JP2000125069A - Facsimile device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate homepage creation of WWW using a facsimile device and to enable many users to browse homepages by providing a facsimile transmitting function for the homepages using a polling communication. SOLUTION: In addition to a scanner part 1, an operation part 2, a memory part 3, a main control part 4, and a facsimile communication part 5, this facsimile equipment is equipped with an HTML simple conversion part 6 which edits a document of a transmission source in the HTML description language, a WWW control part 7 which performs control as a WWW server, and an Internet communication part 8 which controls a connection with the Internet. This facsimile equipment has a function of automatically creating homepages of WWW and a facsimile transmitting function for the homepages, and can automatically create the homepages of WWW and transmit the homepages by polling transmission.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one of wide area information systems, 198
Nine years, Swiss Institute for Elementary Particle Physics (known as CER)
N) WWW proposed by Tim Berners-Lee et al.
(World wide web) is known. The purpose of this WWW is to construct hypertext on a network (especially the Internet) so that all information can be accessed seamlessly.

[0003] Here, the "hypertext" refers to a data structure composed of a set of data and attributes for linking them in a network, and can handle characters, pictures, tables, and the like as objects such as cards. ,
In addition, it refers to software that can be accessed by making various connections between them. In WWW, HTML
(Hyper text markup language) is used to express hypertext.

[0004] Here, "HTML" refers to a language that describes hypertext for enabling enormous information scattered on the Internet to be freely accessed without considering the distance at all. A page including a video can be represented.

[0005] In the WWW, HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) is used as a communication protocol between a client and a server.
rotocol). Here, “HTTP” refers to a protocol used when a home page on the Internet is written in a hypertext description language (HTML), and is used for communication between a server and a user who is a client, in other words. WWW server and WW
A protocol used by W browsers to send and receive information such as files. This HTTP is TCP / IP (transm
It is located in the upper layer of the ission control protocol / internet protocol).

[0006] Here, "TCP / IP" refers to a protocol that combines TCP and IP.
ANET is a protocol developed for a network of research institutions and universities. In addition, TCP and IP
Respectively substantially correspond to the transport layer (fourth layer) and the network layer (three layer) of OSI (Open System Interconnection).

[0007] The “homepage” refers to a screen provided by a WWW server which is information transmission software of the Internet. The “browser” refers to software used to obtain an overview of a data group or an object group and to obtain target information, and the “WWW browser” refers to a method thereof. This refers to information that can be searched without knowing the detailed file structure or the like of the WWW, which is the home page of the Internet.

In the prior art, WWW (world wide web)
The following procedure is used when creating a homepage.

1. H using a computer editor
A sentence and a layout are created in a hypertext markup language (TML) description language.

[0010] 2. When attaching an image to a homepage 1) Use a scanner connected to a computer,
Load an image.

2) After editing the image, describe the image file name in the HTML sentence.

3. Register with the WWW server.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, WWW
In order to create the homepage, the above-described conventional technique requires specialized knowledge, and requires a number of procedures to create the homepage, which takes a long time. In addition, since there is no choice but to view using a browser via the Internet, only a user who has an environment for viewing WWW can see it.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can simplify creation of a WWW home page.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine which allows many users to view a home page.

[0016]

The present invention proposes the following means in order to solve the above problems.

That is, according to the present invention, a scanner unit for capturing an image, an operation unit operated by a user, a memory unit for storing data, and the scanner unit, the operation unit, and the memory unit are connected to each other. In a facsimile apparatus including a main control unit for controlling the entire apparatus and a facsimile communication unit connected to the main control unit and performing facsimile communication, an HTM for editing a source document in an HTML description language
An L simple conversion unit, a WWW control unit that is connected to the HTML simple conversion unit and the main control unit, and performs control as a WWW server; and an Internet communication unit that is connected to the WWW control unit and controls connection with the Internet. And a facsimile apparatus characterized by having the following.

In the facsimile apparatus, when there is an access for polling reception, it is preferable that the facsimile communication unit adds a sentence excluding the HTML description language in the source text to the image data and transmits the image data.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a scanner unit 1 for taking in an image, an operation unit 2 operated by a user, a memory unit 3 for storing data, Unit 1, operation unit 2, and memory unit 3
And a facsimile communication unit 5 connected to the main control unit 4 and performing facsimile communication, and transmitting a source document to an HTML (hyper text m).
an HTML simple conversion unit 6 for editing in a description language (arkup language); a WWW control unit 7 connected to the HTML simple conversion unit 6 and the main control unit 7 for performing control as a WWW (world wide web) server; 7 and an Internet communication unit 8 for controlling connection to the Internet.

The communication protocol with the Internet is T
CP / IP (transmission control protocol / internet
protocol) and the WWW communication protocol is TC
P / IP based HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)
col).

When the apparatus is started up, the user inputs an IP address,
Set the gateway, DNS (domain name system), etc. Further, as settings necessary for the WWW server 7, a server group, a port number, and a user group and an IP address of an accessor are further set when it is desired to limit access to the homepage. If you want to restrict access from communication, set a password.

The user reads a document to be captured as an image from the scanner unit 1 and describes a source text from the operation unit 2 for each page.

The source description method can be combined with the HTML description language. `` Page1.html, page2.
html, ... ". Regarding the image read from the scanner unit 1, "image1.jpeg, image2.jpeg, ..." besides the file name of each page
Is given.

The control unit 4 stores the sender and image data in the memory unit 3 for each page.

Assume that the Internet communication unit 8 is accessed via the Internet. In this case, WWW
The control unit 7 instructs the main control unit 4 to read the data of the first page. The WWW control unit 7 receives 1 from the main control unit 4
The source / image data of the page is passed to the HTML simple conversion unit 6 and converted into an HTML sentence. FIG. 2 shows a WWW homepage style.

Referring to FIG. 3, HTML in the source sentence
Other than the sentences described in the description language, they are described in “<PRE> source sentence </ PRE>”. The image data is JPEG (join
t photographic coding experts group) format and "<IMG SRC =" image1.jpe
g ">".

The command for transitioning to the previous page and the subsequent page shown in the upper right of FIG. 2 searches for the page on which the transmission source closest to the current page is described.
F = "page1.html"><IMG SRC = "previous page.gif" ALIGN = "rig
ht "></A><AHREF="page3.html"><IMG SRC =" Next page. g
if "ALIGN =" right "></A>" is added before the source text. However, the first page is a display target page even when there is no sender. Previous / Back page. gif is image data of a command GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) format.

Referring to FIG. 4, the converted HTML sentence is displayed to the accessor as the original WWW home page. This homepage makes the transition before and after the page by clicking the upper right button. When the button is clicked, the corresponding page is processed as if one page was displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5, suppose that facsimile communication unit 8 has been accessed for polling reception. In this case, a password check is performed, and if transmission is possible, a sentence excluding the HTML description language is added to the source sentence on the image data and sent. If a password is not used, 0 is registered as four digits (0000).

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A scanner unit for capturing an image, an operation unit operated by a user, a memory unit for storing data, a main control unit for controlling the entire apparatus, a facsimile communication unit for performing facsimile communication, and an HTML description of a source document H to edit in language
TML simple conversion unit and W for controlling as WWW server
Equipped with a WW control unit and an Internet communication unit for controlling connection to the Internet, and has a function of automatically creating a WWW homepage and a function of facsimile transmission of a homepage. Since the configuration can be performed, management of the WWW server is facilitated, and creation of the homepage is simplified. Also, the home page can be viewed by a user who has many facsimile machines.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a WWW homepage style.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a sentence example of a homepage.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation example of a homepage.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of image data of a facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Scanner part 2 Operation part 3 Memory part 4 Main control part 5 Facsimile communication part 6 HTML simple conversion part 7 WWW control part 8 Internet communication part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A scanner unit for capturing an image, an operation unit operated by a user, a memory unit for storing data, and connected to the scanner unit, the operation unit, and the memory unit to control the entire apparatus. In a facsimile apparatus having a main control unit and a facsimile communication unit connected to the main control unit and performing facsimile communication, an HTML simple conversion unit for editing a source document in an HTML description language; and the HTML simple conversion unit And the main control unit, and W
A facsimile apparatus comprising: a WWW control unit that performs control as a WWW server; and an Internet communication unit that is connected to the WWW control unit and controls connection to the Internet. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when there is an access for polling reception, the facsimile communication unit adds a sentence excluding an HTML description language in a source text to the image data and transmits the image data. apparatus.