JPH01212170A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simultaneously use memory transmitting and receiving function and copying function by providing a control means to operation-control the memory transmitting and receiving function and copying function independently. CONSTITUTION:A facsimile equipment 1 has the memory transmitting and receiving function to have a picture storing means 2 and to store a transmitting picture and a received picture and the copying function to have a picture reading means 3 and a picture recording means 4 and to record the picture, which is read by this picture reading means 3, by the picture recording means 4. Then, in this facsimile equipment 1, a control means 5 is provided to operation-control the memory transmitting and receiving function and copying function independently. Thus, the memory transmitting and receiving function and copying function are independently controlled and these function can be parallelly and simultaneously used.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a facsimile machine, particularly a facsimile machine having a memory transmitting/receiving function and a copying function, it is possible to use the memory transmitting/receiving function and the copying function at the same time, and the facsimile machine can be used efficiently. It has an image storage means and a memory transmission/reception function for storing images to be transmitted and received images, an image reading means and an image recording means, and has an image reading means to read images. In a facsimile machine having a copying function for recording an image with a recording means, the above-mentioned memory transmission/reception function;
A control means is provided to control the operation independently of the copying function.

(Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a memory transmission/reception function and a copying function.

(Prior Art) Generally, there is a facsimile machine as shown in FIG. 7 as the above-mentioned facsimile machine. In the figure, 10 is a line control unit connected to a communication line 11, 12 is a main control unit that performs overall control, 13 is a memory unit that stores image information, and 14 is a main control unit that performs overall control.
15 is a compression and decompression unit that compresses image information when transmitting and restores received information; 15 is a recording unit that prints image information on recording paper; 16
Reference numeral 17 indicates a reading unit that reads image information of the original, and 17 indicates an operation panel.

In addition to general transmission and reception, such a facsimile device temporarily stores image information in the memory section 13 before printing it on recording paper when receiving, or temporarily stores image information of a document in the memory section 13. Memory transmission and reception for transmitting information stored in this memory section 13 is possible. Furthermore, reading section 1
Many printers have a copying function in which the image information read in step 6 is printed directly on recording paper in the recording section 15 instead of being transmitted.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, in the above-mentioned facsimile machine, there is usually 1
While performing one function, it is impossible to perform another function.

For this reason, even if it has multiple functions that can operate independently, these functions cannot be used simultaneously; for example, it is not possible to send or receive data during copy processing, and memory data cannot be sent or received. There is a problem in that some facsimile machines cannot be used to perform copying processes, making it difficult to operate the facsimile machine efficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to enable the memory transmission/reception function and the copy function to be used simultaneously, thereby enabling efficient operation of a facsimile machine.

[Means for solving problems]

Means for solving the above problems in the present invention are as follows:
As shown in FIG. 1, a memory transmitting/receiving function having an image storage means 2 and storing images to be transmitted and received images;
In a facsimile machine 1 having an image reading means 3 and an image recording means 4 and a copying function of recording an image read by the image reading means 3 in the image recording means 4, the above-mentioned memory transmission/reception function and copying function are provided. This is because a control means 5 for independently controlling the operation is provided.

(Function) According to the present invention, since the control means independently controls the memory transmitting/receiving function and the copying function, these functions can be used simultaneously in parallel.

(Example) An example of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. In this embodiment, the facsimile apparatus is composed of a line control section 10, a main control section 12, a memory section 13, a compression/decompression section 14, a reading section 16, a recording section 15, and an operation panel 17 as in the conventional case. In this embodiment, the main control section 12 controls each section of the facsimile machine so that memory transmission/reception and copying functions can be used simultaneously. Further, in this embodiment, under the control of the main control section 12, the display on the operation panel 17 is made to display whether or not the devices can be used at the same time.

In this embodiment, the main control section 12 has a configuration as shown in FIG. That is, in the figure, 20 is an operation monitoring unit that monitors the overall operation of the main control unit, 21 is a protocol device control unit that controls the line control unit, 22 is a file output control unit that controls memory transmission, and 23 is a memory a file input control section for controlling the input of image information to the section; 2;
Reference numeral 4 indicates a copy control section that controls copying operations.

Further, in the same figure, reference numeral 25 denotes an operation control unit that controls the operation of each of the above-mentioned control units by manual key input from the operation panel, 26 a display information buffer that stores display data of the operation panel according to the actual operation of each control unit, and 27 indicates a status monitoring unit that monitors the actual operating status and selects the display content on the operation panel.

In this embodiment, each control section can be controlled independently.

That is, the protocol device control section 21, file output control section 22, and copy control section 24 are controlled independently and can be operated in parallel. The necessary parts during the memory transmission/reception operation are the parts related to transmission and reception of the seed control part, such as the protocol device control part 21, the compression decompression part 14, the memory part 13, and the line control part 1.
0, and does not overlap with the copy control section 24, reading section 16, and recording section 15 of the main control section 12 necessary for the copy operation.

The display information buffer described above has five types of buffer configurations. These are the first buffer LCDBFO for the operation screen when copying, file input, and manual file output, and the second buffer L for the communication screen when controlling the protocol device during transmission and reception.
CDBFI, a third buffer LCDBF2 for a recording output screen used when automatically outputting a file, and a fourth buffer LCDBF3 for a failure screen when a failure occurs;
A fifth buffer RUNLC selects and copies the contents of any one of the four buffers mentioned above in order to actually display the content on the liquid crystal display device of the operation panel.
D. Selection and display of these buffers is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

This embodiment operates according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. That is, it is determined whether the facsimile machine is to be operated manually by keyboard input (STI'), and if the facsimile machine is not performing any other operation when transmitting a document (Sr1), the transmission process is executed. and,
When performing automatic transmission (Sr1), such as when transmitting image information stored in the memory unit, even when other operations are being performed, when copying is being performed (Sr1).
r1), a transmission process is executed (Sr1). If other processes are being executed (ST6 to 5T8), automatic transmission is canceled.

When performing automatic output processing (Sr1), if no other operation is in progress, record output processing is executed (STIO). Also, when executing memory input, if no other operation is being executed, the memory input process is executed (5TII), and if another operation is being executed, a message indicating that another operation is in progress is displayed (ST1).
2).

Furthermore, when executing a copy operation (ST13), even if another operation is in progress, memory transmission or memory reception (S
At T14.5T15), copy processing is executed (ST16
) is executing an operation other than that, a message indicating that the other operation is being executed is displayed (ST17).

When the status display is selected, if no other operation is in progress, a reject process is performed and the process ends (ST18).

Also, when automatically receiving (ST19), if other operations are in progress, the receiving process is not executed, but if copying is in progress (ST19), the receiving process is not executed.
20) Perform reception processing in the same way as when other operations are not in progress (
ST21).

Therefore, according to this embodiment, memory transmission/reception processing and copying processing can be performed simultaneously in parallel, so that copying processing can be performed during memory transmission/reception, and memory transmission/reception processing can also be performed during copying processing. Therefore, the facsimile machine can be operated efficiently.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, since the control means for independently controlling the operation of the memory transmission/reception function and the copying function is provided, the memory transmission/reception process and the copying process can be performed in parallel. These operations can be executed simultaneously, which has the effect of improving the operating efficiency of the facsimile machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main control section of an embodiment of the facsimile machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram of the display of the facsimile machine shown in FIG. Flowcharts showing the status, Figures 4 to 6 are
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile machine shown in the figure, and FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of the facsimile machine. l...Facsimile device 2...Image storage means 3...Image reading means 4...Image recording means 5...Controlling means Flowchart showing the 41E operation of the embodiment (Fig. 5) 2-way/1 flowchart of the operation (OI) Fig. 6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A memory transmission/reception function that includes an image storage means (2) and stores images to be transmitted and received images, and an image reading means (3).
) and an image recording means (4), and this image reading means (3).
), the facsimile machine (1) has a copying function of recording an image read by the recording means (4), and is provided with a control means (5) for independently controlling the operation of the memory transmission/reception function and the copying function. A facsimile device featuring: