JP2002218211A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide facsimile equipment with which contents whose transmission is reserved can be easily confirmed, including the contents of the image information. SOLUTION: This facsimile equipment is provided with a means 106 for managing transmission reservation information regarding reserved transmission, a storage means 103 for storing transmission image data to be transmitted, a printing means 110 for outputting the transmission image data to be transmitted on the basis of the transmission reservation information and an editing processing means for performing a preset editing processing to the reserved transmission image data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus capable of making a transmission reservation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile apparatus provided with a transmission reservation function for designating a time at which a document is to be transmitted in advance and transmitting the document to a transmission destination when the designated time comes is conventionally known. Further, the reservation status of transmission of such a facsimile apparatus can be confirmed by outputting a list of reservation information composed of information such as a transmission reservation date and a destination number.

As a conventional technique relating to this kind of facsimile apparatus, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-205190 is known. According to this conventional technique, in a facsimile apparatus having a transmission reservation function, an original for which transmission reservation has been made is stored in an image memory, and when a reservation is canceled by an instruction from a keyboard or the like, a transmission is made by a printer according to the content of the cancellation. The cancellation of the reservation is output to the communication management report.

[0004]

The prior art described above is
In the case of a facsimile machine that can send and reserve a large number of documents by increasing the memory capacity as in recent years, the number of items that can be reserved for transmission is large. This causes a problem that it is difficult for the user to determine whether or not the transmission reservation has been made only by checking the contents of the transmission reservation information list. Further, in the prior art, when it is desired to cancel one of the many transmission reservations, it is difficult to stop the transmission of the correct original for the above-described reason. There is a problem that there is a possibility that it will be lost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus having a transmission reservation function capable of solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and easily confirming the contents of transmission reservation. .

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus having a transmission reservation function.
Storage means for storing transmission reservation information and transmission image data to be transmitted relating to transmissions reserved for transmission, and output means capable of outputting transmission image data to be transmitted based on the transmission reservation information stored in the storage means And an editing processing means for performing a preset editing process on the image data when outputting the transmission image data to the output means, and further restricting the output of the transmission image data reserved for transmission. This is achieved by further comprising means.

Further, the above object is achieved in that the editing processing by the editing processing means is a synthesizing processing for synthesizing transmission reservation information with transmission image data.

Further, the above object is achieved by that the editing processing by the editing processing means is an N-UP processing or a thumbnail processing.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of key arrangement on an operation panel. 1 and 2, 101 is a network control unit (NCU), 102 is a modem, 103 is an image memory, 1
04 is a RAM, 105 is a ROM, 106 is a reservation information management unit, 107 is an operation panel, 108 is a document reading unit, 1
09 is an encoding / decoding unit, 110 is a printing unit, 111 is a display unit, 112 is an operation unit, 201 is a numeric keypad, 202 is a scroll / shift key, 203 is a function selection key, and 204 is a function selection key.
Is a stop key, 205 is a start / decision key, 206
Denotes a resolution selection key, 207 denotes a shortcut key, 208 denotes a registration key, and 209 denotes a one-touch key group.

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention has a function as a copying machine for copying a document image read by a document reading unit 108 on a recording paper by a printing unit 110, and A facsimile transmission / reception function of transmitting document image data read by a document reading unit to a transmission destination via a telephone network, or reproducing image data received via the telephone network on recording paper by the printing unit 110 It is comprised including.

The illustrated facsimile apparatus has an image memory 103 for storing image data of facsimile communication.
And an NCU (Network Control Unit) 101 for performing network control such as transmission of a dial signal to the telephone line network, and a code / decoding unit 1 for performing processing such as coding / decoding of image data.
09, a reservation information management unit 106 for storing and managing transmission reservation information, a modem 102 for modulating / demodulating a signal for facsimile communication of image data, a display unit 111 for operation by a user, an operation unit And an operation panel 107 having the same. Further, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 105 storing a processing program in advance, a RAM
CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the entire apparatus based on the storage contents of (Random Access Memory) 104
A control unit 113 having a central processing unit) is provided.

The operation panel 107 is, as shown in FIG.
A display unit 111 having an LCD display screen, and a numeric keypad 201, a scroll / shift key 202, a function selection key 203, and a stop key 20 as operation keys.
4. Start / Enter key 205, Resolution selection key 20
6, a shortcut key 207, a registration key 208, and a one-touch key group 209. The functions of the operation keys are well known in the related art, and will be described whenever necessary in the description of the operation of the present invention, and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operations of transmission registration registration and password registration, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a management table managed in the reservation information management unit 106. These will be described.

(1) First, the user presses the function selection key 203 of the operation unit on the operation panel 107 and presses the ∇ key of the scroll / shift key 202 to display the function on the display screen of the display unit 111 and specify the time. Select "time-specified transmission registration mode" for registering transmission (steps A1, A
2).

(2) The "time designation transmission registration mode" is entered by the operation of step A2, so that a document to be registered is set, and the desired transmission time is registered using the numeric keypad 201 on the operation unit. (Steps A3 and A4).

(3) Using the numeric keypad 201 on the operation unit or the keys in the one-touch key group 209,
The desired transmission destination is registered, and further, the contents such as the desired transmission resolution are selected and registered using the resolution key 206 on the operation unit (steps A5 and A6).

(4) After that, a "Password registration" selection screen is displayed on the display screen. When registering a password, press the enter key 205 of the operation unit. The user presses the stop key 204 (step A7).

(5) In step A7, when the enter key 205 of the operation section is pressed, the ten key section 2 on the operation section
01 is used to register an arbitrary password (step A8).

(6) In step A7, when the stop key 204 of the operation section is pressed, or
8, when the registration of the password is completed, the original is scanned, and the designated time transmission is performed by the reservation information management unit 1.
06 and the process ends. Note that the number of sheets to be transmitted is automatically set at the end of document scanning (step A9).

The reservation information management unit 106 manages the reservation information by creating a management table as shown in FIG. N in the table shown in FIG.
The record No. 1 is a record of the reservation information specifying the transmission time, and the record No. 2 is a record of the transmission information which may be transmitted immediately after the input. When a password is set in the transmission information of each record, the password is also managed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a procedure for printing and confirming a list of reservation information and image data.
Is a diagram showing an output example of a reservation information list, which will be described below.

(1) First, the user presses the function selection key 203 of the operation unit on the operation panel 107 and presses the ス ク ロ ー ル key of the scroll / shift key 202 to display the function on the display screen of the display unit 111. "Output mode" is selected (steps S1, S2).

(2) In order to confirm the reservation information, the user presses the ▽ key of the operation unit and selects “reservation information” in “list output mode” (step S3).

(3) A selection screen for "output of reservation information list" is displayed on the display screen. To output the reservation information list, press the enter key 205 of the operation unit. When not outputting the reservation information list, the user presses the stop key 204 of the operation unit (step S4).

(4) In step S4, when the enter key 205 of the operation unit is pressed, the reservation information list described above is read out from the reservation information management unit 106, and is displayed by the printing unit 110 as shown in FIG. The printing of such a reservation information list is performed (step S5).

(5) When the stop key of the operation unit is pressed in step S4, the reservation information is read from the reservation information management unit 106 and displayed one by one on the display screen (step S6).

(6) The reservation information is scrolled by pressing the @ key on the operation panel 107, and the reservation information for which the printing of the "image data" information is desired is selected (step S7).

(7) If a password is registered in the selected reservation information to ensure confidentiality, "input password" is displayed on the display screen to prompt the user to enter a password. Is displayed. If the password has not been registered, "image data output method" is displayed on the display screen (step S8).

(8) In step S8, if a password for ensuring confidentiality is registered in the selected reservation information, the password is input using the numeric keypad 201 of the operation unit. Then, if the passwords are collated and found to match, "image data output method" is displayed. At this time, if the password has not been entered, or the entered password is different from the registered password, the display of the "image data output method" is not performed.
The processing is forcibly terminated without proceeding to the subsequent processing by the output restriction function due to the password mismatch (step S9).

(9) If no password is registered in step S8, or if step S9
In the case where the password verification is successful, the user presses the “▽” key on the operation panel 107 to select “image data output method”.
(See FIG. 7) to select by scrolling (step S1)
0).

(10) The reserved image data of the selected content is read out from the image memory 103 and printed out by the printing unit according to the selected output method (step S11).

By the above-described processing, as shown in FIG.
A reservation information list based on the contents of the management table in the reservation information management unit described with reference to FIG. 4 can be output. Further, as described below with reference to FIGS. Image data of information can be output. If a password is set in the record of each reservation information, the password is not output when outputting the reservation information list.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a type of output method for adding a predetermined editing process to the image of the reservation information managed in the management table and outputting the image. FIGS. It is a figure explaining the example of the reservation image information outputted, and the output method of image data about reservation image information is explained below with reference to these figures.

As shown in FIG. 7, there are six types of image data output methods (editing methods) for the reservation information, each having the following features.

(1) Output of Image As shown in FIG. 8, this output method is to output all pages of an image reserved for transmission at the same magnification, so that the contents of the reproduced image can be easily understood.

(2) Output of Image + Reservation Information In this output method, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 14, reservation information is added to an image reserved for transmission and output. The reservation information added to the image is, as shown in FIG.
Is one record in the reservation information list shown in FIG. In the case of this output method, the scanned image is reduced, but the reservation contents can be checked at once with the reservation image.

(3) Output of Image (N-UP) In this output method, as shown in FIG. 10, when there are a plurality of images reserved for transmission, the plurality of images are divided by the set number, The image is reduced and printed out on one sheet of paper. In this output method, depending on the setting, there may be a case where a plurality of output sheets are used, but the content can be checked while reducing waste of the sheets. In the illustrated example, 2-UP is used as a standard specification.
The number N can be changed when N.UP is set.

(4) Output of Image (N-UP) + Reservation Information In this output method, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 14, when there are a plurality of images reserved for transmission, The image is reduced on a single sheet at each interval, and the printout is performed with the reservation information added. In this output method, depending on the setting, there may be a case where a plurality of output sheets are used. However, it is possible to check the contents by reducing the waste of the sheets and to check the reservation contents together with the reservation image at a time.

(5) Output of image (thumbnail) In this output method, as shown in FIG. 12, when there are a plurality of reserved images, all the image data are reduced to be printed on one sheet and printed out. Is what you do. With this output method, the output image may be considerably reduced,
Even if a plurality of image data are reserved, it can be confirmed on one sheet.

(6) Output of Image (Thumbnail) + Reservation Information In this output method, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, when there are a plurality of reserved images, all the image data are put on one sheet of paper. And prints out with the reservation information added. In this output method, the output image may be considerably reduced. You can check.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, when confirming the contents of the transmission reservation, or when confirming the details of the transmission image data for which the transmission reservation has been made by the user, it is necessary to output at the same magnification. When it is only necessary to confirm the outline of the reserved transmission image data, it is not necessary to output all pages at the same magnification. Therefore, the output is performed after performing an editing process set in advance by a user, for example, an N-UP process, a thumbnail process, and the like. Is performed, desired transmission image data can be easily confirmed without generating useless output paper.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, when outputting the reserved transmission image data, the output can be permitted only when the password is input. Thus, the confidentiality of the reserved transmission image data can be maintained.

Further, according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, when the reserved transmission image data is output, the transmission reservation information is output simultaneously, so that not only the contents of the transmission image data but also the transmission reservation The contents of the information can be checked at the same time.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus having a transmission reservation function, the contents of the transmission reservation can be easily confirmed up to the contents of the image information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an arrangement of keys on an operation panel.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating processing operations for registering a transmission reservation and registering a password.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a management table managed in a reservation information management unit.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for printing and confirming a list of reservation information and image data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an output example of a reservation information list.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating types of output methods for adding predetermined editing processing to the reservation information managed in the management table and outputting the result.

FIG. 8 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating an example of reserved image information output after adding a predetermined editing method;

FIG. 9 is a diagram (part 2) for explaining an example of reserved image information output by adding a predetermined editing method;

FIG. 10 is a diagram (part 3) for explaining an example of reserved image information output by adding a predetermined editing method;

FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 4) for explaining an example of reserved image information output by adding a predetermined editing method;

FIG. 12 is a diagram (part 5) for explaining an example of reserved image information output by adding a predetermined editing method;

FIG. 13 is a diagram (part 6) for explaining an example of reserved image information output by adding a predetermined editing method;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which reservation information is added to reservation image information output by adding a predetermined editing method.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 Network Control Unit (NC
U) 102 Modem 103 Image memory 104 RAM 105 ROM 106 Reservation information management unit 107 Operation panel 108 Document reading unit 109 Encoding / decoding unit 110 Printing unit 111 Display unit 112 Operation unit 201 Numeric keypad unit 202 Scroll shift key 203 Function selection key 204 Stop Key 205 Start / Enter key 206 Resolution selection key 207 Abbreviation key 208 Registration key 209 One-touch key group

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Takashi Nakajiri 22-22, Nagaikecho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture F-term (reference) 5C062 AA02 AB22 AB38 AB42 AC04 AC24 AC36 5C075 BA11 5C076 AA16 AA19 AA22 AA40 BA04 CB02

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a transmission reservation function, a storage means for storing transmission reservation information relating to transmission reserved for transmission and transmission image data to be transmitted, and transmitting based on the transmission reservation information stored in said storage means. Output means capable of outputting transmission image data to be transmitted, and editing processing means for performing a preset editing process on the image data when outputting reserved transmission image data to the output means. Facsimile machine characterized. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a limiter for limiting the output of the transmission image data reserved for transmission. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the editing processing by the editing processing means is a synthesizing processing for synthesizing transmission reservation information with transmission image data. 4. The editing processing by the editing processing means includes N
4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile apparatus performs UP processing or thumbnail processing.