JPS6350160A - Inputting device for information of facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecessary to provide a character selecting switch and a display device for confirming a selected character, by providing a character discriminating part for converting to character information from a mark position which is entered into a mark sheet, and a character table. CONSTITUTION:The titled device is provided with a character discriminating part 15 for converting to character information from a mark position and a character table 14, and information to be inputted is entered onto a mark sheet 7, the mark sheet 7 is fed and read by an original reader of a facsimile equipment, and when an effective mark position is detected, an input character is discriminated by referring to the character table 14 from its mark position. In this way, a character selecting switch for inputting the information peculiar to the facsimile equipment and a display device for confirming a selected character become unnecessary, and also, by entering the information onto the mark sheet, and allowing the device to read to mark sheet in the same way as a regular transmission by the facsimile or the copying operation, a user's operation for inputting the information is simplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information input device for a facsimile machine that uses a photoelectric conversion device to input information specific to a facsimile machine.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, facsimile machines have been highly evaluated for their convenience, and the number of facsimile machines installed has been rapidly increasing.

The International Telegraph and Telephone Advisory Committee (CG)
ITT), the recommendations were compiled and group 1. Group 2. Group 3. Group 4 (G1.G2 respectively)
．． G3. It is classified as a G4 aircraft. Of these, 0
The three machines are the most commonly used because they have a high transmission time of one minute for one standard document (A4 size) and can be connected to the conventional subscriber telephone port 'faN4. The facsimile machine has communication functions such as notifying the telephone number of the device to the other device and communication by port ring.In order to realize these functions, the facsimile machine is designed to allow input of information such as a unique number. It is also possible to input a sender's name in order to include the sender's name in the transmission document sent to the other party's device.The following is a description of the conventional facsimile device's unique information input device described above with reference to the drawing. An example will be explained. Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of a unique information input device in a conventional facsimile machine. In Fig. 4, 1 is a mode selection switch for selecting the information input mode. 2 is a character Use the selection switch to select the characters to be input. 3 indicates the characters that can be selected in the character table. 4 is the display device, and 5 is the information input control device. Enter the mode selection switch 11 character selection switch 2 and enter the 1 character table. The character selected from 3 is displayed on the display device 4. 6 is a switch for setting the character selected by a character setting switch.

(Table) The character selection switch 2 is a row direction update switch 2 that updates the row direction of the character table shown to the ex-husband. The operation of a conventional information input device of a facsimile machine configured as 0 or more consisting of a column direction update switch 2□ for updating in the column direction will be described below. - Information specific to each facsimile machine: ■Telephone number given to the device; ■Password for identifying the other party's device during polling communication.

■There is the user name of the source device. When inputting this information, first, the type (mode) of the information to be input is determined using the mode selection switch 1. For example, each time the mode selection switch 1 is pressed, the above three modes are selected in sequence,
The selected power mode is displayed on the display device 4, and 3
When the information input control device 5 is designed so that after the second mode is selected, pressing the button again will return to the original state.

To select a telephone number input mode, the mode can be selected by pressing the mode selection switch 1 once. Next, the character to be inputted is selected from the ex-husband's table using the character selection switch 2.

When entering a phone number, assume that the initial state of one character is at the upper left corner of the ex-husband's character table.

Since it is necessary to update up to the column containing numbers, press the 9 column direction update switch 2□ to select the column of numerical information. Each time the column direction update switch 2□ is pressed, the first character of the column is displayed on the display device 4, and a column of numbers is selected. Once the number column is selected, the row direction update switch 2. Press,
Select the desired number and input the selected number into the information input control device 5 using the 5-character setting switch 6. Once the required number of character information has been input, the mode selection switch 1 is pressed again to finish inputting that mode. In the same way as inputting a telephone number, other mode information can also be inputted (for example, Matsushita Electric Transmission Co., Ltd. UF-1).

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the above configuration requires one display device and switches for input, which increases the cost of the device and makes inputting information extremely complicated for the user of the device. It had the problem of becoming.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an information input device for a facsimile machine that does not have two display devices (and allows a user to easily input information specific to the facsimile machine).

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a mark sheet on which information specific to a facsimile machine is written.

A character reference table showing the relationship between mark positions and character information to be written on the mark sheet, a document reading device of a facsimile machine for reading the mark sheet, and a signal read by the reading device to detect the marks on the mark sheet. A mark position detection unit that detects the position, a character table that indicates the relationship between the mark position and input characters, and a character identification unit that converts the mark position and character table written on the mark sheet into character information. It is.

According to the above-described structure, the present invention writes information to be input on a mark sheet, reads the mark sheet while feeding it by the document reading device of the facsimile machine, and when a valid mark position is detected, inputs the information by referring to the character table from that mark position. Identify characters. This eliminates the need for a character selection switch for inputting information specific to the facsimile machine and a display device for confirming the selected characters.In addition, the information can be entered on a mark sheet and the operation is similar to normal facsimile sending or copying operations. By having the device read the mark sheet.

The user's operation for inputting information becomes easier.

Embodiment An information input device for a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an information manual device of a facsimile machine in an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 7 is a mark sheet, 8 is a document feed mechanism that feeds the document (mark sheet 7),
9 is a light source for illuminating the original, and 10 is a photoelectric conversion device for reading the original.

11 is a drive unit of the photoelectric conversion device 10; 12 is a reading control unit that converts the electric signal output from the photoelectric conversion device 10 into a binary code; 13 is a mark position detection unit that detects the mark position from the mark sheet 7; 14 is a character table for referencing character information from mark positions.

15 is a character identification unit that converts the mark position detected by the mark position detection unit 13 and character table 14 into character information;
16 extracts character information from valid mark positions.

A control unit that assembles unique information and instructs the document feed.

17 is a document feed mechanism drive unit that drives the document feed mechanism 8;
A start switch 18 instructs to start inputting information specific to the facsimile machine. FIG. 2 shows an example of a reference diagram of each character that is referred to when writing character information on the mark sheet 7, and FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of the mark sheet 7. In FIG. 3, 19 is a mark reading indicator, 2
0 is an entry field for the indicator A in the row direction of the character table, 21 is an entry field for the indicator B in the column direction of the character table, and 22 is an input mode instruction field showing information to be input using the mark sheet 7.

22+ is a field for instructing the telephone number input mode of the device, 22□ is a field for instructing the password input mode of the device 4M, and 223 is a field for instructing the user name (sender name) input mode of the device.

The characters that can be input into the device are arranged in the form of a table as shown in Figure 2.The positions in the row direction and column direction of the two tables are represented by A and B, respectively, and one character is represented by A, ! : It shall be expressed by a combination of B. For example, in Figure 2, the letter "A" has 7 A.
．． B is expressed as 1.

Character information is entered by marking the corresponding locations in the column 20 for the row direction indicator A and the column 21 for the column direction indicator B in FIG. 3, respectively. The operation of the information input device of the facsimile machine configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. First, if the information you want to input is, for example, a telephone number, then the telephone number input mode instruction field 22 of the mark sheet 7. Mark by filling in with a pencil or the like. Next, check the values of A and B for each digit of the telephone number from the character reference table in Figure 2, and enter the column 20 for the row direction indicator A on the mark sheet 7.
Mark the values of A and B in the entry 4111I21 of the indicator B in the 1st column direction, respectively. After entering all the information on the mark sheet 7, enter the end of input code EOI (End of Info-rm) in the character reference table in Figure 2.
Mark the values 11.11 for A and B, which correspond to cation), and finish writing on the mark sheet 7. Once the unique information of the facsimile machine is written on the mark sheet 7, the mark sheet 7 is placed on the original feed mechanism 8 shown in FIG. 1, and the start switch 1 day is inputted to give an instruction to start inputting. As a result, the control section 16 controls the document feeding mechanism drive section 1.
7 drives the document feed mechanism 8 to feed the mark sheet 7 to a position where it can be read by the photoelectric conversion device 10. If the mark sheet 7 is sent to a position where it can be read by the photoelectric conversion device 10.

The light from the light source 9 is reflected by the mark sheet 7, and the optical energy of the reflected light is stored in the photoelectric conversion device 10. The drive unit 11 sequentially extracts the stored optical energy, and the reading control unit 12 converts it into a binary code. The mark position detection unit 13 detects the mark sheet 7 from the converted binary code.
The control section 16 drives the document feed mechanism 8 using the document feed mechanism drive section 17 until the upper mark reading indicator 19 is detected, and the mark sheet 7 is sequentially fed. In the mark position detection section 13.

When the mark reading indicator 19 is detected, the marked position within the -scanning line is detected.

The first mark detected is the input mode instruction field 22, and the control unit 16 measures the distance from the mark reading indicator 19 to the detected mark position to determine where the mark has been placed. This allows you to know which mode of character string input the mark below is for. After recognizing the mode, the control section 16 feeds the mark sheet 7 by the document feeding mechanism 8 until the mark reading indicator 19 is detected again.

When the mark reading indicator 19 is detected, the mark position detection unit 13 determines the position A and B of the written mark based on the distance from the mark reading indicator 19. The character identification unit 15 identifies input characters from A and B determined by the mark position detection unit 13 and the character table 14. The control unit 16 identifies each character by the same operation until the character identified by the character identification unit 15 becomes the EOI. Mark sheet 7 when identifying the final 201
Since the above information input is completed, the mark sheet 7 is ejected by the original feed mechanism 8, and the information input operation is completed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the document feeding mechanism, drive unit, and light source provided in the facsimile machine.

A mark position detection section, a character table, a character identification section, and a start switch are provided using a photoelectric conversion device, etc.

By using mark sheets and character reference tables.

There is no longer a need for a character selection switch for inputting information specific to the facsimile machine and a display device for confirming the selected characters.Furthermore, information can be entered on a mark sheet and then sent to the facsimile machine in the same way as normal facsimile sending or copying operations. By reading the mark sheet, the user's operation for inputting information becomes easier. Furthermore, even if backed up information is lost due to a long power outage,
By reading the same mark sheet into the device, information specific to the facsimile device can be easily set.

Note that the reference table for characters that can be input in this example is shown in the second table.
Although shown in the figure, the types of characters that can be input are not limited to these, and characters may be added or deleted as required. Further, although the mark position detection unit 9 character table, character identification unit, and control unit are configured independently, they may be realized by a single microprocessor.

Also, an EOI was provided to indicate the end of inputting two characters, but
The present invention is not limited to this, and it may be determined that character input has ended when no mark is placed on the scanning line where the mark reading indicator was detected.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a mark sheet in which unique information of a facsimile machine is written, a character reference table showing the relationship between mark positions written in the mark sheet and character information, and a character reference table for reading the mark sheet. a document reading device of a facsimile machine, a mark position detection unit that detects a mark position on the mark sheet from a signal read by the reading device, a character table showing the relationship between the mark position and input characters, and By providing a character identification unit that converts the entered mark position and character table into character information, a character selection switch for inputting information specific to the facsimile machine and a display device for confirming the selected character are no longer required. Furthermore, fill in the information on the mark sheet.

By allowing the device to read the mark sheet in the same manner as normal facsimile transmission or copying operations, the user's information operations can be simplified.

Furthermore, even if the backed up information is lost due to a long power outage, etc., information specific to the facsimile machine can be easily set by loading the same mark sheet into the device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information input device of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a reference diagram of each character used to write character information on a mark sheet, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a mark sheet. figure. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile-specific information input device. 1...Mode selection switch, 2...Character selection switch, 3...Character table, 4...
...Display device. 5... Information input control device, 6... Character setting switch, 7... Mark sheet, 8...
...Document feeding mechanism. 9... Light source, 10... Photoelectric conversion device,
11... Drive unit. 12... Reading control section, 13... Mark position detection section. 14...Character table, 15...Character identification unit, 16...Control unit, 17...Document feed mechanism drive unit, 1st...・Start switch, 1
9... Mark reading indicator, 20...
・Entry field for the row direction indicator A of the character table, 21・
...Entry field for column direction indicator B of the character table. 22... Input mode instruction field. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao Figure 2 (SP): Blank (EOI): End of Information
On indicates the end of input information. Figure 3 17?2

Claims (1)

[Claims] a mark sheet on which information unique to the facsimile machine is written; a character reference table showing the relationship between mark positions and character information to be written on the mark sheet; and a document reading device of the facsimile machine for reading the mark sheet;
a mark position detection unit that detects the mark position on the mark sheet from the signal read by the reading device; a character table that indicates the relationship between the mark position and input characters; and a character table that detects the mark position written on the mark sheet and the character table. An information input device for a facsimile machine, characterized in that it includes a character identification section that converts into information.