JP3208136B2 - Electronic mail automatic underwriting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to electronic mail for automatically accepting a manuscript in response to a customer request such as a congratulatory message or condolence message and transmitting the manuscript to a destination post office or the like by facsimile. The present invention relates to an automatic underwriting device.

[Prior art] Recently, facsimile (hereinafter referred to as FAX)
New services that use these services are spreading.

Among them, for example, at a post office, for example, a customer writes an original such as a congratulatory message or congratulations handwritten by a customer on a predetermined manuscript paper, faxes it to a destination post office, and receives the congratulations or condolences received at the destination post office. According to the contents of the fax, etc., "Retax", which is copied to a specially designed paper (backing paper) specially designed by the customer and further placed in a specially designed envelope for delivery Attention has been paid to a so-called electronic mail service.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-described conventional delivery service by electronic mail, in particular, at the underwriting post office, the post office staff receives the manuscript paper requested by the customer at the counter, and At present, staff members judge the application etc. according to the contents of the manuscript and send a fax to the destination post office.

Also, since the payment of the fee is also made manually by the request of the clerk or by the customer's judgment according to the number of transmission documents, the transmission procedure is troublesome, and the burden on the clerk etc. at the request of the customer is large. There was such a problem.

[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic mail automatic underwriting device which enables a customer to easily perform a transmission procedure by facsimile transmission.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention takes in a manuscript inserted into a manuscript insertion slot, and describes an address entry field provided in the manuscript and contents such as texts and designs. A document reading unit having a FAX document reading unit for reading an entry column as image data and searching for image data in a destination entry column; and image data in the destination entry column searched by the FAX document reading unit of the document reading unit. Means for rearranging the information in a predetermined position, a screen display means for displaying the image data of the address entry field rearranged by the control means, condition input means for inputting delivery conditions, and settlement at a rate corresponding to the delivery conditions And facsimile transmission means for transmitting the original by facsimile to a destination post office in charge of delivery according to the delivery conditions. It was a good thing.

[Operation] That is, the present invention captures a document inserted into a document insertion slot of the apparatus body, inputs delivery conditions of the captured document, setstle a fee corresponding to the delivery conditions, and Since the manuscript is sent by fax to the post office in charge of the job, the customer can easily perform the sending procedure by fax transmission.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the overall appearance of an automatic electronic mail underwriting device according to the present invention, wherein 1 is the main body of the device.

The apparatus main body 1 is provided with a document insertion slot 2 arranged on the upper front face, and a bill insertion slot including a coin insertion slot 3 arranged on the near side of one upper face and a bill insertion slot 4 arranged on one side of the front face. In addition, a screen display section 5 as a screen display means made of a CRT is formed on the upper surface thereof,
The screen display unit 5 includes a touch panel 5a. The touch panel 5a is of a capacitance type, an infrared type, an electromagnetic induction type, or the like, for example, and all customer operations are performed by touching the screen.

In the figure, 6 is a fee return button arranged near the coin slot 3 of the apparatus main body 1, 7 is an original emergency return button also arranged near the coin slot 3, and 8 is the bill slot 4. A fee return port 9 disposed below is a port for issuing a payment confirmation such as a receipt disposed below the document insertion port 2.

FIG. 1 shows an automatic underwriting unit constituting an electronic mail underwriting system built in the apparatus main body 1.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the entire configuration of the ten.

The automatic underwriting device unit 10 includes control means including a control device 20 such as a personal computer (hereinafter, abbreviated as a personal computer).
Is connected to the CRT screen display unit 5, and the port 21 which is a control unit thereof is connected to the screen display unit 5.
Touch panel 5a is connected.

Further, the control device 20 includes a FAX transmission unit 30 as a FAX transmission unit in which the speech circuit 31 is incorporated, and a hard disk 40 as a data storage unit that operates all software. It contains software 41, database 42, and storage data 43.

The software 41 is the program itself, and the database 42 contains the post office names and postal codes of about 5,500 post offices nationwide, and the fax number of the post office corresponding to the postal code.

The storage data 43 records original data from the customer as it is, is called when retransmission is necessary, receives a signal indicating a state of definitely receiving the target station (the partner station), and usually operates by a staff member. Is to be destroyed.

In this case, the document data from the customer recorded in the storage data 43 is automatically discarded after a certain period.

Further, the port 21 has a document taking-in means.
A fax manuscript reading unit 50, a money processing unit 60 that is a settlement unit that determines an input fee and settles the fee, and a document issuing unit 70 that is a document issuing unit are connected and controlled. I have.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the FAX document reading unit 50 includes an entrance paper sensor 51 provided at the document insertion port 2 of the apparatus main body 1 and a loading port provided downstream of the entrance paper sensor 51. A paper sensor 52, a platen roller 53 for winding the original paper 100 inserted from the original insertion slot 2, a motor 54 for rotating the platen roller 53 forward and reverse, and an original paper wound on the platen roller 53 The image sensor 500 includes a contact image sensor 500 that reads 100 originals.

That is, when the document paper 100 passes through the entrance paper sensor 51, the motor 54 starts, and the platen roller 53 rotates.

When the original paper 100 is taken in by the rotation of the platen roller 53, the intake paper sensor 52 detects the state of taking in the original paper 100.

Then, the final end of the original paper 100 is
The motor 54 stops rotating and the original paper
While the state in which the leading end of the document 100 is held in the platen roller 53, the take-up is temporarily stopped, the document is returned by operating the document return button 7, the second document 100 is inserted, or the document is inserted. Wait until there is a command to finish loading.

At this time, the partial description information of the original on the original paper 100 that has passed through the image sensor 500 is read as it is, stored in the storage data 43 of the hard disk 40, and temporarily stored.

In this state, when the second original sheet 100 is inserted and its leading end passes through the entrance paper sensor 51, the motor 54
With the rotation of the platen roller 53 due to the restart, the first manuscript paper 100 inserted earlier is taken in, and the contents of the remaining manuscripts are read by the image sensor 500 and stored in the storage unit (not shown) in the apparatus main body 1. The first original paper 100 is to be stored, and the second and subsequent original papers 100 are similarly taken in.

In this case, if there is a factor for returning the manuscript paper 100,
For example, the motor 54 rotates in the reverse direction, and the original paper 100 is returned to the original insertion slot 2 on the upstream side of the entrance paper sensor 51.

The contact image sensor 500 includes a light emitting unit (LED ARRAY) 501 and a light receiving unit (ROD LENS ARRAY) 502 to form a scanner head, and emits light on the original paper 100 wound on the platen roller 53. The reflected light emitted from the unit 501 is received by the light receiving unit 502, and charge is accumulated in the sensor unit (SENSOR) 503.

As shown in FIG. 5, the accumulation of the electric charges in the sensor unit (SENSOR) 503 is performed in an analog manner via an analog switch 504 and a shift register (SIFT REGISTER) 505,
Thereafter, by supplying control signals of a pulse signal (SI) and a clock signal (CLK) to the analog switch (ANALOG SWITCHES) 504 and the shift register 505, the amplifier (AM
Optical output signal (SIG) and comparable with the comparison voltage value v ₀ is input to the comparator 507 through the P) 506, and outputs as an analog amount of the read data from the black level to the white level.

Here, when the read data is taken out as binary black and white, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, when the reference of the read time (charge accumulation time) of one line of the original paper is set to 5 msec, the white level becomes about 2V. In the vicinity, the black level is about 0 V, and by setting the comparison voltage value v ₀ of the comparator 507 between ₀ and 2 V, it is possible to obtain monochrome binary data.

Further, if the comparison voltage value v ₀ of the comparator 507 is varied, it is possible to change the black and white binary decision point.

That is, when the charge accumulation time is 5 msec, the output voltage at the white level is about 2 V. By changing the charge accumulation time, the output voltage changes.

Therefore, by changing the charge accumulation time, it is possible to change the black and white binary decision point while keeping the comparison voltage value v ₀ of the comparator 507 constant.

Thus, by finely changing the reading time, fine adjustment of the black and white section value can be easily performed without changing the hardware side.

On the other hand, in such a contact type image sensor 500, the timing of reading data by the pulse signal (SI) and the clock signal (CLK) shown in FIG.
When the monochrome image data is converted into 8 bits, the data amount of one line is 1728 dots (216 bytes at 8 dots / byte) in A4 size, the data read cycle of one line is 5 msec, and the frequency of CLK is 500KHz.

That is, the time for reading out one line of data is the charge accumulation time of the sensor unit 503 and is based on 5 msec. However, the time for reading out 1728 data at 500 kHz CLK is 1/500 kHz × 1728 = 3.456. msec. In practice, data can be read in 3.456 msec, and as shown in FIG. 10, data compression can be performed in the extra time.

As described above, by compressing the captured image data by using the charge accumulation time for each line, it is possible to omit the conventional compression time.
Especially when the color is all white, the maximum compression amount of one line is 216
It can be compressed from bytes to 2 bytes (1/180).

By setting the most frequently occurring data for one line to be compressed using the charge accumulation time, 1/3 to 1/4 compression is possible and the data read operation can be speeded up. Can be achieved reliably.

Further, the read signal (SIG) is, as described above,
It is output as an analog quantity from the black level to the white level. At this time, the white level voltage is 2 V and the black level voltage is
Outputs 0V.

In addition, since the data read cycle (charge storage time) of one line is the cycle of the pulse signal (SI), when the charge storage time changes, the obtained output voltage also changes.

However, in the image sensor 500 described above,
LED of light emitting unit 501 and light receiving unit 502 that constitute the scanner head
Even if the charge accumulation time is set to 5 msec, an output voltage of 2 V may not be obtained at the white level due to the contamination of the lens or the fluctuation of the current flowing through the LED of the light emitting unit 501.

Therefore, according to the present invention, automatic correction is enabled so that an output voltage having a white level of 2 V can always be obtained.

The configuration of such an automatic correction circuit is, as shown in FIG.
The waveform output signal (SIG) from the scanner head is input to the A / D converter 508 and converted into digital data.

The digital data is compared with 2 V by the CPU 509, a pulse signal (SI) is generated by the pulse signal generator 510, and the pulse signal is supplied to the image sensor 500.

At this time, if the data value is less than 2V, the charge accumulation time (the period of SI) is extended, and if it exceeds 2V, the charge accumulation time is shortened.

As described above, the output voltage of the white level is adjusted to 2 V by changing the period of the SI, and when the output voltage becomes 2 V, the white paper for calibration is discharged.

In this case, since the first line of the manuscript paper 100 is always blank, the readout time (charge accumulation time) of one line is automatically adjusted so that the output waveform at this time becomes 2 V, so that the same density is obtained. Is always kept constant.

Other methods for calibrating the scanner head include:
For example, a black-and-white band is formed at the upper end of the document paper 100 so that the scanner head detects the first black portion, and the read voltage of the next white portion becomes a constant value (2
V) by adjusting the width of the pulse signal (SI).

This makes it possible to calibrate the scanner head every time just before reading the original on the original paper,
Since it is not necessary to periodically insert a sheet dedicated to proofreading as before, the reading quality of the document can be kept constant.

On the other hand, the money processing unit 60 is composed of a coin sorter 61 and a bill sorter 62, and determines the amount of the fee inserted from the coin slot 3 and the bill slot 4 of the apparatus main body 1. Then, if necessary, the money is settled so that the change can be returned to the fee return port 8, and a prepaid card can be used in the future.

Further, the document issuing section 70 is composed of a printer 71 and a printer control circuit 72, and issues a payment confirmation such as a receipt for confirming payment of one charge to the issuing port 9 of the apparatus main body 1. It also has a journal function.

In the figure, reference numeral 80 denotes a power supply device composed of a DC power supply. The power supply device 80 is connected to a power supply via an uninterruptible device 81.

Next, an electronic mail underwriting system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings shown in FIG. 12 and subsequent figures.

FIG. 12 shows a designated manuscript sheet 100 of a predetermined plate size, for example, A4 or A5, FIG. 13 shows the screen display unit 5 of the apparatus main body 1 in an initial screen state, and FIG. 1
Is a flowchart showing the flow of operation on the customer side for
FIGS. 15 (A) and 15 (B) are flowcharts showing the flow of operations on the terminal side of the apparatus main body 1. FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12, in the manuscript paper 100, a zip code, an address, a name, and the like are described in an address entry field 111, a sender entry field 112, and the like, each of which is surrounded by a rectangular frame line in the upper part 100A. A first entry column 110 and a second entry column below the lower portion 100B where desired text, design, and the like are described.
There are 120 customer entry fields. In this second entry field 120, a see-through pattern such as a picture is formed as needed, and the first entry field 110 is vertically divided by a division line a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, a not-shown explanatory text prompting a customer's operation order in the initial state is displayed on the screen display unit 5 of the apparatus main body 1, and operations such as "stop" and "success" are performed. A switch is provided.

Then, the customer entry fields 110, 12 of such manuscript paper 100
At 0, the customer writes in advance the destination, the postal code of the sender, the address and name, the desired text and design, etc. by handwriting or the like on the customer side, and then copies the original form 100 to the original of the apparatus main body 1 installed at a post office or the like. Insert it into insertion slot 2.

First, as shown in FIG. 14, by operation on the customer side,
When the first manuscript paper 100 is inserted into the apparatus main body 1,
As shown in FIGS. 15 (A) and 15 (B),
It is read by the image scanner of the FAX document reading unit 50 on the terminal side, and the entry of the address in the destination entry field 111 described in the first entry field 110 of the document paper 100 is determined.

The determination of not filling in the address entry field 111 of the manuscript paper 100 is performed by searching the address entry field 111 at the time of loading the manuscript paper 100 and visually determining the size of the data amount therein. Done.

At this time, if the address entry field 111 of the manuscript paper 100 is blank and blank, the loading is stopped and the manuscript paper 100 is returned.

Then, when it is determined that the address is entered in the address entry field 111 of the document sheet 100, the length of the document sheet 100 is determined.

The determination of the length of the document sheet 100 is performed by determining whether or not the number L of scanning lines of the document sheet 100 by the image scanner is 2000 lines or more, as shown in FIG.

In other words, when the plate size is A4 size, for example, if data is taken with the number of lines of 8 dots per 1 mm, it becomes 2376 dots, whereby the number of lines L of the original paper 100 becomes 200
If the number of lines is equal to or more than 0, the size of the document paper 100 is determined to be A4.

When the size of the manuscript paper 100 is determined in this way, the destination entry column 111 of the first entry column 110 is determined from the image data of the imported manuscript, and as shown in FIG.
The first entry column 110 of the manuscript paper 100 and a part of the manuscript in the second entry column 120 are displayed on the screen display unit 5 of the apparatus main body 1.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the document sheet 100 is taken in from the document insertion port 2 of the apparatus body 1, the fax document reading section 50 on the terminal side constituting the document sheet taking means, first, The image sensor 500 searches for the position of the frame of the destination entry box 111 that is surrounded by a frame in the first entry box 110.

In other words, as shown in FIG. 17, the search for the position of this frame is performed by searching for all the data of the imported document, finding only the position of the destination frame, and determining whether the frame is at the top or bottom. , Or whether it is on the right or on the left, and rearranges them into regular positions in all data.
Cut out only one.

At this time, as for the terminal side, after taking in the manuscript paper 100, there are various conditions input and various operations, but when reaching the address input screen of the destination through these operations, the terminal was cut out earlier. The image data in the address entry field 111 is inserted and displayed as an address input screen on the screen display unit 5 of the apparatus main body 1.

Then, as described above, the destination entry column 111 of the first entry column 110
By rearranging the data of
Even if the insertion direction of 0 is upside down, the original paper 1
The terminal can be rearranged to a normal state without replacing 00.

Also, by displaying the destination entry field 111 of the first entry field 110 and a part of the document, the insertion direction (oblique insertion, reverse insertion, horizontal insertion, etc.) and transmission content of the document can be confirmed. In the case of a failure of the image sensor 500, the image cannot be read, and the screen becomes a black screen. This makes it easy to confirm the original data to be captured.

Therefore, except for the blank paper of the manuscript paper 100,
The document paper 100 can be easily taken in even if the document paper 100 is inserted into the document insertion slot 2 with the front-rear direction reversed.

It should be noted that the first entry column 1 in such a manuscript paper 100
As a method of searching for the ten address entry fields 111, in addition to the above-described determination of the frame position of the address entry field 111, for example, the upper end of the document sheet 100 is set to black, and the upper, lower, left, and right positions of the black solid position are determined. By doing so, it is also possible to perform the rearrangement.

In this case, if the emergency return button 7 is pressed by the operation of the customer, the loading is stopped and the original paper 100 is immediately returned.

Thus, the loading of the first original sheet 100 is completed.

Then, the second original sheet 100 is operated by the customer operation.
Is inserted through the document insertion slot 2 of the apparatus main body 1, the position of the blank sheet determination is changed.

The change of the blank sheet determination position has already been performed for the first original sheet.
In the first entry field 110 of 100, the address etc. is entered, and in the first entry field 110 of the second and subsequent manuscript sheets 100, it is not necessary to enter the address, etc., so the second entry field 120 is left blank. It is changed so as to be determined.

As a result, even if the address and the like are not entered in the first entry field 110 of the second and subsequent manuscript sheets 100, if the contents of the desired text and design are described in the second entry field 120 The original is taken in as a regular manuscript, and is automatically returned if it is determined that the original is blank because there is no description.

At this time, when the "stop" switch is pressed by an operation by touching the screen on the customer side, the second and subsequent original papers 10
Zero final manuscript paper is to be returned.

As described above, when the second and subsequent original sheets 100 are captured, the length of the original sheet 100 is determined as described above, and the second and subsequent original sheets 100 are already loaded. It is determined whether or not the length is the same as that of the original sheet 100 and the plate size.

At this time, if the second and subsequent original sheets 100 are different in plate size from the first original sheet 100, the original is described in the second entry field 120 of the second and subsequent original sheets 100, for example. Will be returned automatically.

Such a change state of the blank sheet determination position of the first and second and subsequent original sheets is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In this manner, when it is determined that the second and subsequent original sheets 100 are of the same plate size as the first original sheet 100, the original sheet 100 that has already been taken in can be stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, the storage of the original paper is as follows.
In the FAX document reading section 50, the first document sheet 100, which is the previous document, has a part of the leading end thereof attached to the image sensor 5.
After reading at 00, the first original sheet 100 is stored when the second original sheet 100 is inserted in a state of being bitten on the platen roller 53.

By storing such original sheets, the data of the first original sheet 100, which is the previous original, is saved, and the number of sheets is counted.

Up to this point, when the customer has finished inserting the first sheet of paper,
In the case where the second and subsequent original sheets are inserted by the operation of “Skip” and “Stop” is pressed, the final original sheet that has been bitten by the platen roller 53 is returned.

When "Suggest" is pressed, the insertion of the manuscript paper has been completed, and the screen display section 5 of the apparatus main body 1 indicates whether the contents of the manuscript are for the congratulation, condolence, or ordinary. Is displayed, ie, the delivery conditions are displayed.

Such selection of the use of the contents of the manuscript is performed by the customer,
In particular, specially designed mounts are selected for those with the contents of the celebration.

If the contents of the manuscript are for congratulations or condolences, the designation of the delivery date is displayed on the screen display unit 5 of the apparatus main body 1 to enable the designation of the delivery date. .

As shown in FIG. 19, when the input screen of the postal zip code of the destination is displayed on the screen display unit 5 of the apparatus main body 1, at the same time, the destination entry in the first entry field 110 of the original paper 100 taken in by the first sheet is performed. The column 111 is cut out, and only the destination entry column 111 is displayed on the screen display unit 5. This makes it possible to prevent erroneous input without mounting a character recognition device. .

Next, when the input of the postal code of the destination is completed, the total number of charges according to the delivery conditions such as the number of inserted manuscript sheets and the selection of the mount in the contents of the celebration is displayed on the screen display unit 5.

Then, when the customer inserts coins or bills into the coin insertion slot 3 or the bill insertion slot 4 of the apparatus main body 1 in accordance with the total price displayed on the screen display section 5, as shown in FIG. Coin sorter 61 or bill sorter of processing unit 60
According to 62, the payment of the change such as the change payment is performed.

When the settlement of the fee is completed, the document issuing unit 70 prepares a payment confirmation such as a receipt for confirming payment of one fee, and discharges the confirmation to the issuing port 9 of the apparatus body 1. When the customer receives the confirmation, all the operations on the customer side are completed and the settlement is made.

On the other hand, on the terminal side, when the creation and ejection of the confirmation note are completed, the fax transmission unit 30 transmits the fax number of the fax receiving means of the destination post office, which is the transmission destination, based on the input postal code of the destination. An automatic call is made through a telephone line, and the original P is faxed to a destination post office in charge of delivery according to delivery conditions.

By the way, the fax transmission section 30 is controlled by a personal computer to automatically make a call, and the automatic call means the reception of a fax of a destination station (a partner station) which is a transmission destination corresponding to a destination. Enter the fax number of the hard disk 40
Find the relevant post office from the database 42 of
Calling the fax number automatically.

At this time, if the other station is disconnected, for example, two automatic retries (re-calls), that is, three consecutive automatic calls at the first time, and if a call is received within the range, the call is directly converted to fax transmission. , Transmission is started.

If no incoming call is received within the range of three consecutive automatic calls, a recall time is set according to the current time, and a second automatic call is performed after a certain period of time as shown in FIG. And resend.

In this case, for example, when transmission is interrupted in the morning, 2 hours later, 30 minutes until 3:00 am, 20 minutes after 3:00 pm, etc., retransmission is performed by changing according to the time zone. . As a result, retransmission can be smoothly performed within the window of the post office window business.

Furthermore, if the second automatic call is still inactive,
As shown in FIG. 22, a fax receiving means attached to the own station A which is a pre-registered transmitting station, another fax receiving means attached to the destination station B which is a transmission destination, or close to the destination station B An automatic call is made to the fax number of the fax receiving means attached to another station and transmitted.

In this manner, when the original is transmitted to another FAX receiving unit, for example, the FAX receiving unit of the transmitting station, the member of the oscillation station visually checks and contacts the office telephone of the transmission destination, The cause of the reception failure of the fax reception means, for example, F
Notify the AX receiving means itself of a failure, running out of paper, etc., and urge them to perform maintenance.
This makes it possible to prevent incomplete transmission due to the unmanned automatic underwriting terminal device, thereby enabling the partner station to complete the transmission quickly and reliably.

Then, when the FAX receiving means on the receiving side is prepared and normal transmission becomes possible, the transmission is completed by performing retransmission by manual operation of the transmitting station member.

Also, during transmission by automatic calling, if the fax receiving unit at the transmission destination becomes unreceivable due to paper exhaustion or the like, transmission is similarly performed to another fax receiving unit.

In the above-described embodiment, when the original document is not transmitted, the member of the transmitting station A visually checks the destination station B, and
Of the other station, as shown in Fig. 20, as a means of contact.
An automatic call is made to the number, and a speech synthesis sound is sent out by the speech circuit 31 incorporated in the FAX transmission unit 30, and a warning is sent to the member of the partner station B by the speech synthesis sound, and a failure of the FAX reception unit is detected.
The maintenance by running out of paper or the like may be encouraged.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the electronic mail automatic underwriting device of the present invention, a document inserted into a document insertion slot is taken in, and an address entry column provided in the document and a text, pattern, or the like are provided. FA that reads the entry field in which the contents are described as image data and searches for the image data in the destination entry field
X document reading means having a document reading section, control means for rearranging the image data of the address entry column searched by the fax document reading section of the document reading means to a predetermined position, and address writing rearranged by the control means Screen display means for displaying the image data of the column, condition input means for inputting delivery conditions, settlement means for performing payment at a rate corresponding to the delivery conditions, and a destination post office in charge of delivery according to the delivery conditions FAX to send the original by facsimile
Transmission means. The original inserted in the original insertion slot of the apparatus body is read in this way, the delivery conditions of the read original are input, and a fee corresponding to the delivery conditions is settled. Originals can be sent by fax, and even if the original paper insertion direction is upside down, at least the address entry field can be displayed in a normal state from the image display means without reinserting the original paper, and the address entry The contents described in the columns can be easily checked, the transmission procedure by fax transmission can be easily performed by the customer, and the burden on the staff and the like can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire system of an automatic underwriting device for electronic mail according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of the automatic underwriting device, FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing a document taking-in mechanism, FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view showing a reading means by an image sensor of a document taking-in mechanism; FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the image sensor; FIGS. 6 to 8 are explanatory views showing a black-and-white determining means at the time of reading data by the image sensor; 9 and 10 are timing charts for reading data by the image sensor, FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a calibration state of the scanner head of the image sensor, FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of the original paper, and FIG. 13 is an initial screen display FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the flow of operation on the customer side, and FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the flow of operation on the terminal side. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display state at the time of taking in a document; FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a cut-off state of a destination address field; FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a reading state of a second and subsequent documents; FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display state when a zip code is input after taking in a document. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a fax transmission state after the payment is settled. FIG. 21 is a block diagram of the fax transmission state. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a transmission and reception state when fax transmission is not performed. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Device main body, 2 ... Document insertion slot, 3 ... Coin insertion slot, 4 ... Bill insertion slot, 5 ... Screen display unit, 10 ... Automatic underwriting device unit, 20 ... Control device, 30 ... ... Fax transmission section, 40 ... Hard disk, 50 ... Fax original reading section, 60 ... Money processing section, 100 ... Original paper.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An original inserted in an original insertion slot is taken in,
A document reading means having a fax document reading unit for reading a destination entry field provided in the original document and an entry column in which contents such as texts and designs are described as image data and searching for image data in the destination entry column; Control means for rearranging the image data of the address entry field searched by the fax document reading unit of the capture means at a predetermined position; screen display means for displaying the image data of the address entry field rearranged by the control means; A condition inputting means for inputting, a payment means for performing payment at a rate corresponding to the delivery condition, and a facsimile transmitting means for transmitting the original by facsimile to a destination post office in charge of delivery according to the delivery condition. An automatic underwriting device for electronic mail, comprising: