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Automatic facsimile-receiving-sheet recognizing apparatus

US5340966A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1991
Grant dateAug 23, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00334
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic facsimile-receiving-sheet recognizing apparatus including: a device for automatically receiving facsimile information transmitted from an orderer; a device for detecting the position of a bar code, a mark sheet and a figure in a received sheet and automatically cutting their images; and a device for automatically recognizing the cut bar code, the mark sheet and the figure and transmitting the result of the recognition to a store controller of an automatic order receiving and sales control system.

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