US5974203A
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Pattern recognition communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1995-01-30
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Granted: 1999-10-26
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Expires: 2015-01-30
Abstract
Abstract A communicating apparatus to communicate image data such as in a facsimile apparatus comprises: a receiving circuit to receive image information from a distant side terminal; a recognition section to perform the character recognition on the basis of the received information from the receiving circuit; and a transmitting circuit to transmit an abnormal reception signal to the distant side terminal when the recognition by the recognition section cannot be executed. The recognition section discriminates whether the received image information has been obtained by reading an OCR sheet or not. When an unrecognizable character exists on a received document, the unrecognizable character position, the result of the recognition, an abnormal reception signal, the input image data, and a request for retransmission of the image data are sent back from the distant side terminal to the transmitting side apparatus, so that the image data can be automatically retransmitted therefrom by the simple operation.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshihisa Tadokoro
- 👤 Toshiaki Saito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 00:52
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; H04N1/00355; H04N1/00358; H04N1/0036; H04N1/00376; H04N1/32; H04N1/32609; H04N1/32614; H04N1/32619; H04N1/00127
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 36
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A communicating apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving image information from a distant-side terminal via a public line; determining means for determining whether the image information received by said receiving means is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing means for recognizing each character image included in the received image information in the case that the received image information is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining means, said recognizing means not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received image information is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining means; and transmitting means for transmitting unrecognized character images included in the received image information to the distant-side terminal via the public line.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A communicating apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving image information from a distant-side terminal via a public line; determining means for determining whether the image information received by said receiving means is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing means for recognizing each character image included in the received image information in the case that the received image information is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining means, said recognizing means not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received image information is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining means; and transmitting means for transmitting unrecognized character images included in the received image information to the distant-side terminal via the public line.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recognizing means discriminates whether said received image information is the information obtained from an OCR sheet or not.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising control means for controlling whether the recognition by said recognizing means is stopped or not in the case where it is decided that the image information is not the information obtained from the OCR sheet on the basis of the result of said discrimination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the received image information represents a request for retransmission of the image information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits the received image information when the received image information includes at least one character which cannot be recognized.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits to the distant-side terminal a signal indicating that the received image information is not satisfactory, in accordance with the determination by said determining means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image reading for reading the received image information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
127 words
A communicating apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving document image data from a sender via a public line; determining means for determining whether the document image data received by said receiving means is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing means for recognizing each character image included in the received document image data in the case that the received document image data is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining means, said recognizing means not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received document image data is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining means; and returning means for returning to the sender, via the public line, recognition result information and position information indicating a position of an unrecognized character image.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
127 words
A communicating apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving document image data from a sender via a public line; determining means for determining whether the document image data received by said receiving means is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing means for recognizing each character image included in the received document image data in the case that the received document image data is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining means, said recognizing means not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received document image data is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining means; and returning means for returning to the sender, via the public line, recognition result information and position information indicating a position of an unrecognized character image.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said recognizing means discriminates whether said received image information is the information obtained from an OCR sheet or not.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
52 words
An apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising control means for controlling whether the recognition by said recognizing means is stopped or not in the case where it is decided that the image information is not the information obtained from the OCR sheet on the basis of the result of said discrimination.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said returning means returns the recognition result information if the received image data includes at least one unrecognizable character.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said returning means returns to the sender a signal indicating that the received document image data is not satisfactory, in accordance with the determination by said determining means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising an image reader for reading the received document image data.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
110 words
A communicating method comprising the steps of: receiving image information from a distant-side terminal via a public line; determining whether the image information received in said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing each character image included in the received image information in the case that the received image information is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition in said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received image information is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition in said determining step; and transmitting unrecognized character images included in the received image information to the distant-side terminal via the public line.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
110 words
A communicating method comprising the steps of: receiving image information from a distant-side terminal via a public line; determining whether the image information received in said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing each character image included in the received image information in the case that the received image information is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition in said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received image information is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition in said determining step; and transmitting unrecognized character images included in the received image information to the distant-side terminal via the public line.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein said recognizing step discriminates whether said received image information is the information obtained from an OCR sheet or not.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method according to claim 15, further comprising a control step for controlling whether the recognition by said recognizing step is stopped or not in the case where it is decided that the image information is not the information obtained from the OCR sheet on the basis of the result of said discrimination.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of reading the received OCR image information using an image reader.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 15, further comprising a step of reading the received document image data using an image reader.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein transmitting the received image information represents a request for retransmission of the image information.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 19, further comprising a step of reading the received document image data using an image reader.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein said transmitting step transmits the received image information when the received image information includes at least one character which cannot be recognized.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein said transmitting step transmits to the distant-side terminal a signal indicating that the received image information is not satisfactory, in accordance with the determination in said determining step.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 14, further comprising a step of reading the received image information using an image reader.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
118 words
A communicating method comprising the steps of: receiving document image data from a sender via a public line; determining whether the document image data received in said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing each character image included in the received document image data in the case that the received document image data is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition in said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received document image data is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition in said determining step; and returning to the sender, via the public line, recognition result information and position information indicating a position of an unrecognized character image.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
118 words
A communicating method comprising the steps of: receiving document image data from a sender via a public line; determining whether the document image data received in said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; recognizing each character image included in the received document image data in the case that the received document image data is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition in said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received document image data is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition in said determining step; and returning to the sender, via the public line, recognition result information and position information indicating a position of an unrecognized character image.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 24, wherein said recognizing step discriminates whether said received image information is the information obtained from an OCR sheet or not.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method according to claim 25, further comprising a control step for controlling whether the recognition by said recognizing step is stopped or not in the case where it is decided that the image information is not the information obtained from the OCR sheet on the basis of the result of said discrimination.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 24, wherein said returning step returns the recognition result information if the received image data includes at least one unrecognizable character.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 24, wherein said returning step returns to the sender a signal indicating that the received document image data is not satisfactory, in accordance with the determination in said determining step.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
129 words
A memory medium storing computer-executable process steps, the process comprising: a receiving step for receiving image information from a distant-side terminal via a public line; a determining step for determining whether the image information received by said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; a recognizing step for recognizing each character image included in the received image information in the case that the received image information is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received image information is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining step; and a transmitting step for transmitting unrecognized character images included in the received image information to the distant-side terminal via the public line.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
129 words
A memory medium storing computer-executable process steps, the process comprising: a receiving step for receiving image information from a distant-side terminal via a public line; a determining step for determining whether the image information received by said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; a recognizing step for recognizing each character image included in the received image information in the case that the received image information is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received image information is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining step; and a transmitting step for transmitting unrecognized character images included in the received image information to the distant-side terminal via the public line.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
137 words
A memory medium storing computer-executable process steps, the process comprising: a receiving step for receiving document image data from a sender via a public line; a determining step for determining whether the document image data received by said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; a recognizing step for recognizing each character image included in the received document image data in the case that the received document image data is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received document image data is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining step; and a returning step for returning to the sender, via the public line, recognition result information and position information indicating a position of an unrecognized character image.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
137 words
A memory medium storing computer-executable process steps, the process comprising: a receiving step for receiving document image data from a sender via a public line; a determining step for determining whether the document image data received by said receiving step is unsatisfactory for character recognition; a recognizing step for recognizing each character image included in the received document image data in the case that the received document image data is determined to be satisfactory for character recognition by said determining step, said recognizing step not performing character recognition processing in the case that the received document image data is determined to be unsatisfactory for character recognition by said determining step; and a returning step for returning to the sender, via the public line, recognition result information and position information indicating a position of an unrecognized character image.
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