JPH0379157A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the registration operation of a destination by reading a sheet with a prescribed format on which the telephone number and the title, etc., of a transmission destination are entered with the original reading part of facsimile equipment, and outputting them after converting to character information. CONSTITUTION:The telephone number and the title, etc., of the destination of facsimile are entered on the sheet 20 with the prescribed format. When facsimile transmission is performed, the sheet 20 is set at the scanner part 4 of the facsimile equipment, and the destination is designated and is read according to the instruction of an operation display part 3. Read data is converted to the character information at a character information storage recognition part 6, and it is stored in a destination image information memory 5. Following that, the text of a message is read. In such a way, the registration and designation of the destination can be easily performed, which reduces a load on an operator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a facsimile machine in which a destination telephone number and name can be registered using an abbreviated number or a one-touch number.

(Prior Art) In recent years, facsimile machines have become widely used due to the increasing amount of information and the accompanying need for information distribution, and their functions have also become more versatile. This function includes, for example,
Some devices are equipped with a destination memory function that allows the user to register names, telephone numbers, etc. of multiple destinations using abbreviated numbers or registration numbers specified in advance by the user. With this facsimile machine, the sending process is executed simply by entering an abbreviated number or registration number from the operation panel when sending, eliminating the need to enter long phone numbers and improving operability. .

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such conventional facsimile devices, when registering the name of a destination in kanji, it is necessary to search for a code that corresponds to the registered kanji using a period code table, etc. Therefore, if there were a large number of destinations to be registered, the registration operation would take a long time, reducing the operator's work efficiency.

(Purpose of the Invention) Therefore, the present invention enables the registration of destinations by simply writing the registered contents of a destination on a predetermined standard paper and reading this standard paper with a manuscript reading section. The purpose is to simplify the process, reduce the operator's workload, and improve the convenience of facsimile machines.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes an operation unit that performs a transmission operation and also performs a registration operation when registering a destination telephone number, name, etc. as an abbreviated number, registration number, etc.; It is equipped with a storage unit that stores the registered contents, and a document reading unit that outputs the image of the document as scanned image information. In a facsimile device that transmits image information read by the document reading section to a predetermined destination, when a fixed form sheet for writing the registered contents of the destination in a predetermined format and an image of the fixed form sheet are read by the document reading section; , character information identification means for identifying a telephone number, registration number, etc. from the reading position of the image and converting it into character information; , the telephone number and the registration number are identified as character information by the character information identification means, and the identified character information and image information other than the character information such as the destination name are stored in the storage unit in association with each other, and the fixed form thereof is stored. This method is characterized by completing the registration process of the destination written on paper.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically explained based on examples.

1 to 5 are views showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine (1),
The facsimile machine 1 includes a system control section 2, an operation display section (operation section) 3, a scanner section (original reading section) 4, a destination image information memory (storage section) 5, a character information storage recognition section (character information identification means) 6 , block section 7, communication control section 8, modem 9, network control device 10, encoding/decoding section 11,
Equipped with buffer memory 12, image memory 13, etc.
Each part is connected to a bus 14.

The system control unit 2 includes a CPtJ, ROM, RAM, etc., and executes the sequence as the facsimile machine 1 according to the program stored in the ROM.
Controls each part during destination registration, which will be described later.

The operation display unit (operation unit) 3 is equipped with a display panel that prompts the operator to input operation instructions, and various switches such as one-touch program keys that input command signals related to various transmission information. Conveys signals to each part.

As the scanner section 4, for example, COD (Char-
GE Coupld Device) is used, and the scanner section 4 reads the document line by line and outputs it as image data.

The destination image information memory 5 stores, as image information, the name of the destination read from a registration standard sheet (standard paper), which will be described later, on the operation display section 3.

The character information storage/recognition section 6 identifies the telephone number, registration number, etc. of the destination read from the registration form sheet using the operation display section 3, converts it into character information, and stores it.

For example, a thermal storage device using a thermal element is used as the block section 7, and the plotter section 7 records on normal recording paper directly or indirectly via an ink sheet.

The communication control unit 8 controls the transmission procedure necessary for communication with the other party's terminal during transmission and reception.

The SEdem 9 is connected to a circuit and modulates and demodulates image information during facsimile transmission and reception.

The network control device 10 connects and disconnects lines.

The encoding/decoding unit 11 compresses (encodes) image information using a predetermined encoding method, and also reproduces (decodes) encoded data.

Buffer Memo January 2 saves image information for each predetermined line (for example, 1
line) and sends it to the encoding/decoding section 11.

The image memory 13 is a large capacity memory such as a hard disk, an optical disk, or a DRAM (Dynamic R
AM) and CM OS (Complementary
Metal-Oxide Sem1co-nducto
r) type RAM, etc., and stores encoded image data.

Next, the effect will be explained.

In the facsimile device 1 of the present invention, when registering a destination, the registered contents are entered in a predetermined registration form sheet,
Its feature is that the destination registration process is completed simply by having the scanner unit 4 read this registration form sheet. This registration process will be explained below according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2.3.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart when registration processing is performed using the registration standard sheet 20 shown in FIG.

First, when one-touch or speed dial registration is instructed by the operator's operation on the operation display unit 3 (step PI), it is checked whether the registration is input using the registration form sheet 20 (step Pg). If the input is not based on the registration form sheet 20, the operation display section (operation section) 3
Register the destination by key operation (step P)
. When inputting using the registration standard sheet 20, the registration standard sheet 20 is set in the scanner section 4, and the registration standard sheet 20 is input.
Step P4), the character information storage recognition unit 6 determines whether or not this one line of image information is a character part (telephone number and abbreviated number). step ps)
If it is a character part, the character information storage recognition unit 6
Step P,) to convert it into character information and store it.
If it is not a character section, it is determined whether it is an image information section (destination name) (step P7). If it is not an image information section, input the next line (step P4); if it is an image information section, store it in the destination image information memory 5 (step P4).
s). After storing character information in the character information storage recognition unit 6 (step P6) or storing image information in the destination image information memory 5 (step P8), it is determined whether or not scanning of all pages for this line has been completed. Check step P9), and if it is not finished, input the next line in step P4. If it is finished, check whether there is a registration template sheet 20 for the next page (step PI0), and if there is a next page, enter the first line (
Step P4) and steps P7 to P9 are repeated. If there is no registration standard sheet 20 for the next page, one-touch dialing, speed dialing, and telephone numbers are recognized using the character information stored in the character information storage recognition unit 6 (step P++), and the image information stored in the destination image information memory 5 is recognized. A table is created in which the recognized one-touch dials, speed dials, and telephone numbers are associated with each other (step P1□), and the registration processing of the registration form sheet 2o is completed.

Note that the areas of the character part and image information part of the registered standard sheet 20 are determined based on the number of lines from the leading edge of the registered standard sheet 20 and the number of bells from the right end.

By the registration process using the registration standard sheet 2o, it is possible to significantly shorten the operation time required for destination registration and to vary the number of characters for destination registration.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of transmission processing using one-touch dialing or speed dialing.

First, when a one-touch dial or abbreviated dial is input by the operator's operation on the operation display section 3 (step Pz+), the destination registration contents corresponding to this input are read out and displayed on the operation display section 3 (step P). Next, as shown in FIG. 5, it is determined whether or not the address can be inserted into the document 21 for this destination (Step P0). After changing the magnification (step P2.), the call is connected to the destination (step Pzs). After connecting the call, the scanner unit 4 scans the document (step P xi
) The image information is transmitted while combining the image information of this original with the destination image information scaled in step pzn (step P) (step Pzs). On the other hand, if address insertion is not possible in step P0, a call is immediately connected to the destination (step PZ9), and the document is scanned by the scanner section 4 in step P. ), the image information is transmitted without adding destination image information (step P31).

Therefore, by performing the registration process using the registration form sheet 20 during the transmission process, it becomes easy to combine the image information of the original with the destination image information as shown in FIG. 5, which improves the operator's work efficiency. .

(Effects) According to the present invention, it is possible to register the registered contents of a destination simply by writing the registered contents on a predetermined standard paper and having this standard sheet read by the document reading unit, thereby simplifying the operation of registering the destination. The operator's workload can be reduced, and the convenience of the facsimile machine can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 5 are diagrams showing one embodiment of a facsimile device according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a block diagram of its overall configuration, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing its registration processing program, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a program for the transmission process, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a standard sheet on which destination registration contents are entered, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which destination image information is combined with a transmission document. l...Facsimile machine, 2...System control unit, 3...Operation display unit (operation unit), 4...
Scanner section (original reading section), 5... Destination image information memory (storage section), 6... Character information storage recognition section (character information identification means). Figure 1 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] In addition to performing sending operations, there is also an operation section that performs registration operations when registering the destination's phone number and name as an abbreviated number or registration number, a storage section that stores the registered contents, and a storage section that reads and prints the image of the document. Equipped with a document reading section that outputs information,
In a facsimile machine that transmits image information read by the document reading section to a predetermined destination by inputting an abbreviated number or registration number registered from the operation section during the sending operation, the registered contents of the destination are input in a predetermined format. a fixed form sheet to be filled in by the above, and a character information identification means for identifying a telephone number, registration number, etc. from the reading position of the image and converting it into character information when the image of the fixed form sheet is read by the document reading section; When the filled-in standard paper is set in the manuscript reading section when registering the destination, the character information identifying means identifies the telephone number and the registration number as character information, and the identified character information and other than the character information are identified by the character information identification means. A facsimile apparatus, wherein image information such as a destination name and the like is stored in the storage section in association with each other, and registration processing of the destination written on the standard paper is completed.