JPS61206086A - Mail address control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve widely the operability when the address of the mail is designated by reading the address sheet for which the mark such as an arrow mark is hand-written, and recognizing and processing the delivery sequence, etc., in accordance with the printed delivery sequence designating information, etc. CONSTITUTION:An image input output device interface part 10 separates the mail inputted from an image input output device to an address sheet and a mail body and stores in an accumulating part 30. A format number extracting part 50 reads and processes the image data from an address sheet accumulating part 31 and extracts the number code. An area separating part 60 receives a number code and the image data of the address sheet, reads the format data from a format definition table 33 and separates the image data to a delivery sequence designating area and a delivery conditions designating area. A delivery sequence designating mark processing part 70 and a delivery conditions designat ing mark processing part 80 process the image data respectively, and the deliv ery control table necessary to control the delivery of the mail body is prepared and the mail is delivered.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a mail destination control method in a facsimile mail system, etc., and in particular recognizes handwritten marks such as arrows and closed loops, and delivers mail texts in a delivery order based on the recognition results. Concerning mail destination control method. [Prior art] In facsimile mail systems, etc. It recognizes and processes handwritten marks as destination information to determine the mail delivery order, etc., and enables mail delivery. Conventionally, as a method for controlling mail destinations by recognizing such handwritten marks, etc., there is a method in which the address is expressed by handwriting checking the positions of multiple marks written on a sheet, and the positions of the check marks are read. There are two main types of methods: the method of identifying the destination by reading the characters written on the address sheet, which has a specific format. The former method uses a check sheet and expresses and inputs the destination by checking it, so it has the advantage of being able to input destination information with high precision when there are few selection items to check. The latter is commonly used handwritten katakana,
Since this method inputs destination information by handwriting alphanumeric characters, it is excellent in that it can ensure diversity in input information when there are many selection items and description items to express the destination. However, with these methods, in order to improve the reading accuracy of check marks and characters and maintain recognition accuracy,
A specific address sheet with detailed formatting and filling instructions must be used. Furthermore, when delivering destination information (delivery order) such as circulars, notifications, collections, etc., which are unique to mail destinations, if you try to write these complicated destination information only by writing checkmarks or handwritten characters, it will inevitably be difficult. As a practical matter, it is difficult to describe the flow, which requires additional effort on the part of the scribe, so it is necessary to relax the input writing conditions. For this reason, the applicant has submitted the original email. Delivery management necessary to deliver the original mail by inputting a handwritten destination mark of one character and shape as destination information such as the delivery order of the mail, and recognizing and processing the destination information read from the sheet as image information. We proposed a method for generating a table and sending original mail according to the table (Japanese Patent Application No. 59-224054). This method has the advantage of being able to easily specify the delivery order of complex emails, but on the other hand, combining the figure recognition function and character recognition function makes the processing more complicated and requires high character recognition accuracy. It has the following drawbacks. Furthermore, the conventional handwritten mark reading method is a method in which one check is performed for each item. For this reason, when describing data that expresses the order such as mail delivery order charts and schedule management charts (PERP diagrams), the description has the advantage of being simple, but at the same time the number of description items increases significantly. The disadvantage was that it was difficult to understand at a glance the order in which the [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In view of the shortcomings of the conventional method, the present invention provides a mail destination that allows the delivery order and delivery conditions to be easily specified simply by reading handwritten marks such as arrows and loops, without performing single character recognition. The objective is to provide a control method. [Means and effects for solving the problem] The present invention provides a mail processing system that controls mail destinations by recognizing handwritten marks, and uses preprinted delivery order designation information. Use an address sheet with handwritten marks such as arrows and closed loops according to the delivery condition specification information, input the sheet, read the arrows and closed loops, and use the read arrows and closed loops to determine the mail delivery order and delivery conditions. It is characterized by recognition and processing.

【Example】

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of one embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 1, an image input/output device interface section 10 separates a mail input from an image input/output device I (not shown) such as a facsimile input/output device into an address sheet and a mail body, and sends each mail to a storage section 30. The destination sheet storage unit 31 and mail body storage 32 in the mail are stored in the destination sheet storage unit 31 and mail body storage 32, respectively. The format number extraction unit 50 receives instructions from the control unit 100.
The image data of the destination sheet is read from the destination sheet storage section 31, and the image processing section 22 is used to perform image processing on the mark for position coordinate extraction to position the mark on the destination sheet, and a closed loop indicating the format number is executed. Extract the number code from location information. Note 1 Graphic processing section 2
A detailed explanation of the operation of No. 2 is as described in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-224054. Similarly, the area separation unit 60 receives the number code and the image data of the destination sheet from the format number extraction unit 50 according to an instruction from the control unit 100, reads out the format data corresponding to the number code from the format definition table 33, and performs processing based on the format data. The image data is separated into a delivery order designation area and a delivery condition designation area. The delivery order designation mark processing unit 70 receives the image data of the delivery order designation area from the area separation unit 60 according to instructions from the control unit 100, and processes the image data using the graphic processing unit 22 to indicate the sender. Closed loop position information indicating the closed loop and recipient is extracted, and based on the result of reading out the destination name table corresponding to the number code from the format definition table 33, the position information is converted into the sender name and
Convert to destination code information such as recipient name. At this time,@
The shape processing unit 22 extracts delivery order information by processing the arrows and transfers it to the delivery processing unit 21. The delivery condition designation mark processing unit 80 receives the image data of the delivery condition designation area from the area separation unit 60 according to the instruction from the control unit 100, and processes the image data using the graphic processing unit 22 to indicate the delivery conditions. Closed loop position information and size information are extracted, and based on the result of reading the delivery condition table corresponding to the number code from the format definition table 33, the position information and size information are converted into code information indicating delivery conditions. The delivery processing unit 21 uses the delivery order designation mark processing unit 7 according to instructions from the control unit 100.
Necessary for receiving the destination code information from 0, the code information indicating the delivery conditions from the delivery condition designation mark processing unit 80, and the delivery order designation information from the graphic processing unit 22, and managing the delivery of the mail body. Create a delivery management table and deliver mail. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the format definition table 33, and corresponds to the number code indicating the format number, and the destinations corresponding to the position coordinates of the delivery order specification and delivery condition specification areas and the position coordinates within each area. The name and shipping conditions will be registered. The procedure for processing the email body is also registered. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the destination sheet 101, on which marks for position coordinate extraction, items for destination/delivery conditions, etc. are printed in advance, and a format specification area, a delivery order specification area, a delivery condition specification area, etc. It consists of Note that the marks other than the position coordinate extraction mark 1°2.3 are printed in dropout color. Marks such as closed loops and arrows are handwritten on necessary items in the delivery order designation area, delivery condition designation area, etc. of the destination sheet 101, and inputted from the image input/output device prior to the mail text. In FIG. 3, a closed loop 102 indicates a sender, closed loops 103 to 107 indicate recipients, and arrows connecting these closed loops indicate the delivery order. That is, in the delivery order designation area, multicasting can be performed hierarchically when broadcasting to destinations. Similarly, closed loops 108 to 113 indicate delivery conditions.
This indicates that the mail will be delivered during the 5 o'clock time slot. FIG. 4 shows the address sheet 101' with the dropout color portion of FIG. 3 removed.
corresponds to the destination sheet image data input from the image input/output device. Note that the destination sheet does not only specify the paper;
The destination sheet includes destination control data input by handwriting using an online handwriting input device or the like, and is referred to herein as a destination sheet. Furthermore, it can be easily inferred that the present invention is also applicable to a data entry processing system for handwritten mark descriptions. FIG. 5 shows an example of application as a data entry for handwritten mark description. This is an example of a network diagram described using a planning management method such as a PERT diagram or a schedule management chart, and shows that this type of handwritten drawing can be read and converted into an S-code. As another example of application, the present invention can be applied to mark reading processing on answer sheets in a multiple-choice format using arrows. In FIG. 5, 114 to 116 indicate handwritten marks, and the rest are printed in dropout colors. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the mail destination control method of the present invention, complicated delivery orders and delivery conditions can be easily specified by hand-drawing marks such as arrows and closed loops, so that mail destinations can be easily specified. This has the advantage of greatly improving operability when specifying.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a format definition table, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an address sheet, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an address sheet excluding the dropout color part in FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of application as a data entry. 10... Image input/output device interface unit. 20... Image information processing section, 21... Delivery processing section, 22... Graphic processing section, 30... Storage section,
3]... Address sheet storage section, 32... Mail body storage section, 33... Format definition table. 50... Format number extraction unit, 60... Area separation unit, 70... Delivery order designation mark processing unit, 80
...Delivery condition specification mark processing section. 100...control unit, 101...address sheet, 1
02-115...Closed loop. Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a mail processing system that controls mail destinations by recognizing handwritten marks, handwritten marks such as arrows and closed loops are marked on the address sheet according to delivery order designation information and delivery condition designation information printed in advance. A mail destination control method characterized by inputting a destination sheet, reading its arrows and closed loops, and recognizing and processing mail delivery order and delivery conditions based on the read arrows and closed loops.