JPH0583453A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convert received character data to braille data and to output it by punching the braille data in a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:Character information described on a reception document 1 is recognized by a character recognition part 2 as character information. A braille retrieving part 4 retrieves image data of braille in accordance with recognized character information by using a character braille correspondence table 3, and converts a character letter to braille image data. A braille punching part 5 punches a hole at a part equivalent to the point of received braille image data, and records it on recording paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a reception / recording function for recording received character data as a Braille code.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile machine merely prints received character data as an image on recording paper.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine only prints the received characters on the recording paper, and it is necessary for the visually impaired person to understand the contents written on the recording paper. I had to take measures such as requesting that a healthy person read aloud.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a novel facsimile apparatus capable of solving the above-mentioned problems inherent in the prior art. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention corresponds to a means for recognizing character information described in a received document by a character character code and a character character code. Braille code table for searching braille code, means for searching braille code from the received character character code, means for converting the searched braille code into braille image data, and the part corresponding to the point of the converted braille image data. And a means for recording on a recording paper by making holes.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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

With reference to FIG. 1, an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention comprises a received document 1, a character recognition unit 2, a character ← → Braille correspondence table 3, a Braille search unit 4, and a Braille punching. It is composed of a section 5 and a Braille document 6.

The facsimile receiving apparatus of the present invention receives the received document 1 from the document transmitting side apparatus. Character recognition unit 2
Detects character information from the image data described in the received document 1 and recognizes it as a character character code.

At this time, a rule for detecting the character information and a rule for the image form of the character information are provided in advance between the facsimile receiving apparatus and the document transmitting side apparatus of the present invention.

The braille retrieval unit 4 retrieves a braille code from the recognized character character code by using the character ← → braille correspondence table 3 for making a one-to-one correspondence between the character character code and the braille code.

Further, the Braille search unit 4 converts the searched Braille code into Braille image data and transfers the Braille image data to the Braille punching unit 5.

The Braille punching unit 5 punches a hole in the portion corresponding to the point of the Braille image data transferred from the Braille searching unit 4 and records it on the recording paper, and outputs the Braille document 6.

[0014]

As described above, the present invention enables communication between a visually impaired person and a healthy person by facsimile communication.

Braille is a widely used method for the visually impaired to recognize the contents of a document. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform communication which is not enough to output a recording sheet. , The effect of further enrichment is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Received document 2 ... Character recognition unit 3 ... Character ← → Braille correspondence table 4 ... Braille search unit 5 ... Braille punching unit 6 ... Braille document

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for confirming character information described in a received document by a character character code, a character ← → braille correspondence table for searching a braille code corresponding to the character character code, and a received character character code. From the above character ← → Braille code search means using the braille correspondence table, means for converting the searched braille code into braille image data, and punching holes at the points corresponding to the points of the converted braille image data A facsimile device comprising: a recording unit.