JPH04156058A - Communication processing unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To start the operation at a time desired by the user by describing an operating start time or the like to one item in a transmission picture and recognizing it at a receiver side. CONSTITUTION:Data from an opposite equipment is received in response to an incoming call and a received picture is stored in ''a storage section 14, one item of the received picture is fed to a character recognition section 12, in which a character is recognized. Then the information representing the operation content.is stored in a control section 11, the information representing a destination is stored in a group relay table 13 and a time described in mark sheet is set to a time monitor section 21. Thus, an operation start time is added in the received picture data in addition to the operation content and the operation content and the operation start time are recognized at the receiver side and various operations are started at the time desired by the user.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a communication processing device that handles image communication, and more particularly to a communication processing device that can execute operations according to received image data.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a communication processing device that handles images analyzes the received first page image data, recognizes the character data contained in the data, reads the operation contents, and performs various operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional technology, the operation is started immediately after character recognition is completed. For this reason, there were the following drawbacks. (1) Operations such as transmission, reception, and report output may overlap depending on the time of day, making it difficult for the user to understand. This induces user mistakes. (2) You may not be able to select a time slot with low line charges and end up sending the message to another terminal. This increases transmission costs.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and includes the following configuration as one method for solving the above-mentioned problems. That is, in a communication processing device that handles image communication, at 81, there is provided recognition means for recognizing the action instruction contained in the received image data and the action start time; and the operation execution means includes three operation start stages for starting the operation at the operation start time recognized by the recognition means.

[Effect]

In the above configuration, by adding the operation start time in addition to the contents of one work to the received image data, and recognizing the contents of one work and the operation start time on the receiving side, various operations can be started at the time desired by the user. Yo! 1.

【Example】

Hereinafter, one implementation θ according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a communication device of a data relay station in this embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 11 indicates the entire communication device hardware according to the control procedure stored in the ROM 20, as shown in FIG.
A control section 12 is in charge of controlling the storage section 14.
The mark of the first page in the received image data
Character recognition unit that recognizes characters from the original sheet, ′:f
13 is 1 in a group that stores multiple destination dial numbers as one table.
For example, the connection table 14 is a storage unit for storing received data, and is constituted by a large-capacity storage unit such as a hard disk, for example. 15 is an external output unit such as a printer that permanently displays the received data; 16 is a reading unit that reads the original; 17 is a device that receives data from the other device via the line 18; 19 is an operation panel section; 2o is a ROM containing a control program used by the control section 11; This is a time monitoring unit that monitors whether or not the time has passed. FIG. 2 shows a connection diagram between the communication device of this embodiment having the above configuration and other communication devices. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes an ordinary facsimile machine AFX-A capable of transmitting images, which serves as a relay instruction station. 22 is a relay station facsimile machine FAX-B having the configuration shown in FIG.
-D. FAX-E, 26 is a public line regardless of whether it is a digital line or an analog line. FIG. 3 shows an example of markings on a mark sheet sent as image data on the first page used in the image communication system of this embodiment shown in FIG. The designated position of the dial number, 33, is the position where the designated operation start time is written. In the example of FIG. 3, the group relay table 13 in FIG.
The other party whose dial number is registered in the “01” position of
and the dial number specified on the sheet “0375B”
2111" to broadcast the following transmission data at 3:30 p.m. Next, an overview of the processing of the communication device of this embodiment described above will be explained. FAX - A21 is an F with the configuration shown in FIG. 1 by writing the broadcast destination and FAX-C23 to FAX-E25 (7) telephone numbers on the mark sheet shown in FIG. 3, and along with the broadcast manuscript.
Send to AX-B22. The FAX-B 22 receives the FAX-B via the communication control unit 17.
The image data from A21 is received and stored in the storage unit 14. When all the image data has been received, only the first page of image data is transferred to the character recognition section 12. Then, the characters written on the first page are recognized. After recognition, if there is a specification in the operation start time area, a monitoring request is made to the time monitoring unit 21 under the control of the control unit 11 to monitor whether the specified time has arrived or whether the specified time has elapsed; Wait for time up. When the time is up, the broadcast destination address written on the mark sheet, e.g. FAX-
The document other than the mark sheet portion is sent to the C23, FAX-D24, FAX-E25, etc. Figure 4 shows the control unit 1 in the FAX-B22 in this embodiment.
1 is a flowchart showing a process for executing the above-mentioned broadcast communication by a program in the ROM 20. FIG. Communication control in the device of this embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIG. In step S1, the control unit 11 monitors whether there is an incoming call from the line. If there is no incoming call, step S1 is repeated until there is an incoming call. If an incoming call is detected, the process advances to step S2, where data is received from the other party's device in response to the incoming call, and the received image is stored in the storage unit 14. In the following step S3, the first page of the received image is recognized by the character recognition unit 12.
, and the characters are recognized here. In step S4, the control unit 11 determines whether the image on the first page is a relay instruction sheet as a result of character recognition. In this embodiment, if the relay sheet is used, it is determined that it is normal facsimile reception, and the process proceeds to step S9, where the received image is printed out. In step S4, if the first page is a relay sheet, the process advances to step S5, where the information indicating the operation content written on the sheet is held in the control unit 11, and the information indicating the destination is stored in the group relay table 13. In the following step S6, the time written in the mark sheet is set to the time monitoring unit 21.The time monitoring unit 21 measures the current time, and as shown in step S7, the time recorded in the mark sheet is set to the time monitoring unit 21. The set time is compared with the set time, and when the two times match, the control unit 11 is notified.Then, the operation of the control unit 11 moves to step S8, and the transmission destination stored in the relay table 13 in step S5 is sent. On the other hand, the received data from the second page onward excluding the first page stored in the storage unit 14 is sequentially transmitted.This is done to all the destinations specified in the relay table 13 with the same data. .Then, when the transmission is completed to all designated destinations, the process ends.After this, the process returns to step S1 where the call waits.As explained above, according to this embodiment, the conventional communication processing device is equipped with a character recognition section. The following effects can be obtained by adding the following and recognizing the operation content and operation start time from the first page of the received image: (1) The user can set the image transmission start time, and the operation Duplication can be avoided and operational errors by users can be reduced. (2) Communication costs can be saved by selecting line time slots such as nighttime.

[Other Examples]

In the embodiment described above, character recognition is performed on the received image, but the structure is configured so that character recognition can also be performed on the mark sheet read from the reading unit 16 of the own terminal, so that it can operate according to the instructions of this mark sheet. You may. With the above configuration, the device of this embodiment can be used not only as a relay terminal but also as a calling terminal, leading to effective use of the own terminal. Further, although only the start time of image transmission is controlled, the start time of other processes can also be controlled according to the operation content on the mark sheet. This allows you to control output times for report output, confidential document output, etc., and even send instant notifications to certain terminal groups.
Applications such as sending data to another group at a set time become possible.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, according to the present invention, one of the transmitted images
By writing the operation start time etc. on the page and having the receiving side recognize it, the operation can be started at the user's desired time, which has the effect of making it easy to use, efficient, and low-cost communication. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a complete block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a connection diagram with other terminals for explaining the relay operation of the communication device according to this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of the communication device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control section in FIG. 1 in this embodiment. In the figure, 11...control unit, 12...character recognition unit, 13
...Group relay table, 14...Storage section, 15
... External output section, 16... Reading section, 17... Communication control section, 18... Communication line, 21, 22.23.24
．． 25...Facsimile machine, 26...Communication line. Recruitment; Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A communication processing device that handles image communication, comprising: recognition means for recognizing operation instruction contents and operation start time included in received image data; and performing an operation according to the recognition contents of the recognition means. A communication processing device comprising an operation execution means and an operation start means for starting an operation at an operation start time recognized by the recognition means.