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- JPH0250512B2 JPH0250512B2 JP56160267A JP16026781A JPH0250512B2 JP H0250512 B2 JPH0250512 B2 JP H0250512B2 JP 56160267 A JP56160267 A JP 56160267A JP 16026781 A JP16026781 A JP 16026781A JP H0250512 B2 JPH0250512 B2 JP H0250512B2
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
（技術分野）
この発明はフアクシミリと文字認識装置とを結
合した複合端末に関し、特にフアクシミリ受信画
像の認識処理に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field) The present invention relates to a composite terminal combining a facsimile and a character recognition device, and particularly relates to recognition processing of a received facsimile image.
（従来技術）
従来、フアクシミリの受信記録紙をOCR（光学
的文字認識装置）に読取らせるオフライン型の
FAX―OCRシステムが提案されていた。この場
合には、受信記録紙を人間が見て一般文書の受信
原稿を文字認識すべく送られて来た原稿とを区分
けし、後者のみをOCRへ入力させることが出来
た。しかしながら、受信記録紙を介さずにフアク
シミリ受信画像と電気信号のまま、直接OCRへ
渡して認識させる、いわゆるオンライン型の
FAX―OCRシステムの場合、何等かの受信原稿
の識別が要求される。さもなくば、原稿の送信前
に受信側へ次に送信する原稿が一般文書原稿であ
るか、または文字認識させる原稿であるかをいち
いち通知し、受信側でモード指定の切替えを完了
した後に原稿送信を開始する手順を踏まなければ
ならず甚だ不便である。(Prior art) In the past, an offline type system in which the received facsimile recording paper was read by an OCR (optical character recognition device) was used.
A FAX-OCR system was proposed. In this case, it was possible for a person to look at the received recording paper, separate the received manuscript for general documents from the sent manuscript for character recognition, and input only the latter to the OCR. However, the so-called online type, in which the received facsimile image and electrical signal are passed directly to the OCR for recognition without going through the receiving recording paper,
In the case of a FAX-OCR system, some kind of identification of the received document is required. Otherwise, before sending the document, the receiving side will be notified whether the next document to be sent is a general document or a document to be sent for character recognition, and the document will be sent after the receiving side has completed switching the mode specification. It is extremely inconvenient to have to go through a procedure to start transmission.
（発明の目的）
この発明の目的はフアクシミリ受信画像を一般
文書原稿と文字認識すべき帳票とを自動的に識別
し、一般文書原稿は可視化できるハードコピーと
して記録出力し、文字認識すべき帳票は文字認識
を実行させるフアクシミリ受信画像の認識装置を
提供するにある。(Objective of the Invention) The object of the present invention is to automatically distinguish a received facsimile image into a general document original and a form that requires character recognition, to record and output the general document original as a hard copy that can be visualized, and to record and output the general document original as a hard copy that can be visualized. An object of the present invention is to provide a recognition device for a received facsimile image that performs character recognition.
（実施例の説明）
以下、図面に従い本発明の一実施例を説明す
る。(Description of Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
第１図は文字認識情報を含む原稿１と文字認識
の不必要な一般文書原稿２の一例を示す。第２図
は本発明の実施例を説明する為のシステム構成図
である。システムはFAX受信回路５、画像記憶
装置９及び当該画像記憶装置の入出力を制御する
画像記憶制御回路７、文字認識装置１４、ハード
コピー出力用の記録装置２２、画像信号を文字認
識装置１４又は記録装置２２のいづれに転送する
かを選択するスイツチ回路１６及びシステムの動
作を制御するシステム制御回路１８とから成る。 FIG. 1 shows an example of a document 1 including character recognition information and a general document document 2 that does not require character recognition. FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. The system includes a FAX receiving circuit 5, an image storage device 9, an image storage control circuit 7 that controls the input/output of the image storage device, a character recognition device 14, a recording device 22 for hard copy output, and a character recognition device 14 or a recording device 22 for outputting an image signal. It consists of a switch circuit 16 that selects which of the recording devices 22 to transfer data to, and a system control circuit 18 that controls the operation of the system.
以下、データの流れに添つて詳しく説明する。 A detailed explanation will be given below along with the flow of data.
第１図に示す文字認識情報を含む原稿１にはあ
らかじめ決められた位置、例えば原稿先端からの
距離Ｙ、左端からの距離Ｘの所にID欄２が設け
られている。ID欄２は帳票の種類を示す為の識
別番号（或いは後述する文字認識装置の認識対象
文字種の範囲内であれば、文字、記号等でもよ
い。）をあらかじめ印刷しておくか、または鉛筆
等で記入する。 An ID column 2 is provided in a document 1 containing character recognition information shown in FIG. 1 at a predetermined position, for example, at a distance Y from the leading edge of the document and a distance X from the left edge. In ID column 2, an identification number to indicate the type of form (or it may be a letter, symbol, etc. as long as it is within the range of character types recognized by the character recognition device described later) is printed in advance, or a pencil, etc. Fill in the form.
例えば、帳票が３種類の場合、各帳票のIDコ
ードをＡ０１，Ａ０２，Ａ０３と言うように決め
れば良い。この場合、異なるIDをもつ帳票でも
その位置例えば帳票の先端及び左端からの距離は
従来の文字認識装置の位置ずれに対する許容範囲
内で一定にしておかなければならない。一方、メ
ツセージ交換に用いる一般文書原稿３にはID欄
は特に存在しない。 For example, if there are three types of forms, the ID codes for each form may be determined as A01, A02, and A03. In this case, even if documents have different IDs, their positions, for example, the distances from the leading edge and left edge of the document, must be kept constant within the tolerance range for positional deviations of conventional character recognition devices. On the other hand, there is no particular ID field in the general document manuscript 3 used for message exchange.
以上のように、利用する原稿に条件を与えてお
くと、従来のフアクシミリのような画像通信と認
識装置を介して計算機へ入力する為のデータ通信
とを柔軟に処理できる。 As described above, if conditions are given to the document to be used, it is possible to flexibly process image communication such as conventional facsimile and data communication for input to a computer via a recognition device.
第２図に於て、回線４を介して送られてくる原
稿はFAX受信回路５によつて受信される。FAX
受信回路５は相手FAXから受信要求を受けつけ
るとシステム制御１８へ信号線１０にて知らせ
る。そして信号線１１により受信画像の記憶を開
始するよう画像記憶制御装置７へ信号を与える。
FAX受信回路路５は相手FAXから送られて来た
フアクシミリ受信信号を複合処理して生画像デー
タとしてから信号線６を介し画像記憶制御装置７
へ引渡す。画像記憶制御装置７は、画像記憶装置
９の所定のアドレスから順次受信画像信号を蓄積
するよう制御する。１ページの受信が終了すると
FAX受信回路５からページ終了信号がシステム
制御回路１８に与えられる。システム制御回路で
は画像記憶装置９のフアイル管理を行つており、
引続き受信しても画像記憶装置９に記憶可能であ
るかを常に監視している。FAX受信回路５から
ページ終了信号を受け更に次ページの受信要求を
システム制御回路１８が受けると前述のフアイル
の占有状態により、FAX受信回路５へ次ペーの
受信を開始してもよいか否かの応答を制御線１０
を介して送る。次ページの受信を開始する場合
は、前ページと同様に画像記憶制御回路７を介し
て画像記憶装置９の次のフアイルアドレスへ蓄積
されて行く。以下、画像記憶装置９の空きがある
限り同様な入力動作が行なわれる。一方、画像記
憶装置に空きがなくなると、システム制御回路１
８はFAX受信回路５へ受信拒否命令を通知する。
これによりFAX受信回路５は次ページ以降の受
信を止め回線切断の手順を行う。 In FIG. 2, a document sent via a line 4 is received by a FAX receiving circuit 5. FAX
When the reception circuit 5 receives a reception request from the other party's fax machine, it notifies the system control 18 through the signal line 10. Then, a signal is given to the image storage control device 7 via the signal line 11 to start storing the received image.
The FAX receiving circuit 5 performs composite processing on the facsimile reception signal sent from the other party's FAX, converting it into raw image data, and transmitting the raw image data via the signal line 6 to the image storage control device 7.
Hand over to. The image storage control device 7 controls the image storage device 9 to sequentially store received image signals starting from a predetermined address. When one page has been received
A page end signal is given from the FAX receiving circuit 5 to the system control circuit 18. The system control circuit manages files in the image storage device 9.
It is constantly monitored to see if it can be stored in the image storage device 9 even if it continues to be received. When the system control circuit 18 receives a page end signal from the FAX receiving circuit 5 and further receives a request to receive the next page, it determines whether or not it is allowed to start receiving the next page to the FAX receiving circuit 5, depending on the aforementioned file occupancy state. control line 10
Send via. When starting to receive the next page, the data is stored in the next file address of the image storage device 9 via the image storage control circuit 7 in the same way as the previous page. Thereafter, similar input operations are performed as long as there is space in the image storage device 9. On the other hand, when the image storage device runs out of space, the system control circuit 1
8 notifies the FAX receiving circuit 5 of a reception refusal command.
As a result, the FAX receiving circuit 5 stops receiving the next page and thereafter, and performs a line disconnection procedure.
次に、一連の受信動作が終了すると画像記憶装
置９に蓄積された受信画像の認識処理に移る。シ
ステム制御回路１８は画像記憶装置７へ所定のア
ドレスから始まる各フアイルの読出しを指令する
と共に文字認識装置１４へも、認識開始を制御線
１９を介して知らせる。この時、認識に必要な情
報例えば文字認識すべき行位置、文字種、文字数
等のデータを与えておく。これ等文字認識装置に
関しては公知のものを利用すれば本発明に十分な
対応がとれるので詳しい説明は省略する。スイツ
チ回路１６は画信号を文字認識装置１４へ渡すか
または記録装置２２へ渡すかを選択するもので、
システム制御装置１８からの制御線１５によつて
切替えられる。 Next, when the series of reception operations is completed, the process moves on to recognition processing of the received images stored in the image storage device 9. The system control circuit 18 instructs the image storage device 7 to read each file starting from a predetermined address, and also notifies the character recognition device 14 via the control line 19 of the start of recognition. At this time, information necessary for recognition, such as the line position, character type, and number of characters to be recognized, is provided. As for these character recognition devices, the present invention can be sufficiently coped with if known ones are used, so a detailed explanation will be omitted. The switch circuit 16 selects whether to pass the image signal to the character recognition device 14 or to the recording device 22.
It is switched by the control line 15 from the system controller 18.
受信画像の認識処理を行う場合には画像記憶制
御装置７から信号線１２を介してスイツチ回路１
６に入り、信号線１７から文字認識装置１４に画
信号が入力される。システム制御回路１８から文
字認識装置１４へはまず第１図にに示したID欄
を認識する為のデータが与えられる。文字認識装
置１４はこのデータに基づき、入力される画信号
の中からID欄の検出を行いID欄に何が書かれて
いるかを認識する。この認識結果は、システム制
御回路１８へ制御線１９により通知される。シス
テム制御回路１８は、認識結果があらかじめ登録
されているIDコードのどれかに一致している場
合はそのIDコードを持つ帳票フオーマツトに応
じて引続き文字認識動作を行うためのデータを文
字認識装置１４へ与える。一方、ID欄の認識結
果が登録されたIDコーードに存在しない場合又
は認識不能の場合には、これ以上の認識動作は実
行しない。この場合、その原稿をハードコピーと
して出力する為の動作に移りスイツチ回路は、信
号線２０へ接続される。システム制御回路１８は
ハードコピーを得る為に記録装置２２へ制御線２
１により起動をかけ、画像記憶制御装置７へはそ
の原稿の最初から画信号を読出すようアドレス情
報を与える。従つて記録装置２２からはID欄が
登録されていないIDコードの原稿、認識不能の
原稿が出力される。 When performing recognition processing on the received image, the switch circuit 1 is connected from the image storage control device 7 via the signal line 12.
6, an image signal is input to the character recognition device 14 from the signal line 17. First, data for recognizing the ID field shown in FIG. 1 is given from the system control circuit 18 to the character recognition device 14. Based on this data, the character recognition device 14 detects the ID column from the input image signal and recognizes what is written in the ID column. This recognition result is notified to the system control circuit 18 via a control line 19. If the recognition result matches one of the pre-registered ID codes, the system control circuit 18 sends data to the character recognition device 14 to continue character recognition operation according to the form format with that ID code. give to On the other hand, if the recognition result in the ID column does not exist in the registered ID code or is unrecognizable, no further recognition operation is performed. In this case, the switch circuit is connected to the signal line 20 to perform an operation for outputting the original as a hard copy. System control circuit 18 connects control line 2 to recording device 22 to obtain a hard copy.
1, and address information is given to the image storage control device 7 to read the image signal from the beginning of the document. Therefore, the recording device 22 outputs a manuscript whose ID code is not registered in the ID field or an unrecognized manuscript.
以上のような制御を行うと、一般文書原稿３は
ID欄が特別なく、この位置が全白であれば認識
不能原稿と判定され記録装置２２によりハードコ
ピーとして出力される。またID欄に当る位置に
文字、図形等何かが描かれていても偶然にIDコ
ードと同一認識結果になることはまず考えられな
い。またIDコードの文字数を増加すれば一層、
偶発的な一致は少なくなる。 When the above control is performed, the general document manuscript 3 becomes
If there is no special ID column and this position is completely white, it is determined that the document is unrecognizable, and the document is output as a hard copy by the recording device 22. Furthermore, even if something, such as a letter or figure, is drawn in the position corresponding to the ID field, it is highly unlikely that the recognition result will be the same as the ID code by chance. Also, if you increase the number of characters in the ID code,
There will be fewer coincidental matches.
（発明の効果）
以上詳しく説明したように、認識すべき帳票の
所定の位置にID欄を設け、ID欄の認識結果によ
り、登録済みのIDコードの場合には、そのIDコ
ードに合つた帳票フオーマートで引続き文字認識
を実行させ、前記認識結果が認識不能を含む登録
済みのIDコード以外の場合にはハードコピー出
力行わせることにより、認識すべき帳票と一般文
書原稿を分離した処理を行うことができる。(Effect of the invention) As explained in detail above, an ID field is provided at a predetermined position of a form to be recognized, and based on the recognition result of the ID field, if the ID code is already registered, the form that matches the ID code is The format continues to perform character recognition, and if the recognition result is other than a registered ID code, including unrecognized ID codes, a hard copy is output, thereby performing processing that separates the form to be recognized from the general document manuscript. Can be done.
従つて、通達事項の文書と伝票類を混合して送
信しても通達事項の文書は従来のフアクシミリと
同様に受信原稿として届けられ、また伝票は不用
な記録をせずに認識が行なわれ計算機へ入力する
ことができ、有効な伝票処理業務が実現できる。
尚、前述の説明では、フアクシミリ受信信号を復
写し生画像データの形で画像記憶装置９へ蓄積す
る構成であるが、欠表度抑圧符号のまま蓄積し、
文字認識装置へ引渡す直前に復写し生画像データ
とする構成を持つても、もちろん本発明を実施す
ることができる。 Therefore, even if you send a mixture of notification documents and slips, the notification documents will be delivered as a received document in the same way as with conventional facsimiles, and the slips will be recognized and processed by the computer without unnecessary recording. This allows for effective document processing operations.
In the above explanation, the facsimile reception signal is reproduced and stored in the image storage device 9 in the form of raw image data, but the facsimile reception signal is stored as the missingness suppression code,
Of course, the present invention can also be implemented even if the raw image data is reproduced immediately before being delivered to the character recognition device.
第１図は送信原稿の例を示し、第２図は本発明
の実施例を説明するシステム構成図である。
１…認識すべき原稿、３…一般文書原稿、５…
FAX受信回路、７…画像記憶制御回路、９…画
像記憶装置、１４…文字認識装置、１６…スイツ
チ回路、１８…システム制御回路、２２…記録装
置。
FIG. 1 shows an example of a transmitted document, and FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Manuscript to be recognized, 3... General document manuscript, 5...
FAX receiving circuit, 7... Image storage control circuit, 9... Image storage device, 14... Character recognition device, 16... Switch circuit, 18... System control circuit, 22... Recording device.
Claims (1)
段と、該画像記憶手段への画信号の入出力を制御
する画像記憶制御手段と、該画像記憶制御手段に
より前記画像記憶手段より読出したフアクシミリ
受信画像内の文字情報を認識する文字認識手段と
ハードコピー出力を得る記録手段とを有し、文字
認識すべき帳票にはあらかじめ所定の位置に印刷
又は記入するID欄を設け、該帳票あるいは一般
文書原稿をFAXから受信し、一旦前記画像記憶
手段に蓄積し、随時前記画像記憶制御手段により
読出し前記文字認識手段によりID欄を認識し、
その認識結果があらかじめ定めた認識すべき帳票
のIDコードの一つに合致している場合は引続き
文字認識動作を行い、また認識結果があらかじめ
定めた認識すべき帳票のIDコードのいづれにも
該当しない場合には、該受信原稿をハードコピー
として記録出力することを特徴とするフアクシミ
リ受信画像の認識装置。1 image storage means for storing facsimile received images; image storage control means for controlling input/output of image signals to said image storage means; It has a character recognition means that recognizes character information and a recording means that obtains a hard copy output, and the form that needs character recognition has an ID field that is printed or written in a predetermined position in advance, and the form or general document manuscript can be faxed. received from the computer, temporarily stores it in the image storage means, reads it out at any time by the image storage control means, and recognizes the ID column by the character recognition means,
If the recognition result matches one of the predetermined ID codes of the form to be recognized, character recognition continues, and if the recognition result matches any of the predetermined ID codes of the form to be recognized. If not, a facsimile received image recognition apparatus is characterized in that the received document is recorded and outputted as a hard copy.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP56160267A JPS5862764A (en) | 1981-10-09 | 1981-10-09 | Recognizing device for facsimile reception picture |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP56160267A JPS5862764A (en) | 1981-10-09 | 1981-10-09 | Recognizing device for facsimile reception picture |
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|---|---|
| JPS5862764A JPS5862764A (en) | 1983-04-14 |
| JPH0250512B2 true JPH0250512B2 (en) | 1990-11-02 |
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