JPH0955840A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent erroneous transmission by the input error of a telephone number by comparing a telephone number inputted by an input key with the telephone number on a transmitted source document. SOLUTION: An OCR part 13 inputs transmission picture data from a reader part 1 and subjects the telephone number written in a prescribed area to character recognition. The recognized result is sent to a core part 10. In the core part 10, the telephone number is sent to a facsimile part 4 after the character recognition. In the facsimile part 4, telephone number subjected to the character recognition is compared with the inputted telephone number. When they match, facsimile transmission is executed. However, when they do not match, the transmission is interrupted and an alarm is issued.

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 a facsimile machine which is effective when applied to a multi-function machine having functions such as a fax, a printer, an electronic file, and character recognition (OCR) extended to a digital copying machine. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A system is being developed in which a digital copying machine is combined with functions such as a facsimile and a printer to expand the functions. In particular, a digital copying machine having a combined facsimile function has become the mainstream of the combined function.

Here, as a facsimile transmission operation, a manuscript is placed on the DF, the manuscript is read by the start key after being input by the input means (key, touch panel, etc.) of the operation unit while referring to the telephone number on the manuscript. start,
Start sending.

[0004]

Here, the operator performing the facsimile transmission does not need to confirm the number after reading the manuscript, even though the telephone number input to the operation unit is displayed, and the apparatus is used as it is. There is a case where it is separated from the device and the transmission is left to the device.

Then, in the unlikely event that the user makes a mistake in inputting the telephone number, the original document may be erroneously sent as it is, and there may occur a trouble regarding the transmission.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can prevent erroneous transmission due to an input mistake of a telephone number.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a facsimile apparatus having a facsimile communication function for communicating image data and a function for recognizing a telephone number on a facsimile transmission original by a character recognition function. It is characterized in that the telephone number input by the key is compared with the telephone number on the document recognized by the character recognition function.

If, as a result of the above comparison, the telephone number input by the input key and the telephone number on the original recognized by the character recognition function are different, the facsimile transmission is interrupted and an incorrect input is made. Is displayed.

For example, in a facsimile machine of a digital copying machine capable of expanding a composite function, a character recognition function (OC
R) is combined and the telephone number written on the manuscript is compared with the number input from the operation unit, so that if an incorrect input is made, the operation is stopped and a warning display is displayed on the operation unit. By doing so, it is possible to prevent a transmission error due to an input error in the number.

Specifically, in FIG. 1, the OCR 13 is added as a composite function. Then, character recognition of the image data sent from the reader 1 is performed. The character recognition area can be manually framed.

On the other hand, as the operator's operation, as shown in FIG. 5, "applied communication" is selected from the facsimile operation display on the operation unit. Then, "OCR check" is selected from various functions and the check is turned on (Fig. 6).

The OCR area is set by pen input as shown in FIG. 7 or by ten-key input as shown in FIG. 8, and the area for entering a telephone number is designated.

Then, the operator writes the telephone number in the frame, inputs the number from the input means on the operation unit for facsimile transmission, and then turns on the start.

As a result, the document is read by the reader 1 and the image data is sent from the core 10 to the OCR 13.
Then, the number in the designated area is recognized, and the OCR13
From the core to the facsimile. In the facsimile, the key input data and the recognized numeric data are compared, and if they are the same, it is determined that there is no input error, and the facsimile transmission is performed.

If the result of comparison is different, an input error is displayed together with sounding a warning sound, and re-input or operation stop is selected (FIG. 9).

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

The reader unit 1 reads an image of a document and outputs image data corresponding to the document image to the printer unit 2 and the image input / output control unit 3. The printer unit 2 includes the reader unit 1
Further, an image corresponding to the image data from the image input / output control unit 3 is recorded on a recording sheet.

The image input / output control unit 3 is connected to the reader unit 1, and includes a facsimile unit 4, a file unit 5, a computer interface unit 7, a formatter unit 8, an image memory unit 9, a core unit 10, an OCR unit 13 and the like. Consists of.

The facsimile section 4 decompresses the compressed image data received via the telephone line, transfers the decompressed image data to the core section 10, and compresses the image data transferred from the core section 10. , Compressed image data is transmitted via a telephone line. A hard disk 12 is connected to the facsimile unit 4 so that the received compressed image data can be temporarily stored.

A magneto-optical disk drive unit 6 is connected to the file section 5. The file section 5 compresses the image data transferred from the core section 10 and a magneto-optical disk together with a keyword for searching the image data. The data is stored in the magneto-optical disk set in the drive unit 6.

Further, the file unit 5 searches the compressed image data stored in the magneto-optical disk based on the keyword transferred through the core unit 10, reads out the searched compressed image data and decompresses the compressed image data. The decompressed image data is transferred to the core unit 10.

Further, the computer interface section 7
Is an interface between a personal computer or workstation (PC / WS) 11 and the core unit 10.

The formatter section 8 is a PC / WS1.
The code data representing the image transferred from 1 is expanded into image data which can be recorded by the printer unit 2, and the image memory unit 9 temporarily stores the data transferred from the PC / WS 11.

Although the core unit 10 will be described later, the core unit 10 is provided between the reader unit 1, the facsimile unit 4, the file unit 5, the computer interface unit 7, the formatter unit 8, the image memory unit 9, and the OCR unit 13. It controls the flow of data.

The OCR section 13 receives the image data from the reader section 1 and recognizes the character pattern contained therein by pattern analysis.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the structure of the reader unit 1 and the printer unit 2.

The document feeder 101 of the reader unit 1 feeds the documents one by one from the last page onto the platen glass 102, and after the document reading operation is completed, the platen glass 10 is fed.
The document above 2 is discharged. When the document is conveyed onto the platen glass 102, the lamp 103 is turned on, the scanner unit 104 is started to move, and the document is exposed and scanned.

The reflected light from the original at this time is reflected by the mirror 10.
5, 106, 107, and CC by lens 108
It is guided to a D image sensor (hereinafter referred to as CCD) 109. In this way, the image of the scanned original is the CCD 1
09. The image data output from the CCD 109 is subjected to predetermined processing and then transferred to the printer unit 2 and the core unit 10 of the image input / output control unit 3.

The laser driver 221 of the printer unit 2 is
The reader unit 1 drives the laser emission unit 201.
Causes the laser light emitting unit 201 to emit laser light corresponding to the image data output from. The laser beam is applied to the photosensitive drum 202, and a latent image corresponding to the laser beam is formed on the photosensitive drum 202.

At the latent image portion of the photosensitive drum 202,
The developer is attached by the developing device 203. Then, at the timing synchronized with the start of the laser beam irradiation, the cassette 2
The recording paper is fed from either 04 or the cassette 205 and conveyed to the transfer unit 206, and the developer attached to the photosensitive drum 202 is transferred onto the recording paper.

The recording paper on which the developer is placed is conveyed to the fixing section 207, and the developer is fixed on the recording paper by the heat and pressure of the fixing section 207. The recording paper that has passed the fixing unit 207 is ejected by the ejection roller 208, and the sorter 220 stores the ejected recording paper in each bin to sort the recording paper. If sorting is not set, the sorter 220 stores the recording paper in the uppermost bin.

When double-sided recording is set,
After the recording paper is conveyed to the discharge roller 208, the rotation direction of the discharge roller 208 is reversed and the flapper 209
To the re-feeding conveyance path. When multiple recording is set, the recording paper is guided to the re-feeding conveyance path by the flapper 209 so as not to be conveyed to the discharge roller 208. The recording paper guided to the re-feed conveyance path is fed to the transfer unit 206 at the above-described timing.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the reader unit 1.

The image data output from the CCD 109 is subjected to analog / digital conversion in the A / D / SH unit 110 and shading correction. A
The image data processed by the / D · SH unit 110 is
The image data is transferred to the printer unit 2 via the image processing unit 111, and is also transferred to the core unit 10 of the image input / output control unit 3 via the interface unit 113.

The CPU 114 controls the image processing unit 111 and the interface 113 according to the setting contents set by the operation unit 115. For example, when the copy mode in which the trimming process is performed and the copy is performed by the operation unit 115 is set, the image processing unit 111 performs the trimming process and transfers the image data to the printer unit 2.

If the facsimile transmission mode is set on the operation unit 115, the interface 113
The control command corresponding to the image data and the set mode is transferred to the core unit 10.

Such a control program for the CPU 114 is stored in the memory 116, and the CPU 114
Control is performed with reference to the memory 116. The memory 116 is also used as a work area of the CPU 114.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of the core section 10.

The image data from the reader unit 1 is transferred to the data processing unit 121, and the control command from the reader unit 1 is transferred to the CPU 123. The data processing unit 121 performs image processing such as image rotation processing and scaling processing.
The image data transferred to the facsimile unit 4, the file unit 5, the computer interface unit 7, and the OCR unit 13 are transferred via the interface 120 according to the control command transferred from the reader unit 1.

Code data representing an image input via the computer interface 7 is transferred to the data processing unit 121 and then transferred to the formatter unit 8 to be expanded into image data, and the image data is processed. After being transferred to the section 121, it is transferred to the facsimile section 4 and the printer section 2.

The image data from the facsimile section 4 is transferred to the data processing section 121 and then to the printer section 2, the file section 5 and the computer interface section 7. Further, the image data from the file unit 5 is transferred to the data processing unit 121 and then to the printer unit 2, the facsimile unit 4, and the computer interface unit 7.

The CPU 123 performs such control according to the control program stored in the memory 124 and the control command transferred from the reader unit 1. Also,
The memory 124 is also used as a work area of the CPU 123. As described above, with the core unit 10 as the center, reading of original images, printing of images, transmission / reception of images, saving of images,
It is possible to perform processing that combines functions such as data input / output from a computer.

Next, the transmission destination confirmation function by the OCR unit 13, which is a feature of the present invention, will be described.

As described above, when the facsimile transmission mode is set, the reader unit 1 reads a document, and the read transmission image data is transferred to the facsimile unit 4 via the core unit 10. The image data is transferred to the OCR unit 13 at the same time.

The OCR unit 13 inputs the transmission image data from the reader unit 1, character-recognizes the telephone number of the transmission destination described in the predetermined area, and returns the recognition result to the core unit 10. The character recognition area can be manually framed.

The core unit 10 sends the telephone number obtained by character recognition to the facsimile unit 4, and the facsimile unit 4 compares the telephone number obtained by character recognition with the telephone number entered by the key input. Send it. If they do not match, the transmission operation is interrupted and a warning that the telephone numbers are different is issued.

5 to 9 are explanatory views showing transitions of display screens for performing such a series of transmission processing operations.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure in this transmission process.

First, the operator selects "applied communication" from the facsimile operation display on the operation unit shown in FIG.
Then, select "OCR check" from the various functions,
The check is turned on in the screen of FIG. 6 (FIG. 10; YE of S1).
S). In this way, the transmission destination confirmation function mode is selected.

When such a transmission destination confirmation function mode is not selected (FIG. 10; NO in S1), the telephone number is input by key operation (S2) and the start is performed as in the conventional facsimile transmission. When the key is turned on (S3), facsimile transmission is executed (S4).

When the transmission destination confirmation function mode is selected, next, the OCR area is set by pen input as shown in FIG. 7 or ten key input as shown in FIG. 8 and the telephone number is entered. The area is designated (S5).

Then, after writing the telephone number in the frame, the operator inputs the telephone number from the operation of the input keys on the operation unit for facsimile transmission (S6), and then turns on the start key (S7). ).

As a result, the document is read by the reader 1 and the image data is sent from the core 10 to the OCR unit 13. Then, the numbers in the designated area are recognized (S
8), sent from the OCR unit 13 to the facsimile unit 4 via the core unit 10. In the facsimile unit 4, the key input data is compared with the recognized numeric data, and if they match, it is determined that there is no input error (Y in S9).
S), facsimile transmission is performed (S4).

If the comparison result is different (S
9), the warning sound is emitted, and the input error is displayed (S10), and re-input or operation stop is selected by the selection screen shown in FIG. 9 (S1).
1).

As described above, it is possible to perform facsimile transmission using a telephone number with no error.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By recognizing the telephone number on the manuscript and comparing it with the key input number, it is possible to prevent a transmission error due to a key input error.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a structure of a reader unit and a printer unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a reader unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a core unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of the above embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of the above embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure in a transmission process of the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reader section, 2 ... Printer section, 3 ... Image input / output control section, 4 ... Facsimile section, 5 ... File section, 6 ... Magneto-optical disk drive unit, 7 ... Computer interface section, 8 ... Formatter section, 9 ... Image memory Section, 10 ... core section, 11 ... PC / WS, 12 ... hard disk, 13 ... OCR section.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus having a facsimile communication function for communicating image data and a function for recognizing a telephone number on a facsimile transmission original by a character recognition function, a telephone number input by an input key on an operation unit is provided. A facsimile device characterized by comparing with a telephone number on a document recognized by a character recognition function. 2. The facsimile transmission according to claim 1, wherein as a result of the comparison, if the telephone number input by the input key and the telephone number on the original recognized by the character recognition function are different, the facsimile transmission is stopped. A facsimile device characterized by the above. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, as a result of the comparison, if the telephone number input by the input key is different from the telephone number on the manuscript recognized by the character recognition function, an erroneous input is made. A facsimile machine characterized by displaying.