JPH07177286A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a facsimile equipment which simplifies various internal settings and is improved in operability by reading address information corresponding to international coordinate information and storing it as an information element of terminal discrimination information. CONSTITUTION:When the international coordinate information on an installation place is inputted from a GPS reception part in a power-ON initial process, a control part 1 retrieves a map data base 14 by using the international coordinate information and inputs international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information. Then previously set address part contents of the inputted international address information are extracted and stored in a parameter memory 3 as an element of the transmission terminal discrimination information. For the purpose, the information is automatically sets in an item of the address of the transmission terminal discrimination information, etc., and then various internal settings can be simplified, thereby lightening the burden of setting operation on the user.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus which allows various settings of the apparatus to be easily performed and improves usability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a facsimile apparatus, various settings inside the apparatus such as an operation of inputting terminal identification information for identifying its own terminal and an operation of selecting a language described as operation guidance information are performed by a user. Do it manually.

Alternatively, some manufacturers provide a remote maintenance service in which an image of a document in which the setting contents are recorded in a predetermined format is sent to a predetermined center device, and a setting operation corresponding to the contents of the document is executed remotely from the center device. It may be provided.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional method, since various setting operations are performed with the user's hand in any way in the past, when the user newly installs the facsimile apparatus, It took a lot of time and effort.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus in which various internal settings can be easily performed and the usability is improved.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a transmission image,
In a facsimile device that adds and transmits a display image of terminal identification information for displaying the identification of the terminal itself,
The GPS receiving means for forming the international coordinate information of its own terminal, the map database means for storing the address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the GPS receiving means, and the GPS receiving means from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on. Inputting the international coordinate information to be output, reading address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information from the map database means, and including the control means for storing the address information as an information element of the terminal identification information. Is.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus equipped with network control means connectable to public telephone line networks of a plurality of countries having different line signal conditions, GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of its own terminal by GPS and this GPS. Map database means for storing international address information corresponding to international coordinate information output by the receiving means, signal condition storing means for storing signal condition information indicating signal conditions for connecting to a public telephone line network, and power-on At that time, the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means is input, the international address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, and the country information included in the international address information is taken out. , The signal condition information corresponding to the country information obtained thereby is retrieved from the signal condition storage means,
A control means is provided for setting the line signal condition of the network control means according to the signal condition information.

Further, the network control means capable of connecting to public telephone line networks of a plurality of countries having different line signal conditions is provided, and a display image of terminal identification information for displaying the identification of the own terminal is added to the transmission image. In a facsimile apparatus that transmits the data, a GPS receiving unit that forms international coordinate information of the terminal by GPS, a map database unit that stores international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the GPS receiving unit, and a public telephone Signal condition storage means for storing signal condition information indicating signal conditions for connecting to a line network, and international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on are input, and the input international coordinates are input. The international address information corresponding to the information is read from the map database means, and the international address information is used as the information element of the terminal identification information. While saving, the country information included in the international address information is taken out, the signal condition information corresponding to the country information obtained thereby is taken out from the signal condition storage means, and the line signal of the network control means is obtained by the signal condition information. It is provided with control means for setting conditions.

[0009] Further, GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of its own terminal by GPS, map database means for storing map image data of a predetermined format corresponding to the international coordinate information output by this GPS receiving means, and map transmission Is designated, the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means is input, the map image data corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, and the read map image data is predetermined. Of the facsimile image data, and the image data after the conversion is transmitted as a map image to a designated destination.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus for transmitting a transmission image by adding a display image of terminal identification information for displaying the identification of the terminal itself, GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of the terminal by GPS, The map database means for storing the address information and the map image data corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the GPS receiving means, and the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on are input. The address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, the address information is stored as an information element of the terminal identification information, and when the map transmission is designated, the GPS information is stored.
Input the international coordinate information output from the receiving means, read the map image data corresponding to the input international coordinate information from the map database means, and convert the read map image data into predetermined facsimile image data, A control means for transmitting the converted image data as a map image to a designated destination is provided.

Further, in a facsimile apparatus for displaying and outputting operation guidance information, GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of its own terminal by GPS and international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by this GPS receiving means are stored. A map database means, and an operation guidance storage means that stores a plurality of display information sets corresponding to each language when displaying the operation guidance in a plurality of languages,
The national language storage means for storing the relationship between each country and the language used as the national language, and the above G when the power is turned on.
The international coordinate information output from the PS receiving means is input, the international address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, the country information included in the international address information is taken out, and obtained by that. The language of the country corresponding to the country information is read from the national language storage means,
The display information set corresponding to the language obtained thereby is selected, and thereafter, the operation guidance information corresponding to the selected display information set is retrieved from the operation guidance storage means, and the control means for displaying and outputting the operation guidance information is provided. It is a thing.

[0012]

Therefore, the information is automatically set in the item such as the address of the terminal identification information, so that the burden on the user for this setting operation is reduced. Further, since the signal condition set in the network control means can be automatically set to the content corresponding to the public telephone network of the country of installation, the user's labor for setting operation can be reduced. Further, when the map of the installation location of the own terminal is transmitted, the map image can be automatically generated, which greatly improves the usability of the facsimile device.
Also, since the display content of the operation guidance information can be automatically set to the national language display in the country where the terminal is installed,
The usability of the facsimile machine is greatly improved.

[0013]

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

FIG. 1 shows a group 3 facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a control unit 1 performs control processing of each unit of this facsimile apparatus and facsimile transmission control procedure processing, and the system memory 2 is
The control processing program executed by the control unit 1 and various data necessary for executing the processing program (for example, operation guidance information) are stored, and the work area of the control unit 1 is configured. The memory 3 is for storing various information unique to the group 3 facsimile machine. Here, as the operation guidance information, information written in a plurality of languages is stored as each language set.

The scanner 4 is for reading an original image at a predetermined resolution, the plotter 5 is for recording and outputting an image at a predetermined resolution, and the operation display unit 6 is a facsimile device. For operation,
It consists of various operation keys and various indicators.

The encoding / decoding unit 7 is for encoding and compressing the image signal and for decoding the encoded and compressed image information into the original image signal. The image storage device 8 is
This is for storing a large amount of image information in a coded and compressed state.

The group 3 facsimile modem 9 is for realizing the modem function of the group 3 facsimile, and is a low speed modem function (V.21 modem) for exchanging transmission procedure signals and mainly exchanging image information. High-speed modem function (V.33 modem,
V. 29 modem, V.29. 27ter modem).

The network control device 10 is for connecting this facsimile device to a public telephone line network and has an automatic call originating / receiving function. In addition, this network control device 10
It also has a function to set the internal state appropriately for the operating conditions when connected to the public telephone network of each country. Here, the operating conditions corresponding to the characteristics of the public telephone network are
For example, the format of the selection signal, the detection condition of the DC signal, and the like, and the information indicating the relationship between each country and the public telephone network characteristic information is stored in the system memory 2 in advance.

GPS (Global Position)
ing System) receiving unit 11 is for obtaining the international coordinates of the installation location of the own terminal by GPS.
The PS antenna 11a receives a signal from a GPS satellite, and the received signal of this GPS-safe 11a is
It is added to the GPS receiver 11. Here, GPS is a system for obtaining position information (international coordinate information) in real time by an artificial satellite (GPS satellite) managed by the US Department of Defense.

The GPS interface circuit 12 is for connecting an external GPS receiver, and the switch 13 is for effectively connecting either the GPS receiver 11 or the GPS interface circuit 13. Is.

The map database unit 14 stores international address information corresponding to international coordinate information and image data in a map of a predetermined format. For example, a CD-ROM.
Use a large-capacity storage medium such as.

These control unit 1, system memory 2,
Parameter memory 3, scanner 4, plotter 5, operation display unit 6, encoding / decoding unit 7, image storage device 8, group 3 facsimile modem 9, network control device 10, switch 1
3 and the map database unit 14 are connected to the system bus 15, and data is exchanged between these respective elements mainly via the system bus 15.

Data is exchanged directly between the network controller 10 and the group 3 facsimile modem 9.

In this embodiment, when the power is turned on, the processing shown in FIG. 2 is executed.

First, referring to the system setting information of the terminal itself, it is determined whether the GPS receiving section 11 is connected or whether the external GPS receiving section is used (decision 10).
1). When the result of the judgment 101 is YES, the GPS receiver 11 is selected by the switch 13 and
International coordinate information is input from the GPS receiver 11 (process 10
2) If the result of determination 101 is NO, GPS
Interface circuit 12 is selected and external GP
International coordinate information is input from the S receiver (process 103).

In this way, when the international coordinate information of the installation place is input, the map database unit 14 is searched using the international coordinate information, and the international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information is input (process 104).

Next, of the input international address information, the contents of a preset address portion (for example, country name, area name (prefecture name), city name, town name, etc.) are extracted, and the extracted address information is extracted. The transmission terminal identification information (TT
It is stored in the parameter memory 3 as an element of I) (process 105).

Then, the country information representing the country name is extracted from the international address information (process 106), the public telephone network characteristic information corresponding to the country information is read from the parameter memory 3 (process 107), and the read public is read. The telephone network characteristic information is set in the network control device 10 (process 108). As a result, the characteristics of the network control device 10 are set to match those of the public telephone network used at the installation location of the group 3 facsimile device.

Next, referring to the system setting information of the terminal itself, it is checked whether or not the automatic language switching function for automatically switching the language in which the operation guidance information is written is selected (decision 109). When the result of the determination 109 is YES, the language (official language) corresponding to the country information of the input international address information is determined, the determined language is selected as the display language of the operation guidance information, and the selection result is displayed. It is registered in the parameter memory 3 (process 110). Judgment 10
When the result of 9 is NO, the language set and input by the user is registered in the parameter memory 3 as the display language of the operation guidance information (process 111).

When the process of referring to the international address information is completed in this way, the process proceeds to the next predetermined initialization process.

Information representing the relationship between the country name and the official language is stored in the system memory 2 in advance.
In addition, when there are a plurality of official languages, the user may be allowed to select a desired one from the plurality of official languages, for example.

The system setting information is a collection of user-settable parameters of each part of the group 3 facsimile machine. For example, a value set at the time of shipment of this facsimile machine is registered as a default value. By registering the operation display unit 6, the user can arbitrarily change the value. Further, the identification information other than the transmission terminal identification information can be automatically set and registered in the same manner.

In this way, in this embodiment, in the initial processing when the power is turned on, the international terminal information obtained from the GPS receiving section 11 is referred to, the transmission terminal identification information is registered, and the operating condition of the network control device 10 is set. Since the setting of and the setting of the notation language of the operation guidance information are automatically performed, the setting operation of the user at the time of installing the apparatus can be significantly reduced.

FIG. 3 shows an example of processing when the user specifies a map information transmission operation representing the location of the terminal.

First, referring to the system setting information of the terminal itself, it is determined whether the GPS receiving section 11 is connected or whether the external GPS receiving section is used (decision 20).
1). When the result of determination 201 is YES, the GPS receiver 11 is selected by the switch 13 and
International coordinate information is input from the GPS receiver 11 (process 10
2) If the result of determination 101 is NO, GPS
Interface circuit 12 is selected and external GP
International coordinate information is input from the S receiver (process 203).

In this way, when the international coordinate information of the installation location is input, the map database unit 14 is searched using the international coordinate information, and the map image data corresponding to the international coordinate information is input (process 204). The input map image data is converted into predetermined facsimile image data (process 205). Here, when the map image data is registered at a plurality of scales, for example, when the map information transmission operation is selected, the user is allowed to select the map scale, and the map image of the selected scale is selected. You should enter the data.

Next, it is checked whether or not the user has set to add a mark image indicating the installation location of the terminal itself (judgment 206), and the result of judgment 206 is Y.
When it becomes ES, for example, an image showing a mark such as a symbol imitating a finger is added to the mode showing the installation place of the own terminal (process 207) to form transmission image data. Then, the transmission image data is encoded and compressed by the encoding / decoding unit 7, and the image information obtained thereby is image storage device 8
Is temporarily stored in (step 208).

Next, the designated destination is called (process 20).
9) Execute a predetermined pre-transmission procedure with the partner terminal (process 210), execute a predetermined image information transmission procedure, and send the image information stored in the image storage device 8 at that time to the partner terminal. (Process 211). At this time, additional image information such as display information of the transmission terminal identification information is added to the transmission image information.

When the image information transmission is completed, a predetermined post-transmission procedure is executed (process 212) and the line is restored (process 21).
3) Then, a series of map transmission operations are completed.

In this way, in this embodiment, since the map information indicating the installation location of the terminal itself can be transmitted to the designated destination, for example, the user can easily form a map for guiding to the home. be able to.

In this case, the map image corresponding to the international address information obtained by the GPS receiving section 11 is transmitted to the designated destination, but a guide message may be added to this map image. . For example, it is advisable to register a plurality of guide messages to the home as fixed phrases, allow the user to select any one, or allow the user to freely edit and register the guide messages.

The map image may be simply recorded and output. In this case, it is necessary for the user to manually enter the guide text and the like, but the degree of freedom of the user's preference increases. Further, it is possible to provide a function of recording and outputting the map image of the address designated by the user. For example, the meeting place and the meeting place can be explained while showing a map on the original image, which is very convenient.

By the way, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the installation location of the facsimile is fixed, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a movable facsimile, one example of which is shown in FIG. . In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 and the corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

In the figure, the wireless device 20 performs a predetermined type of wireless operation, and is provided with an antenna 20a. The wireless device interface 21 is for using the wireless device 20 as a transmission means, controls the wireless device 20, and exchanges transmission / reception data with the group 3 facsimile modem 9.

Also in this case, the initialization process and the map information transmission process similar to those of the above-described embodiment are performed.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the moving facsimile apparatus can obtain the transmitting terminal identification information corresponding to the current position, so that the contact during the moving becomes very smooth and the facsimile apparatus is easy to use. Greatly improved.

When the facsimile apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, if the GPS apparatus is already installed in the mounted vehicle, the GPS apparatus can be used as an external GPS receiver, which is very convenient. Is.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the group 3 facsimile machine has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to the group 4 facsimile machine. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to other data terminal devices and data processing devices.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since appropriate information is automatically set in the item such as the address of the terminal identification information, the burden on the user for this setting operation is reduced. Further, since the signal condition set in the network control means can be automatically set to the content corresponding to the public telephone network of the country of installation, the user's labor for setting operation can be reduced.
Further, when the map of the installation location of the own terminal is transmitted, the map image can be automatically generated, which greatly improves the usability of the facsimile device. In addition, since the display content of the operation guidance information can be automatically set in the national language display in the country in which the terminal is installed, the usability of the facsimile device is significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a group 3 facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a part of an example of initialization processing of the apparatus of FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing an example of map information transmission processing of the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a group 3 facsimile apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Controller 2 System Memory 3 Parameter Memory 11 GPS Receiver 12 GPS Interface Circuit 13 Switcher 14 Map Database

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device for transmitting a transmission image by adding a display image of terminal identification information for displaying the identification of the terminal itself, and a GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of the terminal by GPS. The map database means that stores the address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the GPS receiving means, and the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on are input, and the input international coordinates are input. A facsimile apparatus comprising a control means for reading out address information corresponding to information from the map database means and storing the address information as an information element of the terminal identification information. 2. A facsimile apparatus having network control means capable of connecting to public telephone line networks of a plurality of countries having different line signal conditions, GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of its own terminal by GPS, and the GPS receiving means. The map database means for storing the international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the receiving means, the signal condition storing means for storing the signal condition information indicating the signal conditions for connecting to the public telephone network, and the power-on. At that time, the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means is input, the international address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, and the country information included in the international address information is taken out. , The signal condition information corresponding to the country information obtained thereby is taken out from the signal condition storage means, and is stored in the signal condition information. Ri, facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for setting the line signal conditions of the network control means. 3. A network control means capable of connecting to public telephone line networks of a plurality of countries having different line signal conditions is provided, and a display image of terminal identification information for displaying the identification of the own terminal is added to a transmission image. In a facsimile apparatus that transmits the data, GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of the terminal by GPS, map database means for storing international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the GPS receiving means, public telephone Signal condition storage means for storing signal condition information indicating signal conditions for connecting to a line network, and international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on are input, and the input international coordinates are input. The international address information corresponding to the information is read from the map database means, and the international address information is used as the information element of the terminal identification information. In addition, the country information contained in the international address information is retrieved, the signal condition information corresponding to the country information obtained thereby is retrieved from the signal condition storage means, and the line signal condition of the network control means is obtained from the signal condition information. A facsimile apparatus comprising a control means for setting the. 4. GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of its own terminal by GPS, map database means for storing map image data of a predetermined format corresponding to the international coordinate information output by this GPS receiving means, and map transmission. Is designated, the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means is input, the map image data corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, and the read map image data is predetermined. And a control means for converting the converted image data into a map image and transmitting it to a designated destination. 5. A facsimile device for adding a display image of terminal identification information for displaying the identification of its own terminal to a transmission image and transmitting the GPS image, and GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of the own terminal by GPS. The map database means for storing the address information and the map image data corresponding to the international coordinate information output by the GPS receiving means, and the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on are input. The address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, the address information is stored as an information element of the terminal identification information, and when the map transmission is designated, the G
The international coordinate information output from the PS receiving means is input, the map image data corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read from the map database means, and the read map image data is converted into predetermined facsimile image data. A facsimile apparatus comprising: control means for transmitting the converted image data as a map image to a designated destination. 6. A facsimile device for displaying and outputting operation guidance information, which stores GPS receiving means for forming international coordinate information of its own terminal by GPS and international address information corresponding to the international coordinate information output by this GPS receiving means. The relationship between the map database means, the operation guidance storage means that stores a plurality of display information sets corresponding to each language when displaying the operation guidance in multiple languages, and the relationship between each country and the language used as the national language The stored national language storage means and the international coordinate information output from the GPS receiving means when the power is turned on are input, and the international address information corresponding to the input international coordinate information is read out from the map database means. The language of the country corresponding to the country information obtained from the country information included in the international address information It is read from the national language storage means, the display information set corresponding to the language obtained thereby is selected, and thereafter, the operation guidance information corresponding to the selected display information set is retrieved from the operation guidance storage means to obtain the operation guidance information. A facsimile apparatus comprising control means for displaying and outputting.