Figure illustrating a document sheet for which the display mode can be specified

[Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a document delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The document delivery system 10 according to the present embodiment is a system for transmitting information written by a sender user to a destination user (hereinafter referred to as “recipient”), and includes a digital pen 100, a communication terminal 200, The server apparatus 300, the relay apparatus 400, and the printer 500 are provided. The digital pen 100 and the communication terminal 200 can be classified into the digital pens 100a and 100b and the communication terminals 200a and 200b. The digital pen 100a and the communication terminal 200a are possessed by a document sender, and the digital pen 100b and the communication terminal 200b are possessed by a document delivery person. The relay device 400 and the printer 500 are provided for each delivery station that delivers documents. The relay device 400 is an example of a communication device according to the present invention.

In the present embodiment, a document refers to an item sent to a recipient user, and includes at least text information. In this embodiment, the document format is a so-called postcard (postcard), but various formats including a sealed letter can be adopted.
In this embodiment, a delivery station refers to a facility that serves as a base for delivering documents. Each delivery station is assigned an area to which delivery is to be performed, and is responsible for delivering a document addressed to the corresponding area. The delivery station is typically a post office, but may be a store (convenience store, bookstore, etc.) that has made a delivery arrangement. One or a plurality of delivery members belong to the delivery station, and the delivery member delivers the document to the destination. It should be noted that the areas where the delivery station is responsible for delivery may overlap. That is, there may be a plurality of delivery stations capable of delivering a document at a certain destination. In addition, the present embodiment may include a mode in which the delivery person does not deliver and the recipient goes to the delivery station to get the document.

  In the present embodiment, the digital pens 100a and 100b have the same configuration, and the communication terminals 200a and 200b have the same configuration. When it is not necessary to distinguish between the digital pens 100a and 100b, they are referred to as “digital pen 100”. Similarly, when it is not necessary to distinguish between the communication terminals 200a and 200b, they are referred to as “communication terminal 200”. ".

  The digital pen 100 is a writing instrument having a function of reading written information, and has a tip portion (pen tip) for writing characters, symbols, pictures and the like on the document paper P1. The pen tip has a configuration in which a recording material such as ink is supplied or a core such as a mechanical pencil is attached. The digital pen 100 reads the locus of writing by the sender by photographing the coordinate information formed on the display surface of the document paper P1. The digital pen 100 transmits trajectory information representing the read trajectory to the communication terminal 200. The communication terminal 200 receives the trajectory information from the digital pen 100 and transmits the trajectory information to the server device 300. The communication terminal 200 is a mobile phone, for example. Communication terminal 200 and server device 300 are connected by network NW1. The network NW1 is, for example, a mobile communication network, but may be a common communication network with the network NW2.

  The server device 300 receives the trajectory information from the communication terminal 200, and specifies the document information based on the received trajectory information. The document information is information representing the coordinates of the position designated by the sender, and is information that changes according to the writing operation of the sender. That is, the document information is information that changes according to time, and the trajectory (that is, handwriting) is specified by the temporal change. Note that the trajectory here includes a linear trajectory whose coordinates change continuously and a point-like trajectory in which the coordinates of a certain point are designated. The server apparatus 300 uses the document information to execute a predetermined process such as specifying a document destination and a desired delivery date. In addition, the server device 300 specifies a delivery station corresponding to the destination of the document, and transmits the document information to the relay device 400 of the specified delivery station. Server device 300 and relay device 400 are connected by network NW2. The network NW2 is, for example, the Internet, but may be another communication network (a dedicated line or the like).

  The relay apparatus 400 receives transmission data from the server apparatus 300 and transmits it to the printer 500. That is, the relay device 400 functions as a means for relaying transmission data. The printer 500 receives document information from the relay apparatus 400 and records characters, symbols, and the like represented by the received document information. The recorded matter P2 formed by the printer 500 is delivered to the destination as a document.

  The document sheet P1 is a display body in which coordinate information is formed on the display surface. The material of the document paper P1 is, for example, paper, but if it is used repeatedly, it may be easy to erase the display surface after writing by using a plastic with a smooth surface. The coordinate information is, for example, fine dots (points) arranged according to a predetermined rule, and represents the position of the display surface of the document paper P1. The coordinate information preferably represents a position by an orthogonal coordinate system with an arbitrary point on the display surface as the origin. It is desirable that the coordinate information is formed so as not to disappear easily by printing or the like, but if it is formed in an inconspicuous color (for example, light gray) so as not to prevent writing by the sender, Is preferred.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a document sheet P1 according to this embodiment. The coordinate information is not shown here. The document sheet P1 of the present embodiment has a display surface on the front surface and the back surface. That is, the document sheet P1 of the present embodiment has two display surfaces. A destination column P11, a desired delivery date column P12, and a document type column P13 are provided on the front surface of the document sheet P1. The back side of the document sheet P1 is a so-called blank sheet except that coordinate information is formed, and the sender can freely enter characters, pictures, and the like.

  The destination column P11 is a column for entering information corresponding to the destination (postal code, address, name, etc.), and the desired delivery date column P12 is a column for entering the date and time when the delivery of the document is desired. . The desired delivery date column P12 may designate a date and not designate a time. Further, the desired delivery date column P12 is preferably in a format in which a time (or time zone) is selected and selected from a plurality of options by entering a symbol (◯, x, etc.). The document type column P13 is a column for entering a document type. The type here is, for example, “New Year's card”, “Celebration”, “Thank you”, etc., depending on the purpose and nature of the document, and is selected from a plurality of options. The type of the present embodiment includes “others” indicating that the type does not belong to any other type.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the digital pen 100. As shown in the figure, the digital pen 100 includes an operation unit 110, a reading unit 120, and a transmission unit 130. The operation unit 110 includes an operation button for accepting an operation at the time of writing, and controls operations of the reading unit 120 and the transmission unit 130. The sender performs an operation at the start or end of writing. The reading unit 120 includes a sensor for reading coordinate information, generates trajectory information representing a captured display surface, and supplies the trajectory information to the transmission unit 130. The position where the reading unit 120 reads is within a predetermined range near the pen tip, and moves according to the writing operation of the sender. The sensor included in the reading unit 120 is, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor. Note that the reading unit 120 may include a light source that emits light to the display surface during reading in order to improve reading accuracy. The transmission unit 130 transmits trajectory information to the communication terminal 200. The communication performed between the digital pen 100 and the communication terminal 200 may be wired, but is preferably wireless.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of communication terminal 200. As shown in the figure, the communication terminal 200 includes a control unit 210, a reception unit 220, a communication unit 230, an operation unit 240, and a notification unit 250. The control unit 210 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory, and controls the operation of each unit of the communication terminal 200 by executing a program. The receiving unit 220 receives the trajectory information transmitted from the transmitting unit 130 of the digital pen 100. The communication unit 230 includes a communication interface for communicating with the network NW1, and transmits and receives data to and from the server device 300. The operation unit 240 includes an operation button for accepting the operation of the sender, generates operation information corresponding to the operation, and supplies the operation information to the control unit 210. The notification unit 250 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display and a speaker, and notifies information visually or audibly.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server apparatus 300. As shown in the figure, the server device 300 includes a control unit 310, a storage unit 320, a first communication unit 330, and a second communication unit 340. The control unit 310 includes an arithmetic processing unit and a memory, and controls the operation of each unit of the server device 300 by executing a program. The storage unit 320 includes a storage medium such as a hard disk, and stores data necessary for the control unit 310 to execute processing. The data stored in the storage unit 320 includes an additional image database, a delivery station database, and a document log. The first communication unit 330 includes a communication interface for communicating with the network NW1, and the second communication unit 340 includes a communication interface for communicating with the network NW2.

The additional image database is a set of data representing images added to a document (hereinafter referred to as “additional image data”). The additional image data is associated with a document type and represents an image corresponding to each type. For example, the image represented by the additional image data whose type is “Thank you” may be written “Thank you” or may be an illustration of a doll bowing. The delivery station database is a set of data in which delivery stations are associated with destinations. Here, the destination is associated with the delivery station by a zip code or an address. Further, the delivery station database stores closed days and the number of days required for delivery for each destination for each delivery station. The document log is a record of delivered documents as data. The document log allows the sender to read out using the communication terminal 200a or reuse it as a document.
Although the additional image database, the delivery station database, and the document log are stored in the storage unit 320 in the present embodiment, they may be stored in an external storage device instead of the server device 300 itself.

  FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions realized by the control unit 310. The control unit 310 executes functions corresponding to the document identification processing unit 311, the data generation processing unit 312, the transmission processing unit 313, the reply processing unit 314, and the accounting processing unit 315 shown in FIG. Is realized. The document identification processing unit 311 identifies document information based on the trajectory information, and outputs the identified document information to the data generation processing unit 312. The data generation processing unit 312 generates and outputs data to be transmitted to the relay device 400 based on the document information specified by the document specification processing unit 311. In the following, the processing executed by the data generation processing unit 312 is referred to as “data generation processing”, and the data generated by the data generation processing unit 312 is referred to as “transmission data”. The transmission data includes at least a part of document information. The transmission processing unit 313 transmits the transmission data generated by the data generation processing unit 312 to the relay device 400. The transmission processing unit 313 also has a function of causing the sender to confirm the content of the transmission data before transmitting the transmission data to the relay device 400. The reply processing unit 314 performs reply processing according to the document delivery result. The billing processing unit 315 performs billing processing required for document delivery.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the data generation processing unit 312 in more detail. More specifically, the data generation processing unit 312 includes an acquisition unit 3121, a specification unit 3122, a search unit 3123, a determination unit 3124, a generation unit 3125, and an output unit 3126. The acquisition unit 3121 acquires document information. The specifying unit 3122 specifies a trajectory based on the document information acquired by the acquiring unit 312 and specifies the destination, desired delivery date, and type of the document from the trajectory. For the identification by the identification unit 3122, a well-known character recognition process is used. Here, the character recognition process refers to a process of recognizing a character or a symbol from a locus represented by document information.

  The search unit 3123 searches for a corresponding delivery station based on the destination of the document specified by the specifying unit 3122. The determination unit 3124 determines whether or not the delivery station searched by the search unit 3123 can deliver the document on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying unit 3122, and supplies the determination result to the output unit 3126. The determination by the determination unit 3124 is performed using the delivery station database. The determination by the determination unit 3124 is to identify which delivery station can deliver when there are a plurality of delivery stations searched by the search unit 3123. In addition, if any delivery station cannot deliver on the desired delivery date, the determination unit 3124 outputs that fact as a determination result.

  The generation unit 3125 generates transmission data using the document information acquired by the acquisition unit 3121 and the specification result by the specification unit 3122. The generation unit 3125 reads and acquires the additional image data stored in the storage unit 320 as necessary, and adds it to the transmission data. The output unit 3126 outputs the transmission data generated by the generation unit 3125 so that the transmission data is searched for by the search unit 3123 and transmitted to the relay device 400 of the delivery station determined by the determination unit 3124. Further, if any delivery station cannot deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying unit 3122, the output unit 3126 outputs notification data for notifying the sender of that fact.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating configurations of the relay device 400 and the printer 500. As shown in the figure, the relay device 400 includes a communication unit 410, a data conversion unit 420, and a transmission unit 430. The printer 500 includes a reception unit 510 and a recording unit 520. The communication unit 410 includes a communication interface for communicating with the network NW2, and receives transmission data from the server device 300. The data conversion unit 420 converts the transmission data into a format suitable for recording by the printer 500 using a page description language. The transmission unit 430 transmits the transmission data converted by the data conversion unit 420 to the printer 500 by wire or wireless. The receiving unit 510 receives transmission data transmitted from the relay device 400, and the recording unit 520 records document information or the like on a predetermined sheet based on the transmission data received by the receiving unit 510. As a recording method by the recording unit 520, various methods such as an inkjet method and an electrophotographic method can be adopted. Note that the coordinate information is also recorded on the paper used by the printer 500. The coordinate information may be formed on the paper in advance or may be recorded together with the document by the recording unit 520.

  The configuration of the document delivery system 10 according to the present embodiment is as described above. Under this configuration, the sender performs a writing operation of writing characters or the like on the document paper P1 with the digital pen 100a. The sender's writing operation is expressed as document information and transmitted to the server apparatus 300 via the communication terminal 200a. The document information is recorded as a recorded material P2 through a predetermined process, and is sent to the destination.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence chart showing operations in the document delivery system 10 from when the sender performs a writing operation until the document information is recorded. As shown in the figure, the digital pen 100a reads the coordinate information according to the writing operation of the sender (step S101), and transmits the trajectory information to the communication terminal 200a (step S102). The communication terminal 200a transmits this trajectory information to the server device 300 (step S103). At this time, the communication terminal 200a transmits the trajectory information corresponding to the front surface of the document paper P1 and the trajectory information corresponding to the back surface, and further identifies the sender (or the communication terminal 200a owned by the sender). Send identification information. This identification information is hereinafter referred to as “user ID”. As the user ID, a telephone number of the communication terminal 200a, a mail address, or the like can be used.

  Upon receiving the trajectory information, the server device 300 first generates identification information assigned to each document (step S104). This identification information is hereinafter referred to as “document ID”. The document ID is used for billing and delivery notification described later. Subsequently, the server device 300 specifies document information based on the trajectory information (step S105), and executes data generation processing (step S106).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the data generation process. In the data generation process, the control unit 310 of the server device 300 first acquires document information received via the first communication unit 330 (step S201). Next, the control unit 310 recognizes the locus of writing by the sender based on the acquired document information (step S202). At this time, the controller 310 identifies how the coordinates of the position designated by the sender using the digital pen 100a have changed by recognizing the locus.

  When the recognition of the trajectory is completed, the control unit 310 specifies the destination of the document represented by the document information, the desired delivery date, and the type (step S203). These identifications are performed by character recognition processing. At this time, the control unit 310 performs character recognition processing on the image corresponding to the front surface of the document sheet P1, but does not need to perform character recognition processing on the image corresponding to the back surface. The control unit 310 is provided with the coordinates of each of the destination column P11, the desired delivery date column P12, and the document type column P13 in advance, so that the control unit 310 can more easily recognize characters and the like described in each column. It can be done. Note that the control unit 310 may convert the character or the like recognized at this time into text data. Here, text data refers to data in which characters and the like are expressed by character codes.

  Next, the control unit 310 searches for a corresponding delivery station based on the destination specified in step S203 (step S204). The control unit 310 searches for a delivery station by acquiring data from the delivery station database stored in the storage unit 320. Subsequently, the control unit 310 determines whether or not the delivery station obtained by the search in step S204 can deliver on the desired delivery date based on the desired delivery date specified in step S203 (step S205). At this time, a plurality of delivery stations may be obtained as a determination result. In such a case, the control unit 310 may select one of the delivery stations by an appropriate method. In addition, in this embodiment, this determination is performed using data stored in advance (delivery station database). However, the server apparatus 300 inquires the relay apparatus 400 of the target delivery station and responds to the inquiry. May be performed on the basis of

  When the delivery station search and determination are completed, the control unit 310 determines whether there is a delivery station that can be delivered on the desired delivery date designated by the sender (step S206), and performs processing according to the determination result. Switch. If there is no delivery station that can be delivered on the desired delivery date, control unit 310 generates notification data for notifying the sender of that fact (step S209). This notification data informs by voice or image that delivery cannot be performed as desired by the sender.

  On the other hand, if there is a delivery station that can be delivered on the desired delivery date, control unit 310 acquires additional image data corresponding to the type from the additional image database based on the type specified in step S203 (step S207). ), Transmission data including the acquired additional image data is generated (step S208). If the type identified in step S203 is “other”, control unit 310 does not add additional image data. Further, in the present embodiment, when a plurality of additional image data of the same type is acquired in step S207, the control unit 310 includes any additional image data selected by an appropriate method in the transmission data. . However, the present invention does not prevent the plurality of additional image data from being included in the transmission data.

  The transmission data of this embodiment includes a part of the content represented by the document information and additional image data. Included in the transmission data of the present embodiment is an image corresponding to the back side of the document sheet P1 among the contents represented by the document information. Of the images corresponding to the front surface of the document paper P1, the image corresponding to the destination column P11 may be an image representing the locus by the sender or may be converted into text data. In this embodiment, the image corresponding to the desired delivery date column P12 is replaced with the image represented by the additional image data, and the image corresponding to the document type column P13 is replaced with a reply image described later. This is because the desired delivery date and document type do not need to be communicated to the recipient.

  After performing the data generation process as described above, the server device 300 transmits the transmission data to the communication terminal 200a (step S107). Transmission of transmission data to the communication terminal 200a is performed in order to make the sender confirm the display of the document based on the transmission data. If there is no delivery station that can deliver on the desired delivery date, control unit 310 may transmit the notification data generated in step S209 at this timing.

  When receiving the transmission data (or notification data), the communication terminal 200a notifies the fact (step S108). The communication terminal 200a displays the display content represented by the transmission data on the notification unit 250 in order to make the sender confirm the transmission data. The sender confirms the display content of the notification unit 250 and corrects it if necessary. The correction is performed by using the operation unit 240. However, the confirmed document may be treated as a missed writing, and the document paper P1 may be newly written again. In addition, when the additional image data is an image that the sender does not want, the sender may instruct correction to change the additional image data.

  Thereafter, the communication terminal 200a notifies the server device 300 according to the operation of the sender (step S109). There are two types of notifications here, a notification that the display content of the confirmed transmission data is accepted and a notification of correction content. When the server device 300 receives the notification from the communication terminal 200a, the server device 300 performs processing according to the content of the received notification. When the sender approves the display content of the transmission data, the server device 300 transmits the transmission data to the relay device 400 of the corresponding delivery station (step S110). At this time, the server apparatus 300 transmits information related to the document (hereinafter referred to as “related information”) to the relay apparatus 400. The related information includes a user ID and a document ID.

  Although not shown in FIG. 10, when the server device 300 receives the notification of the correction content, the server device 300 accepts a change in the document display according to the correction content. In addition, after accepting this change, the server device 300 may perform the process of step S108 again to allow the sender to repeatedly check the corrected transmission data.

  When the relay apparatus 400 receives the transmission data, the relay apparatus 400 converts the transmission data into a format suitable for processing in the printer 500 (step S111), and transmits the data to the printer 500 (step S112). Further, the relay device 400 transmits related information to the communication terminal 200b (step S113). When the printer 500 receives the converted transmission data, the printer 500 records the content represented by the transmission data on a predetermined sheet (step S114). Thereby, the recorded matter P2 is obtained, and the delivery person can deliver the recorded matter P2 to the destination. The deliveryman possesses the digital pen 100b and the communication terminal 200b for delivery.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the surface of the recorded matter P2 of this embodiment. The back side of the recorded material P2 is the same as the information entered on the back side of the document paper P1. The coordinate information is not shown here. The recorded matter P2 of this embodiment is provided with a destination column P21, an image column P22, and a reply column P23. In the destination column P21, information similar to the information entered in the destination column P11 of the document paper P1 is displayed. In the image column P22, an image represented by the additional image data added by the server device 300 is displayed. A predetermined reply image is displayed in the reply column P23. The reply image is, for example, an image representing a frame or ruled line for the recipient to write. Further, the reply image may be a character for notifying that the delivery is completed, such as “received”.

  Through the above processing, the recipient can receive the recorded matter P2 from the delivery member. When the delivery member delivers the recorded matter P2 to the recipient, the delivery member requests the recipient to write on the recorded matter P2. The recipient enters characters, pictures, etc. in the reply field P23 described above. The content entered in the reply field P23 by the recipient is treated as a delivery notification in this embodiment, and is sent to the sender via the digital pen 100b, the communication terminal 200b, the server device 300, and the communication terminal 200a.

  FIG. 12 is a sequence chart showing an operation in the document delivery system 10 from when a recipient performs a writing operation until information is transmitted. As shown in the figure, the digital pen 100b transmits trajectory information representing the writing operation of the recipient to the communication terminal 200b (step S301). Upon receiving the trajectory information, the communication terminal 200b specifies document information based on the trajectory information (Step S302), and transmits the specified document information to the server device 300 (Step S303). At this time, the communication terminal 200b transmits the related information received in step S113 to the server apparatus 300 together with the document information. Furthermore, the communication terminal 200b may transmit the date and time of delivery to the recipient to the server device 300.

  When receiving the document information, the server apparatus 300 considers that the delivery of the document is completed. In other words, the document information here functions as a delivery notification indicating that the delivery is completed. The server device 300 that has received the document information charges the sender (step S304), and stores the transmission data in the document log in association with the related information or the like (step S305). Further, the server device 300 transmits the document information to the sender's communication terminal 200a (step S306). The transmission in step S306 may be by electronic mail. When receiving the document information that is the delivery notification, the communication terminal 200a notifies the sender by displaying the display content represented by the document information on the notification unit 250 (step S307).

  As described above, according to the document delivery system 10 of the present embodiment, the sender can perform most of the operations related to document delivery by the writing operation. That is, the document delivery system 10 according to the present embodiment enables a document to be sent to a recipient in the same manner as before even if the sender is familiar with a handwritten document. For example, text data is used. It does not require character input like e-mail.

  Further, according to the document delivery system 10 of the present embodiment, it is possible to send a document to a recipient even if the sender does not post it to the post or deposit the document with a delivery company. That is, the document delivery system 10 according to the present embodiment can easily send a document as long as the digital pen 100a and the communication terminal 200a are at hand even if the sender is a person who is difficult to go out or walk. is there. Furthermore, according to the document delivery system 10 of the present embodiment, the document information is stored in the communication terminal 200a, or the document delivered to the recipient is read by reading the document log using the communication terminal 200a. There is also a feature that the conventional mail system does not have, such that the sender can confirm after the fact.

[Modification]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented by other aspects. The present invention can also be implemented by, for example, embodiments of the following examples. Note that the present invention may be applied in combination of these modifications.

(Modification 1)
The additional image data described above is an example of image data having a correspondence with document information. Another example of such image data is image data stored in the communication terminal 200a. For example, when the communication terminal 200a is a so-called camera-equipped mobile phone and can store image data obtained by photographing, the communication terminal 200a transmits image data together with document information, and an image represented by the image data is displayed. It may be included in the document.

(Modification 2)
The digital pen according to the present invention can be configured to designate a display mode of a document by designating a predetermined position. The display mode includes the color, thickness, pattern (broken line, dotted line, etc.) of the locus of characters and the like.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document sheet whose display mode can be specified. Here, only the back side of the document paper is illustrated, and coordinate information is not shown. The document sheet P1a shown in the figure is provided with a writing field P14 and a display mode designation field P15. In the display mode designation field P15, positions Pb, Pr, and Pg for designating “black”, “red”, and “green” as highlight colors of characters and the like are highlighted. These positions Pb, Pr, and Pg are predetermined coordinates, and the color is recognized by designating the coordinates. Note that, in the positions Pb, Pr, and Pg, encoded information such as a barcode may be described instead of the coordinate information.

  For example, when the user designates the position Pb with a digital pen and then enters characters in the writing field P14, coordinate information representing each coordinate is read. When the server device acquires such document information, the character represented by the designated coordinates in the writing column P14 is displayed in the color (that is, black) represented by the designated coordinates in the display mode designation column P15. Generate transmission data. In this way, the color of the locus displayed on the document can be changed regardless of the color that can be entered with the digital pen.

Note that the display mode can be changed in the middle. For example, after designating the position Pb of the display mode designation column P15, enter “A” in the writing column P14, and then enter “I” in the writing column P14 after designating the position Pr in the display mode designation column P15. For example, it is possible to create a document in which “A” is displayed in black and “I” is displayed in red.
Further, in this example, the column for designating the display mode is a column in which information that does not need to be transmitted to the recipient is described, like the desired delivery date column P12 and the document type column P13 in the above-described embodiment. I can say that. Therefore, the field for specifying the display mode may be replaced with another image.

(Modification 3)
The present invention can adopt a mode in which an advertisement is added to a document. When an advertisement is added, the price related to the advertisement is collected from the advertiser, so that the price can be applied to the delivery fee of the document. Then, it becomes possible to reduce the charge amount imposed on the sender or make it free.

  Advertisement data representing an advertisement can be used instead of the additional image data in the above-described embodiment. That is, the advertisement data of various advertisers is stored as a database, and can be selected based on the correspondence with the document information and included in the transmission data. The association between the document information and the advertisement data is performed by designating the type described above, and may be performed by designating the sender's hobbies and preferences, for example, or the sender can designate the advertiser itself. You may do it.

(Modification 4)
In the present invention, the association between the document information and the image data (additional image data) may be performed based on the character feature recognized by the character recognition process. The “feature” here is a character font or skill, and is determined by a known appropriate algorithm. In this example, for example, when it is determined that a character is masculine, image data preferred by a man is associated with document information, and when it is determined that a character is feminine, it is preferred by a woman. The image data is associated with the document information. The image data here may be replaced with the advertisement data of the third modification.

  Further, the association between the document information and the image data may be performed by determining whether or not a predetermined keyword is included in the character recognized by the character recognition process. In this example, for example, if the character recognized by the character recognition process includes the keyword “birthday”, the image corresponding to the birthday (birthday cake image, “Happy birthday” image, etc.) ) Is associated with the document information.

(Modification 5)
The present invention makes it possible to send documents having overlapping contents to a plurality of destinations. For example, when the above-described document sheet P1 is used, the destination column P11 is changed so that a plurality of destinations can be entered, and the server apparatus 300 performs the processing of the embodiment for each destination. It is possible to send a plurality of documents having the same back side to a plurality of recipients. In this case, only the recipient's address may be entered in the destination, and the other recipient's destination may be hidden.

(Modification 6)
The present invention can also be implemented by a mode in which no reply is made by the recipient. In this case, configurations corresponding to the digital pen 100b and the communication terminal 200b are unnecessary.
Further, the present invention may be implemented by integrating a configuration corresponding to the digital pen 100 and the communication terminal 200 or a configuration corresponding to the relay apparatus 400 and the printer 500. In the present invention, it is also possible to add a function corresponding to the document specifying processing unit 311 described above to a configuration corresponding to the communication terminal 200.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Document delivery system, 100, 100a, 100b ... Digital pen, 200, 200a, 200b ... Communication terminal, 300 ... Server apparatus, 310 ... Control part, 311 ... Document specification process part, 312 ... Data generation process part, 3121 ... Acquisition unit, 3122 ... identification unit, 3123 ... search unit, 3124 ... determination unit, 3125 ... generation unit, 3126 ... output unit, 313 ... transmission processing unit, 314 ... reply processing unit, 315 ... billing processing unit, 320 ... storage unit , 330 ... 1st communication part, 340 ... 2nd communication part, 400 ... Relay device, 500 ... Printer

Claims (13)

An acquisition unit that includes a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body and acquires document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
Generating means for generating transmission data including at least part of the contents represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means when the determining means determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; ,
Transmitting means for transmitting the transmission data generated by the generating means to the communication device searched by the searching means ;
Receiving means for receiving a delivery notification indicating completion of the delivery;
A server device , comprising: a billing unit that charges the sender of the document when the delivery notice is received by the receiving unit. As a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body, a first trajectory representing a character or a symbol and a second trajectory representing a character display mode are obtained, and document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory is acquired. Acquisition means;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
A generating unit that generates transmission data including at least a part of the content represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit when the determining unit determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; A generating unit configured to generate the transmission data so that a document represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit is displayed in a display mode represented by the second trajectory ;
A server device comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission data generated by the generation unit to the communication device searched by the search unit. An acquisition unit that includes a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body and acquires document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
Generating means for generating transmission data including at least part of the contents represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means when the determining means determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; ,
A transmission unit that transmits the transmission data generated by the generation unit to the communication device searched by the search unit ;
When a plurality of the destinations are specified by the specifying means,
The search means searches for the communication device corresponding to each of the destinations,
The server device , wherein the transmission unit transmits transmission data representing a document having at least a part of overlapping contents to each communication device searched by the search unit. An acquisition unit that includes a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body and acquires document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
Generating means for generating transmission data including at least part of the contents represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means when the determining means determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; ,
Transmitting means for transmitting the transmission data generated by the generating means to the communication device searched by the searching means ;
A server device comprising: notification means for notifying the sender of a determination result by the determination means . An advertisement acquisition means for acquiring advertisement data having a correspondence with the document information acquired by the acquisition means;
The generation unit generates transmission data including the advertisement data acquired by the advertisement acquisition unit;
The server apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the billing unit determines a billing amount for the sender according to the advertisement data included in the transmission data. Image acquisition means for acquiring image data having a correspondence with the document information acquired by the acquisition means;
It said generating means, the server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that to generate the transmission data including the image data acquired by the image acquiring means. The specifying means comprises recognition means for recognizing a character or a symbol based on the trajectory;
The server apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the image acquisition unit acquires the image data corresponding to the character or symbol recognized by the recognition unit. Confirmation means for causing the sender to confirm the display of the document by the transmission data generated by the generation means;
The server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it comprises a reception unit for accepting a change in the display of the document in accordance with the confirmation by the confirmation means. A server device and a communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 ,
A digital pen and a printer,
The digital pen is
Reading means for reading the locus of writing on the display surface, and generating locus information representing the read locus;
Transmission means for transmitting the trajectory information generated by the reading means to the server device,
The server device is
Receiving means for receiving trajectory information transmitted by the transmitting means of the digital pen;
Specifying means for specifying the document information based on the trajectory information received by the receiving means,
The communication device is
Functions as a relay device that relays the transmission data between the server device and the printer;
The printer is
Receiving means for receiving the transmission data;
A document delivery system comprising: a recording unit that records a document represented by the transmission data received by the receiving unit on a predetermined sheet. Computer
An acquisition unit that includes a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body and acquires document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
Generating means for generating transmission data including at least part of the contents represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means when the determining means determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; ,
Transmitting means for transmitting the transmission data generated by the generating means to the communication device searched by the searching means ;
Receiving means for receiving a delivery notification indicating completion of the delivery;
A program for functioning as a billing unit that charges the sender of the document when the delivery notice is received by the receiving unit . Computer
As a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body, a first trajectory representing a character or a symbol and a second trajectory representing a character display mode are obtained, and document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory is acquired. Acquisition means;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
A generating unit that generates transmission data including at least a part of the content represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit when the determining unit determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; A generating unit configured to generate the transmission data so that a document represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit is displayed in a display mode represented by the second trajectory ;
A program for causing a communication device searched by the search means to function as a transmission means for transmitting transmission data generated by the generation means. Computer
An acquisition unit that includes a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body and acquires document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
Generating means for generating transmission data including at least part of the contents represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means when the determining means determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; ,
A program for causing a communication device searched by the search means to function as a transmission means for transmitting transmission data generated by the generation means ,
When a plurality of the destinations are specified by the specifying means,
The search means searches for the communication device corresponding to each of the destinations,
A program for the transmission means to transmit transmission data representing a document having at least a part of overlapping contents to each communication device searched by the search means . Computer
An acquisition unit that includes a writing trajectory with respect to the display surface of the display body and acquires document information in which the document is represented by the trajectory;
A specifying unit for specifying a destination and a desired delivery date of the document represented by the document information based on a trajectory represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring unit;
Search means for searching for a communication device corresponding to the destination specified by the specifying means, from a plurality of communication devices each corresponding to any of a plurality of delivery stations delivering documents;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery station corresponding to the communication device searched by the searching means can deliver on the desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
Generating means for generating transmission data including at least part of the contents represented by the document information acquired by the acquiring means when the determining means determines that the delivery station can deliver on the desired delivery date ; ,
Transmitting means for transmitting the transmission data generated by the generating means to the communication device searched by the searching means ;
Determining means for determining whether or not the delivery is possible on a desired delivery date specified by the specifying means;
The program for functioning as a notification means for notifying the sender of the determination result by the determination means .

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