JPS58117766A - Composite transmission system for optical character reader and facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the remote OCR transmission and the facsimile transmission in the same embodyment substantially, by transmitting recognized characters in the form of character codes and transmitting rejected characters in the form of compressed image information. CONSTITUTION:The image information obtained at a reading section 2 is sotred in a line memory 3 tentatively, and types of slips are discriminated at a slip type/sheet page number discriminating section 4. The character information is recognized at a character collating processing section 6 and converted into the code information at a code generating section 7 together with the slip kind information. As to the image information not to be recognized originally at the section 6 and the rejected characters not to be recognized, the image information is read out from the line memory 3 and data are compressed at a data compressing processor 8. The information and data are combined at a coupling processing section 9 and transmitted to a center device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an OOR/facsimile composite transmission system, and particularly to a system for transmitting characters in the form of character codes during facsimile transmission.

This relates to an OOR/facsimile composite transmission system that is configured to transmit rejected characters in the form of image information during remote 00R transmission that transmits characters to a remote location, and that unifies the transmission mode of OOR transmission and facsimile transmission. 80 Technical background and problems Traditionally, in 9-1 knee)ooRIVC, (1)
A method in which the contents of the OOR sheet are recognized and processed, rejected characters are input by the operator using the display or keyboard (after the reject processing is performed), and then all are transmitted in the form of character codes. (1) Contents of the 00 R sheet A method is adopted in which the information is transmitted by facsimile and recognition processing is performed on the receiving side.

On the other hand, in order to improve transmission efficiency in facsimile transmission, it is possible to transmit items that can be converted into codes, such as characters, in the form of character code information, and to transmit other items in the form of compressed image information. It is being considered.

Under this background, in OCR (remote), the recognized characters are transmitted in the form of character codes,
By adopting a mode of transmitting reject characters in the form of compressed image information, it becomes possible to standardize the transmission mode and the transmission mode of the facsimile transmission described above.

0 Purpose and Structure of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the OCR/facsimile composite transmission system of the present invention converts information on a form into an electrical signal and transmits it by facsimile to a remote point. In an OCR/facsimile composite transmission system that has a function of converting information on a form into an electrical signal and transmitting the result recognized by a recognition processing mechanism to a remote point via OOR, the sending side at least After converting the information into an electrical signal and reading it,
I! ! The information on the form recognized by the recognition processing mechanism is transmitted in the form of character code information, and the information on the form that cannot be recognized by the recognition processing mechanism is transmitted in the form of image information, The receiving side includes an OOR/facsimile determination separation unit that separates the facsimile transmission and OCC low transmission, respectively, and
It is equipped with a facsimile receiving section and an OOR receiving section,
The facsimile receiving section includes a character generation processing section that generates a character image pattern based on the character code information, a data restoration processing section that reproduces the image information, and a combination of the character image pattern and the reproduced image information. The 00B receiving section is provided with a character code information storage section that stores the character code information of the nine characters that have been recognized, and the 00B receiving section is provided with a character code information storage section that stores the character code information of the nine characters that have been recognized. The present invention is characterized in that it is configured to reproduce the transmitted or eject characters in the form of image information and to modify the contents of the character code information storage section just in case. This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

0 Embodiment of the Invention Fig. 1 shows an example configuration for a terminal device, Fig. 2 shows an example configuration for a center device, and Fig. 3 shows a remote control)00
An explanatory diagram illustrating a form of rejection processing when receiving B is shown.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a facsimile original or 00B sheet (hereinafter referred to as the original), 2Fi reading section that corresponds to rask scanning and extracts next image information, 3
is the row memory, and the image information read from document l is 1.
4 is a document type/sheet page number determination unit that is temporarily held for each character line; 4 is a document type/sheet page number determination unit that determines the document type, sheet page number, etc. and transmits it to the receiving side; 5 is a dictionary memory; 6 is a character matching processing section which performs character recognition processing as conventionally known using the contents of the dictionary memory 5; 7 is a code generation section. 8 is a data compression processing unit which outputs the results of the determination unit 4 and character matching processing unit 6 in the form of a code, and 8 is a data compression processing unit that outputs the original image information and character matching that cannot be performed by the character matching processing unit 6. The processing section 6 compresses the nine image information read from the line memory 3 for reject or reject characters, 9 is a combination processing section, and the code generation section 7
The code information from the data compression processing section 8 and the compressed image information from the data compression processing section 8 are combined. Further, 1o represents a transmission control unit, 11 represents a modem, and 12 represents a network control device.

9. A 13Fi character/non-character determination circuit unit that determines and separates character code information and compressed image information from the transmitted information, and a 14-digit fixed information file memory. 15 is a memory control unit that stores fixed information such as a slip image, and 15 is a memory control unit that extracts the slip image on the memory 14 based on the transmitted nine slips [IJ code information]; 16 is a character generator 17 is a data restoration processing unit that extracts a character image pattern based on the character code information that has been transmitted, and 17 is a data restoration processing unit that restores the compressed and transmitted image information; Reference numeral 18 denotes an editing processing section which performs editing processing when the slip image, character image pattern, and restored image information are synthesized in the synthesis processing section 19;
Reference numeral 19 represents a composition processing section, 20 a recording control section, 21 a recording device, and 22 a facsimile reception recording paper.

When transmitting characters, etc. on a slip to a center device by facsimile transmission using a predetermined slip, reading section 2#'i scans the rask and extracts mental image information. The image information is temporarily held in the line memo 93, and the voucher type is determined by the voucher type/count page number determining section 4. Further, character information is recognized by the character matching processing section 6. The determined document type and recognized characters are converted into code information in the code generating section 7. For image information that should not have been originally recognized by the character collation processing section 6-, or for ject characters that are unrecognizable, the image information is read from the line memory 3, and the data is compressed in the data compression processing section 8. Then, they are combined in the combination processing section 9 and sent to the center device.

When performing remote 00R transmission, the determination unit 4
This process is essentially the same as the above-mentioned facsimile transmission, as it only involves determining the page number of the R sheet.

When receiving a facsimile transmission from the center device, the transmission control unit! If OK, the process is guided to the character/non-character determination circuit section 13. Note that the remote OOR receiving unit is illustrated as not existing in the terminal device. The character/non-character determination circuit section 13 guides the transmitted document type code information to the memory control section 15 , the character code information to the character generation section 16 , and the image information to the data restoration processing section 17 . . Accordingly, a slip image, a character image pattern, and restored image information are obtained.
In the composition processing section 19, the images are composed and output under the control of the editing processing section 18.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the center device. Reference numerals 1 to 22 in the figure indicate the same configuration as shown in Figure 1,
Reference numeral 23 denotes an OO receiver, 24 an OOR/facsimile determination separation unit, 25 a character/non-character determination circuit, 26 a sheet page number management unit, 27 and 28 a memory control unit, and 29
, 30 each represent a floppy disk.

Regarding the configuration and operation of the symbols 1 to 22,
Since it is the same as that shown in the figure, the explanation will be omitted, and the OOR receiving section 23tC will be explained.

When transmission is performed from the terminal device side in the form of remote 0OR-, the transmission is sent to the OOR/facsimile determination separation unit 24.
It is determined as OOR by
5 is supplied. As described above, on the terminal device side, recognized characters are transmitted in the form of character codes, and rejected characters, for example, are transmitted in the form of image information containing the character line containing the character. Both of these can be identified by, for example, flags, and the character code is stored on the floppy disk 29 via the memory control section 27, and the image information is stored on the floppy disk 30 via the memory control section 28. Stored. At this time, the sheet page number management unit 26 identifies which OCR sheet the information corresponds to and adds it to each of the above stored information.As described above, remote 00R transmission and facsimile transmission are essentially It is done in the same manner. However, remote) O
In the case of CR transmission, it is necessary for the receiving side to perform a reject process for characters including the above-mentioned reject characters.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the processing mode of reject processing when receiving remote) 00B. Reference numerals 29 and 30 in the figure correspond to the floppy disks shown in FIG. 2, 31 is a reject processing system, 32 is a printer,
33 is a memory control unit, 34 is a data restoration unit, 35 is a line memory, 36 is a recording control unit, 3
7 is the recording section, 38 is the print output sheet, 39 is OOR
Sheet page number output display, 40 is row number output display, 4
1 is a character image, which is transmitted in connection with the above-mentioned overprint characters, and the image information is transmitted to the dot printer 3.
2, 42 is a display device for obtaining corrected information in reject processing, and 43 is a keyboard, which allows the operator to read the character image 41 on the printout sheet 38 and press the keys. 44a display, 45-digit display screen, 46Fi floppy disk 29. 9 displayed on the display screen based on the character code from the floppy disk 29. 47 is a corrected character display, and the reject character is displayed by the operator as described above. 48 is a modified floppy disk in which the contents of the display screen 45 are stored in the form of a code.

As mentioned above, the information received in the form of image information associated with the reject characters resides on the floppy disk 30. Therefore, it is necessary for the operator to perform rejection processing after reproducing the image information. In the case shown in FIG. 3, the contents of floppy disk 30 are printed out as a printed output sheet 38 by dot printer 32. In the case shown in FIG. Then, as a character image 41, a line of characters including the above-mentioned superimposed characters is dot-printed on this medium.

On the other hand, information transmitted in the form of character codes.

The data from the floppy disk 29 is displayed as a busy display 46 on the display 44. Then, when the operator presses a key on the keyboard 43, a display 47 is performed, and the results confirmed by the operator are stored on a floppy disk 48 in the form of a character code.

The floppy disk 48 is the result of the reject process, and is used for inputting into a data processing device or the like as required.

(Detailed Description of the Invention) As described in detail, according to the present invention, remote 00R transmission and facsimile transmission can be performed in substantially the same manner.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

I/Ig1 diagram #One embodiment configuration of i terminal device, 2nd
The figure shows the configuration of an embodiment in the center device, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the processing mode of reject processing when receiving 00 remote messages. In the figure, 2Fi reading unit, 3 line memory, 4 slip type/sheet page number determination unit, 5 dictionary memory, 6 character matching processing unit, 7-digit code generation unit, 8 data compression processing unit, 10
1 is a transmission control unit, 13 is a character/non-character determination circuit, 14 is a fixed information file memory, 16 is a character generation unit, and 17t
'i data restoration processing section, 1B is an editing processing section, 21 is a recording device, 23 is an 00R reception section, 24 is an OOR/fatty axis separation section, 25 is a character/non-character determination circuit section, 29.
30 and 48 each represent a floppy disk, 32 a dot printer, and 42 a display device. Patent applicant Fujitsu Limited

Claims (1)

[Claims] A function that converts the information on the form into an electrical signal and transmits it by facsimile to nine remote points, and a function that converts the information on the form into an electrical signal and transmits the result recognized by the recognition processing mechanism to the remote point by OOR. In an OCR/facsimile composite transmission system having
The information on the form recognized by the recognition processing mechanism is transmitted in the form of character code information, and the information on the form that cannot be recognized by the recognition processing mechanism is transmitted in the form of image information, The receiving side is equipped with an OCR/facsimile determination separation unit that separates the facsimile transmission and 008 transmission, respectively, and
It is equipped with a facsimile receiving section and an OC receiving section,
The facsimile receiving section includes a character generation processing section that generates a character image pattern based on the character code information, a data restoration processing section that reproduces the image information, and a combination of the character image pattern and the reproduced image information. The OC reception unit includes a character code information storage unit that stores character code information resulting from recognition, and the OC reception unit includes a character code information storage unit that stores character code information resulting from the recognition, and the OC reception unit includes a character code information storage unit that stores character code information resulting from recognition, and the OC reception unit includes a character code information storage unit that stores character code information resulting from recognition, and the OC receiving unit includes An OOR/facsimile composite transmission system, characterized in that the OOR/facsimile composite transmission system is configured to reproduce an object character in the form of image information and modify the contents of the character code information storage section just in case.