JPH0241055A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a communication device having a group relay function.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a relay station that performs group relay receives a relay group number and data information to be transmitted from another communication device, and transmits each relay group number corresponding to the relay group number registered in the device in advance. The received data information is sent to the subscriber number of .

Registration of the subscriber number corresponding to this relay group number is performed by key operations on the operation panel.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, each subscriber number corresponding to the relay group number is manually operated by keys, so it takes a very long time to create and update.

The present invention was made to solve the above problems, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device capable of registering relay group information with a simple operation.

Means for Solving 1 Problem] In order to achieve the above object, a communication device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a communication device having a group relay function, comprising an input means for manually inputting relay group specifying information, a character recognition means for character recognition of the relay group specifying information inputted from the input means, and recognition by the character recognition means. and registration means for registering the results as relay group information.

[Operation] In the above configuration, input the relay group specific information,
Then, the input relay group specifying information is character recognized, and the recognition result is registered as relay group information.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Description of Apparatus (FIGS. 1 to 3)] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a communication apparatus of a data relay station in this embodiment. As shown in the figure, 1- and l are a control unit that controls the entire communication device, 1-2 is a character recognition unit that recognizes characters from a mark sheet original read from a reading unit, and 1-3 is a character recognition unit 1- a group relay table that is newly registered or updated according to the recognition result in step 2;
1-4 is a storage unit such as a hard disk for storing received data; 1-5 is an external output unit such as a printer; 1-
6 is the reading section where the league is, 1-7 is line 1-8
A communication control section 1-9 is an operation panel section which receives data from and transmits data.

Next, an overview of the processing of the communication device in this embodiment with the above configuration will be described below.

At the data relay station, each subscriber number needs to be registered in correspondence with the relay group number as a step before issuing a group relay instruction. The registration operation of the subscriber number may be performed by manual key operation on the operation panel section 1-9, but in this embodiment, a mark sheet (relay group identification information) in which the relay group number and subscriber number are written is used. is read by the reading unit 1-6.

Note that reading of the mark sheet is carried out by setting the marked sheet in advance in the reading section 1-6 and using the "registration" key on the operation panel section 1-9.

Then, the character recognition section 1-2 performs character recognition on the mark sheet, and the recognition results are registered in the group relay table 1-3 as the relay group number and subscriber number (relay group information).

Next, when the registration operation is completed, it becomes possible to accept relay requests received from other communication devices via the line 1-8. Then, based on the received relay group number, the already registered group relay table 1-3 is searched. After the search, if there is a matching relay group number, the subscriber number corresponding to that relay group number is extracted and relay is performed in order. At that time, the data to be relayed is the data sent from the communication device that made the relay request.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the group relay table 1-3 in this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the configuration is such that a relay group number 2-1 and a corresponding subscriber number 2-2 are stored in one piece of information. As such, it consists of multiple pieces of information required. Note that the relay group number received from another communication device may be one that is associated with the relay group number 2-1 of the group relay table 1-3.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the description on the mark sheet used in this embodiment, where 3-1 is the position where the relay table number is written, and 3-2 is the relay group number ( In this example, this is the position where the subscriber number corresponding to "01" is written.

[Description of Processing Procedure (FIG. 4)] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the control unit 1-1 in this embodiment. This will be explained below according to FIG.

First, in steps S1 and S7, it is determined whether there is an incoming call or whether a registration operation is to be performed. Here, if the "registration" key indicating the start of a registration operation is input from the operation panel section 1-9, the process advances to step S8. Then, in step S8, the mark sheet shown in FIG. 3 described above is read by the reading section 1-6,
Upon completion of the operation, the process advances to step S9.

In step S9, the character recognition unit 1-2 performs character recognition on the mark sheet in which the relay group number and subscriber number are written, and upon completion of recognition, the recognition result is sent to the group relay shown in FIG. 2 mentioned above in step SIO. Register in table 1-3.

On the other hand, if there is an incoming call from the communication control section 1-7 via the line 1-8, it is determined in step s2 whether or not a relay is requested from the incoming call information. If not requested, the received data is printed out or stored in a hard disk or the like in step s6. If it is a relay request, it is determined in step s3 whether the relay request is a group relay, and if it is not a group relay, the received subscriber number is specified to the communication control section 1-7, and the process proceeds to step s5. However, if it is a group relay, in step S4, based on the received relay group number, the relay group number 2-2 registered in the group relay table 1-3 is compared with the relay group number 2-2 that matches.
Find the subscriber number 2-2 corresponding to -2. Then, the obtained subscriber number 2-2 is instructed to the communication control section 1-8, and the process proceeds to step S5. Next, in step s5, the communication control section 1-8 is instructed to transmit data, and in response to this instruction, the communication control section 1-8 sequentially transmits the received data to the previously instructed subscribers.

In this embodiment, registration in the relay group table is performed using data read by the reading section 1-6 of the relay station, but data sent from other devices can also be recognized and registered in the table. It is also possible to do so.

According to this embodiment, by registering in the relay group table using a mark sheet, key operations at the time of registration are unnecessary, and the registration time can be significantly shortened.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, there is an input means for inputting relay group specifying information, a character recognition means for character recognition of the relay group specifying information inputted from the input means, and a recognition result by the character recognition means. By providing a registration means for registering relay group information, relay group information can be registered with a simple operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a communication device of a data relay station in this embodiment, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a group relay table in this embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing relay group registration in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control unit in this embodiment. In the figure, 1-1...control unit, 1-2...character recognition unit,
1-3...Group relay table, 1-4...Storage section, 1-5...External output section, 1-6...Reading section, 1
-7...Communication control unit, 1-8...Line, 1-9...
・This is the operation panel section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A communication device having a group relay function, comprising an input means for inputting relay group specifying information, a character recognition means for character recognition of the relay group specifying information inputted from the input means, and a recognition result by the character recognition means. A communication device comprising: registration means for registering relay group information.