JPS63115456A - Circuit terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit such manual operations to dial the number of the remote side, to push a memory button, etc., and to improve operability by reading the information on characters, etc., to recognize the contents of this information sending this recognized information to a communication control part as the dial information and then transmitting automatically the circuit dial information from the communication control part. CONSTITUTION:A reading part 11 reads the character information written in an upper blank area of an original like a document, a drawing, etc. An information comparing part 13 compares the information received from a recognizing part 12 with that stored in a memory part 15. Then the telephone number information corresponding to the coincident information if obtained is taken out of the part 15 and outputted to a communication control part 18. The part 18 controls a circuit switch 16 to catch and release circuits. Then a dial signal transmitting part 14 is driven based on the telephone number information received from the part 12 and the part 13 respectively. Thus the dial signals corresponding to these telephone number information are transmitted to circuits.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a line terminal device, such as a facsimile machine, which transmits and receives manuscripts and drawings using a line.

Conventional Technology With conventional line terminal devices, establishing a line with the other party was done by turning a dial or pressing a button corresponding to the pre-memorized telephone number of the other party. .

Hereinafter, the conventional line terminal device as described above will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a part of a conventional line terminal device that establishes a line, in which 1 is a dial input means for dialing the telephone number or abbreviated number of the communication partner;
Reference numeral 2 denotes a data processing unit for performing data communication such as facsimile, and 3 drives a dial signal generating unit 5 to perform dialing based on information input by the dialing means 1, and also detects the operational state of the line terminal device. The controlling communication control unit 4 is a line switch that is controlled by the communication control unit 8 and closes and releases lines.

In the line terminal device configured as described above, when establishing a line between the line terminal device and the other party, the communication control section 3 first seizes the line by controlling the line switch 4, and then Then, the dial signal generator 5 sends a dial signal onto the line. The sent dial signal calls the other party via the exchange, and a line is established.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the configuration of the conventional line terminal device described above, when establishing a line, it is necessary to turn the dial of the other party, dial an abbreviated number, or press a memory button. Manual operations such as these were required.

Means for Solving the Problems Therefore, the line terminal device of the present invention includes a reading unit that reads information such as characters written in a predetermined position of a document, telephone number information read by the reading unit, and information read out. and a communication control unit that sends a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number onto the line based on the telephone number information determined by comparing the telephone number with data stored in the storage means.

Effect: With the above configuration, the present invention reads information such as characters, further recognizes the read content, sends the recognized information as dial information to the communication control unit, and automatically transmits the dial information from the communication control unit to the line. The line is established by sending the signal.

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of a line terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In Figure 1, numeral 11 is a reading unit for reading information such as characters, which is written in the upper margin of documents, drawings, etc. that are read and sent over the line. Read text information (phone number, name, company name, etc. of the other party).

12 is a recognition unit that recognizes the read text information as a phone number, name, or company name; if it is recognized as a phone number, it sends the recognized phone number information to the communication control unit 18, which will be described later;
If not, the recognized information is sent to the information comparison section 13. Reference numeral 14 indicates a dialing signal transmitting unit that sends a dialing signal onto the line; 15 indicates a storage unit that stores information such as characters and telephone number information corresponding to the information; and 16 indicates a unit that captures the telephone line.
17 is a manual dialing section, and 19 is a data processing section for performing facsimile communication and the like.

Further, the information comparison section 13 compares the information from the recognition section 12 and the information in the storage section 15, and if there is a match, retrieves the telephone number information corresponding to the matched information from the storage section 15. An operation of outputting to the communication control section 18 is performed. In addition, the communication control unit 18 also uses the line switch 1.
6 to acquire and release the line, and also drive the dial signal sending section 14 based on the telephone number information sent from the recognition section 12 and the telephone number information sent from the information comparison section 13. Then, the system operates to send a dialing signal corresponding to the telephone number information to the line.

The operation of the line terminal device configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following description, a facsimile machine using the present invention will be described as an example.

First, when a document as shown in Figure 2 is set on the facsimile machine, the document is fed (step (a)
). At that time, the telephone number of the other party (second
(a)), the other party's code (FIG. 2(b)), the other party's company name (FIG. 2(C)), etc. are read by the reading unit 11 (step (b)). Then, based on the read content, the recognition unit 12 determines whether or not it is a telephone number (step (C)). For example, if the information read using OCR is a number, check whether the number has a predetermined number of digits (for telephones in Japan, telephone numbers are 9 or 10 digits). This can be achieved by making judgments, etc.

If it is determined that it is a telephone number, the communication control section 18 first operates a line switch to capture the line (step (d)), and then drives the dial signal sending section 14 based on the telephone number information. Step (e)) sends a dial signal onto the line, and establishes a line with the other party (step (f)). Further, if the information read by the recognition unit 12 is determined not to be telephone number information, the information is output to the comparison unit 13. And comparison section 13
Then, a comparison is made with information stored in advance in the storage unit 15 (step (h)).

In the storage unit 15, for example, information such as the Patent Office and telephone number information such as the telephone number r035811101J of this Patent Office are stored.

Then, the comparison unit 13 compares the information in the storage unit 15 with the read information. For example, if the read information is “Patent Office”, the information “Patent Office” is stored in the storage unit 15. It is determined whether the Then, if stored, the telephone number information "035811101J" stored in association with the "Patent Office" information is read out and output to the communication control section 18.The communication control section 18 operates as described above. Similarly, step (d)) drives the line switch 16 to capture the line, and then drives the dial signal sending unit 14 to send a dial signal of 035811101J to the line (step (e)). A line is established (step (f)). After the line is established, facsimile communication is performed by the data processing section 19 (step (g)).

Further, if the information read from the document is not telephone number information and there is no matching information in the storage unit 15, dialing is not performed, and the operator is informed of this by, for example, making a beep sound (step (1)). In this case, the operator recognizes this and operates the manual dial section 17 to input the telephone number of the other party (step (j)). Then, the communication control unit 18 drives the line switch 16 to capture the line (step (d)), and then causes the dial signal sending unit 14 to send a dial signal to the line (step (e)) to establish the line. (step (f)).

In addition, the telephone number of the other party to write on the manuscript may be written in the digits of the telephone number directly, or may be written in a mark sheet format as shown in Figure 2 (d), and various other variations are possible. .

Furthermore, it goes without saying that it is not necessary to use the name of the company of the other party, but also the address, or any other information that can identify the other party.

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the line terminal device of the present invention has a reading unit that reads information such as characters written in a predetermined position of a document, and the information read by the reading unit is recognized as a telephone number. a communication control unit that sends a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number onto the line when the telephone number is determined by referring to the content stored in the storage means based on the read information; As a result, when starting communication, you can automatically dial the other party without having to manually dial, speed dial, or call up a memorized number. This means that the quality of the product will improve. Furthermore, by using this technology, the following can also be done. In other words, when sending documents to different destinations, write the above-mentioned letters, numbers, etc. in a predetermined position on each destination's document, and by detecting it, the line can be closed, opened, or dialed. If this is done automatically, the desired original will be automatically sent to the desired recipient, even if originals from different recipients are placed all at once on a document stand, etc. It is practically effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of a line terminal device in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a manuscript, and FIG. 3 is an operation of the line terminal device in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of an embodiment of a conventional line terminal device. 11...Reading unit, 12...Recognition unit, 13...Information comparison unit, 14...Dial signal sending unit, 15...
・Storage unit, 16... Line switch, 17... Manual dialing unit, 18... Communication control unit, 19... Name of data processing unit agent Patent attorney Toshio Nakao (1 person) Figure 1 Figure 2 ((L) (b)
(C) (d) Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] a reading means for reading information such as characters written in a predetermined position of a document whose contents are read and the information is sent onto a line; a recognition means for recognizing characters, etc. based on a signal from the reading means; and a dial. dial signal generating means for sending a signal onto the line; storage means for storing telephone number information corresponding to information such as specific characters; and telephone number information recognized by the recognition means and telephone number information recognized by the recognition means. Based on specific telephone number information determined by comparing the information with information previously stored in the storage means, the dialing signal generating means is driven to send a dialing signal corresponding to the telephone number onto the line. A line terminal device comprising a communication control means for controlling the communication.