JPH08195869A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To omit transmission operations such as the input operation of the facsimile number of a transmission destination or the like and to prevent erroneous transmission owing to manpower saving and human errors. CONSTITUTION: This equipment is provided with a head detection means 4 for comparing the dot pattern of the read data of a transmission letter 2 with a prescribed pattern set beforehand and detecting the head of the facsimile number of the transmission destination of the transmission letter 2, a number recognition means 5 for comparing the dot pattern following the prescribed pattern of the read data and a numerical pattern by the detection of the means 4 and recognizing the facsimile number of the transmission destination and a transmission means 6 for dialling the facsimile number recognized by the means 5.

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 its transmission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine reads a set transmission letter with an optical reader such as an image sensor and dials it to a destination facsimile number (hereinafter referred to as a fax number) input by a button operation. , The read data (dot data) of the transmission letter is transmitted to the destination by facsimile communication.

[0003]

In the case of the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, since the user inputs the fax number of the transmission destination by a button operation or the like, not only the input operation of the fax number is required as the transmission operation, but also the button There is a problem that the wrong transmission occurs due to a wrong pressing. Even in a so-called one-touch dial type facsimile apparatus, a transmission operation such as a button operation is necessary, and the same problem as described above occurs.

According to the present invention, a transmitting operation such as an input operation of a fax number of a transmission destination is omitted and automatically transmitted to save labor and prevent erroneous transmission due to human error.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the transmission letter is transmitted by comparing the dot pattern of the read data of the transmission letter with a preset predetermined pattern. Head detecting means for detecting the head of the preceding fax number, and number recognizing means for recognizing the fax number of the destination by comparing the dot pattern following the predetermined pattern of the read data and the numerical pattern by the detection of the head detecting means, F recognized by the number recognition means
and a transmission means for dialing an ax number.

[0006]

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, by writing a specific code or code string such as characters or symbols immediately before the fax number of the destination of the transmission letter, at the time of transmission The detection means detects the code or code string by pattern comparison to detect the beginning of the fax number.

Further, based on the detection of the head, the number recognition means recognizes the fax number following the code or code string by pattern comparison. Then, the transmitting means dials the recognized fax number, and transmission is automatically performed by omitting the transmission operation such as inputting the fax number of the transmission destination.

[0008]

EXAMPLE One example will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the transmission letter 2 set in the facsimile device 1 is sent by the feed roller 3 toward the reading device of the optical reader 4 having the image sensor structure. The dot data of the line is read and this data is transferred to the number discriminator 5 as read data.

At this time, the transmission letter 2 has a specific code or code string of characters or symbols indicating a fax number of the transmission destination, for example, "F" on a predetermined line of the letterhead.
The ax number ”and the numerical string of the fax number of the transmission destination are written in order. In this embodiment, in order to facilitate pattern recognition, the above-mentioned code string and numeral string of the transmission letter 2 are
For example, by printing on a printer, send a letter 2 in a fixed type.
Written in.

Further, the discriminator 5 is formed by the software of the microcomputer as follows (i) to (iii).
Equipped with the means. (I) Head detection means This means compares the dot pattern of the read data of the transmission letter 2 supplied from the reader 4 with a predetermined pattern set in advance, for example, the code string pattern of the "Fax number", and transmits it. The beginning of the fax number of the destination of the letter 2 is detected.

(Ii) Number Recognizing Means This means detects "0" to "9" and a dot pattern following the predetermined pattern of the read data by the detection of the head detecting means.
And the fax number of the transmission destination is recognized.

(Iii) Transmission Means This means transmits the fax number recognized by the number recognition means to the transmitter 6 and dials this fax number.

When the facsimile communication is started by this dialing, the transmitter 6 transmits the read data of the reader 4 and sends it to the destination of the fax number.

Next, a specific transmission process of the facsimile apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the transmission letter 2 is set, the reader 4 optically scans the surface of the transmission letter 2 in step S1 of FIG. 1, and digitizes the signals of each one line, for example, from the upper end of the transmitter 2. , The dot data of each one line formed by this digitization is read.

Next, this dot data is read as read data by the discriminator 5, and the discriminator 5 repeats the loop processing of steps S2, S3 and S4 of FIG. A predetermined pattern that has been set in advance, for example, the dot pattern of the "Fax number" is compared, and the head of the fax number of the transmission destination written in the transmission letter 2 is detected by so-called pattern comparison.

At this time, a predetermined pattern ("Fax number")
Code line pattern) of the read data, the dot pattern of the read data is, for example, every time the comparison is performed.
It is changed by adding one dot at a time from the first dot of the first line corresponding to the upper end of the.

If the dot pattern of the read data does not coincide with the predetermined pattern even after the addition of dots on all lines is completed, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S5, and an abnormality is detected by a lamp, a buzzer or the like. The user is notified that the fax number of the transmission destination is not written.

On the other hand, if the dot pattern of the read data is found to match the predetermined pattern by the above pattern comparison and the beginning of the fax number of the transmission destination is detected, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S6. The recognizing means saves the remaining read data of the row following the predetermined pattern in a predetermined memory of the discriminator 5 and cuts it out.

Then, the process proceeds to step S7, and the pattern comparison between the read data of this memory and the preset numeric pattern of "0" to "9" is repeated, and the fax of the transmission destination is faxed.
This fax number is recognized by detecting the numeric string of numbers.

Further, in step S8, the fax number of the recognized transmission destination is notified from the transmission means to the transmitter 6,
The transmitter 7 generates a dial tone for the fax number of the destination and automatically dials the destination. Then, when online with the destination, the process proceeds to step S9, and the transmitter 6 transmits the read data of the reader 4 by facsimile communication.

In this case, the transmission operation such as the input operation of the fax number of the transmission destination is not necessary, and the labor can be saved.
It is possible to prevent erroneous transmission due to a human error such as an erroneous button press.

The method of pattern comparison for detecting the beginning of the fax number of the transmission destination and the method of pattern comparison for detecting the numerical string of the fax number are not limited to the method of the embodiment, and various methods are available. A pattern comparison method can be applied. For example, in the case of accurately detecting even handwriting, it is preferable to use a high-level pattern recognition method.

[0023]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. By writing a specific code or code string such as a character or a symbol immediately before the destination facsimile number of the transmission letter 2, at the time of transmission, the head detecting means detects the code or code string by pattern comparison and the facsimile number. Is detected, and based on the detection of this head, the number recognition means recognizes the facsimile number following the code or code string by pattern comparison, and the transmission means dials the recognized facsimile number. The transmission operation such as the input operation of the above facsimile number can be omitted and the transmission can be automatically performed, so that the labor can be saved and the erroneous transmission due to the human error can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining a process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Transmission letter 4 Optical reader 5 Discriminator 6 Transmitter

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A head detecting unit for detecting a head of a facsimile number of a transmission destination of the transmission letter by comparing a dot pattern of read data of the transmission letter with a preset predetermined pattern, and detecting the head detecting unit. Number recognition means for recognizing the facsimile number of the transmission destination by comparing a dot pattern following the predetermined pattern of the read data with a numeral pattern, and a transmission means for dialing the facsimile number recognized by the number recognition means. And a facsimile machine.