JPH03133257A - Transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save a trouble of making a front cover and to save paper bay recognizing voice to be inputted, reading information relating to a delivery corresponding to the result of recognition, integrating the information relating to the delivery destination to a prescribed document front cover pattern and sending the information to the destination as the front cover picture. CONSTITUTION:When a document is going to be sent, a user at first enters a name of destination such as a specific person's name from a voice input section 20 as a required item to be described. The inputted voice is extracted for its characteristic quantity by a characteristic extraction section 21 and the result is sent to a pattern collation section 23. The pattern collation section 23 collates the characteristic quantity of the input voice with the standard pattern stored in a standard pattern storage section 22 and outputs a prescribed recognition result to a central control section 28. When the voice recognition section 2 has a voice dial function, the central control section 28 reads a dial number DN of the name corresponding to the result of recognition from the dial number storage section 32 and dials it to a destination equipment such as a facsimile equipment via a dial circuit 33 and a line control section 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a transmission method used in a facsimile machine or the like for transmitting a document to a destination.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, when using a facsimile machine within a company, 1
Since a single device is used by multiple people, when sending a document, a cover is attached to the document, and information about the destination, such as the name of the destination and the number of documents to be sent, is written on the cover before transmission.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In this way, with conventional facsimile machines, it is necessary to attach a cover page with information about the destination each time a document is sent, which requires the user to create a cover page each time, which is extremely time-consuming and time-consuming. Paper was also wasted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a transmission method that can be applied to facsimile machines and the like, and can save the effort of creating a cover page and the amount of paper used.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the transmission method of the present invention is such that information regarding the destination is stored in advance in correspondence with the items input by voice, and when the voice is input, the voice is recognized by voice and corresponding to the recognition result. Information regarding the destination is read out, and the layer incorporates the information regarding the destination into a predetermined cover document pattern and transmits it to the destination as a cover image.

Furthermore, if a voice dialing function is provided, a dial number is stored in advance in response to the items input by voice, and when the voice is input, the voice is recognized and the system responds to the recognition result. The dial number is read out to make a dial call, and information regarding the destination is also read out and incorporated into a predetermined cover document pattern, which is then sent to the destination as a cover image.

[Effect] In the above configuration, the items are input by voice.

For example, the name and number of the destination are stored in advance in correspondence with the name and the number of documents.For example, if you input the name by voice, this will be recognized by voice and the corresponding name of the destination will be read out. , is incorporated into a predetermined cover document pattern and transmitted to the recipient as a cover image. In addition, if you enter the number of documents following the name above, this will be voice-recognized and the corresponding number will be read out, and the destination name and number of documents will be incorporated into a predetermined cover document pattern and sent to the destination. sent to.

Furthermore, when equipped with a voice dial function, input by voice. The dial number corresponding to the voice recognition result of item 9, for example, name, is read out and dialed, and together with this, a cover page as described above is created and sent to the other party.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a device to which a transmission method according to the present invention is applied.

For example, this is a block diagram of a facsimile device, and the device includes an image transmitting section 1 that transmits images, and a voice recognition section 2.
and a line control section 3.

The voice recognition unit 2 stores in advance information INF regarding the destination and a cover document pattern PT in order to further enhance the function as a transmitting device, and the voice recognition unit 2 performs voice recognition on predetermined items inputted by voice. The information INF regarding the delivery address corresponding to the recognition result is converted into the cover document pattern PT.
It has a function of incorporating it into the image transmitting section 1 and providing it to the image transmitting section 1. Note that the voice recognition unit 2 is equipped with a JP-A-61-1441 system that reads out the dial number DN corresponding to the voice recognition result and dials it via the line control unit 3, as described below.
A voice dialing function as disclosed in No. 57 may be added.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the image transmitting section 1 includes an image reading section 10 that reads an image of a document to be transmitted, and an image processing section 1 that performs predetermined image processing on the image read by the image reading section 10.
1, and the image processed by the image processing unit 11 is sent to the line control unit 3.
It has an image output section 12 that outputs to the image.

The speech recognition section 2 also includes a speech input section 20 for inputting speech, a feature extraction section 21 for extracting features of the speech inputted from the speech input section 20, and a feature extraction section 21 for extracting features of the speech input from the speech input section 20. A standard pattern storage unit 22 in which quantities are stored in advance as a standard pattern, and a standard pattern storage unit 22 and feature quantities of input speech extracted by the feature extraction unit 21 during speech recognition.
A pattern matching unit 23 recognizes which standard pattern the input voice corresponds to by comparing it with a standard pattern stored in the voice input unit 20. Name storage unit 24 that stores
, a cover pattern storage unit 25 that stores the cover document pattern PT, and a name INF corresponding to the recognition result from the pattern matching unit 23.

is read out from the name storage section 24 and displayed on the display section 26, and when this name INF1 is correct, the cover pattern storage section 2
The cover document pattern PT is read out from 5, and the image processing unit 1 of the image transmission unit 1 incorporates the above name INF1 into it.
1, and a central control section 28 that outputs to

The voice recognition unit 2 may also have the function of a telephone that can make a dial call by vocalizing the name of the recipient. 30, a receiver 31, a dial number storage section 32 that stores the dial number DN corresponding to the name input by voice, and a transmission circuit 33. The dial number DN of the name corresponding to the result is read out from the dial number storage section 32 and sent to the line control section 3 via the transmission circuit 33.
It is also possible to output to.

In this case, the voice input section 20 also functions as a telephone transmitter, and the voice input section 10. The handset 31 is connected to the line control section 3 via the telephone communication circuit 30.

Next, the transmission processing operation in the first embodiment will be explained.

Prior to sending the document, the standard pattern storage unit 22 stores the following information:
One or more standard patterns have already been registered, and the name INF1 corresponding to each standard pattern is stored in the name storage unit 24.
．． For example, it is assumed that the name, etc. of a specific recipient is stored in advance. It is also assumed that a cover document pattern PT, which is to be the cover of a document read by the image reading unit 10, is registered in advance in the cover pattern storage unit 25 in the form of a text, for example.

When transmitting a document, the user first inputs the name of the recipient, for example, the name of a specific person, from the voice input section 20 as a predetermined item. The input voice is extracted into feature quantities by the feature extraction unit 21, and then extracted by the pattern matching unit 23.
sent to. The pattern matching section 23 matches the feature amount of the input voice with the standard pattern stored in the standard pattern storage section 22 and outputs a predetermined recognition result to the central control section 28 . When the voice recognition section 2 has a voice dialing function, the central control section 28 reads out the dial number DN of the name corresponding to this recognition result from the dial number storage section 32 and calls the calling circuit 331 line control section 3. A dial call is made to the other party's device 1, such as a facsimile device, through the dial. At the same time, the central control unit 28 reads out the name INF1 corresponding to the recognition result of the pattern matching unit 23 from the name storage unit 24, uses it as the name of the destination, and stores it in the cover pattern storage unit 24.
It is incorporated into the cover document pattern PT from 5 and sent as a cover to the image processing section 11 of the image transmission section 1.

As a result, in the image transmitting section 1, the cover document pattern sent from the voice recognition section 2 is first processed by the image processing section 11,
The image is outputted as a cover image from the image output unit 12 and sent to the other party by the line control unit 3. Next, the document is actually read by the image reading unit 10, and the image processing unit 111 and the image output unit 12
The image of the read document is outputted via the line control unit 3 and transmitted to the other party.

In this way, according to the first embodiment, by simply inputting the name of the recipient by voice, the name of the recipient corresponding to this name I
A cover incorporating NF1 can be automatically created in the form of electrical signal information within the device and sent to the recipient as a cover image, so there is no need to create a cover each time using paper as in the past. This saves the user the trouble of creating a cover and saves paper. In addition, if the voice recognition unit 2 is equipped with a voice dialing function as shown in Figure 2, when you enter the name by voice and make a dialing call by voice recognition, the name of the recipient will be added to the voice recognition unit 2. is also read out, a cover page is created, and it is sent to the recipient.
The user does not need to be aware of creating a cover page; however, if the voice dialing function is not added, the user will need to turn or press the dial on the phone to make a call; After making a call, you can automatically create a cover page and send it to the recipient by simply inputting the recipient's name by voice.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.
The same reference numerals are given to the same parts as in the figure.

In this second embodiment, the speech recognition section 2' is connected to a standard pattern storage section 4 in which standard patterns containing only numbers are stored.
0, and when the number of documents to be sent as a predetermined item is input by voice from the voice input section 20, the pattern matching section 23' matches the feature amount of this input voice with a standard pattern consisting only of numbers, The central control unit 28' reads out the recognition result as the number of transmitted documents lNF2.

In this second embodiment, the recipient's name is input by voice,
Following this, by inputting the number of documents by voice,
Not only the destination name INF1 but also the number of documents to be sent INF
2 can also be incorporated into the cover document pattern PT to automatically create a cover and send it as a cover image to the other party before sending the actual document.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the cover pattern storage unit 25 is provided in the voice recognition unit 2.2', and the cover document pattern PT is generated in the voice recognition unit 2.2'. The pattern PT may be generated.In this case, the voice recognition unit 2゜2' generates information INF about the destination, that is, the name of the destination INFt, or the number of documents to be sent. 1, and is incorporated into the cover document pattern PT in the image transmitting section 1 and transmitted to the destination.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, for example, the destination name INF1. Various information other than the number of sheets of the transmitted document INF2 can also be converted to information I regarding the destination in the same way.
It is possible to incorporate it into a cover document pattern as a NF and transmit it as a cover image.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by simply inputting the name or number of copies to be sent by voice, these are incorporated into the cover document pattern and sent to the recipient as a cover image, so the cover can be created. You can save time and paper.

Furthermore, if it has a voice dialing function, if you enter the name for dialing by voice, the dialing will be made based on this, but the name of the recipient will also be read out and incorporated into the cover document pattern. Therefore, by making a voice dial call, it is possible to automatically create a cover page and send it to the recipient without making the user conscious of creating a cover page as far as the name of the destination is concerned.

4... Name storage section, 25... Cover pattern storage section,
8.28'...Central control unit, 30...Telephone circuit, 1
...Telephone receiver, 32...Dial number storage section, 3...
・Transmission circuit,

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) Information regarding the delivery address is stored in advance in correspondence with items inputted by voice, and when the voice is input, the voice is recognized by voice and information regarding the delivery address corresponding to the recognition result is read out. . A transmission method characterized in that information regarding the destination is incorporated into a predetermined cover document pattern and transmitted to the destination as a cover image. 2) Information regarding the dial number and delivery address is stored in advance in correspondence with the items entered by voice, and when voice is input, the voice is recognized, the dial number corresponding to the recognition result is read out, and the dial is made. With,
Read out information regarding the delivery address corresponding to the recognition result,
A transmission method characterized in that information regarding the destination is incorporated into a predetermined cover document pattern and transmitted to the destination as a cover image.