JPH08102834A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a character recognition function for a handy scanner, to read/ recognize the name of a transmission opposite party or the telephone number of the transmission opposite party and to improve transmission operability. CONSTITUTION: A manual scanner part 1 is provided with a recognition part 14 recognizing picture information which is read, a display means 16 for recognized information and a first communication control means 17 which transfer-controls a main body part 2 and reception-controls information from the main body part. The main body part 2 is provided with a storage means 29 storing transmission opposite party information in accordance with a specified key or the key combination of at least more than two keys, a registration means 26 registering transmission opposite party information to the storage means, a second communication control means 33 which transfers/ controls the retrieval result of a retrieval means 30 retrieving the storage content of the storage means 29 to the scanner part 1 and reception-controls information from the scanner part 1 and a communication control means 25 controlling facsimile communication. Information which the scanner part 1 reads is transferred to the main body part 2 and corresponding transmission opposite party information is retrieved from the storage means 29 so as to execute communication control based on the information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to reading and transmitting image information,
Also, the present invention relates to a facsimile device including a main body of a facsimile device that outputs received image information and a scanner unit that reads the image information independently of the main body, and in particular, separate the scanner unit that reads the image information from the main body, In addition, the present invention relates to a facsimile device that is configured to be capable of handy operation, transfers the content of image information read by the handy scanner unit to the main body unit, specifies the transmission destination based on the information received by the main unit unit, and performs communication. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the destination of a facsimile communication has been inputting the telephone number of the destination every time communication is performed. In addition, if the contact frequency is high, register it in advance with the one-touch button or speed dial, and use the dial registration list to check if the contact is registered with the one-touch button or speed dial. , If it is registered, one-touch button operation or speed dial is input, and if it is not registered, full dial is input.

When registering a one-touch button or a speed dial, an operator who uses the installed facsimile machine identifies a partner who is frequently used and assigns the one-touch button or speed dial number from the operation input section of the main body of the facsimile machine. This was done by registering the corresponding dial.

A device which is equipped with a handy scanner in addition to the main body of the facsimile device, reads a transmission original with the handy scanner and transfers it to the main body of the facsimile device together with the information of the transmission destination, and transmits from the main body of the facsimile device according to the received transmission destination information. Even if it is, the handy scanner is provided with a key input section for entering a telephone number, or a key input section for entering a pre-registered speed dial is provided to identify the destination to be pre-registered I was registering.

[0005]

Conventionally, a document is read,
In a facsimile machine equipped with a handy scanner that has a key input unit for inputting the recipient, the handy scanner must be equipped with a numeric keypad regardless of whether the speed dial or the full dial is input. Even with a handy scanner that emphasizes operability, it has a drawback in that it is inevitable to be upsized due to the provision of the numeric keypad, and the operability will be compromised to some extent.

Further, even if the speed dial is input,
In order to specify the speed dial of the transmission destination, it is necessary to check the speed dial list, which has a drawback that the operation becomes complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the handy scanner is provided with a character recognition function so that only the name of the recipient or the telephone number of the recipient is read and recognized, and the facsimile apparatus body is preliminarily read. It is judged whether the destination is the destination of the registered speed dial. If the speed dial is already registered, it is sent to the registered telephone number. If it is not registered, a new one is sent. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device capable of registering a destination name and a telephone number of a destination in correspondence with speed dial.

When the name of the destination of the transmission or the telephone number of the destination of the transmission is read, it is displayed whether the telephone number of the transmission destination registered as the speed dial information registered in advance or the transmission destination name exists. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine in which a call is made after the confirmation and the confirmation have been made.

Further, when the original is transmitted and stored in the memory, it is attached to the first page of the original to be transmitted when the original is transmitted, and in the column describing the transmission destination of the format information of the cover sheet in which the transmission destination name and the like are described, An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device capable of reading out a destination name from transmission destination information read from a scanner, creating a cover sheet, and transmitting it together with a transmission original.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a facsimile apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a facsimile apparatus main body section for reading and transmitting image information and outputting the received image information, and a main body section. In a facsimile apparatus including a scanner unit that reads image information independently, the scanner unit includes a recognition unit that recognizes the read image information, a display unit that displays the information recognized by the recognition unit, and the recognized information. The main body section is provided with a transfer control and a first communication control means for receiving and controlling information transferred from the main body section.
Storage means for storing transmission partner information corresponding to a specific key or a combination of at least two or more keys, registration means for registering transmission destination information in the storage means, and search means for searching the storage contents of the storage means. Second communication control means for controlling transfer of the search result by the search means to the scanner section and reception control of information transferred from the scanner section,
Communication control means for controlling facsimile communication is provided, the information read and recognized by the scanner section is transferred to the main body section, the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information is retrieved from the storage section, and the retrieved information is retrieved. It is characterized in that the communication is controlled based on the transmission partner information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus transfers the information read and recognized by the scanner section to the main body section,
When the sending means information corresponding to the transferred information is searched from the storage means and it is found that the sending party information is not registered in the storage means, an unused specific key or at least two or more key combinations are used. The transmission partner information is registered in the storage means based on the correspondingly transferred information.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the information read and recognized by the scanner section is transferred to the main body section, the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information is retrieved from the storage means, and the retrieved information is retrieved. Information about the recipient
Configured to create a cover page by writing in the address field of the format information of the cover page that is stored and stored in advance and sent before transmission, and controls the transmission of the image information read together with the cover page created by the destination device. Is characterized by.

[0013]

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the image information read by the reading unit of the scanner unit is recognized, the recognized information is displayed, and the recognized information is transferred to the recognized main unit. A search is made to see if it is stored in the storage means for storing the transmission partner information corresponding to a specific key or a combination of at least two or more keys, and it is transmitted to the transmission partner device based on the retrieved transmission partner information.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the information read and recognized by the scanner section is transferred to the main body section, and the main body section retrieves the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information from the storage means to determine the transmission partner information. When it is determined that the transmission destination information is not registered in the storage means, the transmission partner information is registered in the storage means based on the information transferred corresponding to an unused specific key or at least two or more key combinations.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the information read and recognized by the scanner section is transferred to the main body section, the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information is retrieved from the storage means, and the retrieved transmission partner information is retrieved. , And writes in the destination field of the format information of the cover sheet to be stored and stored in advance and to be sent prior to transmission to create a cover sheet, and controls the transmission of the image information read together with the cover sheet created in the transmission partner device.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration for explaining the operation of the present invention. The system control unit (CPU) 10 of the handy scanner unit 1 is based on various programs such as a control program stored in the ROM 11 for operating the entire handy scanner or a recognition program for image information reading and recognition control. Control the overall behavior. The reading unit 13 converts the document information into image information of a read electric signal, and the RAM 1
Store and store in 2. The RAM 12 also stores the information obtained by recognizing the read image information by the character recognition unit 14 and provides a work area for displaying the recognition result on the display unit 16. The operation input unit 15 inputs a confirmation instruction of the content displayed on the display unit 16, a transfer instruction to the facsimile main body unit, a correction of the display content, and the like. The communication control unit 17 uses the RA
Transfer means 1 for transferring the recognition information and the image information stored in M12
Transfer control is performed to the main body 2 of the facsimile apparatus via 8 and the information transferred from the transfer means of the main body 2 is received by the receiving means 19 and stored in the RAM 12.

On the other hand, the system control unit (CPU) 20 of the facsimile apparatus main body 2 is a control program stored in the ROM 21 for operating the entire facsimile.
Alternatively, the entire operation of the facsimile apparatus main body 2 is controlled based on various programs such as a management program that manages the speed dial and the corresponding party name. The reading unit 23 reads the manuscript information, converts the manuscript information into image information of an electric signal, and then the RAM 22.
Store and store in. The RAM 22 is also used as a work area for the CPU 20 and a storage unit for storing standard format data such as a cover sheet. The image information accumulated and stored in the RAM 22 includes the communication mode input from the operation unit 24,
According to the telephone number of the transmission destination and a transmission start instruction, a call is made to the transmission destination device via the network control unit 26 and the communication control unit 25, protocol communication is performed with the transmission destination device according to the input communication mode, and the original image information is displayed. Transmission starts.

The display unit 27 displays the transmission destination input from the operation input unit 24. As for the telephone number of the destination whose transmission frequency is high, the one-touch button or the speed dial and the telephone number of the destination and the destination name of the destination are abbreviated by the input from the operation input unit 24 in advance. It is stored in the storage unit 29. When the one-touch button or the speed dial is input from the operation input unit 24, the speed dial search unit 30 searches whether the one-touch button or the full dial corresponding to the speed dial is registered, and if it is registered, the access of the full dial is performed. It is used to make a call to the partner device.

The information transferred from the transfer unit 18 of the handy scanner unit 1 is received by the receiving unit 31 of the facsimile main unit 2 and input to the speed dial search unit 30 via the communication control unit 33. The speed dial search unit 30 searches whether the speed dial corresponding to the input information is registered in the speed dial storage unit 29, and the registered destination name is transmitted to the communication control unit 33. The communication control unit 33 controls transfer of these pieces of information to the handy scanner unit 1 via the transfer unit 32. The recording unit 34 outputs and prints the image information received via the communication control unit 25 and the network control unit 26, and other management information.

2 and 3 are flow charts for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned structure.

First, the flowchart of FIG. 2 will be described. The reading unit 13 of the handy scanner unit 1 reads the name of the other party to be sent or the telephone number of the facsimile machine of the other party from the name list or business card in which the destination etc. of the transmitted document is described (step # 40). The read image information is accumulated and stored in the RAM 12, and the character recognition unit 14 recognizes the read content and determines whether both the destination name and the telephone number have been read (# 41, # 42).
When both pieces of information are read, the recognition result of the character recognition unit 14 is displayed and output on the display unit 16, and the operator checks whether or not there is an error in the displayed contents (#
43, # 44). If there is no error in the displayed contents, the recognition information is transferred to the receiving means 31 of the facsimile apparatus main body 2 via the transferring means 18 (# 45).

If there is an error in the display contents in step # 44, it is judged whether the error is within the correctable range, and if it is correctable, a correction input instruction is given from the operation input unit 15, and step # 44 is executed. It returns to 43 (# 46, # 47).
If the correction is difficult, an input from the operation input unit 15 causes the display unit 16 to display a content prompting a reread operation, and the process ends (# 48).

The recognition information transferred from the handy scanner section 1 is received by the receiving means 31 of the facsimile apparatus main body section 2, and the speed dial search section 3 is received via the communication control section 33.
Input to 0. The speed dial search unit 30 searches whether the destination name and the telephone number of the facsimile corresponding to the input recognition information are registered in the speed dial storage unit 29 (# 49). When the corresponding information is retrieved, the retrieved information is transferred to the handy scanner unit 1 via the communication control unit 33 and the transfer unit 32 (# 5
0). The transferred information is stored in the RAM 12 and it is checked whether or not the search information displayed on the display unit 16 is correct (# 52). If there is no error, the transmission instruction input standby state is entered in step # 56. If there is an error, the re-instruction of the recognition information is issued in step # 53, and the process returns to step # 45 to transfer to the facsimile apparatus main body. ..

When it is determined in step # 49 that there is no registration information corresponding to the speed dial storage unit 29, a signal indicating that is transmitted to the handy scanner unit 1 and the read information is registered as a speed dial. This is displayed on the display unit 16 (# 51). In step # 54, when the operation input unit 15 gives an instruction to register the read information as a speed dial, the unregistered number in the speed dial storage unit 29 is searched by the speed dial searching unit 30, and the searched unregistered number is searched. The destination name and the telephone number of the facsimile are registered in correspondence with (# 55). When the operation input section 16 gives an instruction not to register as a speed dial in step # 54, the telephone number of the transmission destination is displayed on the display section 16 (# 57), and the process ends.

When the transmission instruction is input in step # 56, a question as to whether to transmit the cover sheet is displayed on the display unit 16, and in step # 58, the cover sheet is attached and transmitted from the operation input unit 15. When the input instruction to do so is issued, the RAM
The registration format information of the cover sheet is read from 22 (# 59). The destination name of the read format information is written and input in the destination field of the read format information to create a cover page (# 60, # 61). After the cover page is created,
The original document information transmitted from the handy scanner unit 1 is transferred and accumulated in the RAM 22 of the facsimile apparatus main body unit 2, and the recognized and specified destination device is called, and the original document information accumulated and stored together with the cover sheet is transmitted (# 62). , # 63). If it is determined in step # 58 that the transmission instruction of the cover sheet is not issued, the process proceeds to step # 62.

Next, the flowchart of FIG. 3 will be described. In step # 42 of FIG. 2, when the content read by the reading unit 13 is neither the destination name nor the telephone number of the destination facsimile machine, the process proceeds to step # 70, and the read content of the destination facsimile machine is read. It is checked whether the phone number has been read. When the read target is the telephone number of the transmission partner, the recognized telephone number information is transferred to the facsimile apparatus main body 2 (# 71), and the speed dial storage unit 29 is passed through the speed dial search unit 30.
It is searched whether the telephone number and the corresponding destination name are registered in (# 72). As a result of the search, it is judged whether or not the destination name is registered (# 73), and when the destination name is registered, the searched destination name is transferred to the handy scanner unit 1 (# 74). Display unit 16 of the handy scanner unit 1
The other party's name received is displayed and the process proceeds to step # 44.

When it is judged in step # 73 that the destination name is not registered, the reading destination 13 reads the transmission destination name (# 76) and recognizes the read contents (# 77). The displayed content information is displayed on the display unit 16 of the handy doctor scanner unit 1 (# 78), and the step # 4
Go to 4.

If the result of determination in step # 70 is not a telephone number, the process proceeds to step # 79 to determine whether or not the destination name of the transmission is read, and if it is read, the destination name recognized in step # 80 is faxed. It is transferred to the apparatus main body 2. If it is determined that the document has not been read, the process returns to step # 40.

Whether the corresponding telephone number is registered in the speed dial storage unit 29 based on the transferred destination name, is searched by the speed dial search unit 30 (# 81), and the corresponding telephone number is registered. Check is done (# 8
2). If registered, the registered telephone number retrieved is transferred to the handy scanner unit 1 (# 8
3) The transferred telephone number proceeds to step # 44 displayed on the display unit 16 (# 84). If it is not registered, the reading unit 13 reads the telephone number of the transmission partner (# 8
5), the contents are recognized (# 85), the recognized information is displayed on the display unit 16 (# 87), and the step # 44 is performed.
Proceed to and execute the above steps.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By providing a character recognition means in the handy scanner unit, the recipient's name and the telephone number of the recipient are read and recognized, and the recognized result is the recipient information stored in advance in the storage unit of the main unit. When it matches
Since it is possible to transmit based on the stored transmission destination information, it is not necessary to provide a means for inputting the telephone number of the transmission destination device each time transmission is performed, and operability is improved and downsizing is achieved. You can

Further, when the result read and recognized by the handy scanner unit is not stored as the transmission partner information stored in advance in the storage unit of the main body unit, the transmission unit information is stored in the storage unit based on the recognized result. Since the data can be stored, the operation input for newly registering the transmission partner information is unnecessary, and the operability can be improved.

Furthermore, the result of reading and recognition by the handy scanner unit can be written in the destination field of the cover page format information stored and accumulated in advance to create and send a cover page to be sent prior to facsimile transmission. Therefore, it is possible to save the labor of preparing a cover page which is forced to be prepared by the operator every time the manuscript is transmitted, and since the cover page itself can be omitted, waste of paper consumption at the sender is eliminated and operability is improved. Can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (No. 1) showing operation control in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (part 2) showing operation control according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Handy Scanner Section 2 Facsimile Machine Main Body Section 10 Main Control Section 13 Reading Section 14 Character Recognition Section 15 Operation Input Section 16 Display Section 17,
33 communication control unit 18, 32 transfer unit 19, 31 receiving unit 28 speed dial registration unit 29 speed dial storage unit 30 speed dial search unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising a facsimile apparatus main body section for reading and transmitting image information and outputting the received image information, and a scanner section for reading the image information independently of the main body section, wherein the scanner section comprises: A recognition unit that recognizes the read image information, a display unit that displays the information recognized by the recognition unit, a first communication that controls the transfer of the recognized information to the main body unit, and the reception control of the information transferred from the main body unit. And a storage unit for storing transmission partner information in association with a specific key or a combination of at least two or more keys, and a registration unit for registering the transmission partner information in the storage unit. Search means for searching stored contents of the storage means; and second control for controlling transfer of a search result by the search means to the scanner section and reception of information transferred from the scanner section. The communication control means and the communication control means for performing facsimile communication control are provided, the information read and recognized by the scanner unit is transferred to the main body unit, and the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information is retrieved from the storage unit. Then, the facsimile apparatus is configured to perform communication control based on the retrieved transmission partner information. 2. The information read and recognized by the scanner unit is transferred to the main body unit, the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information is searched from the storage unit, and the transmission partner information is registered in the storage unit. If it turns out not to be
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission destination information is registered in the storage means based on information transferred corresponding to an unused specific key or at least two or more key combinations. 3. The information read and recognized by the scanner unit is transferred to the main body unit, the transmission partner information corresponding to the transferred information is searched from the storage unit, and the searched transmission partner information is accumulated and stored in advance. It is configured such that a cover page is created by writing in the destination field of the format information of the cover page to be sent prior to transmission, and the image information read together with the cover page created by the transmission partner device is transmission controlled. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1,