JPH0114744B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a facsimile communication system capable of recording image information other than image information on a transmitted document.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

In a facsimile communication method in which image information is transmitted from a sending facsimile device to a receiving facsimile device, when the receiving facsimile device records the received image information on recording paper, communication management information related to communication is also recorded on the recording paper. was considered. Communication management information is divided into transmission management information and reception management information. Transmission management information refers to information indicating the transmission date, transmission time, transmitter identification number (hereinafter, the identification number is abbreviated as ID), transmission serial number, number of transmitted pages, etc., and reception management information refers to information such as the receiver ID. , the received serial number, the number of received pages, etc.

The transmission management information is set in the sending facsimile device, converted into a dot pattern, and then transmitted to the receiving facsimile device, where it is recorded on recording paper. On the other hand, reception management information is set in the receiving facsimile device, converted into a dot pattern, and then recorded on recording paper.

FIG. 1 shows the main operation flow of the receiving facsimile device. The receiving facsimile device sequentially receives the encoded image information transmitted from the transmitting facsimile device, decodes it, and records it on recording paper. Note that the sending facsimile device sends the sending management information converted into a dot pattern, and then sends the image information of the sending document. When the receiving side facsimile device completed the reception, the reception management information was read from the memory in which the reception management information was set, and the reception management information was converted into a dot pattern by a character generator and recorded on recording paper.

Therefore, image information was recorded on the recording paper of the receiving facsimile machine as shown in FIG. That is, transmission management information was recorded on the front edge, reception management information was recorded on the rear edge, and image information of the transmitted document was recorded between the front edge and the rear edge.

In this way, in the conventional facsimile communication system, even after the receiving facsimile device receives and records the image information from the sending facsimile device, it is required to perform operational control to record the reception management information, which requires control of the receiving facsimile device. The problem was that it made it complicated.

Furthermore, if the receiving side facsimile device is not equipped with a character generator, the reception management information cannot be converted into a dot pattern, and therefore the reception management information cannot be recorded on recording paper.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile communication system that simplifies the operation control of a receiving facsimile device and can record reception management information even when the receiving facsimile device is not equipped with a character generator.

[Summary of the invention]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is that the receiving facsimile device transmits information in the form of a code to the sending facsimile device, and the sending facsimile device converts the received information in the code form into image information and sends it as a facsimile signal to the receiving facsimile device. This can be achieved by sending.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on examples of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The sending side facsimile device 31 includes a sending section 32 that sends image information, a reading section 33 that reads the image information of the transmitted document, and a decoding section 34 that deciphers the reception management information.
, a character generator 35 that converts communication management information in the form of a code into a binary dot pattern, and a memory 36 that stores transmission management information.
The main components are an input section 37 into which transmission management information can be input, and a control section 38 which controls each section, and the receiving side facsimile device 41 includes a receiving section 42 which receives image information, and a recording section which records image information. 43, a memory 44 for storing reception management information, and a control section 45 for controlling each section.

The transmission management information includes the date, time, and transmitter.
Refers to the ID (or transmitting station name), transmission sequence number, number of transmitted pages, and total number of originals. The year, month, day, and time are determined by the output of a timer within the control section 38. Under the control of the control unit 38, the year, month, day, and time values in the memory 36 are rewritten. The transmitter ID is a device ID assigned in advance to the sending facsimile device 31 and is stored in the memory 36. The transmission sequence number is + each time communication is performed once.
This is a communication number that is incremented by 1, and is a value that is initialized every day. The total number of originals is the number of originals transmitted in one communication, and is input from the input unit 37. The number of transmitted pages is a value that is incremented by +1 each time one document is transmitted during one communication, and is initialized every time the communication is made. Sending sequence number, total number of originals,
and the number of transmitted pages are stored in memory 36;
The value is rewritten under the control of the control unit 38. Furthermore, the reception management information refers to the receiver ID (or receiving station name) and reception serial number. The receiver ID is a device ID assigned in advance to the receiving facsimile device 41. The reception serial number is a communication number that is incremented by one each time a communication is performed, and is a value that is initialized every day. The receiver ID and reception serial number are stored in the memory 44 and rewritten under the control of the control unit 45.

Next, see FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 for the operation of this embodiment when image information for one page of a document is transmitted from the sending facsimile device 31 to the receiving facsimile device 41 via the telephone line. and explain.

FIG. 4 is a sequence showing the communication procedure (G procedure) of control signals exchanged between the transmitting side (Tx) and the receiving side (Rx), and FIG. 5 is a sequence showing the main operations of the transmitting side facsimile device 31. flowchart,
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the main operations of the receiving facsimile device.

The operator of the sending facsimile device 31 sets one original on the original table and inputs the total number of originals 1 from the input section 37. Furthermore, the telephone number of the destination is inputted from the input section 37. The control unit 38 stores the total number of originals input from the input unit 37 in the memory 36, and controls the transmission unit 32 so that a dial impulse is sent based on the telephone number input for line connection with the destination ( Step 501). When the line is connected, the receiving facsimile device 41
The control section 45 transfers the reception management information in the memory 44 to the reception section 42 . The receiving unit 42 composes a non-standard equipment signal (NSF) based on the transferred reception management information (step 601), and sends this NSF together with a digital identification signal (DIS) to the transmitting facsimile equipment 31 (step 602). ). The transmitting section 32 of the transmitting side facsimile device 31 is NSF, DIS
When detected, the NSF is transferred to the decoder 34.
The decoder 34 decodes the receiver ID and reception serial number from the NSF (step 502). Also, the transmitter 32
transmits a non-standard device setting signal (NSS), digital command signal (DCS), and training check signal (TCF), waits for the reception readiness confirmation signal (CFR) from the receiving side, and prepares to transmit image information. When the CFR arrives at the transmitter 32, the controller 3
8, the transmission management information in the memory 36 is transferred to the character generator 35. Each piece of transmission management information was sequentially converted into a dot pattern in the character generator 35 (step
504) and then stored in the buffer memory within the transmitter 32. When the conversion of the transmission management information is completed, the control section 38 transfers the reception management information decoded by the decoding section 34 to the character generator 35.
The reception management information is sequentially converted into a dot pattern in the character generator 35 (step 504) and then stored in the buffer memory in the transmitter 32. When the conversion of the received management information is completed, the transmitter 32 sequentially sends the management information converted into a dot pattern in the buffer memory to the receiving side facsimile device 41 as a facsimile signal with reduced redundancy.
Send (step 505).

After the communication management information is transmitted in this manner, the image information on the document read by the reading section 33 is transmitted (step 506).

The receiving section 42 of the receiving side facsimile device 41 receives and decodes the transmitted facsimile signal, and then sends it to the recording section 43. The recording unit 43 sequentially records the sent image information on recording paper (step 603).

Therefore, image information is recorded on the recording paper as shown in FIG. That is, transmission management information and reception management information are recorded in one line at the front end, followed by image information of the transmitted document.

According to this embodiment, the receiving facsimile device 4
The recording section 43 of No. 1 can record all of the transmission management information, reception management information, and image information of the transmitted document on recording paper only by recording the image information sent from the receiving section 42.

Further, according to this embodiment, even if the receiving side facsimile device 41 is not equipped with a character generator, the reception management information can be recorded and output.

Furthermore, according to this embodiment, since the transmission management information and the reception management information are recorded in one line,
The length of the received document in the longitudinal direction is shorter than before. Therefore, when the received original is bound into a file, the received original does not protrude from the file.

In order to simplify the explanation, the facsimile device is referred to as the transmitting facsimile device 31 based on the function.
Although the explanation has been made separately for the receiving side facsimile device 41 and the receiving side facsimile device 41, it goes without saying that one facsimile device having both functions can be realized.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, the receiving side facsimile device can also record and output reception management information by only processing for recording received image information. Therefore,
Operation control of the receiving facsimile device can be simplified.

Further, according to the present invention, reception management information can be recorded and output even if the receiving side facsimile device is not equipped with a character generator.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the main operations of a receiving facsimile device in a conventional facsimile communication system, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a received document obtained by the conventional facsimile communication system, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a communication procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the main operations of the receiving facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a received document obtained according to an embodiment of the present invention. 31... Sending side facsimile device, 32... Transmitting section, 33... Reading section, 34... Decoding section, 35...
...Character generator, 36, 44...Memory, 37...Input section, 38, 45...Control section, 4
1... Receiving side facsimile device, 42... Receiving section, 43... Recording section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 In a facsimile communication method in which image information based on a transmitted document is transmitted as a facsimile signal from a sending facsimile device to a receiving facsimile device, the receiving facsimile device sends management information in the form of a code to the sending facsimile device, and The device converts the received management information in the form of a code into image information, and then transmits it as a facsimile signal together with a facsimile signal based on the transmission original to the receiving facsimile device, and the receiving facsimile device converts the image information based on the received facsimile signal. A facsimile communication method characterized by recording.