Automatic facsimile-receiving-sheet recognizing apparatus

Claim 1

An automatic facsimile-receiving-sheet recognizing apparatus comprising: a facsimile means, provided at an orderer side, for transmitting information on an order sheet on which commodity order labels incorporating a bar code and a mark sheet, for commodities to be ordered, are stuck, to a seller side, said order sheet incorporating figures and an address written thereon; said apparatus further comprising, at said seller side: information receiving means for receiving said information from said facsimile means; detecting means, receiving said information from said information receiving means, for detecting positions of said bar code, said mark sheet, said figures and said address from said information received by said information receiving means, and for extracting image data corresponding to said bar code, said mark sheet, said figure and said address in accordance with said detected positions; a store controller for checking stock inventory; recognizing means, receiving said image data from said detecting means, for recognizing said image data to produce recognized data; error detecting means, receiving said recognized data from said recognizing means, for detecting an error or omission in writing, or a part which cannot be recognized, on said order sheet to produce detected data, and for transmitting said recognized data and said detected data to said store controller; and filing means, receiving said information from said information receiving means, for filing said information for evidence as digital image data.