JP6247880B2 - Business card information management system, business card information management method, business card information output device, terminal device, image forming device, and business card information output method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a business card information management system, an image forming apparatus, and a business card information management method for providing information related to a business card.

  For example, in Patent Literature 1, a QR code (registered trademark) of a business card is read by a code reading unit on the terminal side, an identifier of the business card is extracted from the QR code, and the identifier is transmitted from the terminal to the management server. The personal information corresponding to the identifier is retrieved from the database on the side, the personal information is transmitted from the management server to the terminal, and the personal information is displayed on the display screen on the terminal side.

JP2011-86198A

  However, in Patent Document 1, personal information is displayed on the display screen on the terminal side, but no business card image is displayed. For this reason, it is necessary to compare the business card with the personal information on the display screen, which is not convenient. For example, it is difficult to recognize even if there is an overlapping part or a mismatching part in the business card and personal information on the display screen, and improvement in usability has been desired.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides a business card information management system, a business card information management method, a business card information output device, a terminal device, which are easier to use in providing information related to a business card , An object is to provide an image forming apparatus and a business card information output method.

  In order to solve the above problems, a business card information management system of the present invention includes a terminal device and a server, and is a business card information management system that connects the terminal device and the server through a network, and the terminal device includes: An image reading unit that reads an image, a terminal communication unit that performs data communication with the server through the network, an output unit, and an image of a business card read by the image reading unit, thereby analyzing image analysis information Generating the image analysis information from the terminal communication unit to the server, acquiring the business card related information transmitted from the server and received by the terminal communication unit in response to the image analysis information, A terminal control unit that outputs the image of the business card or the image analysis information and the business card related information from the output unit, and the server stores the business card related information A database communication unit, a server communication unit that performs data communication with the terminal device through the network, and image analysis information that is transmitted from the terminal device and received by the server communication unit. A server control unit that retrieves the corresponding business card related information from the database and transmits the business card related information from the server communication unit to the terminal device.

  According to such a business card information management system of the present invention, in the terminal device, the business card image is read by the image reading unit, the business card image is analyzed by the terminal control unit, image analysis information is generated, and image analysis is performed. Information is transmitted from the terminal communication unit to the server. In the server, the business card related information is received by the server communication unit, the business card related information corresponding to the image analysis information is retrieved from the database by the server control unit, and the business card related information is transmitted from the server communication unit to the terminal device. In the terminal device, the business card related information is received by the terminal communication unit, and the business card image or image analysis information and the business card related information are output from the output unit.

  For example, the output unit displays a business card image or image analysis information and business card related information in association with each other and displays them on a display screen or prints them on paper. For this reason, it is possible to easily compare the business card image or image analysis information with the business card related information acquired from the database.

  In the business card information management system of the present invention, the business card related information includes an information part that is not included in the image analysis information, and the information part includes the image of the business card or the image analysis information and the output unit. Business card information management system characterized by being output from

  In this case, the business card image or image analysis information and the business card related information do not overlap at all, and the business card related information is simplified.

  Furthermore, in the business card information management system of the present invention, when the image analysis information and the business card related information include both information parts of the same category and the information parts of the same category do not match, the information parts of the same category are included. The information is output from the output unit with emphasis over the information portion of other categories.

  In this case, it is possible to easily recognize information portions of the same category that do not match between the business card image or the image analysis information and the business card related information. For example, when the telephone number indicated by the image analysis information acquired from the business card does not match the telephone number indicated by the business card related information acquired from the database, the telephone number is highlighted.

  In the business card information management system of the present invention, the terminal control unit transmits and receives a search condition as the image analysis information from the terminal communication unit to the server through the network, and the server control unit transmits the server communication The search condition received by a section is acquired, information that satisfies the search condition is searched from the database, and information that satisfies the search condition as the business card related information is transmitted from the server communication section through the network to the terminal device. To and from.

  In this case, information satisfying the search condition instructed on the terminal device side can be acquired as business card related information, and more information can be known from one business card.

  Furthermore, in the business card information management system of the present invention, the terminal device is an image forming apparatus that causes the image reading unit to read an image of a document, and causes the output unit to print and output the image of the document on paper. The output unit prints and outputs the image of the business card or the image analysis information and the business card related information.

  In this case, the business card image or the image analysis information and the business card related information are printed in association with each other and output, so that if the paper is bound to a file or the like, the information on the business card can be easily browsed. It becomes possible.

  Next, an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image reading unit that reads an image, a printing unit that prints and outputs the image on a sheet, a communication unit that performs data communication with a server via a network, and the image Analyzing the image of the business card read by the reading unit to generate image analysis information, transmitting the image analysis information from the communication unit to the server, and transmitting from the server in response to the image analysis information When the business card related information received by the communication unit is acquired, a control unit is provided for printing the image of the business card or the image analysis information and the business card related information on a sheet by the printing unit and outputting the paper.

  The business card information management method of the present invention is a business card information management method for providing information related to a business card by performing data communication between a terminal device and a server through a network, wherein the terminal device An image is read and analyzed, image analysis information is generated, the image analysis information is transmitted to the server, and sent from the server in response to the image analysis information and received by the terminal device When the information is acquired, the image of the business card or the image analysis information and the business card related information are output, and the server has a database storing the business card related information and is transmitted from the terminal device to the server When the image analysis information received in step S3 is acquired, the business card related information corresponding to the image analysis information is searched from the database, and the business card related information is sent to the terminal device. It is trust.

  Such an image forming apparatus and business card information management method of the present invention also have the same effects as the business card information management system of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, in the terminal device, the business card image is read by the image reading unit, the business card image is analyzed by the terminal control unit, image analysis information is generated, and the image analysis information is transferred from the terminal communication unit to the server. Is sent. In the server, the business card related information is received by the server communication unit, the business card related information corresponding to the image analysis information is retrieved from the database by the server control unit, and the business card related information is transmitted from the server communication unit to the terminal device. In the terminal device, the business card related information is received by the terminal communication unit, and the business card image or image analysis information and the business card related information are output from the output unit.

  For example, the output unit displays a business card image or image analysis information and business card related information in association with each other and displays them on a display screen or prints them on paper. For this reason, it is possible to easily compare the business card image or image analysis information with the business card related information acquired from the database.

It is a block diagram which shows 1st Embodiment of the business card information management system of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the database in the external storage device of the management server in the business card information management system of FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure from reading a business card image to printing a business card image and business card related information on a recording sheet in the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure following FIG. 3A. (A) is a figure which shows the image of a business card, (b) is a figure which shows image analysis information notionally, (c) is a figure which shows business card related information notionally, (d) is a display It is a figure which shows the information part of the image of the business card displayed on the screen of the apparatus or printed on the recording paper, and business card related information. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure from reading a business card image to printing a business card image and business card related information on a recording sheet in the second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure following FIG. 5A. (A) is a figure which shows the image of a business card, (b) is a figure which shows image analysis information notionally, (c) is a figure which shows business card related information notionally, (d) is a display It is a figure which shows the image of the business card displayed on the screen of the apparatus, or printed on the recording paper, and business card related information. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure from reading a business card image to printing a business card image and business card related information on a recording sheet in the third embodiment. (A) is a figure which shows the image of a business card, (b) is a figure which shows the selection screen displayed on the display apparatus, (c) is a concept about the business card related information of several name files searched from the database. (D) is a figure which shows the business card image displayed on the screen of a display apparatus, or printed on the recording paper, and the business card related information of each name file. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows the image and business card relevant information of the business card which were displayed on the screen of the display apparatus, or were printed on the recording paper.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the business card information management system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the business card information management system Sy includes a plurality of MFPs (MFPs) 1, a management server 2, and a network N that connects each MFP 1 and the management server 2. Data communication can be performed between the MFP 1 and the management server 2.

  Each multifunction device 1 has the same configuration and has a copying function, a facsimile function, and a printer function. Each multi-function device 1 includes a control device 11, a display device 12, a main storage device 13, an operation input device 14, an external storage device 15, a printing device 16, an image reading device 17, a network communication device 18, and the like. The main storage device 13 comprises a RAM or the like that functions as a work area for programs executed by the control device 11. The external storage device 15 is a hard disk drive, for example, and stores various control programs, application programs, image data, and the like. The control device 11 loads and executes necessary programs and the like from the external storage device 15 to the main storage device 13 and controls the entire multifunction device 1 through the bus Ba.

  The display device 12 displays text, images, and the like, and may be of any type such as a liquid crystal display device, a CRT, an EL display device, or the like, and is a small one integrated in the multifunction device 1. It may be a large one connected to the multifunction device 1. The control device 11 expands text, images, and the like in the display memory area of the main storage device 13 and causes the display device 12 to display the expanded texts, images, and the like.

  The image reading device 17 reads an image such as a document or a business card. The printing device 16 prints and records an image on a recording paper by, for example, an electrophotographic method. The printing device 16 prints an image such as a document or a business card read by the image reading device 17 on the recording paper, or from the management server 2. The information transmitted to the network communication device 18 through the network N is printed on a recording sheet and output.

  The operation input device 14 includes a plurality of operation keys and a touch panel overlaid on the screen of the display device 12, and outputs an input instruction according to operation of the operation keys or the touch panel to the control device 11. For example, the control device 11 controls the printing device 16 by controlling the image reading device 17 in response to an input instruction from the operation input device 14 and causing the image reading device 17 to read an image such as a document or a business card. Then, an image such as a document or a business card is printed on the recording paper by the printing device 16.

  The network communication device 18 performs data communication with the management server 2 through the network N.

  On the other hand, the management server 2 includes a control device 21, a main storage device 22, an external storage device 23, a network communication device 24, and the like. The main storage device 22 includes a RAM functioning as a work area for programs executed by the control device 21. The external storage device 23 is, for example, a hard disk drive, and stores various control programs, application programs, databases, and the like. The control device 21 loads and executes necessary programs and the like from the external storage device 23 to the main storage device 22, and controls the entire management server 2 through the bus Bb.

  The network communication device 24 performs data communication with each multifunction device 1 through the network N.

  In the business card information management system Sy having such a configuration, the multi function device 1 not only reads an image of a document by the image reading device 17 and prints the image of the document on a sheet by the printing device 16 but outputs the image. The reading device 17 reads a business card image, requests business card related information related to the business card to the management server 2, acquires the business card related information from the management server 2, and the printing device 16 acquires the business card image and business card related information. Can be printed on recording paper and output. Thereby, the business card image and the business card related information acquired from the management server 2 can be easily compared. Of course, in each of the MFPs 1, the business card related information related to the business card can be acquired from the management server 2, and the business card image and the business card related information can be printed and output.

  The general procedure up to the acquisition of the business card related information is as follows. The image reading device 17 reads the business card image, the control device 11 analyzes the business card image to generate image analysis information, and the image analysis is performed. Information is transmitted from the network communication device 18 to the management server 2 through the network N. When the business server related information is received by the network communication device 24 on the management server 2 side, the business card related information corresponding to the image analysis information is retrieved from the database in the external storage device 23, and the business card related information is retrieved from the network communication device 24. It transmits to the multi function device 1 through the network N. Further, when the business card related information is received by the network communication device 18 on the multifunction device 1 side, the printing device 16 prints the business card image and the business card related information on a recording sheet and outputs them.

  Next, a procedure from reading such a business card image to printing the business card image and business card related information on a recording sheet will be described in detail.

  Here, a database in the external storage device 23 in the management server 2 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing the database D in the external storage device 23. As shown in FIG. 2, the database D has a hierarchical structure including a company folder Fd1, a department folder Fd2 stored in the company folder Fd1, and a name file Fi stored in the department folder Fd2. A text corresponding to “Company Name” (○ × Corporation) is assigned to Fd1 as a folder name, and a text corresponding to “Department Name” (Δ Division □ Section) is assigned to the department folder Fd2 as a folder name. In the name file Fi, a text (Yasuo Tanaka) corresponding to “name” is attached as a file name. The name file Fi includes “name”, “company name”, “department name”, “address”, “phone number”, “facsimile number”, “e-mail address”, “company URL”, “mobile number”, Stored are business card related information db including texts corresponding to “English”, “charge information”, and images corresponding to “face photo”.

  Therefore, if the texts corresponding to “company name”, “department name”, and “name” are set as keywords, the company folder Fd1, the department folder Fd2 stored in the company folder Fd1, and the department folder Fd2 are stored. The stored name file Fi can be searched from the database D, and the business card related information db stored in the name file Fi can be acquired.

  3A and 3B are flowcharts showing a procedure from reading a business card image to printing a business card image and business card related information on a recording sheet.

  First, the user sets a business card in the image reading device 17 of the multi-function device 1 and operates the operation input device 14 to instruct the acquisition start of the business card related information db. In response to this, the control device 11 of the multifunction device 1 controls the image reading device 17 to read the business card image C by the image reading device 17 and store the business card image C in the external storage device 15 ( Step S101). FIG. 4A shows an example of a business card image C. FIG.

  And the control apparatus 11 analyzes the image C of a business card, and produces | generates image analysis information da (step S102). For example, an application program of OCR (Optical Character Reader) is executed to convert the business card image C into a text group, and from this text group, "name", "company name", "department name", "address", Respective texts corresponding to “telephone number”, “facsimile number”, and “e-mail address” are extracted, and these texts are acquired as image analysis information da. Such image analysis information da can be generated by a known application program. Further, a face photograph image printed on a business card by another application program may be extracted, and the face photograph image may be included in the image analysis information da. FIG. 4B conceptually shows an example of the image analysis information da. The image analysis information da includes “name”, “company name”, “department name”, “address”, “phone number”, “facsimile number” extracted from the business card image C shown in FIG. Each text corresponding to “e-mail address” is included.

  The control device 11 displays the business card image C and the image analysis information da side by side on the screen of the display device 12 (step S103). The user compares the image C of the business card with the image analysis information da on the screen of the display device 12 to confirm whether the image analysis information da is correct. If there is an error in the image analysis information da, An error in the image analysis information da is corrected by operating the input device 14. Further, it is also possible to input supplementary information that is not described on the business card by operating the operation input device 14 and add this supplemental information to the image analysis information da. For example, as supplementary information, there is responsible information of the person in charge, and a text indicating the person in charge of the person in charge is added to the image analysis information da in association with “person in charge information”.

  Subsequently, the user instructs the transmission of the image analysis information da by operating the operation input device 14. In response to this, the control device 11 transmits the image analysis information da together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1 from the network communication device 18 to the management server 2 through the network N (step S104).

  In the management server 2, the image analysis information da and the identifier of the multifunction device 1 are received by the network communication device 24 and input to the control device 21 (step S105). When the control device 21 acquires the image analysis information da and the identifier of the multifunction device 1, the respective texts corresponding to “company name”, “department name”, and “name” included in the image analysis information da are used as keywords. Whether the company folder Fd1, the department folder Fd2 stored in the company folder Fd1, and the name file Fi stored in the department folder Fd2 are searched from the database D, and whether the name file Fi corresponding to the keyword is registered in the database D It is determined whether or not (step S106). If the corresponding name file Fi is not registered in the database D (“No” in step S106), the control device 21 creates at least one corresponding name file Fi in the database D to obtain image analysis information. da is stored as the business card related information db in the name file Fi, and the database D is updated (step S107). For example, if none of the company folder Fd1, the department folder Fd2, and the name file Fi exists, the company folder Fd1 with the text corresponding to “Company name” and the department folder with the text corresponding to “Department name” are attached. A file Fi with a text corresponding to Fd2 and “name” is created in the database D, and the image analysis information da is stored in the name file Fi. Even if the company folder Fd1 exists, if the department folder Fd2 and the name file Fi do not exist, the department folder Fd2 and the name file Fi are created in the database D, or the name file does not exist even if the company folder Fd1 and the department folder Fd2 exist. If there is no Fi, the name file Fi is created in the database D, and the image analysis information da is stored as the business card related information db of the name file Fi. Then, the control device 21 acquires the business card related information db stored in the name file Fi (step S108). Therefore, when the name file Fi is not registered in the database D, the image analysis information da generated by the multifunction machine 1 and the business card related information db of the name file Fi are the same.

  When the name file Fi corresponding to the keyword is registered in the database D (“Yes” in step S106), the control device 21 reads the business card related information db from the name file Fi, and the image analysis information da and The business card related information db is compared to determine whether the business card related information db includes all of the image analysis information da (step S109). If not included (“No” in step S109), An information part dc not included in the business card related information db is extracted from the image analysis information da, and this information part dc is added to the business card related information db to update the business card related information db (step S110). If all are included (“Yes” in step S109), the business card related information db is not updated. Then, the control device 21 acquires the business card related information db stored in the name file Fi. 4C conceptually shows an example of the business card related information db, which includes an information portion dc extracted from the image analysis information da and added. The business card related information db has an information portion dd that is not included in the image analysis information da.

  Then, the control device 21 transmits the business card related information db acquired in step S108 together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1 received and input in step S105 from the network communication device 24 through the network N (step S111). In each multifunction device 1, the business card related information db is received by the network communication device 18 together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1, and it is determined whether or not the identifier is its own. In one MFP 1, it is determined that the identifier is its own, and the business card related information db is acquired. The other multifunction device 1 determines that the identifier is not its own and discards the business card related information db.

  In the single multifunction device 1, when the control device 11 acquires the business card related information db (step S112), the control device 11 compares the image analysis information da with the business card related information db, and information that is not included in the image analysis information da. The part dd is extracted from the business card related information db (step S113), and this information part dd is displayed on the screen of the display device 12 together with the business card image C read by the image reading device 17 in step S101 (step S114). At this time, when the user operates the operation input device 14 to instruct printing on the recording paper, the control device 11 controls the printing device 16 in response to this instruction, and the printing device 16 causes the business card image C to be printed. The information portion dd is printed on a recording sheet and output (step S115).

  FIG. 4D shows an example of the business card image C and the information portion dd of the business card related information db displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or printed on a recording sheet. As is clear from the comparison between FIG. 4B and FIG. 4C, the information portion dd shown in FIG. 4D is not included in the image analysis information da and is included only in the business card related information db. Yes, it consists of “company URL”, “mobile number”, each text corresponding to “in charge information” extracted from the business card related information db, and an image corresponding to “face photo”. In addition, each text corresponding to “name”, “company name”, “department name”, “address”, “phone number”, “facsimile number”, “e-mail address” is related to image analysis information da and business card Since it is included redundantly in any of the information db, it is displayed only on the business card image C and is not included in the information part dd.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the image reading device 17 reads the business card image on the multifunction device 1 side, analyzes the business card image C, generates the image analysis information da, and combines the image analysis information da. The business card 1 is transmitted to the management server 2, the business card related information db corresponding to the image analysis information da is searched from the database D of the management server 2, and the business card related information db is transmitted from the management server 2 to the multifunction device 1. The information portion dd that is not included in the image analysis information da is extracted from the business card related information db on the multifunction device 1 side, and the business card image C and the information portion dd are displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or printed on a recording sheet. And output. For this reason, it is possible to easily compare the image C of the business card and the information portion dd not described on the business card.

  The information portion dd shown in FIG. 4D is extracted on the management server 2 side, and only the information portion dd is transmitted / received from the management server 2 to the multifunction device 1, and the business card image C and information on the multifunction device 1 side. The part dd may be displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or may be printed on a recording sheet and output.

  Further, instead of displaying or printing the business card image C together with the information portion dd as shown in FIG. 4D, an image generated by analysis of the business card image C as shown in FIG. The analysis information da may be displayed or printed together with the information part dd.

  Further, if a bar code or QR code (registered trademark) is described on the business card, the bar code or QR code is read by the image reading device 17, and the control device 11 analyzes the bar code or QR code. The analysis result may be added to the image analysis information da. If a URL is acquired by analyzing a barcode or QR code, the URL is used to access a data resource on the Internet, and the data acquired from the data resource is used as image analysis information da or business card related information db. It may be added.

  The business card image C and the information part dd are not only displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or printed on a recording sheet, but also the business card image C and the information part dd are stored in a portable memory such as a USB memory or a portable terminal. Alternatively, the business card image C and the information part dd may be output to a terminal device such as a PC through the network N.

  Next, a second embodiment of the business card information management system of the present invention will be described. The business card information management system of the second embodiment comprises each multifunction device 1 and management server 2 as in FIG. 1, connects each multifunction device 1 and management server 2 through a network N, and is similar to FIG. Although the database D of the management server 2 is configured, the procedure from reading the business card image to printing the business card image and business card related information on a recording sheet is different from that of the first embodiment.

  5A and 5B are flowcharts showing the procedure in the second embodiment. In FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the same reference numerals are given to steps for performing the same processing as in FIG. 3A and FIG. 5B.

  First, a business card is set in the image reading device 17 of the multi-function device 1, the business card image C is read by the image reading device 17, and the business card image C is stored in the external storage device 15 (step S101). FIG. 6A shows an example of a business card image C. FIG.

  The control device 11 analyzes the image C of the business card and generates image analysis information da (step S102). FIG. 6B conceptually shows an example of the image analysis information da.

  The control device 11 displays the business card image C and the image analysis information da on the screen of the display device 12 (step S103). At this time, an error in the image analysis information da can be corrected by operating the operation input device 14. Further, by operating the operation input device 14, it is possible to input supplementary information not described on the business card and add this supplemental information to the image analysis information da.

  Subsequently, when transmission of the image analysis information da is instructed by the operation of the operation input device 14, in response to this, the control device 11 sends the image analysis information da together with the identifier of its own multifunction device 1 from the network communication device 18. It transmits to the management server 2 through the network N (step S104).

  In the management server 2, the image analysis information da and the identifier of the multifunction device 1 are received by the network communication device 24 and input to the control device 21 (step S105). The control device 21 uses the respective texts corresponding to “company name”, “department name”, and “name” of the image analysis information da as keywords, and stores the company folder Fd1, the department folder Fd2, and the name file Fi from the database D. Search is performed to determine whether or not the name file Fi corresponding to the keyword is registered in the database D (step S106). Then, if the corresponding name file Fi is not registered in the database D (“No” in step S106), the control device 21 creates at least one corresponding name file Fi in the database D to obtain image analysis information. da is stored as the business card related information db of the name file Fi, the database D is updated (step S107), and the business card related information db stored in the name file Fi is acquired (step S108). In this case, the image analysis information da generated by the multifunction machine 1 and the business card related information db in the name file Fi are the same.

  If the name file Fi corresponding to the keyword is registered in the database D (“Yes” in step S106), the control device 21 reads the business card related information db from the name file Fi, and the business card related information db is It is determined whether or not all of the image analysis information da is included (step S109). If all of the image analysis information da is not included (“No” in step S109), an information portion dc that is not included in the business card related information db is imaged. The information part dc is extracted from the analysis information da, added to the business card related information db, and the business card related information db is updated (step S110). If all are included (“Yes” in step S109), the business card related information db is not updated. Then, the control device 21 acquires the business card related information db stored in the name file Fi. (Step S108).

  Subsequently, the control device 21 transmits the business card related information db together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1 from the network communication device 24 through the network N (step S111). FIG. 6C conceptually shows an example of the business card related information db. The business card related information db includes an information portion dc extracted from the image analysis information da and added, and further includes an information portion dd that is not included in the image analysis information da.

  In any one of the multifunction devices 1, the control device 11 receives the business card related information db together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1 at the network communication device 18, determines that the identifier is its own, The business card related information db is acquired (step S112).

  And the control apparatus 11 extracts the information part of the same category from image analysis information da and business card related information db, and determines whether the information part of the same category corresponds (step S121).

  Here, as is clear from the comparison between FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C, for the category “name”, the text corresponding to “name” between the image analysis information da and the business card related information db. Match. Similarly, for each category of “company name”, “phone number”, “facsimile number”, and “e-mail address”, the texts match between the image analysis information da and the business card related information db. However, for the category “department”, the text corresponding to “department” does not match between the image analysis information da and the business card related information db. The text corresponding to “address” does not match with the business card related information db.

  For this reason, the control device 11 determines that the information portion of the same category does not match between the image analysis information da and the business card related information db (“No” in step S121), and the “address” in the business card related information db and A process for emphasizing each text corresponding to the “department name” is performed (step S122), and the business card related information db is displayed on the screen of the display device 12 together with the business card image C read by the image reading device 17 in step S101. (Step S123). At this time, when the user operates the operation input device 14 to instruct printing on the recording paper, in response to this instruction, the control device 11 causes the printing device 16 to display the business card image C and the business card related information db on the recording paper. Are printed and output (step S115).

  FIG. 6D shows an example of a business card image C and business card related information db displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or printed on a recording sheet. As is clear from FIG. 6D, the respective texts corresponding to “address” and “department name” in the business card related information db are highlighted in bold and displayed. In addition, the texts corresponding to “name”, “company name”, “department name”, “address”, “phone number”, “facsimile number”, and “e-mail address” are displayed on the image C of the business card. It is also included in the business card related information db.

  If the control device 11 determines that the information parts of all the same categories match between the image analysis information da and the business card related information db (“Yes” in step S121), the business card does not proceed to step S122. The related information db is displayed on the screen of the display device 12 together with the business card image C read by the image reading device 17 in step S101 (step S123). The image C and the business card related information db are printed on the recording paper and output (step S115). In this case, the respective texts corresponding to “address” and “department name” in the business card related information db are displayed without being emphasized. In addition, the texts corresponding to “name”, “company name”, “department name”, “address”, “phone number”, “facsimile number”, and “e-mail address” are displayed on the image C of the business card. It is also included in the business card related information db.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the image reading device 17 reads the business card image on the multifunction device 1 side, analyzes the business card image C, generates the image analysis information da, and combines the image analysis information da. The business card 1 is transmitted to the management server 2, the business card related information db corresponding to the image analysis information da is searched from the database D of the management server 2, and the business card related information db is transmitted from the management server 2 to the multifunction device 1. The MFP 1 extracts the information part of the same category from the image analysis information da and the business card related information db, and determines whether or not the information parts of the same category match. If they do not match, the business card related information db After the processing for emphasizing the information part (text) of the same category, the business card image C and the business card related information db are displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or printed on a recording sheet for output. Interest to have. For this reason, when the information part of the category is changed or there is an error in the information part of the category for each category, the change or error of the information part can be easily recognized.

  Next, a third embodiment of the business card information management system of the present invention will be described. The business card information management system of the third embodiment comprises each multifunction device 1 and management server 2 as in FIG. 1, connects each multifunction device 1 and management server 2 through a network N, and is similar to FIG. Although the database D of the management server 2 is configured, the procedure from reading the business card image to printing the business card image and business card related information on the recording paper is the same as the first and second embodiments. Different.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure in the third embodiment. In FIG. 7, steps that perform the same processing as in FIGS. 3A and 3B are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  First, a business card is set in the image reading device 17 of the multi-function device 1, the business card image C is read by the image reading device 17, and the business card image C is stored in the external storage device 15 (step S101). FIG. 8A shows an example of a business card image C. FIG.

  The control device 11 analyzes the image C of the business card and generates image analysis information da (step S102). FIG. 8B conceptually shows an example of the image analysis information da.

  And the control apparatus 11 displays the selection screen E as shown in FIG.8 (c) on the screen of the display apparatus 12 (step S131). In the center of the selection screen E, a text corresponding to “name” of the image analysis information da is displayed. Around the text corresponding to “name”, “company employee list” columns J1, “company name” are displayed. The column “Joint information” J2, the “URL of affiliated company” column J3, and the “person in charge of affiliated company” column J4 are displayed. At this time, when the user designates any one of the columns J1, J2, J3, and J4 on the selection screen E with the fingertip, the control device 11 passes the columns J1 through the touch panel superimposed on the screen of the display device 12. , J2, J3, or J4 is determined (step S132). For example, if the column “J1” of the “company employee list” is instructed, the code of “company employee list” is added to the image analysis information da and the network communication device 18 sends a network together with the identifier of the MFP 1 itself. N is transmitted to the management server 2 through N (step S133).

  In the management server 2, the image analysis information da and the identifier of the multifunction device 1 are received by the network communication device 24 and input to the control device 21 (step S134). When the image analysis information da is input, the control device 21 sets search conditions corresponding to the image analysis information da and the code of the “company employee list”, and searches the database D for information satisfying the search conditions (step S135). ). For example, the text corresponding to “company name” is extracted from the image analysis information da, and the company folder Fd1 to which the text corresponding to “company name” is attached is set as a search range, and all stored in the company folder Fd1. The name file Fi is retrieved to obtain the business card related information db of at least one name file Fi.

  Then, the control device 21 transmits the business card related information db of the acquired at least one name file Fi together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1 from the network communication device 24 through the network N (step S136).

  In any one of the multifunction devices 1, the control device 11 receives the business card related information db of each name file Fi together with the identifier of the multifunction device 1 at the network communication device 18, and the identifier is its own. And business card related information db of each name file Fi is acquired (step S137).

  Then, the control device 11 displays the business card image C and the business card related information db of each name file Fi on the screen of the display device 12 (step S138). At this time, when the user operates the operation input device 14 to instruct printing on the recording paper, in response to the instruction, the control device 11 causes the printing device 16 to associate the business card image C and the name card Fi with each of the name cards Fi. The information db is printed on recording paper and output (step S115).

  FIG. 8D shows an example of a business card image C displayed on the screen of the display device 12 or printed on a recording sheet, and business card related information db of each name file Fi.

  Further, when the “Company responsible information” column J2 on the selection screen E is instructed on the multi-function peripheral 1 side, the code of “Company responsible information” is added to the image analysis information da to obtain the image analysis information da. Is sent from the MFP 1 to the management server 2, and on the management server 2 side, search conditions corresponding to the image analysis information da and the code of “company information” are set, and information satisfying this search condition is stored in the database D. Search from. For example, the text corresponding to “company name” is extracted from the image analysis information da, and the company folder Fd1 to which the text corresponding to “company name” is attached is set as a search range, and all stored in the company folder Fd1. The name file Fi in which the text corresponding to the “in charge information” is stored is searched from the name file Fi, and the respective texts corresponding to the “name” and “in charge information” are extracted from the name file Fi. These texts are acquired as business card related information db. Then, the business card related information db is transmitted / received from the multi-function device 1 to the management server 2, and the business card image C and the business card related information db as shown in FIG. 9A are displayed or recorded on the screen of the display device 12. Print on paper.

  When the MFP 1 side is directed to the “affiliated company URL” column J3 on the selection screen E, the code of the “affiliated company URL” is added to the image analysis information da to obtain the image analysis information da. Is sent from the MFP 1 to the management server 2, and the management server 2 sets search conditions corresponding to the image analysis information da and the code of the “affiliated company URL”. Search from. For example, a text corresponding to “charge information” is extracted from the image analysis information da, and a name including the same text as the text corresponding to the extracted “charge information” is extracted from all the name files Fi in the database D. Search for the file Fi, search for the text “URL” from the company folder Fd1 storing the name file Fi, and extract the text “URL” and the text “company name” attached to the company folder Fd1. These texts are acquired as business card related information db. Then, the business card related information db is transmitted / received from the multifunction machine 1 to the management server 2, and the business card image C and the business card related information db as shown in FIG. 9B are displayed or recorded on the screen of the display device 12. Print on paper.

  Further, when the multi-function device 1 is instructed in the column “J4” in the selection screen E, the code of “the person in charge of the affiliate” is added to the image analysis information da to perform image analysis. Information da is transmitted and received from the MFP 1 to the management server 2, and on the management server 2 side, a search condition corresponding to the image analysis information da and the code of "person in charge of affiliated company" is set, and information satisfying this search condition Is retrieved from the database D. For example, a text corresponding to “charge information” is extracted from the image analysis information da, and a name including the same text as the text corresponding to the extracted “charge information” is extracted from all the name files Fi in the database D. The file Fi is searched and the business card related information db of the name file Fi is acquired. Then, the business card related information db is transmitted / received from the multifunction machine 1 to the management server 2, and the business card image C and the business card related information db as shown in FIG. 9C are displayed or recorded on the screen of the display device 12. Print on paper.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the image reading device 17 reads the business card image C on the multifunction device 1 side, analyzes the business card image C, generates the image analysis information da, and displays the selection screen E. When displayed on the screen of the device 12 and any one of the fields J1, J2, J3, and J4 on the selection screen E is designated with the fingertip, the code of the designated field is added to the image analysis information da and combined. The management server 2 sends / receives data to the management server 2, and the management server 2 sets search conditions corresponding to the code and image analysis information da in the designated field, and searches the database D for information satisfying the search conditions. The obtained information is acquired as business card related information db, and the business card related information db is transmitted from the multi-function peripheral 1 to the management server 2, and the business card image C and the business card related information db are displayed on the screen of the display device 12. Or It is printed on the recording paper. For this reason, more information can be known from one business card.

  The present invention is not limited to the first to third embodiments, and can be variously modified. For example, the first to third embodiments may be appropriately combined.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment and modification of this invention were described referring an accompanying drawing, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to the example which concerns. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood.

1 MFP (terminal equipment)
2 Management server (server)
11 Control device (terminal control unit)
12 Display device (output unit)
13 Main storage device 14 Operation input device 15 External storage device 16 Printing device (output unit)
17 Image reader (image reader)
18 Network communication device (terminal communication unit)
21 Control device (server control unit)
22 Main storage device 23 External storage device 24 Network communication device (server communication unit)
Ba, Bb Bus C Business card image D Database da Image analysis information db Business card related information E Selection screen Fd1 Company folder Fd2 Department folder Fi Name file N Network Sy Business card information management system

Claims (10)

A business card information management system comprising a terminal device and a server, and connecting the terminal device and the server through a network,
The terminal device
An image reading unit for reading an image;
A terminal communication unit that performs data communication with the server through the network;
An output section;
By analyzing the image of the business card read by said image reading unit generates image analysis information, the image analysis information is sent to the front Symbol server, sent from the server in response to the image analysis information When acquiring the business card-related information, and a terminal control unit to output an image or the image analysis information of the business card from the output unit,
The server
A database that stores business card related information;
A server communication unit that performs data communication with the terminal device through the network;
Wherein acquiring the image analysis information transmitted from the terminal device, the said business card related information corresponding to the image analysis information retrieved from said database, said business card related information before Symbol server control unit to send to the terminal device It equipped with a door,
The terminal control unit extracts an information part not included in the image analysis information from the business card related information,
The business card information management system , wherein the output unit outputs the information part together with the business card image or the image analysis information . The business card information management system according to claim 1,
When the image analysis information and the business card related information include both information parts of the same category and the information parts of the same category do not match, the information parts of the same category are emphasized more than the information parts of other categories. A business card information management system characterized by being output from an output unit. The business card information management system according to claim 1,
The terminal control unit transmits the search conditions as the image analysis information Previous Stories server,
The server control unit, the search condition is satisfied information received by searching from the database, business card information management system and transmitting a pre-Symbol satisfying the search condition information to the terminal device as the business card-related information . The business card information management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
The terminal apparatus, business card information management system, wherein said by the image reading unit to read an image of a document, the image forming apparatus der Rukoto to output Riga image by the output portion to print on paper. A business card information management method for providing information related to a business card by performing data communication between a terminal device and a server through a network,
The terminal apparatus analyzes by reading an image of the business card, and generates image analysis information, and sends the image analysis information to the server, sent from the response server to the image analysis information When acquiring the business card-related information, the extracted business cards do not include the relevant information in the image analysis information data part, and outputs the image or the image analysis information are both the information part of the business card,
The server has a database storing business card related information, and when acquiring the image analysis information transmitted from the terminal device, the business card related information corresponding to the image analysis information is searched from the database, business card information management method, characterized in that to send the business card-related information to the terminal device. An image reading unit for reading an image;
An output unit for outputting the image;
A communication unit that performs data communication with a server through a network;
Analyzing the image of the business card read by the image reading unit to generate image analysis information, causing the image analysis information to be transmitted to the server, and relating to the business card transmitted from the server in response to the image analysis information A control unit that, when acquiring information, extracts an information part not included in the image analysis information from the business card related information, and outputs the information part together with the image of the business card or the image analysis information from the output unit; about
Business card information output device characterized by the above. The business card information output device according to claim 6,
When the image analysis information and the business card related information include both information parts of the same category and the information parts of the same category do not match, the information parts of the same category are emphasized more than the information parts of other categories. A business card information output device, wherein the business card information is output from an output unit. A terminal device comprising the business card information output device according to claim 6 or 7,
The output unit is a display device that displays an image on a screen.
A terminal device characterized by the above. An image forming apparatus comprising the business card information output device according to claim 6 or 7,
The output unit is a printing device that prints and outputs an image on paper.
An image forming apparatus. A business card information output method for causing a terminal device to output information related to a business card by performing data communication through a network,
The terminal apparatus analyzes the image of the reading was a business card, and generates image analysis information, and transmits the image analysis information to the servers,
When the business card related information transmitted from the server is acquired in response to the image analysis information, the terminal device extracts an information part not included in the image analysis information from the business card related information, and the image of the business card Or the said information part is output with the said image analysis information and the said business card relevant information, The business card information output method characterized by the above-mentioned.

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