JPH04350781A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute accurate character recognition on the receiving side by storing the language data of image information to be transmitted in an area for storing the telephone number of a transmitting side telephone set or its abbreviated name included in a facsimile(FAX) start protocol on the transmitting side. CONSTITUTION:On the transmitting side, language data, e.g. the sort of language, to be informed to the receiving side are previously set up in the telephone number area of its own FAX equipment. A receiving side FAX equipment receives image information in accordance with a set mode and stores the image information in an external storage device 10. While referring the received language data, the receiving side FAX equipment selects and sets up recognizing character data corresponding to the transmitted image information and executes the character recognition of the image information stored in the device 10 based upon the recognizing character data.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a facsimile function and a character recognition function.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of information processing apparatus performs character recognition using a character recognition function on image information received by a facsimile function, encodes the recognition result,
The data was saved or output.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned prior art, there is no notification as to what language the image information is transmitted from the transmitting side to the receiving side, and the receiving side On the other hand, character recognition is always performed using recognized character data in a fixed language. For this reason, for example, if a Russian sentence is recognized using English character data, the recognition rate will naturally decrease, which has the drawback of hindering effective recognition processing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus that can perform character recognition of received image information on the receiving side using appropriate character data.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, a language indicating the language of the image information to be transmitted is written in an area in which the transmitting side loads its own telephone number and abbreviation in the facsimile initiation protocol. By loading data,
On the receiving side, character recognition is performed by selecting optimal recognition character data based on this language data, making it possible to obtain optimal recognition results.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0007] This information processing device includes an NCU 1 that performs line control such as making a call, sending a dial number, and detecting an incoming call;
A handset 2 used by an operator to make calls and communicate, a modem 3 that modulates and demodulates facsimile procedure signals and image signals, and a scanner 4 that reads transmitted documents.
, a printer 5 that prints the received image, a CRT 6 that displays the input dial number, etc., a keyboard 7 that inputs the dial number, etc., and a CPU that controls the entire device.
8, a memory 9 that stores programs and data necessary for the CPU 8 to perform control, and an external storage device 10 such as a hard disk that stores received image information and character recognition results.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing routine executed by the CPU 8 when receiving image data from the other party's facsimile machine.

[0009] In this receiving routine, the NCU 1 detects an incoming call based on a calling signal (CI signal) from the telephone line, and
It is activated by notifying the CPU 8 of this.

First, when the CPU 8 detects an incoming call, the NCU
Instructs to switch relay 1 to modem 3, connects the telephone line to modem 3 (S1), executes the facsimile communication protocol, and determines the reception mode (S2).
.

[0011] Then, a reception operation is executed to obtain data included in the telephone number area of the other party included in the start protocol (S3). Note that it is a prerequisite that the sending side sets the language data to be notified to the receiving side in its own telephone number field.

Next, image information is received according to the mode set in S2 (S4), and the received image information is stored in the external storage device 10 (S5). After this, perform the facsimile termination protocol (S6) and disconnect the line (S7)
.

[0013] Next, the language data of the destination data obtained in the above S3 is referred to, and recognized character data corresponding to this language data is selected and set (S8).

For example, if the language data is "0", Japanese,
It is predetermined that "1" will set the recognized character data for English, and "2" will set the recognized character data for Russian.

[0015] Based on this recognized character data,
Character recognition processing is performed on the image information stored in the external storage device 10 in the above S5 (S9). Then, this character string that has been recognized is stored in the external storage device 10 (S10
).

[0016] In this way, by adding language data on the transmitting side of image information, character recognition can be performed on the receiving side using optimal character data, and accurate character recognition can be performed.

[0017] As a means for transmitting the language data described above, not only the telephone number area in the protocol but also an abbreviation area or other areas may be used.

[0018]

According to the present invention, character recognition can be performed on the receiving side using optimal character data based on language data from the transmitting side, and accurate character recognition can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing routine when image data is received in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...NCU, 2...handset, 3...Modem, 4...Scanner, 5...Printer, 6...CRT, 7...Keyboard, 8...CPU, 9...Memory, 10...External storage device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving image information, a storage control means for storing the received image information in a storage device and reading out the stored image information from the storage device, and a character written in the received image information. In an information processing apparatus having a recognition means for recognizing a character, upon receiving image information, language information included in a protocol signal from a transmitting side is received, and based on this language information, character data used for character recognition by the recognition means is An information processing device characterized by selectively performing character recognition.