JPH01208963A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain efficient processing by adding communication identification information to a picture signal of a document sent to an OCR device and a picture signal being a source for recording output by a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:When a facsimile equipment 61 sends information for communication type and document format by an MF signal, a CPU 13 uses an MF signal reception section to receive the information, prepares communication identification information for the picture signal, adds the said communication identification information to the prescribed position of the document sent afterward in a form of the picture signal and stores the result to an area A corresponding to the document format of a storage section 2. When the operator inputs the communication identification information and the information of the document format from an input device 3 and operates the operation panel of the OCR device 5 to select a control program A corresponding to the said document format, the CPU 13 reads out the relevant picture signal from the area A of the storage section 2 and sends it to a recording section 14 and the OCR device 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) This invention receives an image signal of a form sent from a recipient facsimile machine, and converts the received image signal into OCR (optical character reading). The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that sends data to a facsimile machine.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in this type of facsimile device, a received image signal is sent to an OCR device, and the facsimile device performs recording and output based on the image signal. Therefore, if characters that cannot be recognized by the OCR device are input, a copy of the form recorded and output by the facsimile device is searched for.

However, it is unclear which form in the form copies recorded and output by the facsimile machine includes the form containing the characters being recognized by the OCR device, and efficient processing cannot be performed. In particular, when the facsimile device is a facsimile storage device, the form being sent to the OCR device and being recognized may not have been converted into a form copy yet, or conversely, it may have already become a form copy. In some cases, it is difficult to combine recognition by an OCR device with document copying, resulting in a problem that the efficiency is low.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in conventional facsimile machines, there is no correlation between the form copy recorded and output on the facsimile machine side and the form on which the characters recognized by the OCR device are written. Therefore, even if the OCR device cannot recognize the document, it takes time to find a copy of the document, and there is no certainty to check the correspondence, which makes it impossible to process efficiently. .

The present invention has been made to completely solve the problems of conventional facsimile devices, and its purpose is to distinguish between the form containing the characters being recognized by the OCR device and the form copy recorded and output from the facsimile device. To provide a facsimile device that allows correspondence relationships to be known at a glance and enables efficient processing.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In the present invention, in a facsimile device that receives an image signal of a form sent from a facsimile device of the other party and sends the received image signal to an OCR device, the image signal a recording unit that performs recording based on the above information; an identification information adding means for adding communication identification information to an image signal in a predetermined portion of a received form; A facsimile apparatus is constructed by comprising an image signal control means for sending the image signal to the recording section to perform recording output and sending the same image signal to the OCR apparatus.

(Function) According to the above configuration, the communication identification information is added to the image signal of the form sent to the OCR device and the original image signal to be recorded and output by the facsimile device, so that the facsimile device By comparing the communication identification information attached to the recorded and outputted form copy with the communication identification information recognized by the OCR device, it becomes possible to search for the form copy.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system including a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a facsimile device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and this facsimile device 10 is connected to an OCR device 5 via an interface 4. Also,
The facsimile machine 10 is connected to facsimile machines 61 to 6o (these are normal facsimile machines) via the exchange 7.

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12, a control section 1 having a CPU 13, a storage section 2 for storing image signals, an input device 3 such as a keyboard for inputting data, and a recording section 14 for recording based on the image signals. There is. The CPU 13 encodes and compresses image signals, performs II encoding and decompression based on a predetermined communication protocol (communication control, etc. based on a program), and also has an M signal receiving section and receives M signals sent from facsimile devices 61 to 6o.
It is configured to be able to obtain information on the type of communication (need to send to an OCR device, etc.) and form format using the F-fold signal. Further, when the CPU 13 obtains the information on the form format, it assigns predetermined communication identification information to one communication. This communication identification information includes the date, time, and minute of reception, system number, and page number. Then, the CPt 113 converts these communication identification information into an image signal using its own pattern generator, and adds it to a predetermined position of the received form based on the form format information obtained above. The image signal of the form to which communication identification information has been added in this way is C
According to the information of the form format, the PU13
It is accumulated in any one of areas A to C in the accumulation section 2.

When the CPU 13 receives a recognition instruction from the input device 3,
The image signal of the form is read out from the storage unit 2 and sent to the recording unit 14 and
It is sent to the OCR device 5 via the interface 4. In this case, communication identification information and form format information are input from the input device 3 in order to designate the corresponding form. When receiving this communication identification information, the CPU 13 converts it into a reception result table (including the number of pages, sender, etc.) in a predetermined format.
In addition to this, the communication identification information is outputted from the recording unit 14, so that the operator knows the communication identification information.

The OCR device 5 has three control programs A to C depending on the format of the form, and executes character recognition by selecting one of the control programs A to C through input from an operation panel (not shown). do. The OCR device 5 is equipped with a CRT display device to display recognition results and other necessary displays.

In the communication system configured as described above, a case will be described in which a form is input from the facsimile device 61 and its image signal is sent. When the facsimile device 10 responds, the facsimile device 61 sends information on the type of communication and the form format using an MF signal. CPU13 is M
The F signal receiving section receives this information, prepares the communication identification information as an image signal, and, based on the information on the form format, converts the communication identification information into an image signal to a predetermined position on the form that is sent at that time. is added and stored in area A corresponding to the form format of storage unit 2. Further, the reception result table is outputted from the recording unit 14.

The operator receives the reception result table, inputs communication identification information, form format information, etc. from the input device 3 in order to perform recognition processing when necessary, and operates the operation panel of the OCR device 5 to change the form to the corresponding form. Select the corresponding control program A. Then, based on the above input, the CPU 13 reads out the corresponding image signal from the area A of the storage section 2 and sends it to the recording section 14 and the OCR device 5.
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As a result, the recording unit 14 records and outputs a copy of the form with communication identification information added at a predetermined position. in this way,
The CPU 13 functions as an identification information adding means and an image signal processing means. On the other hand, in the OCR device 5, the control program A starts recognition of the image signal of the form to which the given communication identification information is added as an image signal at a predetermined position. The communication identification information is then recognized and displayed at a predetermined position on the screen of the CRT display device.

Furthermore, the characters written on the 77 comb device 61 in the form are recognized, and the recognition results or unrecognized characters are displayed on the screen of the same CRT display device as described above. Therefore, the operator searches for a copy of the form with the corresponding communication identification information output from the recording unit 14 based on the displayed communication identification information, and checks whether the recognition result is correct or performs auxiliary input if recognition is not possible. etc. can be done. The character data and communication identification information in the form recognized in this way are sent to a computer (not shown),
It is used for subsequent editing processing.

In the above, it is assumed that the communication identification information is different for each form and includes information such as numbers and codes that can reliably distinguish them.

As described above, according to this embodiment, communication identification information is attached to a copy of a form and can be compared with the communication identification information recognized by the OCR device, so that the search and verification of the copy of the form can be performed accurately.

In this embodiment, the image signal of the received form is sent to the OCR device according to a command from the input device 3, but after the CPU 13 adds communication identification information, the image signal is sent to the OCR device immediately or after a predetermined period of time. The information may be automatically sent to the recording section. Furthermore, when transmitting communication identification information and the like using a facsimile device, the communication identification information may be included in a control signal in a communication control procedure and sent, instead of using the MF signal. Further, when outputting a copy of the form from the recording section, the communication identification information may be recorded and outputted in a manner that makes it easy to identify, such as in so-called flower characters. Furthermore, if the facsimile device 10 transmits a reception result table (which may be the same as the one output from the recording unit 14 in the embodiment) to the transmitters of the facsimile devices 61 to 6o, the communication identification information can be transmitted on the sending and receiving sides. You can centrally manage your forms using

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, communication identification information is attached to the form copy and output, and the communication identification information is also given to the OCR device for recognition. The identification information can be used to search for a copy of a form, allowing efficient processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram of a communication system using a facsimile device according to the present invention. 1... Control unit 2... Accumulation unit 3... Input device 4... Interface 5... OC
R devices 61 to 6o...Facsimile device 7...Switching machine 10...Facsimile device 11...NCU 12...Modem 13...CPU 14...Recording department agent Patent attorney Noriyuki Chika Ma Sanno −

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A facsimile device that receives an image signal of a form sent from a facsimile device on the other end and sends the received image signal to an OCR device, comprising: a recording unit that records based on the image signal; identification information adding means for adding communication identification information to an image signal in a predetermined portion of the form; and the image signal of the form to which the communication identification information has been added by the identification information adding means, is sent to the recording section to perform recording output. A facsimile device further comprising: image signal control means for sending the same image signal to the OCR device.