KR19980072344A - How to Send / Receive Whole Pages of Faxes - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting / receiving an entire document number of a fax, comprising the steps of: feeding a document to be transmitted; Inputting the total number of pages of an original to be transmitted; Inputting a receiving telephone number; Transmitting information on the sender side which includes the number of original pages; Transmitting element data and receiving and storing sender information including the total number of pages of a document; Receiving original data; Each time the original data is output in units of pages, the method includes printing the current page number / full page number, transmitting the total number of pages before sending the original data in the sender's fax machine, and receiving it in the receiving side fax. By printing the data on the top of the document and the total number of pages at the same time when printing data, it is easy to know whether all the pages have been received, and how much more faxes are coming when it is being received. The present invention relates to a method of transmitting / receiving the total number of pages of a fax, which can effectively utilize time, and has an effect of easily knowing whether or not a part of the original is lost after completion of reception.

Description

How to Send / Receive Whole Pages of Faxes

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting / receiving FAX (Facsimile) Document Page Numbers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a document received at the top of a sheet at the receiving end when sending and receiving data by fax. The present invention relates to a method of transmitting / receiving the total number of pages of a fax that can display the total number of pages and the current page number from the first page.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a general fax machine and a data transmission / reception method will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an internal configuration diagram and a data flow diagram of a typical fax machine.

As shown in Figure 1, the configuration of the number of packs according to the general technique;

A contact image sensor (CIS) 10 which reads an image of an original and converts it into electric signals corresponding to black and white portions line by line and outputs serial data;

An image processor (IP) 30 for receiving the serial data, converting the serial data into parallel data of a 2Bit image, and then transmitting image data as a page image to a memory area;

Static random access memory (SRAM) 20 for storing the page image;

A central processing unit (CPU) 40 for controlling the system;

A fax controller 50 which controls transmission, reception and copying of a fax and generates a serial bit stream by an analog transmitter when ready to transmit image data;

A ROM (ROM) 60 which stores a command to control a system and an input / output command;

A memory (70) for storing the transmitted page image for receiving, transmitting and copying the image data;

Built-in amplifier, A / D converter, D / A converter, outputs image data after receiving the serial bit stream during transmission, and then outputs it through D / A converter through noise filter or when receiving A data converter 80 outputting the input image data to the FAX controller 50 after passing through the noise filter and the A / D converter;

An input / output unit 90 for transmitting and receiving image data via a telephone line PSTN;

And a laser printer header (LPH) 100 for outputting image data under the control of the fax controller 50 at the time of reception and copying.

The operation of the fax according to the prior art by the above configuration is as follows.

A general plain paper fax performs a transmission function, a reception function, and a copy function, and A to F shown in the drawing show data flow. Here, A and F shown by broken lines are data flows in transmission, C and E shown by dashed line represent data flows in reception, and B and D shown in dashed line indicate data flows in copying.

First, in the case of transmission, when the user feeds the document into the Automatic Detect Feeder (ADF), the leading edge of the original is detected by the Document Detect Sensor (DDS), and the information is stored in the fax controller ( 50), the scanner motor is driven, and the first document fed to the automatic sensing peter is drawn.

The scanner motor rotates until the document reaches the scan sensor, and stops, and a message “Document Ready” is displayed on the LCD display window.

Next, the contact image sensor CIS 10 reads the image of the original, and converts the electric signals corresponding to the black and white portions line by line. Here, the contact image sensor extracts an image of about 1700 pixels or more per line.

The electrical signal is serial data, which is supplied to the image processor IP 30, and the image processor 30 converts the serial data into parallel data of a binary image and transmits the corresponding page image to a memory area to store it.

Next, when ready to transmit the parallel data which is the image data, the fax controller 50 generates a serial bit stream by an analog transmitter, and this serial bit stream uses a D / A converter built in the data converter 80. After passing through the noise filter, the image data is transmitted through a telephone line (PSTN).

On the other hand, in some cases, the image data entering the telephone line PSTN is input to the receiving circuit of the FAX controller 50 via the filter circuit built in the data converter 80 and the A / D converter. Data is converted through a buffer and an amplifier and transmitted to the memory 70.

The receiver image data is regenerated bitmap data, and the central processing unit (CPU) 40 stores the data in a printer buffer. When the bitmap pixel data of one page is completely stored, the pixel data is sent to the laser printer header under the control of the fax controller 50 to be output.

In the case of copying, a combination of the above-described transmission and reception functions is the same as when transmitting originals until data is stored and stored in the memory, and the portion for printing data in the memory is the same as when receiving. By operating on the same principle, the original is copied.

On the other hand, a typical fax machine has a certain amount of memory internally, and has a memory of about 0.25MB to 2MG. This memory can hold approximately 16 sheets of A4 paper for 0.25MB, approximately 90 sheets of A4 paper for 1.25MB, and approximately 145 sheets of A4 paper for 2MB. This is used for polling transmission or reception when there is no paper. The memory is also required when the same fax is sent to multiple destinations or when an original is added to a reserved fax.

In addition, in the case of the fax which is currently used a lot, various information appears on the top of the received paper when receiving a fax, among which there is a page serial number. The page serial number is printed to P1, P2, P3, P4, and P5.

However, when receiving a fax in the prior art, although the page serial number appears at the top of the received and printed paper, it does not indicate the total number of pages, so when receiving a fax, the last page is the number of the last page, and the fax is the last page. The user does not know whether all received until, there is a problem such as the loss of the original.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to transmit the total number of pages before sending the original data in the sender's fax machine and to print the data by receiving it at the receiving machine's fax machine. The present invention provides a method for transmitting / receiving the total number of pages of a fax for printing pages simultaneously.

1 is an internal configuration diagram and a data flow diagram of a typical fax machine.

2 is a flowchart showing a method for transmitting a document total number of pages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing a method for receiving a document total number of pages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As a means for achieving the above object, the configuration of the present invention,

Feeding an original to be sent;

Inputting the total number of pages of an original to be transmitted;

Inputting a receiving telephone number;

Transmitting information on the sender side which includes the number of original pages;

Transmitting the original data.

As a means for achieving the above object, another configuration of the present invention,

Receiving and storing sender information including the total number of original pages;

Receiving original data;

Each time a page unit of the original data is output, a current page / full page number is printed.

By the above configuration, the configuration and operation of the most preferred embodiment that can easily implement the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing a method for transmitting a document total page number of a fax according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart showing a method for receiving a document total number of pages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, a method for transmitting a full page number of a fax according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

When the power is supplied and the fax is ready to operate, the user feeds the original to be sent to the automatic feeding paper (ADF) (S10), and the first original is fed from the originals automatically detected by the original detection sensor. When the paper feed is completed, a document ready message appears on a display window such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) of the panel. When the user inputs the total number of pages of the original to be sent through the panel (S20), this value is stored in the memory 70. If you press the Start switch again after entering the receiving telephone number (S30), the communication channel (telephone line) is connected when not in a call. The sender's fax machine reads the sender's information including the total number of original pages into the memory 70 according to the transmission flows A and F of FIG. Next, the image data of the original input through the contact image sensor 10 is transmitted (S50) through a conventional procedure as in the prior art.

Meanwhile, according to the reception flows E and C in FIG. 1, the receiving side fax receives the transmitting side information including the total number of original pages prior to the original data and stores it in the memory 70 (S60). Next, general document data is also received (S70) according to the reception flows E and C of FIG. Whenever the received original data is output in page units, the current page number / full page number is printed on the upper portion of the original for printing the sender information (S80). Other receiving operations proceed through the usual procedures as in the prior art.

By the above operation, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the entire page of the original is five sheets, a format such as P1 / 5, P2 / 5, P3 / 5, P4 / 5, P5 / 5 is placed on the top of the original (printing paper). As a result, the current page and the total number of pages are printed at the same time.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention can change the printing position and format of the total number of pages of a document without departing from the gist of the present invention.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the original page number is transmitted before the original data is transmitted by the sending side fax, and the data is received by the receiving side fax when the data is printed, the current page number and the whole original is placed on the top of the original. By printing the number of pages at the same time, it is easy to know whether all pages have been received, and when receiving, it is easy to see how much more faxes are coming, so you can use the time efficiently. When lost, the present invention provides a method of transmitting / receiving an entire page of a fax, which has an effect of easily knowing whether or not it is lost.

Claims (2)

Feeding an original to be sent; Inputting the total number of pages of an original to be transmitted; Inputting a receiving telephone number; Transmitting information on the sender side which includes the number of original pages; A method for transmitting the total number of pages of a fax including the step of transmitting original data. Receiving and storing sender information including the total number of original pages; Receiving original data; A method for receiving a full page number of faxes, including the step of printing the current page number / full page number whenever the original data is output in page units.