JPS63181058A - Portable computer with facsimile function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain a mobile communication with a facsimile equipment from any place when a telephone set and a telephone line can be used by applying a function for an interface with a facsimile signal transmitted through the telephone line. CONSTITUTION:Data such as a character or a graphic inputted through the keyboard of a portable computer 1 is supplied to an acoustic coupler 3 through the interface 2 and outputted and displayed to a display 5. A magnetic disk 4 incorporates data required for outputting this data and maintains a memory. The acoustic coupler 3 receives the inputted output data of the portable computer 1 to transform it to the voice band signal of an audio frequency and transmit to the telephone line 20 through a transmitter from the receiver of the telephone set 10. The data of the portable computer 1 inputted to the facsimile equipment 30 is supplied to the facsimile equipment 30 based on an acoustic coupling system and outputted from the facsimile equipment similarly to the supplied data.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a portable computer with a facsimile function, and more particularly to a portable combiator with a facsimile function, which is a personal computer-grade portable computer with a communication function with a facsimile machine. .

[Conventional technology]

Facsimile machines are well known,2 and are now being used commercially for interpersonal communications over dedicated telephone lines.

On the other hand, personal computers, commonly known as personal computers, have become more compact, 4M, larger, and more multifunctional, and have become representative portable computers that are now capable of communicating between individuals using allocated telephone lines. It has become.

Of the above-mentioned facsimile machines and personal combiators, personal computers are much more popular than facsimile machines, so if it were possible to communicate with facsimile machines using a personal combiator, it would be extremely convenient to use text, text, etc. Graphical information can be transmitted to the other party installing the facsimile machine m using a dedicated telephone line, but conventionally these two methods have only been used independently of each other.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, conventional portable combiators of the personal computer level have the disadvantage that they do not have a communication function with a facsimile machine, and therefore cannot be used with a facsimile machine.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide an interface means for converting the input and output data of a facsimile machine using a telephone line into signals for a portable combiator via an electroacoustic transducer and a telephone t*t-. According to
An object of the present invention is to provide a portable combination machine with facsimile @ function that can communicate with a facsimile machine from any place where telephone equipment is available.

[Means for solving problems]

The portable combinator with 7 axis function of the present invention is a small and lightweight portable combiator equipped with a magnetic disk and a display, and a telephone 11! an electroacoustic transducer that combines input and output data of a facsimile device transmitted and received as a transmission path with a telephone and converts it into an electrical signal; and an interface circuit that interfaces the portable combinator with the electroacoustic transducer. Prepared and configured.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 uses a portable combinator 1 on the level of a personal combinator, an interface circuit 2, an acoustic coupler 3 as an electroacoustic transducer, a magnetic disk 4 using a floppy disk, and a plasma display. A display 5 is included as a peripheral device of the portable computer 1, and the portions indicated by dashed lines are directly related to the present invention).The entire computer has an integrated structure designed to be small and lightweight. Note that FIG. 1 also shows a telephone 10, a telephone circuit 20, and a facsimile machine 30.

Data such as characters or figures input via the keyboard of the portable computer 1 is supplied to the acoustic coupler 3 via the interface 2 and is also output and displayed on the display 5. Magnetic disk 4! , i It contains the data necessary for this data output and also secures memory money.

One interface circuit 2 is the R8232C of this embodiment.
It uses an interface. This uses a telephone line. It is often used in combination with an acoustic coupler, which will be described later, for communication between personal combinators, etc.
Either the signal transmitted over the telephone line is connected from the telephone to the acoustic coupler using the so-called acoustic coupling method, and the electrical signal is converted into a personal computer signal, or vice versa, the personal combinator signal is acoustically coupled. It is possible to create an interface similar to a telephone line. The ja@, acoustic cube'') 3 and 1 are spatially coupled to the packing machine 10 so as to be able to exchange voice band signals transmitted over the telephone line.

The acoustic converter 3 receives the input output data from the portable computer l, converts it into an audio band signal of an audible frequency, and transmits it from the receiver of the telephone 10 via the transmitter to the telephone #! 2
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The data from the portable computer 1 that is input to the facsimile device 30 via the telephone port 20 is provided to the facsimile device 30 based on the acoustic coupling method described above, and is output in the same manner as the data provided from the facsimile device. be done.

When data is sent from the facsimile device 30 to the portable computer 1, the data flow is processed in a completely opposite route to the data flow described above.

This portable computer with a facsimile function is formed as a compact and lightweight integrated structure, and if a telephone line and telephone are available, it can communicate with the other party who has a facsimile machine from anywhere. Furthermore, scanning time can be significantly reduced compared to communication between facsimile machines.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the portable combiator l performs real-time processing using keyboard input, but instead of keyboard input, it is also easy to send graphics using a mouse, or input data using all voice recognition devices. It is clear that it can be implemented in a portable computer, and it is also possible to transmit data at a desired time under the control of a paper program in a portable computer.
It is clear that any of the above embodiments can be easily implemented, such as storing and storing the information in a computer, and any modification of the above embodiments can be easily implemented without completely losing the spirit of the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, what if a portable computer is provided with the function of interfacing facsimile signals transmitted via a telephone line, so that both a telephone and a telephone line can be used? : Equipped with a facsimile function that allows mobile communication with a facsimile device even from a machine, and also allows easy setting of transmission time and data storage using a human-powered program using a mouse or voice recognition device. This has the effect of realizing an L-type computer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. l...portable computer, 2...interface circuit, 3...acoustic coupler, 4...
...magnetic disk, lO ... telephone, 20
...Telephone line, 30...Facsimile machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a small and lightweight portable dust computer equipped with a magnetic disk and a display; an electroacoustic transducer that combines input/output data of a facsimile device transmitted and received using a telephone line as a transmission path with a telephone set and converts it into an electrical signal; A portable computer with a facsimile function, comprising an interface circuit for interfacing the portable computer and the electroacoustic transducer to communicate with a facsimile machine.