JP2007295150A - Manuscript reading unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manuscript reading unit capable of easily specifying a terminal unit of transmission source in the opposite party, and preventing a complicated operation when transmitting an image data in a manuscript. <P>SOLUTION: A client terminal 3 is specified by the operation of a facsimile device 1, and a transmission source data and a transmission destination data are obtained from the above client terminal 3. The manuscript image data read by the facsimile device 1 and the source data obtained from the client terminal 3 are transmitted to a specified external facsimile device 5 or an external electronic mail device 7, based on the transmission destination data. With this on the opposite party having received the data, the client terminal 3 of transmission source can be specified, based on the received transmission source data. Also, it is possible to prevent the complicated operation when transmitting the manuscript image data, as compared to a configuration in which a trouble of inputting a transmission destination address is necessarily taken. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an original reading apparatus, and more particularly to an original reading apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus capable of generating image data by reading an image of an original and transmitting the image data to a transmission destination.

  In recent years, facsimile apparatuses that can communicate with a terminal device such as a personal computer are generally known. If such a facsimile apparatus is used, an image based on the data received from the terminal apparatus is recorded on paper in the facsimile apparatus, or the data received from the terminal apparatus is connected to the facsimile apparatus via a telephone line. An image can be transmitted to a terminal by facsimile communication, and an image based on the data can be recorded on a sheet at an external terminal.

As an example of this type of technology, Patent Document 1 proposes a facsimile server that transmits a source address together with text data based on an input signal from a terminal device connected via a network. In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, text data is created in a terminal device, and the mail address of the terminal device is transmitted as the source address together with the text data. According to such a configuration, it is possible to easily identify the transmission source terminal device on the reception side based on the received transmission source address.
JP 2001-352422 A

  However, since the technology as described above is configured to instruct the transmission of text data from the terminal device, a scanner device for reading the image of the document is provided in the terminal device when attempting to transmit the image data of the document. The image of the document must be read by connecting.

  In the case of a document reading device such as a facsimile machine having a document reading unit, by operating the document reading device, image data of a document read by the document reading device can be transmitted to a designated transmission destination. However, in this case, in order to be able to easily identify the transmission source terminal device on the receiving side, an operation of inputting the address of the terminal device as the transmission source address in the document reading device is required. There is a problem that becomes complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to easily specify the terminal device of the transmission source at the other party while preventing the operation when transmitting the image data of the original from becoming complicated. An object of the present invention is to provide a document reading apparatus capable of performing the above.

  A document reading apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a document reading apparatus connected to one or more terminal devices via a communication network and connected to a communication line outside the communication network, and reads an image of a document. A document reading unit for generating image data, a terminal designating unit for designating a terminal device based on a user operation, and data for acquiring transmission source data and transmission destination data from the designated terminal device via the communication network Acquisition means; data storage means for storing data acquired by the data acquisition means; transmission destination specification means for specifying a transmission destination based on transmission destination data stored in the data storage means; and transmission destination specification means The image data of the original read by the original reading means via the communication line and the transmission source data stored in the data storage means to the destination specified by Configured with a data transmitting means for transmitting.

  With such a configuration, by designating the terminal device, the transmission source data acquired from the terminal device can be transmitted together with the image data of the document to the transmission destination designated based on the transmission destination data. Therefore, the counterpart terminal that receives these data can easily identify the terminal device of the transmission source based on the received transmission source data. In addition, by designating a terminal device, it is possible to acquire transmission destination data from the terminal device and transmit it to the transmission destination based on the transmission destination data. In comparison, it is possible to prevent the operation when transmitting the image data of the document from becoming complicated.

  In the document reading apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the data transmission means is a facsimile transmission means for transmitting data by facsimile communication.

  With such a configuration, the transmission source data acquired from the designated terminal device can be transmitted to the transmission destination by facsimile communication together with the image data of the document. Therefore, in the other party receiving these data, the image based on the received image data and the information on the transmission source based on the transmission source data are recorded on the sheet, and the transmission source information is based on the information on the transmission source. The terminal device can be easily specified.

  In the document reading apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, the data transmission unit is a mail transmission unit for transmitting an electronic mail.

  With such a configuration, the transmission source data acquired from the designated terminal device can be transmitted to the transmission destination as an e-mail together with the image data of the document. Therefore, in the other party receiving these data, the image based on the received image data and the information on the transmission source based on the transmission source data can be viewed as an e-mail, and the transmission source based on the information on the transmission source Can be easily identified.

  In the document reading apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the data acquisition means acquires server data via the communication network from the terminal device designated by the terminal designation means, and the data transmission means obtains the acquired server data. It is configured to transmit data to a transmission destination via a server specified based on the above.

  With such a configuration, a server can be identified based on server data acquired from a designated terminal device, and an e-mail can be transmitted to the destination via the server. Therefore, it is necessary to bother to input the server address. Therefore, it is possible to more effectively prevent the operation from becoming complicated.

  A document reading apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention comprises a data erasing unit for erasing transmission source data or transmission destination data stored in the data storage unit after data transmission by the data transmission unit.

  With such a configuration, after the image data of the document is transmitted to the transmission destination, the transmission source data or transmission destination data related to the transmission can be deleted from the data storage unit. As a result, it is possible to prevent the storage area of the data storage means from being used more than necessary, and when another user performs an operation after data transmission, the transmission source data or destination data stored in the data storage means It is possible to prevent erroneous transmission based on this.

  A document reading apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention includes a transmission destination registration unit that registers a transmission destination based on the transmission destination data acquired by the data acquisition unit, and the transmission destination designation unit is configured to perform the above operation based on a user operation. A transmission destination registered in the transmission destination registration unit is designated.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to register a transmission destination based on transmission destination data acquired from a terminal device once designated. Therefore, when data is transmitted to the same transmission destination after registration, the registered transmission destination can be specified and data can be transmitted without performing the operation of specifying the terminal device again. As a result, once the transmission destination based on the transmission destination data acquired from the designated terminal apparatus is registered, the document reading apparatus is operated even after the terminal apparatus is not turned on. As a result, data can be transmitted by designating a registered transmission destination, which improves convenience.

  According to the present invention, by designating a terminal device, the transmission source data acquired from the terminal device can be transmitted together with the image data of the document to the transmission destination designated based on the transmission destination data. As a result, the other party receiving the data can easily identify the terminal device of the transmission source based on the received transmission source data, and obtain the transmission destination data from the terminal device by designating the terminal device. In addition, since transmission to the transmission destination can be performed based on the transmission destination data, it is possible to prevent a complicated operation when transmitting the image data of the document. Therefore, it is possible to easily specify the terminal device of the transmission source at the other party while preventing the operation when transmitting the image data of the document from becoming complicated.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a communication system to which an original reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and a facsimile machine 1 is used as an example of an original reading apparatus. In this communication system, a facsimile apparatus 1 is a so-called network facsimile apparatus that is communicably connected to a plurality of client terminals 3 via a LAN (Local Area Network) 2 that is an example of a communication network.

  The facsimile apparatus 1 is connected to a telephone line 4 and can send and receive data to and from the external facsimile apparatus 5 connected to the telephone line 4 by facsimile communication. That is, an image based on the data received from the external facsimile apparatus 5 can be recorded on the paper in the facsimile apparatus 1, and an image based on the data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 1 can be recorded on the paper in the external facsimile apparatus 5. .

  A mail server 8 is connected to the LAN 2 for transmitting and receiving electronic mail to and from the external electronic mail apparatus 7 via the Internet line 6. The external electronic mail apparatus 7 is a personal computer, for example, and the facsimile apparatus 1 can send and receive electronic mail to and from the external electronic mail apparatus 7 via the mail server 8. That is, the contents of the e-mail received from the external e-mail device 7 can be viewed on the facsimile apparatus 1 and the contents of the e-mail transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 1 can be viewed on the external e-mail apparatus 7.

  Each client terminal 3 is composed of a personal computer, for example, and includes a memory (not shown) for storing various data. In the memory of each client terminal 3, transmission source data including identification information of the client terminal 3 and transmission destination data including a transmission destination address set for each client terminal are stored in advance. In the present embodiment, the memory of each client terminal 3 can store the user name of the client terminal 3 or the user's mail address as identification information of each client terminal 3 included in the transmission source data. As a destination address included in the destination data, a telephone number of the external facsimile apparatus 5 or a mail address of the external electronic mail apparatus 7 can be stored.

  In addition, in the memory of each client terminal 3, software (hereinafter referred to as “communication software”) that is activated to perform communication with the facsimile apparatus 1 can be stored in advance. Each client terminal 3 can communicate with the facsimile apparatus 1 via the LAN 2 by starting the communication software in a state where the power is turned on, and each client terminal 3 is based on a transmission request from the facsimile apparatus 1. The transmission source data and the transmission destination data stored in the memory can be transmitted to the facsimile apparatus 1.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the facsimile machine 1. The facsimile apparatus 1 includes a control unit 10 including a processor, and a scanner unit 11, a printer unit 12, a facsimile communication unit 13, a mail transmission / reception unit 14, a client communication unit 15, and an operation unit 16 that can be controlled by the control unit 10, respectively. A display unit 17, a data reading unit 18, a transmission data storage unit 19, and a transmission destination registration information storage unit 20.

  The scanner unit 11 is a document reading unit that reads an image of a document and generates image data. The scanner unit 11 includes a light emitting unit that emits light toward the document, and a light receiving unit that receives reflected light from the light emitted from the light emitting unit and generates image data based on the amount of received light. (None of them are shown), and an image of the document can be read by optical scanning of the document.

  The printer unit 12 is an image recording unit for recording an image on a sheet using toner, ink, or the like. In the facsimile apparatus 1, not only can an image based on data received from the external facsimile apparatus 5 via the telephone line 4 be recorded on a sheet by the printer unit 12, but also an image of a document read by the scanner unit 11 can be printed on the printer. The document can be copied by recording on the paper in the section 12. Further, by recording an image based on data received from the client terminal 3 via the LAN 2 on a sheet by the printer unit 12, the facsimile apparatus 1 can be used as a printer apparatus.

  The facsimile communication unit 13 is connected to the telephone line 4 and performs facsimile communication with the external facsimile apparatus 5 connected to the telephone line 4. In facsimile communication between the facsimile apparatus 1 and the external facsimile apparatus 5, a call signal is transmitted to the other party via the telephone line 4, and image data is transmitted after a communication state is established by an automatic response to the call signal. Is done.

  The mail transmission / reception unit 14 is connected to the LAN 2 and transmits / receives an electronic mail to / from an external electronic mail device 7 connected to the Internet line 6 via the mail server 8 connected to the LAN 2. The e-mail includes the mail text and title data. The facsimile apparatus 1 can also send an e-mail with the image data of the document read by the scanner unit 11 attached.

  The client communication unit 15 is connected to the LAN 2 and can transmit and receive data to and from the client terminal 3 connected to the LAN 2. The client communication unit 15 can receive the above-described transmission source data and transmission destination data from each client terminal 3 via the LAN 2. When the facsimile apparatus 1 is used as a printer apparatus, the client communication unit 15 can receive image data from each client terminal 3 via the LAN 2.

  The operation unit 16 includes a large number of operation keys, and the user can perform an input operation by operating the operation unit 16. The display unit 17 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display, and the user can browse the contents by displaying various display screens. The operation unit 16 and the display unit 17 may be integrally configured as an operation panel.

  The data reading unit 18 is for reading data from a storage medium 9 that can be attached to and detached from the facsimile apparatus 1, and the image data stored in the storage medium 9 is read by the data reading unit 18 so that the image is read. An image based on the data can be recorded on a sheet by the printer unit 12. As this storage medium 9, an external memory such as an SD card or a flash memory can be used.

  The transmission data storage unit 19 includes an image data storage unit 191, a transmission source data storage unit 192, and a transmission destination data storage unit 193. The image data storage unit 191 stores image data of a document read by the scanner unit 11 or image data read from the storage medium 9 by the data reading unit 18. The transmission source data storage unit 192 stores transmission source data received from the client terminal 3 via the client communication unit 15. The destination data storage unit 193 stores destination data received from the client terminal 3 via the client communication unit 15.

  The transmission destination registration information storage unit 20 includes a transmission destination address storage unit 201 and a name storage unit 202. The transmission destination address storage unit 201 stores a transmission destination address based on transmission destination data received from the client terminal 3 via the client communication unit 15, that is, a telephone number of the external facsimile device 5 or a mail address of the external electronic mail device 7. It can be memorized. The name storage unit 202 can store the user name of the transmission destination in association with each transmission destination address stored in the transmission destination address storage unit 201.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of processing by the control unit 10 when data is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 1 to the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the external electronic mail apparatus 7. In this embodiment, the control unit 10 includes a terminal information acquisition unit 101, a terminal information display control unit 102, a terminal specification unit 103, a transmission data acquisition unit 104, a transmission destination display control unit 105, a transmission destination specification unit 106, data A transmission unit 107, a transmission destination registration unit 108, and a data erasure unit 109 are provided.

  When the image data of the document read by the scanner unit 11 is to be transmitted to the external facsimile apparatus 5 by facsimile communication or to be transmitted to the external electronic mail apparatus 7 by e-mail, the user uses the scanner unit 11. By reading the image of the document, the image data of the document is stored in the image data storage unit 191 of the transmission data storage unit 19, and then the processing described below is performed.

  First, the terminal information acquisition unit 101 acquires information of the client terminal 3 that is communicable with the facsimile apparatus 1 among the client terminals 3 connected to the LAN 2 via the client communication unit 15. More specifically, a detection signal is transmitted to each client terminal 3 connected to the facsimile apparatus 1, and a response signal is returned by processing based on activated communication software at the client terminal that has received the detection signal. If it is, the client terminal 3 is authorized as a communicable client terminal 3. The response signal from the client terminal 3 includes identification information of the client terminal 3.

  Based on the information of the client terminal 3 obtained in this way, the terminal information display control unit 102 causes the display unit 17 to display a list of client terminals 3 that can communicate with the facsimile apparatus 1 as a terminal information display screen. The user can browse the terminal information display screen displayed on the display unit 17 and select one of the displayed client terminals 3 by operating the operation unit 16. The client terminal 3 selected by such user operation is designated by the terminal designation unit 103 as the client terminal 3 that communicates with the facsimile apparatus 1.

  The transmission data acquisition unit 104 acquires transmission data including transmission source data and transmission destination data from the client terminal 3 specified by the terminal specification unit 103 via the client communication unit 15. The transmission source data and the transmission destination data acquired by the transmission data acquisition unit 104 are stored in the transmission source data storage unit 192 and the transmission destination data storage unit 193 of the transmission data storage unit 19. At this time, if there are two or more destination addresses based on the acquired destination data, the destination display control unit 105 causes the display unit 17 to display a list of these addresses as a destination display screen.

  The transmission destination designation unit 106 designates a transmission destination based on the transmission destination data stored in the transmission destination data storage unit 193. That is, when there is one transmission destination address based on the transmission destination data acquired from the client terminal 3, the address is designated as the transmission destination. When there are two or more transmission destination addresses, the user operates By operating the unit 16, the address selected from the transmission destination display screen is designated as the transmission destination.

  After the transmission destination address is specified by the transmission destination specifying unit 106, when the user gives an instruction to transmit data by operating the operation unit 16, the image data of the document stored in the image data storage unit 191, The transmission source data stored in the transmission source data storage unit 192 is read out, and the data is transmitted by the data transmission unit 107 to the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the external electronic mail apparatus 7 which is the designated transmission destination. The At this time, when the image data and the transmission source data are transmitted to the external facsimile apparatus 5 by facsimile communication, the data transmission unit 107 functions as a facsimile transmission unit and transmits the data to the external electronic mail apparatus 7 by e-mail. The data transmission unit 107 functions as a mail transmission unit.

  When image data and transmission source data are transmitted to the external electronic mail apparatus 7 by electronic mail, not only the transmission source data and transmission destination data but also server data for specifying the mail server 8 to be used are designated clients. The data is acquired as transmission data by the transmission data acquisition unit 104 from the terminal 3 via the client communication unit 15. This server data is, for example, the host name or IP (Internet Protocol) address of the mail server 8. However, the server data may be the port number of the mail server 8 and the port of the mail server 8 to be used may be specified based on the server data.

  The data transmission unit 107 transmits an e-mail to the external e-mail device 7 that is a transmission destination via the mail server 8 specified based on the acquired server data. The mail text and title data of the e-mail transmitted from the data transmission unit 107 may be acquired from the client terminal 3 together with the server data, or can be input by operating the operation unit 16 of the facsimile apparatus 1. It may be.

  When there are two or more mail servers specified based on the server data acquired from the designated client terminal 3, a list of these mail servers is displayed on the display unit 17, from which the user operates the operation unit 16 The electronic mail may be transmitted through the mail server selected by operating.

  The telephone number of the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the mail address of the external electronic mail apparatus 7 which is the transmission destination address designated by the transmission destination designation section 106 is sent by the transmission destination registration section 108 to the transmission destination of the transmission destination registration information storage section 20. It can be stored in the address storage unit 201. Such processing for registering the destination address may be performed based on the operation of the operation unit 16 by the user, or the designated destination address is automatically transmitted to the destination address storage unit. 201 may be stored. The address of the transmission destination stored in the transmission destination address storage unit 201 can be read from the transmission destination address storage unit 201 by the user operating the operation unit 16 during subsequent data transmission, and designated as the transmission destination again. it can.

  After the data transmission unit 107 transmits data to the external facsimile device 5 or the external electronic mail device 7, the data stored in the transmission data storage unit 19 is erased by the data erasure unit 109.

  4 and 5 are flowcharts showing an example of processing when data is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 1 to the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the external electronic mail apparatus 7. FIG. When the user sets an original on the scanner unit 11 and operates the operation unit 16 to read an image of the original (step S101), the terminal information acquisition unit 101 is connected to the LAN 2 and the client terminal 3 is connected. Information on the client terminal 3 in a communicable state is acquired (step S102).

  The terminal information display control unit 102 displays a terminal information display screen on the display unit 17 based on the acquired information of the client terminal 3 (step S103). At this time, the terminal information display screen displayed on the display unit 17 displays the terminal names of the client terminals 3 as a list based on the identification information received from the communicable client terminals 3. Then, when the user operates the operation unit 16 to select any one of the client terminals 3 displayed on the terminal information display screen, the client terminal 3 is specified by the terminal specifying unit 103. (Yes in step S104), the transmission data acquisition unit 104 acquires transmission data including transmission source data and transmission destination data from the client terminal 3 (step S105).

  At this time, depending on the client terminal 3, there is a case where the transmission destination address is not set in advance and the acquired transmission destination data does not include the transmission destination address. As described above, when there is no transmission destination address specified based on the acquired transmission destination data (No in step S106), a transmission destination input screen for inputting the transmission destination address is displayed on the display unit 17. (Step S110). In this transmission destination input screen, when the user operates the operation unit 16 to input the telephone number of the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the mail address of the external electronic mail apparatus 7 as the transmission destination address, the input address is The destination is determined (step S111).

  On the other hand, even if the destination address is the client terminal 3 set in advance, there are a case where only one destination address is set and a case where a plurality of destination addresses are set. When there is a destination address specified based on the acquired destination data (Yes in step S106), when there are a plurality of addresses (Yes in step S107), the destination display control unit 105 displays the destination. The screen is displayed on the display unit 17 (step S108).

  At this time, the destination display screen displayed on the display unit 17 displays a list of destination addresses specified based on the acquired destination data. In the transmission destination display screen, when the user operates the operation unit 16 to select any address displayed on the transmission destination display screen, the address is designated by the transmission destination designation unit 106 as a transmission destination ( In step S109, the transmission destination is determined (step S111). On the other hand, when there is one transmission destination address specified based on the acquired transmission destination data (No in step S107), that address is determined as the transmission destination ( Step S111).

  When the transmission destination is determined in this manner, when the user determines to register the transmission destination address by operating the operation unit 16 (Yes in step S112), the determined transmission destination address is used. The transmission destination registration unit 108 stores the telephone number of a certain external facsimile device 5 or the mail address of the external electronic mail device 7 in the transmission destination address storage unit 201 of the transmission destination registration information storage unit 20. Is registered (step S113). At this time, if the user name of the transmission destination is stored in the name storage unit 202 in association with the address of the transmission destination, the registered transmission destination can be easily determined based on the user name during subsequent data transmission. Can be specified.

  Thereafter, when the user operates the operation unit 16, other necessary data is input (step S114), and when an instruction to transmit data to the transmission destination is given, the document stored in the image data storage unit 191 is stored. Together with the transmission source data stored in the transmission source data storage unit 192, the image data is transmitted to the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the external electronic mail apparatus 7 which is the designated transmission destination (step S115).

  Here, when the identification information as the transmission source data is not set in advance in the designated client terminal 3 and the acquired transmission source data does not include the identification information of the transmission source, the user operates the operation unit 16. , The identification information of the transmission source can be input as necessary data. At this time, the user name of the transmission source client terminal 3 may be input as identification information of the transmission source, or a telephone number or a mail address may be input as the address of the transmission source client terminal 3. It may be.

  Further, when image data and transmission source data are transmitted to the external e-mail device 7 by e-mail, the data received from the designated client terminal 3 does not include at least one of e-mail text, title, and server data. In some cases, it may be possible to input them as necessary data.

  In this way, after data is transmitted from the data transmission unit 107 to the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the external electronic mail apparatus 7, the data stored in the transmission data storage unit 19 is deleted by the data deletion unit 109 (step S116). At this time, all of the image data, the transmission source data, and the transmission destination data stored in the transmission data storage unit 19 may be deleted, or only the transmission source data and the transmission destination data are deleted. It may be like this. Further, only one of the transmission source data and the transmission destination data may be deleted.

  In the facsimile apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, by specifying the client terminal 3, the transmission source data acquired from the client terminal 3 is transmitted together with the image data of the document to the transmission destination specified based on the transmission destination data. can do. Therefore, the counterpart client that has received these data can easily identify the client terminal 3 of the transmission source based on the received transmission source data. Further, by designating the client terminal 3, it is possible to acquire the destination data from the client terminal 3 and transmit it to the destination based on the destination data, so that the destination address is purposely input. Compared with the configuration, it is possible to prevent the operation when transmitting the image data of the original from becoming complicated.

  When the image data and the transmission source data are transmitted to the external facsimile apparatus 5 by facsimile communication, the transmission source data acquired from the designated client terminal 3 may be transmitted to the transmission destination by facsimile communication together with the original image data. it can. Accordingly, in the external facsimile apparatus 5 that has received these data, the image based on the received image data and the transmission source identification information based on the transmission source data are recorded on the sheet, and the transmission source identification information is included in the transmission source identification information. Based on this, the transmission source client terminal 3 can be easily identified.

  When the image data and the transmission source data are transmitted to the external electronic mail device 7 by e-mail, the transmission source data acquired from the designated client terminal 3 is transmitted to the transmission destination as an e-mail together with the image data of the document. Can do. Therefore, in the external e-mail device 7 that has received these data, the image based on the received image data and the identification information of the transmission source based on the transmission source data can be viewed as an e-mail, and the identification of the transmission source The transmission source client terminal 3 can be easily specified based on the information.

  Further, when the image data and the transmission source data are transmitted to the external e-mail device 7 by e-mail, the server data is also acquired from the designated client terminal 3 so that the designated client terminal 3 can obtain the server data. The mail server 8 can be specified based on the acquired server data, and an electronic mail can be transmitted to the transmission destination via the mail server 8. Therefore, it is not necessary to bother to input the address of the mail server 8, and it is possible to more effectively prevent the operation from becoming complicated.

  Furthermore, the transmission data storage unit 19 is configured so that the transmission source data or the transmission destination data stored in the transmission data storage unit 19 is deleted after the transmission of the image data and the transmission source data. It is possible to prevent use more than necessary, and when another user performs an operation after data transmission, erroneous transmission is performed based on transmission source data or transmission destination data stored in the transmission data storage unit 19. Can be prevented.

  Further, by adopting a configuration in which a transmission destination based on the transmission destination data acquired from the designated client terminal 3 can be registered, when data is transmitted to the same transmission destination after registration, the client is again used. Data can be transmitted by designating a registered transmission destination without performing an operation of designating the terminal 3. As a result, once the transmission destination based on the transmission destination data acquired from the designated client terminal 3 is registered, the facsimile apparatus 1 can be used even if the client terminal 3 is not turned on thereafter. By operating the, data can be transmitted by designating a registered transmission destination, which improves convenience.

  In the above embodiment, the facsimile apparatus 1 has been described as an example of the original reading apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to the facsimile apparatus 1, and any document reading apparatus provided with original reading means for reading an original may be used as a sheet. The present invention can also be applied to an original reading apparatus such as a scanner apparatus that does not include an image recording unit for recording an image on the screen. Each client terminal 3 and external e-mail device 7 are not limited to personal computers but may be other information terminal devices.

  The communication network that connects the facsimile machine 1 to the client terminal 3 and the mail server 8 is not limited to the wired LAN 2 but may be a wireless communication network such as a wireless LAN. The communication line connecting the facsimile apparatus 1 to the external facsimile apparatus 5 and the external electronic mail apparatus 7 is not limited to a wired communication line, and a wireless communication line can be adopted.

  The image data of the document to be transmitted from the facsimile apparatus 1 to the external facsimile apparatus 5 or the external e-mail apparatus 7 which is the transmission destination is not limited to the configuration in which the scanner unit 11 reads the image data before the transmission destination is determined. Then, it may be configured to be read by the scanner unit 11. Further, the image data read from the storage medium 9 by the data reading unit 18 may be transmitted to the transmission destination.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a communication system to which an original reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and a facsimile machine is used as an example of an original reading apparatus. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a facsimile apparatus. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of processing by a control unit when data is transmitted from a facsimile apparatus to an external facsimile apparatus or an external electronic mail apparatus. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing when data is transmitted from a facsimile apparatus to an external facsimile apparatus or an external electronic mail apparatus. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing when data is transmitted from the facsimile apparatus to an external facsimile apparatus or an external electronic mail apparatus, and is a continuation of FIG. 4.

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1 Fax machine 2 LAN
3 Client terminal 4 Telephone line 5 External facsimile device 6 Internet line 7 External e-mail device 8 Mail server 9 Storage medium 10 Control unit 11 Scanner unit 12 Printer unit 13 Facsimile communication unit 14 Mail transmission / reception unit 15 Client communication unit 16 Operation unit 17 Display Unit 18 data reading unit 19 transmission data storage unit 20 transmission destination registration information storage unit 101 terminal information acquisition unit 102 terminal information display control unit 103 terminal designation unit 104 transmission data acquisition unit 105 transmission destination display control unit 106 transmission destination designation unit 107 data Transmission unit 108 Transmission destination registration unit 109 Data erasure unit 191 Image data storage unit 192 Transmission source data storage unit 193 Transmission destination data storage unit 201 Transmission destination address storage unit 202 Name storage unit

Claims (6)

A document reading device connected to one or more terminal devices via a communication network and connected to a communication line outside the communication network,
An original reading means for reading an image of an original and generating image data;
Terminal designating means for designating a terminal device based on a user operation;
Data acquisition means for acquiring transmission source data and transmission destination data from the specified terminal device via the communication network;
Data storage means for storing data acquired by the data acquisition means;
A destination designation means for designating a destination based on the destination data stored in the data storage means;
Data for transmitting the image data of the original read by the original reading means and the transmission source data stored in the data storage means to the destination designated by the destination designation means via the communication line An original reading apparatus comprising a transmission unit.   2. The document reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission means is a facsimile transmission means for transmitting data by facsimile communication.   2. The document reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit is a mail transmission unit for transmitting an electronic mail. The data acquisition means acquires server data via the communication network from the terminal device specified by the terminal specification means,
4. The document reading apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the data transmission unit transmits data to a transmission destination via a server specified based on the acquired server data.   5. The data erasure unit for erasing transmission source data or transmission destination data stored in the data storage unit after the data transmission by the data transmission unit is provided. Document reader. A transmission destination registration means for registering a transmission destination based on the transmission destination data acquired by the data acquisition means;
6. The document reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission destination designating unit designates a transmission destination registered in the transmission destination registration unit based on a user operation.

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