JPS60204174A - Information discriminating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize the importance and kinds of information even if the operator is absent by adding specific mark designated by a sender side in response to the importance and kinds of a recording content onto the surface of a recording paper sheet. CONSTITUTION:In adding, e.g., a yellow mark on the recording paper sheet, a yellow selection contact 15c is closed ahead the transmission and a mark selection signal generating section 16 generates a command signal. The said signal is processed by a protocol signal generating section 17 and modulated (18). On the other hand, a picture data read by a reading section 11 is matched with the timing with the protocol signal, subject to communication control 19 and connected (20) to the line and transmitted to a line 7. While a signal reveived from the line 7 at the reception section is subject to level adjustment and equalization correction, the picture data is fed to a data demodulation section 34 and the yellow selection command signal is fed to a protocol demodulation section 35. The picture data is decoded (36) after demodulation and a corresponding voltage is applied to a head 3 from a recording section 37. Further, the yellow selection command signal is demodulated and decoded, subject to mark changeover 39 and the result is fed to a yellow ink solenoid.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to an information discrimination system that allows a receiving side to discriminate the importance, type, etc. of recorded contents even in the absence of an operator.

[Prior art]

As a conventional information discrimination system, 1. For example, when recorded information is transmitted between remote locations such as a facsimile, a local network terminal printer, etc., and it is necessary to make the recording device side aware of the importance of the recorded information, There are systems in which a buzzer, bell, lamp, etc. are installed on the receiving side, and a signal for driving these is transmitted together with the transmission of the recorded information on the transmitting side, thereby producing an alarm sound or a lighting display. In the case of such important records, it is possible to issue a warning to the receiver and have the receiver identify the information.

However, with conventional information discrimination systems.

Acoustic or visual warnings are given.

Since the discrimination signal is only received while the discrimination signal is being received, there is an inconvenience that the information is not discriminated if there is no receiver near the receiving device (recording device).

[Object and structure of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and in order to enable information to be identified even in the absence of an operator, specific marks are added to recording paper depending on the importance of the information. It provides an information discrimination system.

〔Example〕

The information discrimination system according to the present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which a recording paper roll 2 is wound with heat-sensitive recording paper 1 that develops color when a predetermined temperature is applied, and a recording paper l pulled out from the roll 2 is printed according to recorded information. A thermal recording head 3 that performs heating at least line by line to perform color recording on the recording paper 1, and a recording paper 1'l (
A pinch roller 4 is inserted and rotatably pressed against the print surface of the head 3 to convey the recording paper 1 at a constant speed.

A cutter 5 that cuts the recording paper l page by page or image by image, a discharge row 26 that discharges the recorded paper cut by the cutter 5 outside the apparatus, and a facsimile machine installed in a remote location. a transmitter 10 that reads image information and importance identification information from a manuscript, etc., performs signal processing, modulates the signal, and sends it to the line 7; The identification information is received from the line 7, the image information is demodulated, and a binary voltage corresponding to the image information to drive the thermal recording head 3 is generated and applied to each heating resistor of the head 3, and the importance level is determined. It is composed of a receiving section 30 that decodes information and generates a mark switching signal am, and a marking mechanism 50 that marks the side of the recording paper 1 with a specified color based on the mark switching signal outputted from the receiving section 30. be done.

The marking mechanism 50 includes an ink roller drive arm 52 rotatably fixed at a fulcrum 51 as shown in FIG.
An ink made of a highly water-absorbing material such as felt, which is rotatably attached to the upper part of one end of the arm 52 and comes into contact with the surface of the recording paper l when the arm 52 rotates to apply ink of a predetermined color. A roller 53, a spring 54 that is installed between the end of the arm 52 on which the roller 53 is mounted and the apparatus body and biases the ink roller 53 in a direction p and n1t from the paper surface, and an ink roller drive arm. The tip of the armature 55 is attached to the other end of the armature 52, and when the excitation coil is energized, the armature 55 is pulled into the coil.
2 to the position shown by the dotted line. As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of ink rollers are provided; for example, ink roller 53m is red;
The ink is soaked in yellow for b and green for 53c. Naturally, each arm 52a-52C1 is provided with a solenoid 56a-56c.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the configuration of the transmitter 10, in which the original-iC
A reading section 11 that reads by OD etc., and a signal processing section 1 that performs correction processing etc. of the image signal output from the reading s11.
2, an encoding section 13 that encodes the signal from the signal processing section 12 based on the MR%MH method, etc., a data modulation section 14 that modulates the encoded image data, and ink rollers 53a to 53 on the receiving side. 53a or no selection contact 15m, ticket selection contact 15b, yellow selection contact 15c, and green selection contact 15d; A mark selection signal generation section 16 that outputs an instruction signal, and a protocol signal generation section 17 that converts the signal from the mark selection signal generation section 16 into a predetermined format and also performs a process of specifying the timing of transmission.
, a protocol signal modulating section 18 that modulates the output signal of the protocol signal generating section 17, and a facsimile device that transmits the modulated protocol signal and data at a predetermined timing, or is configured integrally with the transmitting section 10. The communication control section 19 transfers the received signal to the receiving section within the communication control section 19, and the line coupling section 20 sends out the signal from the communication control section 19↓ to the line 7 with a predetermined impedance and insulation.

Further, FIG. 5 shows an example of the configuration of the receiving section 30, and the line 7
a line coupling section 31 for electrically matching the signals from the line coupling section 30 and the receiving section 30; an automatic level adjustment section 32 for averaging and outputting the strength of the signal from the line coupling section 30; and an automatic level adjustment section 32 for equalizing the characteristics of the level-adjusted signal. an automatic line equalizer 33 that performs equalization correction; a data demodulator 34 that demodulates only image data from the equalized signal; a data decoder 36 that decodes the demodulated image data; a recording section 37 that applies a voltage corresponding to the image data generated to each heating resistor of the thermal recording head 3; and a protocol signal demodulation section 35 that demodulates only the protocol signal from the output signal of the automatic line equalization section 33.

A protocol signal decoding section 38 that decodes the demodulated protocol signal, a switching circuit 39 that drives the mark changeover switch 40 for selecting one of the solenoids 56a to 56c according to the decoded mark instruction signal, and the circuit 39. and a mark changeover switch 4° (consisting of an electronic switch, a rotary relay, etc.) that is driven by the transmitter 1o to select one of the solenoids 56a to 56c corresponding to the ink roller of the color specified by the transmitter 1o.

In the above configuration, a case where a yellow mark is attached to the recording paper 1 will be explained. Prior to transmission, the yellow selection contact 15c is closed. As a result, the mark selection signal generator 16 generates an instruction signal to add a yellow mark to the recording paper.
The signal is processed by the protocol signal generator 17 /'c
The signal is modulated by the protocol signal modulator 18. On the other hand, the image data read by the reading section 11 undergoes signal processing, and the image data that is encoded and modulated is sent to the communication control section 11 at appropriate timing with the protocol signal.
Output from 9.

Furthermore, it is sent out to the line 7 via the line coupling part zo'l.

The receiving section 30 receives the data and the yellow selection instruction signal through the line 7 via the line coupling section 31 within the facsimile.

The received signal is subjected to level adjustment and equalization correction processing, and then the image data is sent to the data demodulation section 34.
The yellow selection instruction signal is sent to the protocol demodulator 35. The image data is demodulated and then decoded, and a voltage corresponding to the image data is applied to the head 3 by the recording section 37. On the other hand, the yellow selection instruction signal is sequentially demodulated and decoded by the demodulation section 35 and the decoding section 38, and the negative selection instruction signal is extracted. This yellow selection instruction signal drives the mark switching circuit 39 that drives the changeover switch 40, and the solenoid.

56b is selected. As a result, the ink roller drive arm 52a is swung by the drive of the armature 55b and rotates once counterclockwise, and the yellow ink roller 53b comes into contact with the recording paper 1 as shown in FIG. Ink roller 53b
rotates as the recording paper 1 is ejected, and a band-shaped yellow mark is placed on the side of the recording paper 1. Importance of recorded content.

Select the color of the ink roller depending on the type, etc.
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# It can be arbitrarily set using a timer circuit provided in the circuit 39.

In this embodiment, a desired color is applied to the surface of the recording paper in a band shape using an ink roller, but characters such as "Urgent" and "Important" may be stamped without using the roller.

Further, instead of using an ink roller, marking may be performed by pressing a roller made of a hard material (not impregnated with ink) onto the recording paper via carbon paper, an ink ribbon, or the like.

Furthermore, the marking colors may be red, yellow, and green, or any number of colors may be used as required.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to Ippon Kajiaki's information discrimination system, a specific mark specified by the sender is added to the surface of the recording paper depending on the importance and type of recorded content.
Even when the operator is absent, the importance and type of information can be recognized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are front and side views showing details of a marking mechanism 50 according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of a transmitter 10. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing details of the receiver (ii) section 30. Explanation of the symbols! Recording paper, 2... Recording paper roll, 3... Thermal recording head, 4... Pinch roller, 5... cutter,
6... Discharge roller, 7... Line, 10... Transmission section, 11... Reading section, 12... Signal processing section, 13...
・Data encoding section, 14...Data modulation section, 15...
Mark selection switch% 15a...No selection contact, 1
5b... Red selection contact % 15c... Yellow selection contact,
15d... Green selection contact % 16... Mark selection signal generation section, 17... Protocol signal generation section, 18.
...Protocol signal modulation section, 19... Communication control section,
20.31...Line connection section. 30... Receiving section, 32... Automatic level adjustment section. 33... automatic line equalization section, 34... data demodulation section,
35...protocol demodulation section % 36 river data decoding section,
37... Recording section, 38... Protocol decoding section, 3
9... Mark switching circuit, 40... Mark switching switch, Te, 50... Marking machine (LSI... Fulcrum,
52... Ink roller drive arm, 53.53a-5
3e... Ink roller, 54... Spring, 55
．． 55a~55c... Armature, 56.56a~
56c... Solenoid. Patent applicant Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Oki Matsubara 2 Patent attorney Seishunma Muraki Patent attorney Taira 1) Tadashi Patent attorney Atsushi Ueshima - Patent attorney Hitoshi Suzuki Figures 1, 2, and 3

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A system that transmits image information using a sending device that processes image information into a predetermined format and sends it to a line, and a receiving device that processes information from the line and prints it on recording paper. . Mark instruction signal sending means provided in the sending device and sending out a mark instruction signal for applying a specific marking to recording paper. A marking mechanism that prints a specific mark, character, etc. at a predetermined position on the surface of recording paper according to the contents of a mark instruction signal. 1. An information discriminating system comprising: mark instruction signal discrimination processing means for separating a mark instruction signal sent from a transmitting side from image data and operating the marking mechanism according to the contents of the instruction.