JPS58225766A - Transmitter for picture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for the intervention of manual operation by providing a converter which converts the output signal of a computer into a recording a converter which converts the output signal of a computer into a recording signal and sends it out to a circuit where a FAX receiver is connected. CONSTITUTION:The converter 16 includes a picture information reader 17, picture memory 18, character element signal generating circuit 19, and signal converting circuit 20 and is connected to the output terminal of the computer 13. Further, a circuit controller 21 is provided and connected between the signal converting circuit 20 and the circuit 22a, etc., connecting with the FAX receiver 12a, etc. The circuit controller 21 reads address information in the output signal of the computer 13 out of the memory 18 and connects the signal converting circuit 20 to the circuit of the FAX receiver to send out a print signal.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to an image information transmission device used for image transmission, in which image information output by a computer is transmitted online and a facsimile receiver at the end of the line records the image. .

A conventional transmission device will be explained using FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the figure, both (1) and (2) are conventional computers.

The computer (1) uses a processor (3) that performs predetermined processing on input data, and a puncher (5) that punches and outputs the results processed by the processor (3) onto a paper tape (4). It is formed.

(6) is a teletype transmitter which, when a paper tape (4) on which data is recorded, is input, it displays the data as an electrical signal and displays it through the communication line (7) connected to the teletype receiver (7). 8). The teletype receiver (7) that receives this electrical signal types the characters specified by the electrical signal onto a sheet of paper and outputs the sheet on which the document is recorded.

The computer (2) is provided with a line printer α1 that prints and outputs the results processed by the processing device (3) on an output paper (9) using characters and No. 1 numbers.

01) is a facsimile transmitter that inputs output paper (9) on which data is printed and sends an electrical signal to a communication line (8) connected to a facsimile receiver (6) at the destination of the data. When activated after controlling the line so that it can be sent, the facsimile receiver H at the other end reads the electrical signals received in sequence and prints the output paper (9) on the front side of the paper.
) in the same shape as the data image printed on the output paper (9), so that a receiver located far away can see the same image of the data printed on the output paper (9) by the computer (2) at the distant transmission site. You can get paper with images printed on it.

The conventional transmission device is configured as described above, and when the input data is processed by the computer (1) or (2) and the result is sent to a remote party, the combicoater (1) is used.
), the paper tape (4) output from the puncher (5)
) is manually attached to the teletype transmitter (6), and in the case of computer (2), the output paper (9) output from line printer 0* is manually attached to the facsimile transmitter αυ. Only then could the results processed by computer (1) or (2) be sent to the other party.

For this reason, conventional transmission equipment has a relay recording medium such as paper tape (4) or output paper (9) prepared at the location where the computer (1) or (2) is installed so that it can always respond to the requests of the other party. At the same time, the relay recording media that have already been recorded should be labeled and organized so that others can see what data was recorded at what time, and should be promptly responded to requests from recipients. Because it was necessary to store these relay recording media so that they could be quickly retrieved, handling of these relay recording media required a lot of effort for the workers at the location where the computers (1) and (2) were installed, and relaying them to the facsimile receiver 0'4. This was causing the problem to occur.

In addition, as the number of stored relay recording media increases, the number of destinations, classifications, and types of recorded data content increase, and the frequency of requests from recipients for transmission increases, it is necessary to accurately select the required data and send it to the transmitter. (6) It became difficult to attach it to (11) without fail, and the operator's erroneous operation occurred during the relay, so the receiver (7) Alpha erroneously output a record different from the one requested by the receiver. It was causing this.

With conventional transmission equipment, as described above, the relay recording medium output from the computer had to be manually operated in order to obtain an image of the recorded results from the facsimile receiver. Not only is it not possible to deliver information quickly, but it is also impossible to prevent erroneous operations due to manual intervention, resulting in a lack of accuracy in information transmission.

This invention was made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of conventional transmission devices, and it converts an output signal sent by a computer after processing input data into a recorded signal that can be processed by a facsimile receiver. By installing a conversion device that sends this recorded signal to the line connected to the facsimile receiver and eliminating the need for manual operations, it is possible to quickly and accurately transmit large amounts of image information without the need for relay operations. The purpose is to provide transmission equipment.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

In the figure, (1) and (2) are the same as the conventional symbols.

(to) is a computer, and a character output device a4 is connected to a terminal of a processing device (1) that processes input data.

(To) is an interface attached to the character output device Q4, which uses the hard copy signal sent by the character output device 04 to print the image formed on the screen of the image display device onto the output paper (9). Depending on the situation, an output signal containing image information obtained by scanning the image is sent out.

α is a conversion device, and inside it is an image information reader αη.
A picture information memory O, a pixel signal generating circuit α, and a signal conversion circuit (1) are connected in series and housed, and are connected to the output of the computer α.

Image information reader Q? ) is the processor of computer 03 (
1) processes the input data and sends the image obtained to the character output machine α→
The interface (to) inputs an output signal output as image information, reads image information word by word from this output signal, and sends it to the image information memory (to) in the order in which it is read.

The image information memory (G) stores the image information sent from the image information reader αη in the -H memory, reads out the image information sequentially at a speed that can be processed by the facsimile receiver 02, and converts it into characters. The signal is sent to the signal generation circuit α.

Pixel signal generation surface M, (1 (e is image information memory (g)
The facsimile receiver decomposes each word sent one after another into graphemes that can be processed as one character, and then converts this into serial dot data to form a grapheme signal. Send the signal m to the signal conversion circuit (e).

The signal 8 conversion circuit l1vIα) performs signal processing necessary for a facsimile device, such as band compression, on the phrasal signal sent from the phrasal signal generation circuit 0 to form a facsimile signal.
When this facsimile signal is sent to the facsimile receiver θ, the facsimile receiver Qe converts it into a print signal that can directly print an image on the surface of the paper, and outputs it from its output terminal.

A line controller Q◇ is further installed in this conversion device 0, and is connected to the I conversion circuit (A) and a number of facsimile receivers (12a), (12b), -=, and (12n). A large number of lines (22a), (22b), etc.
. , (22n).

This line controller (b) reads the destination information included in the output signal output by the computer (to) from the image information memory (to) and selects the facsimile receiver (12n) for the corresponding destination. Then, a signal conversion circuit (E) is connected to the corresponding line (22n), and a print signal is sent to the corresponding line (22n) connected to the destination facsimile receiver (12n) specified by the computer Ql. As a result, the destination facsimile receiver (12
n) continues the printing operation on the surface of the paper in response to the printing signals that are successively received, and outputs the paper on which information is recorded exactly as the image formed by the computer.

In addition, this line controller Qυ has a broadcast function, so it can retransmit the same information in response to the control signal sent from the computer, and it can also send multiple 48 facsimile receivers (TE22a-n) simultaneously. Or it can be controlled so that the messages can be sent sequentially.

This image transmission device is configured as described above, and the converter 0Q converts the output signal outputted by processing the input data into a print signal that can be processed by the facsimile receiver (6). The line controller Q]) sends the data to the line (E) specified by the computer 03, and the specified facsimile receiver (2) prints the same image information created by the computer (To) on recording paper. It has been made possible to print and output.

Therefore, this conversion device (to)
The image information reader α power, image information memory (g), and character signal generation circuit α are output signals that represent the image formed by the electric signal.
Wow, signal conversion circuit (e) and line controller 6! ◇By simply converting the waveform and sending it to the line (A), you can operate the specified facsimile receiver@, so you can use relay recording media such as paper tape (4) or output paper (9) of conventional transmission equipment. This eliminated the disadvantage that information could not be relayed without it, and saved relay workers the trouble of organizing, storing, and searching for information.

In addition, since no human resources are required to operate this conversion device, conventional transmission devices require time and effort to attach and detach the relay recording media (4) and (9) to the transmitter (6) and Oυ. By eliminating the drawback of not being able to relay images quickly, the system was able to improve the ability to quickly transmit large amounts of image information.

Furthermore, this image transmission device eliminates the disadvantage that conventional transmission devices involve human relay work and cannot prevent erroneous operations, and transmits image information without human intervention. We were able to make improvements to ensure the accuracy of transmission.

This invention converts the output signal sent by the computer after processing input data into a recorded signal that can be processed by a facsimile receiver, and sends this recorded signal to a line connected to the facsimile receiver. Since the conversion device is provided to eliminate human intervention, there is an effect of providing an image transmission device that can quickly and accurately transmit a large amount of image information without the need for relay operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are connection diagrams showing the configuration of a conventional transmission device;
FIG. 8 is a connection diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 0 is a facsimile receiver, Q3 is a computer, α is a converter, 07) is an image information reader, (g) is an image information memory, θ is a glyph signal generator, (1) is a signal conversion circuit, 3υ is a line controller, and (a) is a line. In each figure, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts. Agent Makoto Kuzuno - Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A computer that processes input data and sends out an output signal that represents the image information using electrical signals, which is connected to the output of this computer and converts the output signal into a facsimile signal that can be processed by a facsimile receiver. , an image transmission device comprising a conversion device for transmitting the facsimile signal to a line connected to the facsimile receiver; (2) The conversion device converts a computer output signal into a facsimile signal using an image information reader, an image information memory, a glyph signal generation circuit, and a signal conversion circuit. image transmission device. (3) The conversion device has a line controller that sends the facsimile signal to a line connected to the facsimile receiver of the destination specified by the destination information included in the computer output signal. The image transmission device according to item 1.