JP2002157191A - Internet fax device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an Internet fax device capable of creating text while taking the language of its receiving end into account. SOLUTION: An additional information table 13a comprising shortening/one touch, mail addresses, a set of character codes, and formats is stored in a RAM 13. Thus when the Internet fax device 1 is used for broadcast communication, the set of character codes and the format which match the mail address input from a shortening key 16b or a one-touch key 16c are determined. In other words, the text of e-mail is created in the best-suited language as the mail address is input. Thus, when the broadcast communication is made using the Internet fax device 1, the text can be created while taking the language of its receiving end into account.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an Internet F
The present invention relates to an AX device, and more particularly, to an Internet FAX device that takes into account languages in each country.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Internet F
When broadcasting using AX, it is necessary to create the text in the language of the broadcast destination. Specifically, the broadcast destination is, for example, the United States, Japan, France, Germany four
English, Japanese, French,
The text must be written in German.

[0003]

However, even if an Internet FAX created in a different language as described above is received, if the receiving side does not have a character font or the like corresponding to the language of each country mounted on a personal computer or the like. , The text
The characters are displayed on the screen as garbled characters. For this reason, it is difficult to determine whether the characters are garbled due to some error or the characters are garbled because an appropriate character font or the like is not mounted. In addition, even if it can be determined that garbled characters have occurred due to any of these causes, the garbled characters will be displayed on the PC screen, leading to a loss of aesthetics of the text. .

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an Internet FAX capable of creating a text in consideration of a language on a receiving side.
It is to provide a device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an input means for inputting a mail address and an input of the mail address from the input means, Control means for creating the body of the e-mail in an optimal language.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the internet facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect, a storage unit for storing additional information is provided, and the control unit stores the mail address input from the input unit and the storage unit. An e-mail is created based on the added information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the Internet facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the additional information includes:
Contains at least information about the language of the destination.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment embodying an Internet facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0009] As shown in FIG.
The device 1 and the router 2 are connected via a hub (HUB) 3 on the communication network T. The Internet FAX device 1 performs Internet FAX using electronic mail. The router 2 performs routing control to connect to the Internet via the dedicated line L2.

Next, the configuration of the Internet FAX apparatus 1 will be described. Internet FAX machine 1
PU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, reading unit 14, recording unit 15, operation unit 16, display unit 17, image memory 18, codec 19, modem 20, NCU 21, data conversion unit 22, communication protocol control unit 23, and network interface 24 And each part 11
To 23 are connected via a bus 25.

The MPU 11 controls each unit constituting the Internet facsimile apparatus 1. The ROM 12 stores a program for controlling the Internet FAX machine 1. The RAM 13 temporarily stores various information related to the Internet FAX device 1.

The reading section 14 reads image data on a document and outputs black and white binary image data. The recording unit 15 is formed of an electrophotographic printer, and records received image data or image data of a document read by the reading unit 14 on recording paper in a recording operation or a copying operation of received image data.

The operation unit 16 is a numeric keypad (including the * and # keys) 16a for inputting a telephone number (including a FAX number) or a mail address, for registering an abbreviated number or an e-mail address or for transmitting a call from an abbreviated number. A short key 16b, a one-touch key 16c for designating a pre-registered telephone number or mail address with one touch,
Start key 1 for starting document reading operation
6d, a communication / copy key 16e for setting a "communication (FAX or Internet FAX)" operation or a "copy" operation, and a setting key 1 for setting a broadcast mode
Various operation keys such as 6f are provided. A display unit 17 such as an LCD displays various information such as an operation state of the facsimile apparatus main body 1a.

The image memory 18 is read by the received image data and the reading unit 14 and is binarized.
The image data encoded according to the R system is temporarily stored. Further, the image memory 18 stores the communication protocol control unit 2
3 is temporarily stored.

The codec 19 encodes the image data read by the reading unit 14 in accordance with the MH, MR, MMR system or the like for transmission. The codec 19 decodes the received image data.

The modem 20 modulates and demodulates a facsimile transmission control procedure signal and image data. NCU21
Has a function of closing and opening the telephone line L1, detecting the transmission and reception of a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number of the other party, and the like.

The data conversion section 22 converts the image data on the original read by the reading section 14 into electronic mail format data and converts the electronic mail format data into image data.

The communication protocol control unit 23 has a communication protocol for controlling communication with the Internet via the network interface 24. Specifically, for example, SMTP (mail transmission protocol), PO
P3 (mail receiving protocol) and the like are provided.

The network interface 24 performs control for physically connecting to the communication network T. Next, information stored in the RAM 13 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the RAM 13 stores an additional information table 13a. The additional information table 13a includes “abbreviation / one-touch”, “mail address”, “character code set”, “format”
It is composed of Then, a mail address, a character code set, and a format corresponding to the shortcut key 16b or the one-touch key 16c are stored. Also,
The RAM 13 stores a predetermined text created in each language.

Next, the operation of the Internet FAX machine 1 for broadcasting will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. This operation is executed under the control of the MPU 11 based on a program stored in the ROM 12.

Now, based on the operation of the setting key 16f,
When the mode is set to the broadcast mode and a document is placed on the reading unit 14, in step S1, the mail address of the broadcast destination is input from the shortcut key 16b or the one-touch key 16c.

In step S2, the above-mentioned step S
1 and the additional information table 13a stored in the RAM 13,
A character code set and a format as additional information are determined.

In step S3, the start key 1
6d is waited for to be operated. In step S4, the image data on the document is read by the reading unit 14 based on the operation of the start key 16d in step S3.

In step S5, an e-mail for broadcast transmission is created. Specifically, a text is added in each language based on the mail address input in step S1. Here, a message to the effect that the fax is an Internet FAX, for example, a message “Internet FAX, please see the attached file.” Is added in each language of the broadcast destination. Also,
The image data on the document read in step S4 is created as an attached file of an electronic mail.

In step S6, an e-mail is transmitted to the broadcast destination. Next, an e-mail in the case where a broadcast transmission is performed by the Internet FAX machine 1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, "To:" in the header of the electronic mail describes the mail address of the broadcast transmission destination. Since electronic mail is an Internet FAX, image data on a document is created as an attached file. Therefore, "multip" as "Content-Type"
art / mixed "format. Here, “mixed” indicates that a plurality of data are mixed.
In addition, the body of the email is created in "multipart / alternative" format to take into account the language of each country. Here, "alternative" indicates text data having the same meaning but different expression methods. Then, on the receiving side of the e-mail, when the optimal body data is selected from the body data indicated in the “multipart / alternative” format, only the body created in the selected language is displayed. If the receiving side is a personal computer or the like, the optimal body data is automatically selected and displayed on the screen.

By the way, in the case of "alternative",
If the character code set and the format are the same, the expression of each part is the same, so the number of parts is equal to or less than the number of broadcast transmissions. In other words, the number of parts is determined based on the character code set and the format.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following operations and effects can be obtained. (1) The RAM 13 stores an additional information table 13a including “abbreviation / one touch”, “mail address”, “character code set”, and “format”. For this reason, when broadcasting by the Internet FAX machine 1, the character code set and format corresponding to the mail address input from the shortcut key 16b or the one-touch key 16c are determined. In other words, the body of the e-mail is created in the optimal language in conjunction with the input of the e-mail address. Therefore, when broadcasting by the Internet FAX machine 1, it is possible to create a text in consideration of the language on the receiving side. Moreover, on the receiving side, the text described in the language of another country is not displayed on the screen in a so-called garbled state. Therefore, the beauty of the text is not spoiled.

(2) In broadcast transmission, if the character code set and the format are the same, the expression of each part is the same. Therefore, the number of parts is equal to or less than the number of broadcast transmissions. Therefore, even if the number of broadcast transmissions increases,
If the character code set and the format are the same, the body of the e-mail will not be long.

The above embodiment can be modified and embodied as follows. In the above-described embodiment, the case of broadcast transmission has been described. However, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a case where Internet FAX is performed to a specific destination, that is, one destination. That is, even in such a case, it is possible to create the text in consideration of the language of the receiving side.

The text corresponding to the mail address, that is, the message indicating the Internet FAX may be stored in the additional information table 13a.
Further, technical ideas other than the claims grasped from the above-described embodiments and the like will be described below together with their effects.

[1] In the Internet facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the control means, when broadcasting, transmits the number of parts of the body of the e-mail to the number of broadcast transmissions. Internet fax machine created below. With this configuration, it is possible to create a text in consideration of the language on the receiving side.

[2] The Internet F according to claim 2
In the AX device, the additional information includes at least information on a language of a transmission destination and information on a format of a text. With this configuration, it is possible to create a text in consideration of the language on the receiving side.

[0035]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, it is possible to create a text in consideration of the language on the receiving side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an Internet FAX apparatus.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an additional information table.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of broadcast transmission.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an electronic mail.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Internet FAX apparatus, 11 ... MPU which comprises a control means, 12 ... ROM which comprises a control means, 13 ...
RAM constituting storage means and control means, 13a... Additional information table as additional information.

Claims (3)

[Claims] An input means for inputting a mail address,
In conjunction with the input of the e-mail address from the input means,
An Internet facsimile machine comprising: a control unit for creating a body of an e-mail in an optimal language. 2. The Internet facsimile according to claim 1.
An Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising: a storage unit for storing attached information, wherein the control unit creates an electronic mail based on the mail address input from the input unit and the additional information stored in the storage unit. 3. The Internet facsimile according to claim 2.
In the apparatus, the additional information includes at least information on a language of a transmission destination.