JP3175669B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a function of storing stored images.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a high-end facsimile machine, an image is temporarily stored in a memory even at the time of simple transmission and copying,
The image is transmitted by facsimile or output to a printer.

[0003] Of course, at the time of broadcast or time-specified transmission, the image is stored in the memory, and at the time of transmission, the image is called and faxed to a registered destination, or the image is called at the specified time. Send by fax.

[0004] These stored images are erased when copying or transmission is completed.

[0005]

However, in the facsimile apparatus, an image once read is deleted after copying or transmission is completed. For this reason, when it becomes necessary to copy or transmit the same original again, there is a problem that the accumulation must be started from the original.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of reusing an image which has been transmitted / received or copied.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a cover letter such as an image of a transmission / reception or a copy document or a fixed text is stored in a memory as a file.
The accumulated file is sent to the file
Outputs the items of the copy / reception storage operation as a table and determines whether the selected file is a transmission or a copy from the stored files displayed in the table, and when copying, decodes and outputs the selected file to the printer. In the case of transmission, it is determined whether the selected file is a cover letter.In the case of normal document transmission, the selected file is read and transmitted, and in the case of a cover letter, transmission is performed on the next page of the cover letter and subsequent pages. Scan the manuscript and send it with the cover letter for a predetermined time.
Old files are deleted from the table display and
The file is a facsimile machine that is left as long as the memory has the capacity .

[0008]

[0009]

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, a block circuit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The bus line 10 includes a CPU 11, a memory (RAM) 12, a CODEC 13 for encoding an image, a hard disk (HD) 14, a scanner 15, and a printer 1.
6, a modem 18 connected to a public line 17 and an operation panel 20 having a liquid crystal display unit 19 are connected.

At the time of facsimile transmission, an original is set on the scanner 15 and read, and the read image is CODE.
It is encoded in C13 and stored in the memory 12. afterwards,
The image stored in the memory 12 is transmitted from the modem 18 through the public line 17 by setting the transmission destination and various transmission modes on the operation panel 20. In the case of copying, the image stored in the memory 12 is decoded by the CODEC 13 and output to the printer 16 to be printed out.

At the time of FAX reception, image information is stored in the memory 12 from the public line 17 via the modem 18, decoded by the CODEC 13, output to the printer 16, and printed out.

In the present invention, the image information stored in the memory 12 is stored in the hard disk 14 as files in chronological order, and information on the files is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 by operating the operation panel 20. 1
By selecting the file displayed in 9, FAX transmission and copying can be performed.

FIG. 1 shows a file 22 stored in chronological order.
And a cursor 24 for simultaneously selecting a file 22 can be moved to an arbitrary file 22 in the table 23 by a key operation on the operation panel 20, and the table 22 can be scrolled according to the position of the cursor 24. ing.

The file 22 is assigned a file number 25 in chronological order, and stores the date 26 and the storage time 2
7, an operation 29 for storing a file such as a resolution 28 of a stored image and transmission / reception / copying is displayed.

In the present invention, the table 23 is displayed, the file 22 is selected from the displayed table 23 with the cursor 24, and the file 22 can be transmitted by facsimile or copied.

Thus, when a broadcast communication or a time designation communication is performed, a new broadcast transmission destination can be newly added, or when no communication is performed, the stored file can be immediately read and transmitted. If you want to check its contents, you can copy it.

In the present invention, a cover letter such as a fixed phrase is stored as a file 22, and the file 2 is stored in the file 22.
Alternatively, a document for transmission may be newly read in combination with FAX transmission.

Next, a flowchart of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the control is performed by the subroutine 30 of the present invention.
The operation mode is determined in step 1, and the routine enters another processing 31 in the case of another processing.

In step 1, when a normal original is transmitted by facsimile, the original is scanned 32 and read, stored as a file 33, and then transmitted via a modem 34 by facsimile.
Then, in step 2, it is determined whether or not to retain the file. When the file is retained (yes), the process returns to step 1, and in step 2, when the file is not retained (no), the file is deleted without being stored on the hard disk. 3
5 is returned to step1.

Next, in the determination of step 1, in the transmission or copy mode of the stored file, it is determined in step 3 whether or not there is a stored file. If there is no file (no), the process returns to step 1, and the presence of the stored file is returned. Time (y
In es), a file list is displayed 36.

A file is selected 37 from the table displayed in the file display 36, and in step 4, transmission / copy /
Judgment of erasure is made, and at the time of copying, a decode output 38 is sent to the printer to decode the image and print out,
At the time of deletion, the selected specified file is deleted 39,
Each is returned to the subroutine 30.

If it is determined in step 4 that the message is to be transmitted, then in step 5 it is determined whether the message is a cover letter.
When the selected file is transmitted instead of the cover letter (no), the file is read from the hard disk and the image is transmitted 34 via the modem. Become.

If the selected file is a cover letter (yes) in step 5, the original to be transmitted to the next page and subsequent pages of the cover letter is scanned in the same manner as the normal original transmission.
2. Then, it is stored as a file 33 and transmitted via the modem including the image of the cover letter 34. Thereafter, the flow is the same as that of the normal document transmission described above.

A hard disk for storing files can store a large number of files. However, if the number of files increases, it may take time to select files. Alternatively, the data may be erased. In this case, even if the file is deleted once, it is not displayed in the table 23 of FIG. 1, and the file is left as long as the hard disk has the capacity.
You may be able to recover.

In the file 22 of the table 23, the image of the file may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 so as to be confirmed. Further, a large-capacity semiconductor memory may be used instead of the hard disk.

[0030]

In summary, according to the present invention, once transmitted or copied images or cover letters are left as files in a memory, they can be transmitted as usual and transmitted as usual, or broadcast or time designation can be performed. This makes it possible to transmit, copy, or transmit the original together with the original read together with the cover letter, thereby saving the trouble of reading the fixed form sentences one by one. In addition, the items of storage operation of transmission / copy / reception are listed as stored files.
By displaying the output as Le, it is possible to clarify the type of the storage file, and the predetermined time files
Tables are easier to read by deleting them from the table display
And the file remains as long as there is space in memory.
By doing so, resurrection will be possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block circuit of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 22 files 23 tables

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cover letter such as an image of a transmitted / received or copied document or a fixed phrase is stored in a memory as a file, and the stored file is stored as a table of file storage date and time, transmission / copy / reception storage operation items. The output file is displayed, and the file selected from the stored files displayed in the table is determined whether to be transmitted or copied. When copying, the selected file is decoded and output to the printer, and when transmitting, the selected file is covered. Judge whether it is a letter, and when sending a normal manuscript, read out the selected file and send it.If it is a cover letter, read the manuscript to be sent on the next page of the cover letter and send it together with the cover letter , After a predetermined time
File is deleted from the table display and
A facsimile apparatus characterized in that a file is left as long as the memory has a capacity .