JPH0424778A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the necessity of having a character recognition part in a document processor, and to simplify the device constitution and program constitution of the document processor by executing character recognition by a character recognition device, and processing a character code by the document processor. CONSTITUTION:A document processor 1 which executes document processing using character image information as input transmits the character image information to a character recognition device 2 connected by a network, receives the character code which corresponds to the character image information obtained at the character recognition device 2 from the character recognition device 2, and executes the document processing. That is, when the character image is read by the character processing device 1, that picture information is transmitted through the network to the character recognition device 2, the character recognition is executed by the character recognition device 2, that character code is returned to the character processor 1 through the network, and the character code data is processed by the document processor 1. Thus, the character recognition part can be removed from the character processor 1, the scale of the document generation device can be reduced, and the scale of the program can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a document processing device that performs document processing using character image information using human power.

<Prior art> Characters are input into a document processing device using a keyboard or in general, and when inputting printed matter, the character image is read from an image reading device, the character code is obtained by a character recognition device, and the character is input. I can do it.

Conventionally, such a document processing apparatus includes a character recognition section in the document processing apparatus, and when performing document processing from character image information, it is performed as follows.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of a conventional document processing device 51 that performs document processing using character images as input. When a character image is read by the image reading unit 52 of the document processing device 51, the character image information is converted into a character code by the character recognition unit 53, and the document processing unit 54 performs document processing.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> As described above, in a conventional document processing device that inputs character images, a character recognition section is always required.

Therefore, it must be equipped with a character recognition device and a character recognition program. In this case, there are problems in that one character recognition device is required for each document processing device, the scale of the document creation device becomes large, and the scale of the program becomes large. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for removing a character recognition unit from a document processing device that inputs character images when the device is connected to the character recognition device via a network line. be.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for transmitting character image information to a character recognition device connected via a network in a document processing device that processes a document by inputting character image information. The present invention is characterized in that a character code corresponding to the character image information obtained by the character recognition device is received from the character recognition device, and document processing is performed.

<Operation> According to the present invention, when a character image is read by a document processing device, the image information is sent to the character recognition device via the network, the character recognition device performs character recognition, and the character code is sent via the network. sent back to the document processing device,
The character code data is processed by a document processing device.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a document processing device 1 constituting the present invention. In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a case is considered in which one of these document processing apparatuses 1 is connected to one or a small number of character recognition apparatuses 2 via a plurality of networks.

The document processing device I includes an image input device 12 such as a scanner for reading image information, a coordinate human power device 13 such as a mouse, a command input device 14 for inputting characters, various commands, etc., a line control device 15 for data transmission and reception, and a line control device 15 for transmitting and receiving various data. A display device 16, a display memo 117, a data memory 18, a program memory 19 and a microprocessor for controlling them.

It consists of a central processing unit such as 1. The program memory 19 includes image reading 19a1 image area cutting 1
9b, image sending 19c, character receiving 19d, document processing 19e, and other programs related to the implementation of the present invention and other programs necessary for document processing are stored.

The processing operation of the present invention will be described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 1 when the document processing device is connected to an English-Japanese machine translation/system.

When an English image is input from the image input device 12, it is stored in the display memory 17 and simultaneously displayed on the display device 16.

Next, when a region to be translated is designated using the coordinate input device 16, the image is clipped by the image region clipping section 19b and stored in the data memo 118.

Next, when a command is input from the command input device 14, this image data is sent by the image sending unit 19C to the English-Japanese machine translation system connected to the network via the line control device 15. While the English-Japanese machine translation system performs character recognition and English-Japanese translation, the document processing device performs processes such as cutting out illustrations and copying to other screens in parallel according to commands. When the translation is completed by the English-Japanese machine translation system, character code data of the translation result is sent back from the English-Japanese machine translation system to the document processing device 1, and in the document processing device 1, the character bones are transferred to the extraction section 19c through the line control device 15. The character code data is received and stored in the data memory 18.

Thereafter, the document processing device 1 synthesizes the character code data stored in the data memory 18 and the illustration image data to create a Japanese document.

FIG. 2 shows the operation of reading an English manuscript including illustrations from the image input device 12 of the document processing device 1 to create a Japanese document.

An English document 31 is read by the image input device 12 and the image information is displayed on the display device 16 as an English document screen 32.

Next, the coordinate input device 13 is used to enclose the translation target area in the English document screen 32 and cut out the image. Next, a command is input using the command input device 14, and the extracted image data is sent via a line to a remote English-Japanese machine translation system for character recognition and English-Japanese translation. Meanwhile, document processing device 1
Then, the image data of the illustration is enclosed and cut out using the coordinate input device 13. The image data of the cut out illustration is copied onto the Japanese document screen 3 by a command from the command input device 14.

On the other hand, the Japanese character code resulting from the English-Japanese machine translation system is received from the English-Japanese machine translation system via the line and entered into the translation result screen. Next, command input device 1
4, the Japanese character code is copied from the translation result screen to the Japanese document screen 3, and the Japanese document is completed.

As described above, when a Japanese document is created from an English document using a document processing device, the present invention provides character recognition and translation of an English-Japanese machine translation/stem connected to the document processing device via a line. This function is used for the recognition translation of the English document, and at the same time, the document processing device processes graphic information such as illustrations, thereby increasing the speed of Japanese document processing and making effective use of each device connected to the network. We are trying to

FIG. 4 shows a program related to document processing that uses character images as input when one document processing device and one character recognition device are connected to a network system.

This is a diagram.

In this invention, at least one character recognition device 16 is connected to the network/stem, one document processing device 11 sends a character image to the character recognition device 16, and obtains a character code from the character recognition device 16. It is.

The document processing apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

A character image is input from an image reading device connected to the document processing device 1, and this input image is received by the image reading unit +9a. This received image is then passed to the image sending unit 19b. The image sending unit 19b sends the passed image to the character recognition device 2.

Then, the image receiving section 41 of the character recognition device 2 receives the image sent from the image sending section 19b of the document processing device 1, and passes it to the character recognition section 42. Character recognition section 42
performs character recognition based on the passed image, converts it into a character code, and passes it to the character sending unit 43. The character sending unit 43 that has received the character code sends the character code to the document processing device 1 that sent the image.

Then, the character receiving section 19d of the document processing device 1 receives the character code sent from the character sending section 43 of the character recognition device 2, and passes it to the document processing section 19e. The document processing unit 19e performs document processing using character codes as input.

By doing this, there is no need for the document processing device I to have a character recognition unit, and no matter how many document processing devices 1 are in the network, it is sufficient to have at least one character recognition device 2.
Furthermore, the device configuration and program configuration of the document processing device f can be simplified.

The configuration of each part related to the document processing device according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above, the document processing device of the present invention has the following effects:
When a character image is read by a document processing device, the image is sent via the network to a character recognition device that has a character recognition unit, the character recognition device performs character recognition, and the character code is sent to the document processing device via the network. Since the character code is processed by the document processing device, there is no need for the document processing device to have a character recognition section.

Therefore, no matter how many document processing devices there are in the network, it is sufficient to have at least one character recognition device, and the device configuration and program configuration of the document processing devices can be simplified.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the document processing device of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a network configuration diagram of the present invention, and Figure 3 is an operational flow diagram of the present invention when creating a Japanese document from an English manuscript.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention using a character recognition device, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional method used in a document processing device. This is a diagram.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a document processing device that performs document processing using character image information as input, the character image information is sent to a character recognition device connected to a network, and the character code corresponding to the character image information obtained by the character recognition device What is claimed is: 1. A document processing device that receives a document from a character recognition device and processes the document.