JPH08289121A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent useless wait of the operator by conducting dialing according to a recognition result stored in a storage means in response to the end of count by prescribed time data of a timer means. CONSTITUTION: A sensor 35 detects the presence of an original 3 set to an original insertion port 4, whether or not the tip of the original 3 reaches a close contact image sensor unit CIS 32 being a read position is detected based on an output of a sensor 36, and a CPU 40 discriminates the detected result. When the CPU 40 discriminates it that the original 3 is set and reaches the CIS 32, the CPU 40 controls a motor control section 43 and an image processing section 46 to drive a transmission motor 44 and the CIS 32 thereby reading destination information from the original 3. The desired time data of each line outputted from the CIS 32 are sequentially stored in a line buffer in a VRAM 48. Dialing is conducted according to a recognition result stored in response to the end of count by prescribed time data of a timer means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a telephone number is input in a communication terminal device such as a facsimile device or a telephone by operating a dial key such as a ten-key, a one-touch key or a speed key. However, this method requires a key operation by the operator, which may complicate the dial transmission operation and also increase the probability of erroneous transmission due to an erroneous operation.

Further, when the operator inputs a telephone number by a key, there are many cases in which the operator operates the key while looking at a memo or the like.
In this case, there is a reality that the occurrence error of the memo pad is lower than that of erroneous key operation.

Therefore, there is disclosed a communication terminal device for automatically recognizing a telephone number written on a manuscript and dialing for the purpose of eliminating the complexity of key operation and preventing erroneous transmission.
It has been proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. -1136665, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-280444, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-177969, and the like.

Further, considering that the recognition rate of the current pattern recognition technology is not 100%, there is a possibility that erroneous recognition may occur.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 38965, a configuration has been proposed in which the recognition result is displayed for a certain period of time and the operator is asked to confirm it.

[0006]

However, the time required to confirm the displayed recognition result varies depending on each operator and the number of digits of the recognition result. That is, a person with normal visual ability can confirm within a few seconds if the number of digits of the recognition result is up to about 10 digits, but a person with reduced visual acuity requires more than double the confirmation time. Further, when the number of digits of the recognition result is 10 digits or more, even a person with high visual ability cannot confirm within a few seconds.

Therefore, it is conceivable to set the above confirmation display time to a time sufficient for sure confirmation by any operator. In this case, dialing is performed even though the confirmation is completed in a short time. This will force the operator to uselessly wait.

[0008]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and a first feature thereof is based on a document reading means and a pattern indicating telephone number information read by the reading means. Pattern recognition means, means for storing the recognition result of the recognition means, means for displaying the recognition result stored in the storage means, means for inputting desired time data, and input from the input means. Means for storing the stored time data, timer means for starting counting of the time data stored in the time data storage means according to the display of the recognition result on the display means, and the time data for the timer means Means for dialing in response to the recognition result stored in the recognition result storage means in response to the end of counting the minutes.

The second feature is that the time data in the time data storage means is a predetermined data, a means for inputting a specific key, and the judgment means is the predetermined data. If it is determined that the dialing means is arranged to inhibit the dialing operation until the input of the specific key is detected regardless of the count of the timer means.

[0010]

According to the first feature, the optimum confirmation display time for the operator can be arbitrarily set.

According to the second feature, the operator can be surely confirmed.

[0012]

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a facsimile apparatus main body (1) to which the present invention is applied, in which the output from a speaker housed inside the main body (1) is provided at the lower rear end of the right side wall. 1) A voice output hole (2) for leading to the outside is provided. At the rear end of the upper part of the main body (1) is formed an original insertion port (4) into which an original (3) having image information to be transmitted is set. A document guide (5) slidable in the width direction of the insertion port (4) is arranged near the insertion port (4) to prevent the document (3) from skewing. The original document (3) inserted through the insertion opening (4) has its image information read by a document reading means (described later) arranged inside the main body (1), and then the original document formed on the front surface of the main body (1) is discharged. It is discharged from the outlet (6). The insertion opening (4) can be covered with a cover (7) rotatably attached to the rear end of the main body (1),
It is possible to prevent foreign matter such as dust from entering through the insertion port (4) when not in use. A handset (8) for communication is arranged at the left end of the upper surface of the main body (1), and the other upper surface portion is an operation panel (9) equipped with a display and various keys. Also,
Although not shown, the main body (1) has a built-in recording means for printing out the received data and the like.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the above-mentioned operation panel (9), and a display section (10) made of a flat display such as liquid crystal is arranged at the upper end thereof. The display unit (10) has a display capability of, for example, 32 digits × 1 line. To the right of the display unit (10) is the menu key (11), the set key (12), and the image quality selection key (1
3), a document type key (14), etc. are arranged. The menu key (11) is normally used for setting a one-touch dial number and a speed dial number, and also for changing a memory switch or the like for previously specifying the function (for example, pause time, number of redials, etc.) of the facsimile apparatus. Key for instructing the transition of the
2) is usually used as a key for instructing confirmation of the above settings and changes. Further, the image quality selection key (13) is a key for designating a reading mode (standard, fine, super fine) of the document (3), and the document type key (14) is the image described in the document (3). This is a key for setting whether the information is light and shade or halftone. A numeric keypad group (15) consisting of numeric keys "0" to "9", a * key, and a # key is arranged substantially in the center of the operation panel (9). To the right of the numeric keypad group (15), a stop key (16), a start key (17), and a copy key (18).
And a dial bank key (19) is arranged. The dial bank key (19) is used to sequentially display destination information such as a telephone number stored in the memory on the display unit (10). By operating this key (19), desired destination information can be displayed. By operating the start key (17) at the time when it is displayed on the display unit (10), it is possible to make a dial call according to the destination information. One-touch dial key group (20) having four one-touch dial keys to the left of the ten-key group (15), a speed key (21) for instructing speed dial transmission, a flash key (22), and tone / pulse switching Tone key (23), pause key (24), redial key (2
5), a hold key (26), a hands-free key (27), and other various keys, and a hands-free microphone (28) is provided. Further, a hook switch (30) is arranged on the handset mounting portion (29) adjacent to the operation panel (9).

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the document reading means (31). The document reading means (31) is a contact image sensor unit CIS (32) having a plurality (2048) of optical reading elements arranged in the main scanning direction (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of the drawing).
A pressing roller (33) having a white surface and rotatable about a rotary shaft extending in the main scanning direction and arranged to face the reading surface of the CIS (32); and the CIS (32).
With respect to the document (3), a pair of feed rollers (34) located on the upstream side of the flow path of the document (3) and rotatable about a rotary shaft extending in the main scanning direction, and the upstream side of the feed rollers (34). Document reading means (31) (document insertion slot (4))
Sensor (35) for detecting the setting of the original (3) on the sheet
And a second sensor arranged between the CIS (32) and the feed roller (34) to detect the arrival of the document (3) at the CIS (32) (movement of the document (3) to the reading position). And (36). As the CIS (32), for example, KLSA2403B4BT1 manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
The CIS (32) reads image information line by line in the main scanning direction, converts it into black and white binary data, and outputs it. Further, the first and second sensors (35) (36)
Can be constituted by well-known sensors such as an actuator type sensor, an optical sensor and a mechanical sensor.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the apparatus of this embodiment. For example, the control unit CPU (40) comprising a microcomputer is a semiconductor read-only memory R.
It controls the respective parts connected via the bus (42) based on a control program stored in advance in the OM (41). In addition to the control program, the ROM (41) stores a recognition dictionary for performing pattern matching of handwritten characters, a display for outputting various messages, and voice data.

The motor control section (43) includes a transmission motor (44) consisting of a stepping motor for giving a driving force to the pressure contact roller (33) and the feed roller (34) and a reception motor (45) for feeding the recording paper. Is executed under the control of the CPU (40).

The image processing unit (46) sets the slice level of the CIS (32), the reading mode, etc. under the control of the CPU (40), and outputs the binary data of black and white output from the CIS (32). If necessary, it is converted to dither pattern data and output. The encoding unit (47) includes a CPU (40)
Under the control of, the binary data for each line is encoded based on an encoding method such as MH and MR.

The VRAM (48) is a random-accessible bit map memory made of semiconductor.
Under the control of the CPU (40), the image processing unit (4)
A region (hereinafter referred to as a line buffer (100)) capable of storing a predetermined line (128 lines in this embodiment) of the binary data output from 6) is formed (see FIG. 6). The SRAM (49) is a random-accessible byte map memory made of semiconductor.
9) is an area for storing various memory switches (20
0), a dial buffer (300) capable of storing telephone number data to be transmitted for 32 digits, an area (400) for storing various flags, and an area (500) for storing various counters, pointers and variables (500). (See FIG. 7). The clock circuit (50) is a circuit for clocking, and has the above VRAM.
(48), the SRAM (49) and the clock circuit (50) are always backed up by the backup battery (51), so that the stored data will not be lost or the time will be wrong due to a power failure or the like.

The sensor I / O port (52) has first and second ports.
It is a port for outputting the detection result of the sensor (35) (36) to the CPU (40), and the input I / O port (5
3) shows the state of each key operation on the operation panel (9) by the CPU
The display control unit (54) is a port for outputting to (40), and the display unit (54) is under the control of the CPU (40).
Display various data to. The recording control unit (55) is C
It controls the drive of the thermal head (56) under the control of the PU (40). Direct memory access controller DMA
(57) directly controls data access between the respective units under the control of the CPU (40).

Under the control of the CPU (40), the modem (58) transmits to the telephone lines L1 and L2 via the NCU (59) or modulates or demodulates the data transmitted from the telephone lines L1 and L2. The modem (58) includes a voice response circuit (60) and a DTMF generating circuit (61), and a CPU
Under the control of (40), the voice according to the voice message data is sent to the NCU (59), and the DTMF signal according to the dial number information is sent via the NCU (59).
The NCU (59) detects an incoming call from the telephone lines L1 and L2, informs the CPU (40) of the fact through the NCU control I / O port (62), and the telephone line under the control of the CPU (40). Switch and connect L1 and L2 to the handset (8) or the modem (58). When setting the hands-free function, replace the handset (8) with the speaker (6
Telephone lines L1 and L2 are connected to 3) and the microphone (28).

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment, and the operation will be described below based on this flowchart.

In step S1, it is determined whether or not the document (3) is set on the document reading means (31).
Specifically, the first sensor (35) detects whether or not the document (3) is set in the document insertion opening (4), and the CPU (40) determines based on the result.

When it is determined in this determination that the document (3) is not set on the document reading means (31), C
The PU (40) advances the process to step S2.

In step S2, the CPU (40) determines whether or not a key on the operation panel (9) has been operated, and if there is a key operation, the process specified by the key is executed and then the process is performed in step S1. Bring back. As this kind of processing, for example, a hands-free call using the speaker (63) and the microphone (28) when the hands-free key (27) is operated, a menu key (11), and a set key (1
2) There are various memory switch changes, etc.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S1 that the original (3) is set, the CPU (40) advances the process to step S3. In this S3 step, the second sensor (3
Based on the output of 6), it is determined whether the leading edge of the document (3) has reached the reading position of the CIS (32), and if it is determined that it has not reached, the transmission motor (44) is driven and the document ( The document is fed until the leading edge of 3) reaches the reading position.

In the subsequent step S4, the CPU (40) controls the motor control section (43) and the image processing section (46) in order to read the pattern sequence indicating the destination information such as the telephone number written on the manuscript (3). Transmission motor (44) and CIS
Drive (32). And by this drive, CIS
The data of each line constituting the telephone number pattern string output from (32) is sequentially VRAM one line at a time (48)
It is stored in the inside line buffer (100).

When the reading of the pattern string such as the telephone number is completed in step S4, the pattern is cut out for each character from the data stored in the line buffer (100) in step S5, and each character pattern is extracted in step S6. Each time normalization and feature extraction are performed, the extracted features are compared with the features stored in advance in the recognition dictionary in the ROM (41), and a character code corresponding to the matching or approximating feature is output.

The character codes output in step S6 are sequentially stored in the dial buffer (300) in the SRAM (49) as telephone number data in step S7. In the subsequent S8 step, the telephone number data stored in the dial buffer (300) is displayed on the display unit (1
0) the CPU (40) causes the display control unit (54) to display.
Control.

Thereafter, in step S9, it is determined whether or not the recognition confirmation time switch CT, which is one of the memory switches, is "0". If the CT is “0”,
This indicates that the display state of the telephone number data in step S9 is continued until the start key (17) is operated, and the dial transmission operation (step S14) described later is started on condition that the key (17) is operated. On the other hand, when the CT is a positive number other than "0", it indicates that the dial transmission operation is started after CT seconds unless the start key (17) is operated. The CT value can be changed in step S2.

If "CT = 0" is determined in step S9, the CPU (40) advances the process to step S11. On the other hand, if it is determined that “CT = 0” is not satisfied, S10
Start timing in step. Specifically, SRAM
After resetting the timer counter in the storage area (500) of (49), the counter value is counted up every predetermined time unit (1 second) to count the time. After step S10, step S11 is processed.

In step S11, it is determined whether or not the start key (17) on the operation panel (9) is operated, and if it is operated, the process proceeds to step S14. On the other hand, when it is determined that the start key (17) is not operated, it is determined again in step S12 whether "CT = 0". If "CT = 0", the processing is returned to step S11. If "CT = 0" is not satisfied, it is determined in step S13 whether or not the timer count value has reached the CT value, that is, whether or not CT seconds have elapsed from the start of timing in step S10. In this determination, if it is determined that CT seconds have not elapsed, the process returns to step S11,
On the other hand, if it is determined that CT seconds have elapsed, the process proceeds to step S14.

Therefore, when the switch CT is set to "0", the process proceeds from step S9 to step S11, and steps S11 and S are performed until the start key (17) is operated.
Repeat 12 steps. On the other hand, when the switch CT is a positive number other than "0", after the step S10 is processed, the steps S11 to S13 are repeated until the start key (17) is operated or CT seconds have elapsed.

In step S14, the modem (5) is operated based on the telephone number data in the dial buffer (300).
A dial signal is generated from the DTMF generating circuit (61) in 8) and output to the telephone lines L1 and L2 via the NCU (59). At this time, the CPU (40) controls the NCU control I / O port (62) so that the telephone line L
1 and L2 are switched and connected to the modem (58) side. After that, when the other party responds, facsimile communication is performed in step S15, and the process ends.

[0034]

According to the present invention, since the time from the confirmation display of the recognition result to the dial transmission can be arbitrarily set, when the time required to confirm the recognition result of the operator can be specified,
Since it is possible to perform the calling operation promptly without taking an unnecessarily long confirmation time, it is possible to shorten the time required for dialing.

In addition, when using in a state where the time for confirmation is not specified, it is possible to select and set so that dialing is not performed until the specific key is operated after the recognition result is displayed. Even if it is used by the operator, it is possible to prevent confirmation leakage as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of a facsimile apparatus as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the main part of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 display section 17 start key 31 document reading means 40 CPU 41 ROM 48 VRAM 49 SRAM 100 line buffer 200 memory switch storage area 300 dial buffer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An original reading means, a means for recognizing a pattern based on a pattern indicating telephone number information read by the reading means, a means for storing a recognition result of the recognizing means, and a storage means for storing the result. Means for displaying the recognized recognition result, means for inputting desired time data, means for storing the time data input from the input means, and the time data according to the display of the recognition result on the display means. Timer means for starting counting of the time data stored in the storing means, and means for dialing according to the recognition result stored in the recognition result storing means in response to the end of counting of the time data by the timer means. And a communication terminal device. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising means for determining whether the time data in the time data storage means is predetermined data, means for inputting a specific key, and the determination means for the predetermined data. The communication terminal device further comprises means for prohibiting the dialing operation of the dial transmitting means until the input of the specific key is detected regardless of the count of the timer means.