KR940005251B1 - Automatic picture transmission mode and dialing device and control method for fax - Google Patents

Abstract

The apparatus and method comprises an image reader for optically reading control data, an image recorder for displaying a transmitting mode and a telephone number, a central processing unit for setting the transmitting mode and dialing the telephone number, and a memory for storing the transmitting mode and the telephone number, thereby providing convenience for a system manipulation.

Description

Automatic setting of transmission mode of fax image and automatic dialing device and control method

1 is a control circuit diagram of a conventional facsimile.

2 is a control circuit diagram of a facsimile according to the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a transmission document according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart showing a control method of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1 ': image reading section 2': recording section

3: control panel 4: RAM

5 ': ROM 6: Modem

8: network controller 9 ': CPU

10: memory

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically setting the brightness and resolution of an image transmitted when the image is transmitted from the facsimile and to automatically transmitting the other party's telephone number without using a telephone, and to a control method thereof. It has a format for displaying the image transmission mode and telephone number, and reads the information indicated in this format so that automatic setting of the transmission mode and dialing of the telephone number can be performed.

The conventional facsimile machine includes an image reading unit 1 for reading image information of an original as shown in FIG. 1, an image recording unit 2 for printing received image information, a start key for transmission and a stop for stopping. Operation unit 3 consisting of keys, flags used for facsimile control, RAM 4 used as transmitter / receiver buffers, ROM 5 recording device control procedures, and image information modulated, transmitted or demodulated and received A modem 6, a telephone 7, a network control unit 8 for controlling the facsimile side and a telephone line, and a CPU 9 for controlling the entire apparatus. The operation is as follows.

First, in the case of original transmission, the original is placed on the document stacker, the other party is called by the telephone 7, and the start key of the operation unit 3 is operated. The image reading unit 1 is controlled by the CPU 9 under the control of the CPU. Image is read and modulated by the modem 6 and then transmitted to the other party through the network control unit 8, and when the original is received, the image information received through the network control unit 8 is demodulated by the modem 6 and the image recording unit ( Through 2) it is recorded in the receiving document. In this case, the transmission mode of the image is automatically selected as CONTRAST = NORMAL MODE and RESOLUTION = STANDATD, so the selection of normal and non-standard is limited in the case of low-cost facsimile. do.

Therefore, according to the conventional facsimile, a telephone for calling the other party is required for the transmission of the original, and in order to select a transmission mode of the image other than normal and standard, a large number of keys for selecting a separate transmission mode are required for the operation unit. This complexity is complicated, which leads to limitations in simplifying the configuration of low-cost fax machines.

The present invention configures a function / telephone number column of a contracted form that can select a transmission mode of an image and record a telephone number on a transmission document, and reads the document through an image reading unit, while recording information of the function / telephone number column. Automatically set the transmission mode of the facsimile image to simplify the configuration of the control panel by facilitating the use of the facsimile and eliminating the use of the phone by performing automatic setting of the brightness and resolution of the image and automatic dialing of the number based on the result of And an automatic telephone number calling device and a control method thereof, which will be described below with reference to FIG. That is, the automatic transmission mode setting and automatic telephone number transmission apparatus of the present invention reads the information in the function / telephone number notation column of the document and reads the contents to be transmitted, and the set transmission mode and telephone number. Is displayed and prints the received image information, an operating unit 3 consisting of a start key for transmission and a stop key for transmission, a flag for facsimile control and a RAM used as a buffer for transmission and reception ( 4), a ROM 5 'in which the device control process related to the interpretation and control of the function / telephone number notation of the document is recorded, the modem 6 for modulating, transmitting or demodulating image information, and the facsimile side. And a network control unit 8 for controlling a telephone line, a CPU 9 'which performs decoding of the original function / telephone number notation and subsequent transmission mode setting and telephone number dialing, and a function / telephone number of the original. Platform to interpret the notation Is composed of the memory 10 that the other party telephone number that is interpreted and stored.

On the other hand, in the transmission document according to the present invention for providing the image transmission mode and telephone number information to the apparatus, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower ends of the document 11 are the control information area 12 and the transmission information area. The control information area 12 is divided into (13), and the function information start bar Bs1 indicating the start position of the transfer mode function information recording of the image and the start position of the phone number information recording are set to the telephone number start bar Bs2. And the brightness of the image transfer mode (normal, light, half-tone, between the end bar Be indicating the end position of the control information area 12, the function information start bar Bs1 and the end bar Be). 14) and a phone number for displaying the phone number in the digit division between the telephone number start bar (Bs2) and the end bar (Be). It is composed of a notation column 15. According to the control method of the present invention performed by the apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, the function information start bar of the control information area 2 from the image information of the transmission original 11 in the original transmission mode ( Bs1) The first process of determining whether or not the detection is made; and if the determination result is detected, the initial positions of the function information start bar Bs1 and the telephone number start bar Bs2 are calculated, and from this position, the function notation column 14 and the telephone number The second process of decoding the information in the notation column 15, the function number column 14 setting the transmission mode (brightness / resolution) of the image according to the decryption result, and the telephone number according to the decryption result in the phone number notation column 15 And a fourth process of transmitting the contents of the transmission information area 13 of the original 11 in a preset image transmission mode when the lines are connected by dialing the stored telephone numbers at predetermined time intervals. Function in the third process If the brightness information is not set by the user as a result of the decoding, the process includes setting the normal mode and setting the standard mode when the resolution information is not set. Refer to FIGS. 2 to 4 below. The automatic transmission mode and automatic telephone number transmission operation of an image according to the present invention will be described.

First, when the user puts the transmission document 11 of FIG. 3 on the document loading table of the facsimile and operates the start key of the operation section 3, the image reading section 1 'reads the image information of the document 11.

If the read result Bs of the function information indicating the presence or absence of the control information area 12 is not detected (when using a general document), copy control is performed, and if the function information start bar Bs1 is detected, the end bar Be The image information of the control information area 12 is read until is detected.

When the function information start bar Bs1 is detected in this manner, the start coordinates of the telephone number start bar Bs2 are read and stored in the memory 10.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the function notation column 14 subsequent to this is set from the coordinates (x-axis) of the function information start bar Bs1 stored in the memory 10.

The user decodes the information in which the brightness and resolution of the image transmission mode are set in the function notation 14, and the normal notation 14-1, the light notation 14-2, and half-tone ( Half-tone) (14-3), Dark (14-4), Standard (14-5), Fine (14-6) In the image reading unit 1 ', decoding is performed by the CPU 9' while providing information to the CPU 9 'that reads whether the corresponding column is set from the black and white contrast of each column.

The CPU 9 'sets the brightness and resolution flags according to the decryption result, and sets the normal and standard modes when no notation column is black.

Subsequently, information of the telephone number notation column 15 subsequent to the coordinates (x-axis coordinates) of the telephone number start bar Bs2 stored in the memory 10 is decoded to store the telephone number in the memory 10.

The phone number notation column 15 is a 7-segment digit structure and the digits are decoded by the same operation as the function notation column 14 by dividing each digit in black and white.

Subsequently, when the reading of the end bar Be is completed, after the reading of the control information area 12 is finished, the telephone number and the image transmission mode stored in the memory 10 are output through the image recording unit 2 'and displayed. If the start key is searched for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) and the start key is turned on, the telephone number stored in the memory 10 is dialed to call the other party's fax through the network controller 8.

If the call results in a call, wait for a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes), then redial the telephone number, and if the call continues, discharge the original 11, and then terminate it. If the line is connected, the contents of the transmission information area 13 of the original 11 It is transmitted through the modem 6 and the network control unit (8).

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the inconvenience of the image transmission mode and the inconvenience of dialing a phone number due to the simplification of the operation unit in the low-cost facsimile, thereby improving the function of the device and the convenience of the device operation.

Claims (4)

An image reading unit (1) for constructing a control information area (12) indicating the brightness and resolution of an image and the other party's telephone number on an upper part of the fax transmission document (11), and optically reading the control information of the control information area (12). CPU, which sets the image transmission mode according to '), the image recording unit 2' on which the set transmission mode and telephone number are displayed, the control information area 12 of the original 11, and the result of decryption and decryption. (9 '), a transmission mode automatic setting of a facsimile image, and an automatic telephone number transmission device, comprising a transmission mode of the original 11 and a memory 10 for storing a telephone number. The upper and lower ends of the document 11 are divided into a control information area 12 and a transmission information area 13, and the control information area 12 indicates the start position of the image transfer mode function information recording. The function information start bar (Bs1) to be displayed and the telephone number start bar (Bs2) to indicate the start position of the telephone number information recording, the end bar (Be) to indicate the end position of the control information area (12), and the function information. A function notation column 14 for expressing the brightness (normal, light, half-tone dark) and resolution (standard, pi) of the image transfer mode between the start bar (Bs1) and the end bar (Be) in black and white contrast. Automatic transmission mode of the facsimile image consisting of a telephone number notation column (15) for displaying the telephone number as a digit division between the telephone number start bar (Bs2) and the end bar (Be). A first process of determining whether the function information start bar Bs1 of the control information area 12 is detected from the image information of the transmission original 11 in the original transmission mode, and if the determination result is detected, the function information start bar Bs1 and the telephone. A second process of calculating the initial position of the number start bar Ba2 and decoding the information in the function notation column 14 and the telephone number notation column 15 from the position; and the image according to the result of the decryption of the function notation column 14 The third process of storing the telephone number according to the transmission mode (brightness / resolution) setting and the decoding result of the phone number display column (15), and dialing the stored telephone number at predetermined time intervals, and transmits the preset image when the line is connected A method for automatically setting a transmission mode of a facsimile image and controlling an automatic telephone number transmission, comprising a fourth step of transmitting the contents of the transmission information area 13 of the original 11 in a mode. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein in the third process, if the brightness information is not set by the user as a result of decoding the function notation (14), the process is set to the normal mode, and to the standard mode if the resolution information is not set. A method of automatically setting a transmission mode of an image of a fax to be included and an automatic telephone number transmission control method.