JPH0813073B2 - Line terminal equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a line terminal device such as a facsimile device for transmitting and receiving originals and drawings using a line.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional line terminal device establishes a line with a destination by turning a dial or pressing a button corresponding to a telephone number of the destination stored in advance. .

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

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a portion for establishing a line of a conventional line terminal device, 1 is a dial input means for dialing a telephone number of a communication partner, or a shortened number, 2 is a facsimile, etc. The data processing unit 3 for performing the data communication of 3 drives the dial signal generating unit 5 based on the information input by the dial means 1 to perform dialing, and the communication control unit for controlling the operating state of the line terminal device. 4 is controlled by the communication control unit 3 to close the line,
It is a line switch that releases.

In the line terminal device configured as described above, when the line of the line terminal device is established with the other party, the communication control unit 3 first controls the line switch 4 to capture the line, and then Then, the dial signal generator 5 sends the dial signal to the line. The sent dial signal calls the other party through the exchange to establish the line.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the configuration of the conventional line terminal device described above,
When establishing a line, it was always necessary to turn the dial of the other party, or turn a shortened number, or press a memory button to perform a manual operation.

Therefore, the line terminal device of the present invention recognizes a character and a character string from image information such as a character and a reading unit that reads image information such as a character described in a predetermined position of a document. A recognition means, a dial signal generation means for sending a dial signal to the line, a storage means for storing a specific character and a character string and a telephone number in association with each other, and controlling each means to control the operation of the entire device, When the character string recognized by the recognizing means is a telephone number, the dial signal generating means is operated based on this telephone number, and when the characters and character strings recognized by the recognizing means are not telephone numbers. Compares the characters and character strings with the information stored in the storage means, and reads the telephone number associated with the character or character string from the storage means when the two match. Then, there is provided communication control means for controlling the dial signal generating means to operate.

Operation According to the present invention, when the character string recognized by the recognizing means is the telephone number, the dial signal generating means is operated based on the telephone number, and the character recognized by the recognizing means is If the character string is not a telephone number, the character and character string are compared with the information stored in the storage means, and when they match, the telephone number associated with the character or character string is read from the storage means and dialed. The line is established by operating the signal generating means.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 is a reading unit for reading image information such as characters, and the content is read and the information is sent out on the line. Image information such as characters (predetermined position) (telephone number, name, company name, etc. of the communication partner) is read.
Reference numeral 12 is a recognition unit for recognizing the read image information such as characters as characters and character strings (telephone number, code, company name, etc.).
The recognized telephone number information is sent to, and if not, the recognized information is sent to the information comparison unit 13. Reference numeral 14 is a dial signal transmitting section for transmitting a dial signal to the line, 15 is a storage section for storing information of specific characters and character strings and telephone number information in association with each other, and 16 is a line switch for capturing / opening the telephone line. Reference numeral 17 is a manual dial unit, and 19 is a data processing unit for performing facsimile communication and the like. In addition, the information comparison unit 13
Then, the information from the recognition unit 12 is compared with the information in the storage unit 15, and if there is a match, the telephone number information corresponding to the matched information is retrieved from the storage unit 15 and output to the communication control unit 18. Perform the action. In addition, the communication control unit 18 controls the line switch 16 to capture and release the line, and the telephone number information sent from the recognition unit 12 and the telephone number information sent from the information comparison unit 13. Based on the above, the dial signal sending section 14 is driven to operate to send the dial 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 apparatus using the present invention will be described as an example.

First, when the original document as shown in FIG. 2 is set in the facsimile machine, the original document is fed (step (a)). At that time, the other party's telephone number (FIG. 2 (a)) written in a predetermined position of the manuscript (for example, an underlined portion in FIGS. 2 (a), (b), and (c)),
Destination code (Fig. 2 (b)) and destination company name (Second
The figure (c)) is read by the reading unit 11 (step (b)). Then, the recognition unit 12 determines whether or not it is a telephone number based on the read image information such as characters (step (c)). Examples of this means include OCR
If the information read using is a number, it can be achieved by determining whether or not the number has a predetermined number of digits (for a telephone in Japan, the telephone number is 9 or 10 digits). .

If it is determined that the telephone number is the telephone number, the communication control unit 18 first operates the line switch to capture the line (step (d)), and then drives the dial signal transmission unit 14 based on the telephone number information. Then, the dial signal is transmitted to the line (step (e)), and the line is established with the other party (step (f)). If it is determined that the characters and character strings recognized by the recognition unit 12 are not telephone number information, the information is output to the comparison unit 13. Then, the comparison unit 13 compares it with the information stored in advance in the storage unit 15 (step (h)).

The storage unit 15 stores, for example, information of the patent office and telephone number information of the patent office "035811101".

Then, the comparison unit 13 compares the information in the storage unit 15 with the recognized character and character string, that is, if the recognized character and character string is "patent office", the comparison unit 13 stores " It is determined whether or not the information "Patent Office" is stored. Then, if stored, the telephone number information "035811101" that is stored in association with the information of the "patent office" is read and output to the communication control unit 18.
In the communication control unit 18, the line switch 16
To capture the line (step (d)), and then drive the dial signal sending unit 14 to send the dial signal "035811101" to the line (step (e)) to establish the line with the other party. (Step (f)). After the establishment, the data processing unit 19 performs facsimile communication (step (g)).

If the characters and character strings recognized from the manuscript are not telephone number information and there is no matching information in the storage unit 15, dialing is not performed, and the operator is notified by, for example, sounding a beep sound. (Step (i)).
In this case, the operator recognizes that and manually dials
Operate 17 to enter the destination telephone number (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 the dial signal to the line (step (e)) to establish the line. Is performed (step (f)).

The telephone number of the recipient described in the manuscript may be directly entered by the numeral of the telephone number, or may be a mark sheet method as shown in FIG. 2 (d), and various modifications thereof are conceivable. .

Needless to say, the address need not be the company name of the other party as long as it can identify the other party.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, the line terminal device of the present invention recognizes image information such as characters written at a predetermined position on a document and a recognition unit that recognizes image information such as characters as characters and character strings. Means, dial signal generating means for sending a dial signal to the line, storage means for storing specific characters and character strings in association with a telephone number, and communication control means for controlling each means and controlling the operation of the entire apparatus. When the character string recognized by the recognition means is a telephone number, the communication control means operates the dial signal generation means based on this telephone number, and is recognized by the recognition means. If the character or character string is not a telephone number, the character or character string is compared with the information stored in the storage means, and when they match, the character or character string is associated. When the communication is started, the dialing operation, the speed dialing operation, or the calling operation of the stored destination number is purposely performed manually by reading the stored telephone number from the storage means and controlling the dial signal generating means to operate. It is possible to automatically dial the other party without performing the operation, which improves the operability. Moreover, the following can be performed by using the present technology. In other words, when the recipients send different originals, the above-mentioned letters, numbers, etc. are written at the predetermined positions of the originals of the recipients, and by detecting them, the line is closed, opened, and dialed. If you make it automatically, even if you set the originals of different recipients all at once on the original table, etc., the desired originals will be automatically sent to the desired recipient, It is practically effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a line terminal device according to 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 of this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of an embodiment of a conventional line terminal device. 11 …… reading section, 12 …… recognition section, 13 …… information comparison section, 14 …… dial signal sending section, 15 …… storage section, 16 …… line switch, 17 …… manual dial section, 18 …… communication Control unit, 19 ... Data processing unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading image information such as characters written at a predetermined position on a document, a recognizing means for recognizing the image information such as characters as characters and character strings, and sending a dial signal to a line. Dial signal generating means, storage means for storing specific characters and character strings and telephone numbers in association with each other, and communication control means for controlling the above-mentioned means and controlling the operation of the entire apparatus. When the character string recognized by the recognizing means is a telephone number, the dial signal generating means is operated based on this telephone number, and the character and the character string recognized by the recognizing means are telephone numbers. If the numbers are not numbers, the characters and character strings are compared with the information stored in the storage means, and when the two match, the telephone number associated with the characters or character strings is compared. No. is read from the storage means and the dial signal generation means is controlled to operate.