JPH066565A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the transmission processing job by providing a means reading specific information of the user on an OCR sheet and recognizing the specific information and a storage means to the facsimile equipment so as to attain simultaneous registration of user information thereby using the registered information. CONSTITUTION:When a key operation circuit 4 is activated by button operation to start reading of an OCR sheet, a CPU circuit 6 starts an OCR equipment 1. The equipment 1 starts reading the OCR sheet and sends character information to a parameter recognition circuit 2. Then the circuit 2 recognizes the parameter of the character information and edits the recognized parameter for each type of user data. Then the circuit 2 makes a storage request to a user data memory circuit 3 and the circuit 3 writes the data upon the request to a prescribed memory area depending on the data class. Thus, the transmission processing is implemented by using the user data information of the OCR sheet read, recognized and stored in this way thereby facilitating the transmission processing job.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to optical character reading (OC).
R: Optical Character Reader)
The present invention relates to a facsimile device that reads and recognizes user information parameters described on an R sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile apparatus using an OCR apparatus is used to input destination information for relay broadcast service.
Alternatively, it is used for inputting a parameter for connecting a line to a specific destination, for example, inputting a specific destination or line type.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the parameters necessary for performing the single communication or the broadcast communication operation are input by using the OCR device, after the execution of those communication, All the parameter information previously input has been erased, and in the case of performing the same communication, it is necessary to read again by the OCR device.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine which can easily use user's unique information during communication.

[0005]

According to the present invention, by automatically reading a user's unique information written at a predetermined position on an OCR sheet, a means for recognizing the unique information and a means for storing the unique information are automatically provided. It is possible to collectively register unique user information.

[0006]

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

This facsimile apparatus has an OCR device 1 for reading an OCR sheet, a parameter recognition circuit 2 for recognizing the parameters of the read result, a user data memory circuit 3 for storing the recognized parameters, and an operator key operation. It has a key operation circuit 4 for receiving the data, a panel display control circuit 5 for controlling the panel display, a CPU circuit 6 for controlling the entire system, and a line control circuit 7 for controlling the connection between the device and the line.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the OCR sheet of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, it is a list in which line types of one-touch destinations, shortened destinations, broadcast destinations, etc. are described. Note that FIG. 2 shows line parameters, and other parameters are also described in the OCR sheet as a list.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the outline of the operation at the time of OCR reading of this embodiment.

First, the key operation circuit 4 operates a button to start reading an OCR sheet (S1). The key operation circuit 4 notifies the CPU circuit 6 of the button information obtained by this operation. The CPU circuit 6 determines that this button operation is the start of the reading operation of the OCR sheet, and activates the OCR device 1 (S2).

The OCR device 1 starts the reading operation of the OCR sheet and notifies the parameter recognition circuit 2 as character information. The parameter recognition circuit 2 sequentially receives these character information, executes recognition processing of these parameters, and edits for each type of user data (S).
3).

After this data editing is performed, a storage request is sequentially issued to the user data memory circuit 3, and the user data memory circuit 3 writes in a predetermined memory area according to the type of user data in accordance with this request ( S4).

Thereafter, the same procedure is followed, and the O shown in FIG.
While reading the character information of the parameter of the user data on the CR sheet, recognizing the parameter, and performing the data editing, sequentially in a predetermined area in the user data memory circuit 3,
I will write it.

When all the character information on the OCR sheet is read by the OCR device 1 and sent to the parameter recognition circuit 2, the OCR device 1 sends the OCR to the CPU circuit 6.
The end of the sheet reading process is notified. The CPU circuit 6 judges that the reading processing of the OCR sheet is completed by the notification of completion.

Further, after the above series of operations, the user parameters of the facsimile apparatus are set. As the subsequent operations, when the operator confirms the registered user data, The procedure is. Figure 4
3 is a flow chart showing an operation at the time of confirming this user data.

First, a dedicated button for confirmation is pressed from the key operation circuit 4 (S11). The CPU circuit 6 detects this button press via the system bus, determines that the button information is confirmation of user data, and instructs the panel display control circuit 5 to display a message indicating the user data type. To do.

The panel display control circuit 5 displays a message of the user data type, and the operator operates a button to select the corresponding user data via the key operation circuit 4 (S12). By this operation, the CPU circuit 6 reads the corresponding user data from the predetermined area of the user data memory circuit 3 and notifies the panel display control circuit 5 of the data. The panel display control circuit 5 is
This user data is displayed (S13).

Thereafter, by similarly performing a button operation for selecting user data, the user data read by the panel display control circuit 5 is sequentially displayed.

The communication operation of the facsimile apparatus is as follows. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation during this communication.

For example, in order to perform transmission by one-touch button, one-touch button operation is performed by the key operation circuit 4 (S21). The CPU circuit 6 recognizes this button information and reads the corresponding destination information from the user data memory circuit 3 (S22). Further, the CPU circuit 6
Notifies the line control circuit 7 of the destination information and makes a request for transmission processing, and the line control circuit 7 starts the call processing operation for the corresponding destination (S2).
3). As a result, communication is performed using the line type registered in the user data memory circuit 3.

In the above embodiment, the case where the user information parameters are collectively registered in the initial state such as when the apparatus is started up has been described, but it is also possible to update the user data or perform registration at the time of rewriting. Is.

At the time of updating, only the item to be updated on the OCR sheet is described, and the fact that the update registration operation is performed is designated and read. In addition, when rewriting, the old and new items are changed to a sheet of a format to be described, and the sheet is read by designating that this is a rewriting registration operation.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By reading, recognizing, and storing the user data information stored in the OCR sheet, processing such as transmission can be performed using this data, and there is an effect that the work can be facilitated.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an example of an OCR sheet used in the above-mentioned embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of reading an OCR sheet and storing user data in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a user data confirmation operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a communication operation of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... OCR device, 2 ... Parameter recognition circuit, 3 ... User data memory circuit, 4 ... Key operation circuit, 5 ... Panel display control circuit, 6 ... CPU circuit, 7 ... Line control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus having an OCR device for optically reading characters on an OCR sheet, a parameter recognition means for reading the user information parameter written on the OCR sheet and recognizing the parameter, and the recognition result. And a storage unit for storing the.