JPH06138990A - Data processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the input and output of picture form data without changing an existing system, in a digital computer which treats code form data. CONSTITUTION:In this system, a data processor 2 equipped with a means 12 which inputs and outputs the picture form data, means 13 which converts the picture form data into the code form data, means 14 which converts the code form data into the picture form data, and means 15 which transfers the code form data with the other computer, is connected with a data processing computer 3 equipped with a data processing mechanism 22 which operates an arithmetic working to the code form data, and a means 23 which transfers the code form data with the other computer. Thus, the data processing system using a normal digital computer which operates the processing of the code form data can be moved to the new data processing system which treats the picture form data without changing the existing program.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing system including data input / output processing, and converts image format data input from a facsimile or the like into code format data and transfers the data to a data processing computer. The present invention relates to a data processing system capable of performing data processing, converting code format data from a data processing computer into image format data, and outputting the image format data to a facsimile, an optical disk device, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Inputting image format data from an input device,
For image processing devices that convert to code format data,
JP-A-3-134784 and JP-A-2-2683
No. 87 publication. However, using such an image processing device and a data processing device that handles existing code format data, the input image format data is converted into code format data and data processing is performed, and the result of the data processing is the image format data. There is no data processing system that converts to and outputs.

[0003]

With the widespread use of computers, there is a demand for a shift from an existing data processing system that handles code format data to a data processing system that can handle image format data input from a facsimile or the like. In this case, there is a problem that the existing property such as the business program of the existing system has to be transferred to the new system.

An object of the present invention is to facilitate the transition from an existing data processing system that handles code format data to a new data processing system that can handle image format data input from a facsimile or the like. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, means for inputting image format data, means for recognizing the image format data and extracting code format data, and code format data for other computers A data processing device having means for transferring data between code formats, means for converting code format data into image format data, and means for outputting image format data; The format data is connected to an existing computer having a means for exchanging data with another computer.

[0006]

By providing a data processing device for handling image format data and exchanging data between the data processing device for handling this image format data and a data processing system for handling existing code format data using code format data, ,
The existing data processing system can be easily transferred to a data processing system that handles image format data without changing the existing program.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

The data processing device 2 comprises a main memory 11,
An image input / output mechanism 12, a recognition mechanism 13, a conversion mechanism 14, a data transfer mechanism 15 for transferring data to / from another computer, and a bus line 10 for connecting these to transfer data. The data processing computer 3 includes a main memory 21, a data processing mechanism 22, a data transfer mechanism 23, and a bus line 20.

The image input / output mechanism 12 of the data processing device 2
Can be controlled by a control circuit for communication with a facsimile, a control circuit for reading data from an optical disk device or an image scanner, or the like. The recognition mechanism 13 that recognizes image format data and extracts code format data is, for example,
It can be configured by a combination of a program and a logic circuit as used in an optical character reader (OCR) or the like. Conversion mechanism 14 for converting code format data into image format data
Can be configured by a combination of a program and a logic circuit using, for example, CG font data used in a printer device or the like. The data transfer mechanism 15 for exchanging data with the data processing computer 3 capable of arithmetically processing code format data can be realized by a general data and file transfer method using a floppy disk, a communication line, or a local area network.

Image format data is input from the image data input / output device 1 such as a facsimile or image scanner by the image input / output mechanism 12 and stored in the main memory 11. The image format data in the main memory 11 is stored in the main memory 11 by the recognition mechanism 13 such that code format data such as a character code is extracted from the image format data like OCR. Necessary data in the code format data stored in the main memory 11 is transferred via the data transfer mechanism 15, the communication line and the data transfer mechanism 23 to the data processing computer 2 which performs data arithmetic processing, and the main memory 21. Remembered above. The transferred code format data in the main memory 21 is processed by the data processing mechanism 22. In this case, if the data processing device 2 and the data processing computer 3 have only the data transfer mechanism, the data processing program remains the existing program and it is not necessary to take special consideration for this system. The code format data of the processing result processed by the data processing mechanism 22 is stored in the main memory 21. If necessary, the code format data is transferred again to the data processing device 2 via the data transfer mechanisms 23 and 15 and stored in the main memory 11. The code format data is converted into image format data by the conversion mechanism 14 and stored in the main memory 11. The image format data can be output to the image data input / output device 1 such as a facsimile or an optical disk device by the image input / output mechanism 12.

The image format data input from the image input / output mechanism 12 is not changed by the recognition mechanism 13 and the conversion mechanism 14, and the image data is input from the image input / output mechanism 12 in the same format. It is also possible to output to the input / output device 1. Further, the image input / output mechanism 12 may be provided as an independent image input mechanism and image output mechanism.

[0012]

According to the present invention, a data processing system using an ordinary digital computer for processing code format data is changed to a new data processing apparatus for handling image format data without changing an existing program. Can be migrated.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

1; Image data input / output device 2; Data processing device 3; Data processing computer 10; Bus line 11; Main memory 12; Image input / output mechanism 13; Recognition mechanism 14; Conversion mechanism 15; Data transfer mechanism 20; Bus line 21; Main memory 22; Data processing mechanism 23; Data transfer mechanism

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image input / output unit for inputting image format data from an image input / output apparatus such as a facsimile or outputting to the image input / output apparatus, and a recognition for recognizing characters from the image format data to extract code format data. A first data processing device having means, means for converting code format data into image format data, and data transfer means for transferring code format data to and from another data processing apparatus; A data processing system characterized in that a second data processing device having a data processing mechanism capable of arithmetic processing and a data transfer means for transferring code format data to and from another data processing device is connected. 2. The data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the first data processing device is provided with an image input means and an image output means independently.