JPH05236247A - Picture information transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send picture information to a destination terminal equipment designated accurately without imposing a load onto an operator of a sender side even when an original is sent to plural terminal equipments. CONSTITUTION:Destination information stored on a floppy disk 6 is displayed on a CRT display device 5 and a destination terminal equipment is designated from the information by using an operating panel 4. The designated destination terminal equipment is automatically dialed by using a telephone number stored in the floppy disk 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information transmitting apparatus for transmitting image information read from a document to a designated destination terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of image information transmitting apparatus, when an original is transmitted to a terminal which is used in a shared manner by a large number of people as a destination terminal for receiving the original, the original transmitting side Separate from the transmitted manuscript, attach a cover sheet that describes the company name, department name, name, etc. of the person who should be the recipient of the manuscript at the destination terminal, or directly enter the recipient company name, department name, name, etc. I was sending it.

Further, in transmitting to the destination terminal, the sender makes a call by dialing the telephone number of the destination terminal, and after the line with the destination terminal is connected, the image information is transmitted.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional image information transmitting apparatus, when transmitting image information, it is necessary to bother to dial the telephone number of the destination terminal of the other party. Especially when sending to multiple terminals,
The sender has to know the telephone numbers of all the destination terminals, which imposes a great burden on the operation of the sender.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and when transmitting to a plurality of terminals, the image is transmitted to a correctly designated destination terminal without burdening the operator on the transmitting side. An object of the present invention is to provide an image information transmission device capable of transmitting information.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises storage means detachably attached to the apparatus main body for storing the telephone numbers of a plurality of destination terminals.
A display unit for displaying destination information corresponding to the telephone number, an operation unit for designating a destination terminal as a transmission destination from the displayed destination information, and image information output from a document reading unit for the storage unit. And a control unit for transmitting to the designated destination terminal using the telephone number stored in.

[0007]

According to the present invention, with the above configuration, the destination information stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means, and the operator on the transmitting side is automatically designated if the displayed destination information is designated by the operation unit. The destination terminal is called.

Therefore, unlike the conventional case, the operator does not need to dial the telephone numbers of the destination terminals, and when transmitting to a plurality of terminals, it is necessary to know the telephone numbers of all the destination terminals. Disappear. As a result, the image information can be transmitted to the designated destination terminal without imposing a heavy burden on the operator on the transmitting side.

Since the storage means is detachably attached to the main body of the apparatus, the storage means can be easily replaced, and a large number of terminals can be used as destination terminals.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an image transmitting apparatus according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a document reading unit for reading a document, 2 is an encoder for encoding the image information output from the document reading unit 1, and 3 is for storing the encoded image information output from the encoder 2. This is an image information memory. 4 is an operation panel consisting of a tablet and keyboard for Kanji characters,
Reference numeral 5 is a CRT display, 6 is a floppy disk, 7 is a character generator for Kanji characters, and 8 is an encoder that encodes the character pattern output from the character generator 7. 9 is a communication control unit for controlling communication with each destination terminal, 10 is a line,
Reference numeral 11 is a control unit connected to the blocks 4 to 7, 9 and the like.

In this embodiment, the user of the image information transmitting apparatus stores the management table for each destination terminal on the floppy disk 6 using the operation panel 4 and the CRT display 5 at the time of transmission. FIG. 2 shows the contents of the management table, including a terminal number (a number assigned to each destination terminal), a telephone number of the destination terminal, and a list of users of the terminal (hereinafter referred to as terminal). A user list) is collected for each destination terminal.

In this specification, the user means not only the name of the user of each destination terminal, but also the name of the department to which the user belongs, the code assigned to the user, etc.
It contains all information that helps identify the user.

A user number is attached to each user name in the terminal user list (in FIG. 2, this user number is attached to the head of the user name). Therefore, by designating the terminal number and the user number, each of the users registered in the terminal user list can be designated.

When actually transmitting an original, the user of the image information transmitting apparatus first uses the operation panel 4 and the CRT display 5 to perform the following procedure to the recipient of the original at the destination terminal. Make a selection.

That is, the user of the image information transmitting apparatus first specifies the terminal number of one destination terminal using the operation panel 4. Then, the control unit 11 causes the CRT display 5 to display the terminal user list of the destination terminal.

Next, the user of the image information transmitting apparatus is
From the terminal user list displayed on the display 5, a terminal user who is to be the recipient of the transmitted document is selected by instructing the user number or the like from the operation panel 4. In addition, CRT
If the name of the recipient of the transmitted document does not exist in the user list displayed on the display device 5, the recipient name can be newly added to the user list by the operation panel 4.

When the selection of the recipient of the original document at the destination terminal is completed, the original reading unit 1 is made to read the transmitted original document. As a result, the image information output from the document reading unit 1 is encoded by the encoder 2 and then the image information memory 3
Accumulated in.

When the reading of the transmission document is completed, the control unit 11 refers to the management table corresponding to the destination terminal designated by the operation panel 4 and gives the telephone number of the destination terminal to the communication control unit 9. The communication control unit 9 automatically makes a call according to this telephone number and connects to the destination terminal. When this connection is completed, the control unit 11 reads out the user name (consisting of the character code) corresponding to the user number to be the recipient of the document selected by the operation panel 4 from the management table and uses it. The person's name is given to the character generator 7. Then, the character generator 7 generates a character pattern corresponding to the user name, and the character pattern is encoded by the encoder 8 and then transmitted by the communication control unit 9 to the destination terminal.

When the transmission of the character pattern is completed, the communication control unit 9 then reads out the image information of the original from the image information memory 3 and transmits it to the destination terminal via the line 10. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, at the destination terminal, the received original document added to the beginning of the original document can be obtained as the address in which the user name designates the recipient (12 in FIG. 3 is transmitted). Manuscript, 13 indicates a received manuscript).

Similarly, when a document is transmitted to another destination terminal as well, the user name corresponding to that terminal is read from the management table, and the code corresponding to this user name is read. The converted character pattern is transmitted from the communication control unit 9 to the destination terminal. Then, after the transmission of the character pattern is completed, the image information of the document is transmitted to the destination terminal.

In the above embodiment, the floppy disk is described as the storage means for storing the telephone number of the destination terminal, but a card type memory such as an IC card can be used.

In the above embodiment, an example in which only the name of the user who is the recipient of the original is added to the beginning of the received original has been described, but information such as the name of the department to which the user belongs is added to the operation panel 4. The desired information may be added to the beginning of the manuscript according to the instruction.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention is detachably attached to the apparatus main body and stores the telephone numbers of a plurality of destination terminals and the destination information corresponding to the telephone numbers. A display unit for displaying, an operation unit for designating a destination terminal as a transmission destination from the displayed destination information, and image information output from the document reading unit using a telephone number stored in the storage unit. Since it is equipped with a control unit for transmitting to the designated destination terminal, the operator on the transmitting side does not need to dial the telephone number of the destination terminal, and even when transmitting to multiple terminals, all the It is not necessary to know the telephone number of the destination terminal. As a result, the image information can be transmitted to the designated destination terminal without imposing a heavy burden on the operator.

Further, since the storage means is detachably attached to the main body of the apparatus, the replacement work of the storage means can be easily performed, and it is possible to deal with the case where a large number of terminals are used as destination terminals.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image information transmitting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of a management table stored in a floppy disk in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a relationship between a transmission document and a reception document of a destination terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Original Reading Section 3 Image Information Memory 4 Control Panel 5 CRT Display 6 Floppy Disk 7 Character Generator 9 Communication Control Section 10 Line 11 Control Section 12 Original

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Storage means that is detachably attached to the apparatus body and stores the telephone numbers of a plurality of destination terminals,
A display unit for displaying destination information corresponding to the telephone number, an operation unit for designating a destination terminal as a transmission destination from the displayed destination information, and image information output from a document reading unit for the storage unit. And a control unit for transmitting to a specified destination terminal using the telephone number stored in.