KR19990081324A - How to send or receive a fax - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a facsimile document transmission / reception method for performing document transmission and reception while storing image data of a transmission original or a reception original in a memory.

The present invention scans an original to be transmitted by a sending side facsimile in a first step and stores the image data of the original in a memory, and in a second step the telephone number of a receiving side facsimile is scanned while the sending side facsimile is scanning the original. Attempts to dial-up with the receiving side facsimile by dialing, and when the sending side facsimile succeeds in dialing up with the receiving side facsimile in the third step, the sending side facsimile reads the image data of the original stored in its memory. In the fourth step, the receiving side facsimile stores the image data of the original received from the sending side facsimile in its own memory and prints on paper.

As described above, the present invention attempts to make a telephone connection with the receiving side facsimile while scanning the original to be transmitted, and thus, the image transmission time of the original is transmitted to the receiving side facsimile as soon as the telephone connection is established, thereby reducing the original transmission time, User's convenience can be easily and quickly retransmitted when the transmission error occurs, using the stored transmission or receiving image data, and reprinting the desired document. There is.

Description

Method for transmitting and receiving a manuscript in a facsimile

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for transmitting / receiving a document of a facsimile, and more particularly, to a method for transmitting / receiving a document of a facsimile for transmitting and receiving an original while storing image data of a transmitting original or a receiving original in a memory.

The general facsimile transmission and reception procedure is as follows.

First, when a user sets an original to be sent to the sender's original glass, and then operates the numeric keys provided on the operation panel to dial the receiving fax's telephone number, a telephone connection between the sending fax and the receiving fax is attempted. do.

Then, when a telephone connection is established between the sending fax and the receiving fax, the document set on the sending document's original is scanned while being transferred to the inside of the fax, and the image data of the document generated as a result of the scanning is transferred via the telephone line. It is sent to the receiving side facsimile.

When the receiving side facsimile receives the image data of the original via the telephone line, the receiving fax prints the image data on paper so that the receiver can receive the original.

However, when the scanning of the document is started after the telephone connection between the sending side fax and the receiving side fax is made as described above, there is a problem that the work efficiency of the user is reduced because the document transmission takes a lot of time.

In addition, when the original is transmitted or received in the above manner, even if the sending side facsimile completes the transmission of the image data of the original, the receiving side facsimile is abnormal (for example, out of paper, jam, etc.) or an abnormality occurs in the line. If the receiving side fax does not receive the image data of the original, the sender of the original has to perform the original setting and dialing the number again, and the original scanning must be performed again from the page where transmission was interrupted. There is a problem that the original transmission time is also long.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and starts scanning the original before dialing the telephone number of the receiving side facsimile, and attempts to establish a telephone connection with the receiving side facsimile while the original is being scanned. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile document transmission / reception method for shortening a document transmission time by causing the image data of the document to be transmitted to the receiving side facsimile as soon as this is done.

In addition, the present invention stores in the memory the scanning data of the original to be sent or the image data of the original received through the telephone line in the memory to use the image data of the transmission original stored in the memory when the transmission error occurs. Another object is to provide a facsimile manuscript transmission / reception method that can be easily and quickly retransmitted and that the user can conveniently reprint and receive the desired manuscript using image data of the received manuscript stored in the memory. .

In order to achieve the above object, a fax original transmission and reception method according to the present invention is a fax original transmission and reception method including an operating panel and a memory having various keys and a display device. A first step of storing image data of the original in a memory; a second step of dialing a telephone number of a receiving side fax while the sending side fax is scanning the original, and attempting a telephone connection with the receiving side fax; A third step of transmitting the image data of the original stored in its memory to the receiving side facsimile when the sending side facsimile is successfully dialed up with the receiving side facsimile; Image data of original received from sender's facsimile to own memory Sheet at the same time, characterized in that comprising a fourth step of printing on paper.

In addition, the present invention is to operate the redial key provided on the operation panel when the transmission side facsimile while the transmission of the image data of the original to the receiving side facsimile, the telephone call with the receiving side facsimile A fifth step of attempting to reconnect; and if the telephone reconnection with the receiving side facsimile is successful, the transmitting side facsimile reads the image data of the page from which transmission was interrupted from its memory and transmits the image data to its receiving side facsimile. In step 6, if the scanning order of the original is different from the order to be transferred, the page data is transferred in order of transferring the image data of the original stored in the memory of the sending side facsimile using the numeric keys and the display device provided on the operation panel. And further comprising a seventh step of realigning and transmitting to the receiving side facsimile. .

1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a transmitting side fax and a receiving side fax to which the present invention is applied;

2A and 2B are flowcharts illustrating a document transmission process of a transmitting side fax according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a document reception process of a receiving side facsimile according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: sending side fax 200: receiving side fax

110, 210: CPU 120, 220: scanner

130, 230: Printer 140, 240: Memory

150, 250: modem 160, 260: network control device

170, 270: Operation panel

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a sending side fax and a receiving side facsimile to which the present invention is applied. The sending side facsimile 100 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 110, a scanner 120, a printer 130, Memory 140, modem 150, network control unit 160 and the operation panel 170, the receiving side fax 200 also the central processing unit (CPU, 210), scanner 220, printer 230 ), A memory 240, a modem 250, a network controller 260, and an operation panel 270.

The central processing unit (110, 210) controls the facsimile system according to a predetermined program, and the scanner (120, 220) by scanning at a regular interval to divide the picture or text of the original to be transmitted to the electrical energy having a contrast It converts and transmits digital image data to the central processing unit (110, 210).

The printers 130 and 230 print image data of originals received through telephone lines T and R on paper under the control of the central processing unit 110 and 210, and the memory 140 and 240 program data. And protocol data and text data to access or store the data under the control of the central processing unit (110, 210). Here, the memories 140 and 240 have a capacity large enough to store a plurality of original data.

The modems 150 and 250 perform analog modulation on the image data output from the central processing units 110 and 210 under the control of the central processing units 110 and 210, and demodulate and output the analog receiving inputs.

The network controllers 160 and 260 form a call loop with the telephone lines T and R under the control of the central processing units 110 and 210, thereby signaling the signals of the modems 150 and 250 and the telephone lines T and R. And the operation panel 170 and 270 are provided with various keys and a display device (for example, a liquid crystal display) to input various control commands and under the control of the central processing unit 110 and 210. Displays the system status and various information.

Referring to the flowcharts shown in Figs. 2A, 2B and 3, the procedure of transmitting and receiving an original document between the transmitting side fax and the receiving side fax is as follows.

First, when a user sets an original to be sent to the document glass (not shown) of the sending side fax 100, and then operates a start key (not shown) provided on the operation panel 170, the original Is transferred into the facsimile 100, and the scanner 120 scans pictures or characters of the document to be transferred at regular intervals and outputs the digital image data of the document to the central processing unit 110.

The central processing unit 110 of the sending side facsimile 100 stores the digital image data of the original received from the scanner 120 in the memory 140 for each page in the order of scanning, and at this time, scanning time and scanning of the original Each page number of the completed original is also stored in the memory 140.

On the other hand, while the document to be transmitted by the scanner 120 of the sending side facsimile 100 is being scanned as described above, the user (original sender) operates the numeric key provided on the operation panel 170 to receive the receiving side facsimile ( Dialing the telephone number of the 200, the central processing unit 110 attempts a telephone connection with the receiving side fax 200 using the dialing signal received from the operation panel 170. Even during this dial-up process, the scanner 120 of the sending side facsimile 100 continues to scan the original. At this time, the telephone number of the receiving side facsimile 200 is controlled by the transmitting side facsimile machine 110. Along with the telephone number of 100 is stored in the memory 140.

Thereafter, the central processing unit 110 of the sending side facsimile 100 immediately receives the digital image data of the transmitted original stored in the memory 140 when the telephone connection between the sending side facsimile 100 and the receiving side facsimile 200 is successful. The modem 150 is inputted to the modem 150, and the modem 150 performs analog modulation on the digital image data received under the control of the central processing unit 110 and outputs it to the network controller 160, and the network controller 160 performs the central processing. Under the control of the device 110, a call loop with the telephone lines T and R is formed to output the output signal of the modem 150 to the telephone lines T and R.

The central processing unit 210 of the receiving side fax 200 sequentially stores the image data of the original through the telephone lines T and R in the memory 240, and simultaneously stores the image data of the received original. Output to 230, the printer 230 prints the image data of the received received document on the sheet. As a result, the original recipient can receive the original sent by the original sender.

If the scanning order of the originals differs from the order of transmission, the sender of the originals is provided with a numeric key (not shown) and a display device (not shown) provided on the operation panel 170 of the sending side facsimile 100. The image data of the transmitted original stored in the memory 140 is rearranged in the desired transmission order, and then transmitted to the receiving side fax 200. FIG. Therefore, inconvenience of the original recipient (difficult to grasp the contents of the original) due to an error in the transmission order of the original is eliminated.

On the other hand, while the image data of the original is being transmitted from the sending side facsimile 100 to the receiving side facsimile 200, the state of the receiving side facsimile 200 is abnormal or an abnormality occurs in the line, so the image data transmission of the original is interrupted. When the original sender operates the redial key (not shown) provided on the operation panel 170, the original sender attempts to reconnect the telephone with the receiving side fax 200.

Thereafter, the central processing unit 110 of the sending side facsimile 100 reads the image data of the page from which the transmission is interrupted from the memory 140 when the telephone reconnection with the receiving side facsimile 200 succeeds, and then the modem 150 reads. It transmits to the receiving side fax 200 through the network control device 160 and the telephone lines (T, R). That is, the original sender can resend the original to the receiving side in a short time (the original scanning time is saved) by simple key operation when the original transmission is stopped.

In addition, the original sender selects only a specific page from the image data of the transmitted original stored in the memory 140 using the numeric key display device provided on the operation panel 170 of the transmitting side fax 100 to receive the receiving side fax 200. ), The user's work efficiency is increased.

In addition, the original recipient also reprints the contents of the desired page of the image data of the received original stored in the memory 240 by using a numeric key display device provided on the operation panel 270 of the receiving side fax 200 on a sheet of paper. You can get it.

As described above, the present invention attempts to make a telephone connection with the receiving side facsimile while scanning the original to be transmitted, and thus, the image transmission time of the original is transmitted to the receiving side facsimile as soon as the telephone connection is established, thereby reducing the original transmission time, User's convenience can be easily and quickly retransmitted when the transmission error occurs, using the stored transmission or receiving image data, and reprinting the desired document. There is.

Claims (4)

In a method of transmitting and receiving a document of a facsimile having an operating panel and a memory having various keys and a display device, A first step of scanning an original to be transmitted by the sending side fax and storing image data of the original in a memory; A second step of dialing a telephone number of a receiving side fax while the sending side fax is scanning the original, and attempting a telephone connection with the receiving side fax; A third step of transmitting the image data of the original stored in its memory to the receiving side facsimile when the sending side facsimile succeeds in the telephone connection with the receiving side facsimile; And a fourth step of the receiving side facsimile storing the image data of the original received from the transmitting side facsimile in its own memory and printing on a sheet of paper. The method of claim 1, Attempting to reconnect with the receiving side facsimile by operating a redial key provided on the operation panel while the transmitting side facsimile transmits the image data of the original to the receiving side facsimile. The fifth step, And a sixth step of, if the telephone reconnection with the receiving side facsimile is successful, the transmitting side facsimile reads the image data of the page whose transmission has been stopped from its memory and transmits it to the receiving side facsimile. How to send and receive faxes. The method of claim 1, If the scanning order of the originals is different from the order to be transmitted, the pages are rearranged in the transmission order of the image data of the originals stored in the memory of the sending side facsimile using the numeric key display device provided on the operation panel. And a seventh step of transmitting to the receiving side facsimile. The method of claim 1, In the first step, the sending side facsimile stores the image data of the original in its own memory page by page in the scanning order, the telephone number of the sending and receiving side facsimile, the time when the original was scanned, and each page number. And a facsimile manuscript transmission method, characterized in that stored in the memory together.