JP2002125083A - Program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To check the number of reading of a plurality of machines from an external information processing terminal. SOLUTION: In a PC 20, the number and condition of reading of facsimile equipment is operated to input (ST1), and transmitted to facsimile equipment (ST2, ST3). A read result state message is received (ST4). When the reading of the set number of messages is completed, and any unread original is present (ST5), the set number and completed number of reading is displayed, and the presence of any unread original is displayed (ST6). Then, whether or not the transfer of the already read picture data is accepted is icon-selected (ST9).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer readable program recording medium used in a document image reading system capable of transferring a read image to an external information processing terminal such as a PC.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, multifunction devices (copy, fax)
Is used as an image scanner (document image reading device) and has a function of transferring a read document image to an external PC (personal computer). When using this type of multifunction peripheral as an image scanner, an original is set on the multifunction peripheral and activated from a PC.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional multifunction peripheral, when reading is performed by starting from a PC, when the number of sheets to be read is plural, a reading error (multifeed) or the like in the multifunction peripheral causes a reading error. However, there is a problem that the PC does not recognize even if the error occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a program recording medium on which a computer-readable program is recorded so that the number of read multifunction devices can be checked from an external information processing terminal. It is intended to be.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a program recording medium comprising: a step of inputting a designated number of reading sheets; a step of sending the inputted designated number of reading sheets to an external image reading apparatus; A program for causing a computer to execute a process of receiving the result status and a process of detecting and displaying the fault status information from the received read result status is recorded.

[0006] In a state where the computer on which the program recording medium is mounted is connected to the original image reading apparatus, the number of sheets to be read is input by the computer and sent to the original image reading apparatus. A reading result state sent from the document image reading apparatus is received, and trouble state information is detected from the received reading result state and displayed on the display unit. With this display, the reading status of the document image reading device can be checked by the external connection processing terminal.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system of this embodiment includes a facsimile machine 15 and a personal computer (PC) 20. The facsimile device 15 includes an NCU 1, a modem 2, an image memory 3, a RAM 4, a ROM 5, a main control unit (CPU)
6, a display unit 7, an operation unit 8, a reading unit 9, a recording unit 10, and a PC interface 11.

The NCU 1 has a function of controlling connection to the telephone line 13 and detecting transmission and reception of a telephone number (corresponding dial signal) of the other party. The modem 2 conforms to the ITU-T Recommendation T.30. 30 based on a facsimile transmission control procedure according to V.30. 17, V.I. 27
ter. Modulation and demodulation of transmission / reception data according to 29 or the like are performed. The modem 2 also has a V23 demodulation function to receive the number display information. The image memory 3 temporarily stores received image data and original image data read by the reading unit 9. ROM5 is
A program for controlling the entire facsimile machine is stored.

The main control unit 6 is constituted by a CPU and has a ROM
In accordance with the program stored in the control unit 5, each unit constituting the facsimile apparatus is controlled. The display unit 7 displays various information such as the operation state of the facsimile machine. The operation unit 8 includes ten keys, a start key, and other keys. The reading unit 9 reads image data on a document and outputs black and white binary image data. The recording unit 10 includes an electrophotographic printer, and records received image data and image data of a document read by the reading unit 9 in a copy operation on a recording sheet.

The PC interface 11 is connected to a PC 20 which is an external information processing terminal.
The exchange of data with is performed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the PC 20. The PC 20 includes a main control unit 21, a display unit 22,
It includes a keyboard 23, a printer 24, an external medium reading unit 25, a disk 26, a memory 27, an interface 28, and a bus 29. However, these hardware configurations are also generally well-known. The PC 20 is connected to the PC interface 11 of the facsimile machine 15 via an interface 28. The disk 26 stores a program for executing the processing operation of the PC 20. This program includes processing procedures shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described later.

Next, the PC in this embodiment system
20 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In the PC 20, first, in step ST1, reading conditions including the number of readings are input from the keyboard 23. The reading conditions include, in addition to the number of sheets, both sides, resolution, density, magnification, frame deletion amount, and the like. Next, the process proceeds to step ST2. In step ST2, it is determined whether or not the instruction is a start instruction. If the start instruction icon is touched, the process proceeds to step ST3. If the start instruction icon is not touched, the process waits at this step until touched.

In step ST3, a reading start command in which the number of sheets to be read and the reading conditions are set is sent to the facsimile apparatus (image reading apparatus) 15.
Then, the process proceeds to step ST4. In step ST4, it is determined whether or not a reading result status message including the number of readings has been received from the facsimile machine 15. If the reading result reception state has been received, the process proceeds to step ST5. If not received, step S
Move to T14.

In step ST5, the reading of the set number of sheets is completed, and it is determined whether or not the message has an unread original. If reading of the set number of sheets has been completed and there is an unread document, the process proceeds to step ST6. On the other hand, if it is not a message indicating that there is an unread original, the process proceeds to step ST7. In step ST6, the received information, that is, the set number of read sheets and the number of read completed sheets are displayed on the display unit 22. Further, the fact that there is an unread document on the scanner (the facsimile machine 15) is also displayed. Then, the process proceeds to step ST9.

In step ST7, it is determined whether or not a message indicating that the number of read sheets is less than the set number has been sent. If the read number is less than the set number, the process proceeds to step ST8. On the other hand, if the number of read sheets is not less than the set number, the process ends.

In step ST8, the set reading number and the read completion number are displayed on the display unit 22. In addition, a message indicating that the number is less than the set number is also displayed. Next, the process proceeds to step ST9. In step ST9,
It is determined whether a transfer instruction icon is selected. If the transfer instruction icon has been clicked, the process proceeds to step ST10. On the other hand, if the transfer instruction icon has not been clicked, the process proceeds to step ST12.

In step ST10, a transfer start instruction is transmitted to facsimile machine 15. Next, the process proceeds to step ST11. In step ST11, image data sent from the facsimile apparatus is received,
The image is stored in the memory 27, the image is displayed on the display unit 22, and the process ends.

In step ST12, it is determined whether or not a stop instruction icon is selected. If the stop instruction icon is clicked, the process proceeds to step ST13. On the other hand, if the stop instruction icon is not clicked, step ST
Return to 9. In steps ST9 and ST12, the determination in these steps is repeated until either the transfer instruction icon or the stop instruction icon is clicked. In step ST13, the transfer is canceled, and an instruction to delete the image is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus, and the process ends.

In step ST14, it is determined whether or not image data has been received. If image data is received, the process proceeds to step ST11, where the image is received, stored in the memory 27, and displayed on the display unit 22. Then, the process ends. If the image data is not received in step ST14, the process returns to step ST4.

[0021]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, by mounting the program recording medium of the present invention on a computer, the number of sheets read can be set and checked from a computer connected to the original image reading apparatus.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by mounting the program recording medium of the present invention on a computer, it is possible to select whether or not to transfer an image read by a document image reading apparatus.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, by mounting the program recording medium of the present invention on a computer, it is possible to confirm the number of read sheets on the computer side, so that it is easy to determine whether or not transfer is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a PC of the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an image reading process of a PC of the system of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an image reading process of a PC of the system of the embodiment, together with FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 15 Facsimile machine 20 PC 21 Main control unit 22 Display unit 23 Keyboard 24 Printer 25 External medium recording unit 26 Disk 27 Memory 28 Interface

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A step of inputting a designated number of read sheets, a step of sending the inputted designated number of sheets to an external image reading apparatus, a step of receiving a reading result state from the image reading apparatus, and a step of receiving the read result. A computer-readable program recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the process of detecting and displaying fault status information from a state is recorded. 2. A process for selecting whether or not to receive an image already read by the image reading device from a display in the display process, and a process of sending the selected reception availability to the image reading device. 2. The computer-readable program recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the program includes instructions to be executed by a computer. 3. The computer readable program recording medium according to claim 1, wherein, in the step of detecting and displaying the trouble status information of the program, the display includes the number of read sheets.