Communication Apparatus Wireless Tag Document Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication apparatuses face challenges in efficiently extracting specific original documents from a large number of mixed documents during facsimile transmission, leading to complex user operations and reduced convenience, especially when retransmitting previously facsimiled documents.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus equipped with a reading unit, transmission unit, acquisition unit, and extraction unit that utilizes wireless tags to identify and extract specific original documents by writing and reading date-time information, allowing for accurate identification and separation of documents within a set of mixed documents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wireless tags are used to store destination information, then convenience in facsimile transmission is improved, but the ability to search and extract specific original documents from large amounts of mixed documents deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the identification information into two parts: destination information (stored in wireless tags for transmission convenience) and date-time information (stored separately in the communication apparatus for search capability). This segmentation allows each part to serve its specific function without interfering with the other.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces date-time information as an intermediary element that connects the wireless tag's destination information with the search function. By storing date-time information in the communication apparatus and comparing it with the current date-time, the system can identify and extract specific original documents without requiring users to manually search through mixed documents.
2Adaptability or versatility
If original document data is stored in memory for retransmission, then retransmission capability is improved, but memory capacity limitations prevent solving the problem of extracting specific documents from large document sets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the search and identification function from the memory storage function. Instead of relying solely on memory capacity to store and retrieve original documents, the system uses wireless tags with destination information and date-time comparison to extract and identify specific documents, thereby overcoming memory capacity limitations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the identification process by using wireless tags to store destination information and date-time data. This copy allows the system to identify and extract specific original documents without needing to store all documents in memory, thus solving the capacity problem while maintaining retransmission capability.
3Measurement precision
If users manually scan content of each page to search for original documents, then accuracy in identifying specific documents is improved, but user workload and operation complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by having the communication apparatus automatically compare date-time information with current date-time and identify specific original documents without user intervention. The system performs the search and extraction operations autonomously, eliminating the need for users to manually scan document contents while maintaining high identification accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes: a reading unit which reads original document data from a page of a transmission original document; a transmission unit which transmits original document data read by the reading unit to a designated destination; an acquisition unit which wirelessly acquires identification information capable of identifying a specific original document transmitted by the transmission unit in one communication from a wireless tag attached to each of a plurality of pages of a target original document; and an extraction unit which extracts the specific original document from the target original document based on the identification information acquired by the acquisition unit.