JPH01124043A - Terminal equipment for displaying image communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an image I/O terminal equipment for general communication by providing the title equipment with a control means capable of decoding code information and changing or replacing a terminal function, a display capable of displaying image data and a scanner for reading out an image. CONSTITUTION:The equipment is provided with a line connecting part 21 connected to a communication line 11 to transmit/receive data such as graphics and sound, a control means 24 with a memory for decoding sent code information or code information inputted from a self-terminal to specify the operation of a self-terminal function, a display 25 capable of displaying graphics and code information and the scanner 26 capable of reading out an image written on paper or the like. When a ten key 22 is operated and code information is sent to the circuit 11, the opposite side, e.g. a host computer, decodes the received code information and returns command information as a code. The control means 24 decodes the code information to determine the succeeding operation. Consequently, an information decoding function can be simply attained and the operability can be furthermore improved by display it on the display 25 of the self-terminal.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an image communication display terminal device, and in particular to an image communication display capable of transmitting and receiving image and code information and displaying images, etc. on the display of its own terminal according to the received code information. Regarding terminal devices.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a facsimile machine is a similar device of this type. A facsimile machine has functions such as unilaterally transmitting image information from itself to a specific recipient via a telephone network, or conversely receiving the image information and making a copy on paper.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The conventional facsimile machines mentioned above can only send and receive image information, and in addition to conventional telephones that send and receive voice signals, recent devices have the ability to send and receive signals from dial keys as data. However, nothing further has been achieved. That is, with the configuration of devices such as facsimile machines and telephones, it is impossible to easily realize the function of decoding information and display it on the display of the own terminal to further improve operability.

[Means for solving problems]

The image communication display terminal device of the present invention is a conventional device capable of transmitting and receiving voice and graphics by connecting to a communication line such as a telephone network. It has a control means that can change or rearrange its terminal functions from a specific pattern to another pattern, a display that can display image data that can be accepted by the terminal according to the control means, and a scanner that obtains image signals. are doing.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows how the apparatus is used in one embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 1, this type of terminal device 10 is generally connected to a host computer system 10 through a communication line 11. As shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a terminal device that is an embodiment of the present invention. Second
In the figure, this embodiment shows a line connection section 2 that can connect to a communication line 11 such as a telephone network and transmit and receive data such as graphics and audio.
1, a control means 24 with a memory that specifies the operation of its own terminal functions by decoding code information sent from the communication line 11 or code information that can be input from its own terminal, and a control means 24 that can display figures and code information. It is equipped with a display 25 and a scanner 26 that can read images written on paper or the like.

The line connection part 21 corresponds to the line connection part of a conventional telephone set, is a part directly connected to an outside line, and has push buttons and the like. The push button 22 corresponds to a dial and is composed of a numeric keypad or the like. The telephone handset 23 has a mouthpiece and an earpiece. The control means 24 is a means for controlling the terminal functions of this embodiment, and at the same time performs memory and code decoding.
It is a control means with memory that controls the display 25 and scanner 26. The display 25 is a display for displaying images, and a liquid crystal display or the like is used. The image scanner 26 is a scanner that obtains image data by scanning figures, etc. on paper.

The operation of this embodiment is generally as follows.

First, hold the handset 23 and start up the device. This enables the numeric keypad 22 to operate, and code information is sent to the line 11 by operating the numeric keypad. Next, the other party receiving the code information, for example, a host computer, decodes the received code information and sends some command information as a code back to the terminal device via the line 11. The control means 24 of the terminal device decodes this code information and determines the next operation. When prompting the operator (not shown) to perform a certain operation, a message is displayed on the display 25. When reading an image from the scanner 26, the message is followed by the next message or message prompting the operator to start the scanner operation. If image information is sent to the terminal device via the line 11, the information is stored in the image memory in the control means 24 and displayed on the display 25 at the same time.

Although the configuration and operational functions of this terminal device have been described above, it can be understood that it can be used for various purposes depending on how the control means 24 is configured. Note that it is convenient to use a microprocessor or a programmable chip for the configuration of the control means 24.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention can be used as a general-purpose communication image input/output terminal device that is effective when constructing an information processing system by transmitting and receiving codes and image data through communication lines etc. without specifying the purpose. .

That is, specifically, it is effective for input/output terminals of seal inquiry systems, which have been increasingly used recently, and input/output terminals of online remote information searches and other systems having line connection systems.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a line-connected system, which is one of the usage forms in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10... Computer system, 11... Communication line, 20... Terminal device, 21... Line connection part, 22...
... Numeric keypad, 23... Handset, 24... Control means, 25... Display, 26... Scanner.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a terminal that can connect to a communication line such as a telephone network and send and receive data such as figures and sounds, it decodes the code information sent from the communication line or the code information that can be input from the own terminal to control the operation of the terminal's functions. control means for specifying;
Equipped with a display that can display graphics and code information and a scanner that can read images written on paper, etc., the data read by the scanner is transmitted through a communication line such as a telephone network, and the received image is displayed on the display. An image communication display terminal device, further comprising: displaying a specific symbol or pattern on a display according to received code information.