Patent ID: 6526184
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A fax apparatus for transmitting and receiving documents which in particular have at least in part handwritten components, includinga scanning unit for scanning the image information of such a document to be transmitted, an OCR-unit for converting the scanned image information into codes, a transmitting unit for transmitting the codes which are converted by the OCR-unit, a receiving unit for receiving transmitted documents, and a printing unit for printing out documents, wherein there is provided a user-individual handwriting-pattern input and storage unit for the input of a user-individual handwriting-pattern and for storage of the user-individual handwriting-pattern in suitable form, that there is provided an optional call-up unit for user-individual call-up of a user-individual handwriting-pattern out of the user-individual handwriting-pattern input and storage unit communicating the user-individual handwriting-patten to the OCR-unit, that there is further provided an intermediate storage means which stores the converted codes which are converted by the OCR-unit on the basis of the user-individual handwriting-pattern from the scanned image information and, that there is a data transmission connection between the OCR-unit and the printing unit so that the converted codes from the image information converted back into image information again by the OCR-unit, immediately after they have been produced and converted back, can be printed out by means of the printing unit, and that there is provided an erasing unit for erasing (not for correcting) the converted codes stored in the intermediate storage means and, a confirmation unit with which the codes stored in the intermediate storage means can be called up from the intermediate storage means for transmission by means of the transmitting unit.