JP2947177B2 - Facsimile machine for issuing family register - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine for issuing a family register and a copying machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At a local government issuing a family register, a copy of the original of the family register is created to produce a transcript or an abstract, which is issued to the counter. We provide services such as printing out a copy of the registered original form. Therefore, investigating the dynamics of business, such as the type and type of issuance of these issued documents, the number of issues pertaining to date and time, and conducting better services with limited resources is an important concern for administrators. It is.

For this purpose, it is very convenient if a facsimile machine or a copying machine that issues a document has a function of automatically outputting statistics on the issued document, but information handled by a conventional device is insufficient. there were. For example, in general, a facsimile machine reports a communication date and time,
It has a function to accumulate information such as document number, destination, communication mode, communication time, number of communication, communication result, etc. and edit and print out.
Statistical information such as the time and number of receptions from the other party, the connection status of the line, the number of transmissions, and the number of receptions can be obtained. Was enough. Although the document number can be classified according to the type of the transmitted document, the operator has to perform such classification and input at the time of transmission.

There is also a facsimile apparatus in which a part of a document or a reduced document is merged into a communication management report so that the contents of the document can be recognized (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-29-1990).
However, since it is necessary to perform the necessary classification by looking at the image, a great deal of labor is required for this purpose.

[0005]

The first problem is that the conventional communication management report cannot obtain statistical information suitable for the operation site of a required facsimile for issuing a family register.

The reason is that there is no classification of documents in the communication management report.

[0007] The second problem is that in order to classify documents, the operator must input the classification when reading the original, or classify the document by viewing the merged image on the communication management report. Instead, extra operations are required.

The reason is that the apparatus does not have a means for classifying an image to be read or a document automatically output from a conventional operation input.

An object of the present invention is to provide a family register issuance facsimile apparatus which outputs a management report for easily obtaining statistical information suitable for the operation site of a family register issuance facsimile.

[0010]

A facsimile apparatus for issuing a family register according to the present invention transmits a document such as a family register requiring an authentication statement, and generates and stores communication management report data relating to the transmission. The facsimile apparatus generates authentication statement selection means (2, 3 in FIG. 1) for selecting an authentication statement corresponding to the document to be transmitted, and generates data indicating the type of document to be transmitted based on the output of the authentication statement selection means. Generating means (1 in FIG. 1), adding and transmitting means (1 and 9 to 12 in FIG. 1) for adding and transmitting the authentication text selected by the authentication text selecting means to the document to be transmitted, and A communication management report storage unit (9 in FIG. 1) for storing data indicating the type of the document generated by the type generation data generation unit as document type data for each transmission in the communication management report data.

Further, the family register issuance facsimile apparatus according to the present invention selects means (2 in FIG. 1) for instructing communication or print output, and selects an authentication text corresponding to a document to be transmitted or a document to be printed. Authentication statement selection means (Fig. 1
2) and generating means for generating data indicating the type of document to be transmitted based on the output of the authentication text selecting means (1 in FIG. 1)
An appending and transmitting means (1 and 9 to 12 in FIG. 1) for transmitting the authentication text selected by the authentication text selecting means in addition to a document to be transmitted when transmission is instructed; When the authentication is performed, the authentication statement selected by the authentication statement selection means is added to the document to be printed and output, and the output and printing means (1, 6 and 7 in FIG. 1), and the document generated by the generation means are output. Communication management report storage means (9 in FIG. 1) for storing data indicating the type as document type data for each transmission and each print in the communication management report data
And

Another family register facsimile apparatus according to the present invention receives a document such as a family register requiring an authentication statement from a host computer, transmits the document to a predetermined destination, and generates and stores a communication management report related to the transmission. I do. The facsimile apparatus receives the document requiring the authentication statement from the host computer by generating means (1 and 5 in FIG. 1) for identifying the type of the document from the information from the host computer and generating data indicating the type of the document. Receiving means (5 and 9 in FIG. 1) for transmitting and sending the document from the host computer to a predetermined destination (10 in FIG. 1); and data indicating the type of document generated by the generating means. And a communication management report storage unit (9 in FIG. 1) for storing as document type data for each transmission in the management report data.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a family register facsimile apparatus is connected to a host computer. In this case, the data indicating the type of the document is formed by designating the authentication statement when reading the document, or is identified from the information data of the host computer.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the type of the received document can be stored in the communication management report even in the case of reception by further having means for recognizing the type of the received document by receiving.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus for issuing a family register according to the present invention. In the figure,
The facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an MPU 1 that is a main control unit that controls the entire operation, an operation unit 2 that inputs various instruction information, a document reading unit 4 that reads a document such as a family register copy, an abstract, and the like. It includes an upper interface 5 connected to a host computer, a printer 7, and a communication control unit 10 for controlling communication of a line. Each circuit is connected by a data bus 20.

The document reading unit 4 can partially read a document such as a family register, a seal registration certificate, and a resident card.

The operation unit 2 performs designation of partial reading for creation of an issued document, designation of an authentication statement added to the issued document, print output operation, transmission operation, and the like. The operation unit interface 3 outputs an instruction from the operation unit 2 to the data bus 20.

The upper interface 5 transmits and receives commands and responses to and from the host computer,
Image data and information data indicating attributes and commands related to the received image are received from the host computer.

The printer 7 includes a printer interface 6
To record and output the image data from the MPU 1.

The ROM 8 stores a control program,
U1 executes various controls based on this control program. The RAM 9 temporarily stores image data read by the document reading unit 4 or image data received from the upper interface 5. Further, at the time of reception, the received image information is temporarily stored. A communication management report such as a communication result, the number of transmitted documents, a paper size, and a time is also stored in the RAM. The RAM 9 is backed up by a battery, and its contents are protected even when the power is turned off.

The communication control unit 10 is a circuit for executing a facsimile communication protocol through a line, from which various facsimile communication procedure signals are transmitted and received. The transmission image information from the RAM 9 is transmitted to the communication control unit 10.
Is sent out to the line.

The image processing LSI 11 encodes the image data stored in the RAM 9 and stores it again in the RAM 9 as transmission image information. Further, the image processing LSI 11
Decoding the received image information received from the communication control unit 10;
It is stored in the RAM 9 as image data.

The authentication statement memory 12 stores an authentication statement as shown in FIG. There are authentication texts from (a) to (k), and which authentication text is attached can be specified from the operation unit 2 and the host computer. The authentication statement indicates the type of document to be issued, and has a sentence structure of authenticating or certifying it.When transmitting or receiving image data from the host computer, a predetermined authentication statement is added to the document information. It is sent or printed.

The clock LSI 13 is used for time management for transmitting a family register copy, an abstract, a resident's card, a seal stamp certificate, and the like, and for printing out, and for creating a communication management report. Generates time and date information.

The authentication stamp interface 14 is an interface connected to an automatic stamping device for stamping an authentication stamp on an authentication sentence of a printed record.

With the above configuration, the MPU 1 controls the entire apparatus, operates the document reading unit 4 in accordance with the instruction input from the operation unit 2, reads the document, and instructs the operation unit 2 to specify the authentication text to be added. It is read out from the authentication text memory 12 and added to the image data of the read document, and control for transmission via the communication control unit 10, control for printout without transmission, and decoding of image information received from the partner facsimile machine. Thereafter, the reception record control for printing out to the printer 6 is performed. Further, the MPU 1 has an upper interface 5
, The image data is received from the host computer, and an authentication statement is added to the image data and transmitted in accordance with the command and the response, or control for printing out to the printer 6 is executed. Furthermore, as described below, control for creating a communication management report is also executed.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for storing management information by the MPU 1. After starting the processing in step S0, in step S1, the MPU 1
3. A communication management report such as an output time, a sheet size, the number of sheets, a communication time, a communication result, and the like is created with reference to a communication processing task and a print task indicating communication processing in the communication control unit 10. Further, in step S2, if an instruction of the authentication text is issued from the operation unit 2, the MPU 1 determines the type of the transmission document based on the instruction, and generates data indicating the type of the document. When the type of document is notified from the information data received from the upper interface 5, the MPU 1 generates data indicating the type of the document. Further, at the time of reception, the MPU 1 identifies the document type of the received image information in the course of the communication protocol and generates data indicating the document type. As described above, the generation of the data indicating the type of the document may be instructed by the operation unit 2, may be notified from the information data from the upper interface, or may be notified from the communication protocol at the time of reception. Step S2 may be before step S1.

The communication management report generated in step S1 and the data indicating the type of the document generated in step S2 are combined in step S3 and stored in the RAM 9 as one communication management report.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the communication management report created in step S3. In the figure, an item 21 indicates an output date and time, an item 22 indicates a document type, an item 23 indicates a transmission destination, an item 24 indicates a number of sheets transmitted or received, an item 25 indicates a communication time, and an item 26 indicates a communication result. In addition, there is an item indicating whether transmission or reception is performed.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus for issuing a family register shown in FIG. 1 will be described in more detail. First, an operation of transmitting a document read by the document reading unit 4 will be described.

The reading part of the document, the authentication text to be added to the document, the transmission destination, etc. are designated by the operator with the operation unit 2,
A communication start switch indicating the start of communication is operated. Thereby, the designated reading portion is read, and the RAM 9 is read.
Is temporarily stored in the frame memory unit. If the document to be transmitted is a family register excerpt, an editing operation for combining two originals into one is also executed and stored in the RAM 9. Furthermore, MP
U1 reads the specified authentication text from the authentication text memory 12, adds the read authentication text to the image data of the read document, and stores the read text in the RAM 9
To memorize. At this time, the MPU 1 generates data indicating the type of a document (certificate of family register, abstract of family register, resident's card, seal registration certificate, etc.) corresponding to the designation of the certification by the operation unit 2, The data is stored in the item 22 (FIG. 4) of the RAM 9 in the area for storing the communication management report (step S2 in FIG. 2).

According to the transmission destination specified by the operation unit 2, the communication control unit 10 calls the other party's facsimile machine,
9 is encoded by the image processing LSI 11, and then transmitted based on a predetermined communication protocol. Finally, the transmission result and the transmission end time are stored in the RAM 9 as a communication management report together with data indicating the type of the document (step S3 in FIG. 2). The communication management report stored in the RAM 9 can be output to the printer 7 according to an instruction of the operation unit 2 or every predetermined number of times of communication.

When transmitting the image data with the authentication text as described above, data indicating the type of the document to be transmitted may be transmitted to the receiving side in advance. In this case, data indicating the type of the document to be transmitted is inserted into the non-standard identification signal NSS of the communication protocol to notify the receiving side. Thereby, the receiving side can identify the type of the document of the received image data from the NSS, and can store the type of the received document in the management report.

Next, the operation of outputting a document read by the document reading section 4 to the printer 7 will be described. In this case, the operation unit 2 designates a document reading portion, an authentication statement to be added to the document, and the number of copies, and when a button for designating a copy is operated, the document reading unit 4 reads the document and performs authentication. The image data of the document to which the sentence is added is stored in the RAM 9 in the same manner as in the above-described transmission operation, and the contents of the RAM 9 are output to the printer 7 by the designated number. At the time of print output, the MPU 1
Is controlled so that an authentication seal is imprinted on the printing of the authentication text.

Further, after the printout, the MPU 1 responds to the designation of the authentication text by the operation unit 2 and indicates the type of document to be authenticated by the authentication text (certificate of family register, abstract of family register, resident's card, seal registration certificate, etc.). And the data is stored in the RAM 9
Is stored in the item 22 (FIG. 4) of the area for storing the communication management report (step S2 in FIG. 2). In this case, since no communication is performed, “−−−” is stored in the destination item 23 (FIG. 4), the communication time item 25, and the communication result item 26 of the communication management report.

Next, an operation for transmitting an image received from the upper interface 5 will be described. The received image may be edited by the host computer in advance, and an authentication statement may be added, but here, it is assumed that the image is not added. When the reception interrupt is received by the MPU 1 via the upper interface 5, the information data is received.

The information data is generated by the host computer, and has a data format indicating attributes and commands relating to image data of a document to be received, as shown in FIG. That is, the information data includes an output mode 30 indicating whether the document is to be printed out or transmitted by facsimile, a destination facsimile number 31 when transmitting, a number of output copies 32 when printing out, data 33 indicating the type of document, and A4. ,
A document size 34 such as B5 and a cassette position designation 35 for designating a paper cassette of the printer 7 are provided.

After receiving the information data, the image data is received via the upper interface 5 and is temporarily
It is stored in the frame memory of AM9. At this time, MP
U1 identifies the document type from the document type data 33 (FIG. 5) of the information data, reads the corresponding authentication text from the authentication text memory 12, adds it to the received document, and stores it in the RAM 9.

Thereafter, the MPU 1 discriminates whether to transmit or print from the output mode in the information data, and based on the result, transmits the image data read by the original reading section 4 in the same manner as the transmitting operation and the printing operation. Alternatively, it is output to the printer 7. Further, M
The PU 1 identifies the type of the document from the data 33 (FIG. 5) indicating the type of the document of the information data (Step S2 in FIG. 2), and the communication management report item 2 of the RAM 9
2 (FIG. 4).

Finally, in the case of reception, the type of the received document is identified from the NSS signal transmitted from the transmitting side, and after the printout of the received image information, the management report of FIG. Is created.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention,
If an instruction of the authentication text is issued by the operation unit 2, the MPU 1 determines the type of the transmission document based on the instruction, generates data indicating the type of the document, and stores the data as a communication management report. When the type of document is notified from the information data received from the upper interface 5,
The MPU 1 generates data indicating the type of the document and stores it as a communication management report. In addition, when receiving MPU
Reference numeral 1 identifies the document type of the received image information in the course of the communication protocol, generates data indicating the document type, and stores the data as a communication management report. Thus, there is an effect that the type of document for each communication can be identified from the communication management report.

Embodiments of the present invention are not limited to those described above. For example, at the time of reception, the type of document is identified from the non-standard signal NSS and can be stored in the communication management report for reception. However, this function may be omitted. In this case, the types of the transmission document and the copy document can only be managed by the communication management report. In the case of print output, data indicating the type of document need not be generated. In this case, the type of the transmission document can only be managed by the communication management report.

The memory for storing the communication management report may be separate from the RAM 9. For example, if a read-only memory (EEPROM) that can be electrically erased and electrically written is used, the management information remains convenient even if the power of the apparatus is turned off.

[0045]

The first effect is that statistical information suitable for the operation site of a facsimile for issuing a family register can be obtained. The reason is that information on the classification of the document can be described in the communication management report.

The second effect is that an operation for classifying documents is not required. The reason is that the device can classify a document to be automatically output from the conventional operation input.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile machine for issuing a family register in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a management information storing procedure in the family register issuance facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an authentication sentence.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an output example of a management report.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a format of information data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 MPU 2 Operation part 3 Operation part interface 4 Original reading part 5 Upper interface 6 Printer interface 7 Printer 8 ROM 9 RAM 10 Communication control part 11 Image processing LSI 12 Authentication text memory 13 Clock LSI 14 Authentication mark interface

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A family register issuing facsimile apparatus for transmitting a document such as a family register requiring an authentication statement and generating and storing communication management report data relating to the transmission, the authentication for selecting an authentication statement corresponding to the document to be transmitted. Sentence selecting means; generating means for generating data indicating the type of the document to be transmitted based on the output of the authentication sentence selecting means; and adding the authentication text selected by the authentication sentence selecting means to the document to be transmitted. A facsimile apparatus for issuing a family register, comprising: an appending and transmitting means for transmitting the data; and a communication management report storing means for storing data indicating the type of the document generated by the generating means as the communication management report data for each transmission. 2. A family register issuance facsimile apparatus which transmits or prints out a document such as a family register requiring an authentication statement and generates and stores communication management report data relating to the transmission or printout. Means for selecting a document to be transmitted or a document corresponding to a document to be printed and output, and generating data indicating the type of the document to be transmitted based on the output of the certificate selection means. Generating means, when transmission is instructed, appending and transmitting means for appending the authentication text selected by the authentication text selecting means to a document to be transmitted, and transmitting the authentication text when print output is instructed; An appending and printing means for appending and printing the authentication statement selected by the selecting means to the document to be printed, And a communication management report storage unit for storing data indicating the type of the document as the communication management report data for each transmission and each print. 3. A family register issuance facsimile apparatus which receives a document such as a family register requiring an authentication statement from a host computer, transmits the document to a predetermined destination, and generates and stores communication management report data relating to the transmission. Generating means for identifying the type of the document from the information from the host computer and generating data indicating the type of the document; receiving means for receiving and storing the document requiring the authentication statement from the host computer; and A facsimile for issuing a family register, comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits a document to the predetermined destination; and a communication management report storage unit that stores data indicating the type of the document generated by the generating unit as the communication management report data for each transmission. apparatus. 4. A facsimile apparatus for issuing a family register which transmits a document such as a family register requiring an authentication statement, and generates and stores communication management report data relating to the transmission. Designating means for designating an authentication text corresponding to a document; generating means for generating data indicating the type of the document to be transmitted based on the output of the designating means; and reading means for reading the authentication text specified by the designating means Adding and transmitting means for adding and transmitting a document to be transmitted read in step 2, means for receiving a document requiring an authentication statement and data indicating the type of the document from the host computer, Data indicating the type of the document and data indicating the type of the document received from the host computer are transmitted as the communication management report data. A facsimile machine for issuing a family register, including a communication management report storage means for storing each of the communication management reports. 5. The facsimile apparatus for issuing a family register according to claim 1, further comprising means for recognizing the type of the received document by receiving the document.