JPH01200770A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To expand a calling range by providing a magnetic card reader in a facsimile equipment, indicating an opponent pattern to correspond with data registered in a personal magnetic card on an indicator panel, selecting the desired opponent from an operation panel by one touch operation and auto-dialling. CONSTITUTION:The magnetic card, in which discrimination data to discriminate an individual person with the facsimile equipment is stored, is read by a magnetic card reader 13, the opponent names group to correspond to the discrimination data on the magnetic card is read out from the opponent telephone numbers group previously registered in a memory 10 with a microprocessor 9 and indicated on the indicator panel. When the button of an operation panel 11 to correspond to the desired opponent name is pressed, the opponent names group corresponding to the discrimination data on the magnetic card is read out from the opponent telephone numbers group previously registered in the memory 10 with the microprocessor 9 and indicated on the indicator panel 12. Next, when the button of the operation panel 11 is pressed with one touch operation, a corresponding telephone number is sent to a line controller 5 through the processor 9, the telephone number is sent to a telecommunication line 6 from the controller 5 and a facsimile communication with the opponent can be executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applied to a facsimile machine. In particular, it relates to line control means.

〔overview〕

The present invention enables the automatic dialing means of a facsimile machine to be activated with a simple operation by providing means for specifying one of the destination names displayed based on the personal identification information on the magnetic card. This allows the range to be expanded.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional facsimile machines can call up a registered destination with a single touch and automatically dial the desired destination to transmit a document, but the number of destinations that can be registered is limited to about 20.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Such conventional facsimile devices have a limitation in the number of destinations to which documents can be sent with one touch, so when a large number of people use one facsimile device, there is a drawback that some destinations cannot be sent with one touch.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate such drawbacks, and to provide a facsimile apparatus that can transmit a document with a single touch operation and has an expanded range of restrictions on the number of destinations.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a reading device for reading the contents of a magnetic card on which identification data for identifying an individual is recorded, in a facsimile machine equipped with an automatic dialing means that automatically sends out a dialing signal corresponding to given telephone number information; A memory that stores in advance a destination name determined for each identification data and telephone number information of the destination name, and a display panel that displays the destination name read from the memory based on the identification data read by the reading device. and an operation panel for specifying one of the destination names displayed on the display panel, and a control device for supplying telephone number information of the destination name specified on the operation panel to the automatic dialing means. It is characterized by

[Effect]

A magnetic card storing identification data for identifying an individual is read by a magnetic card reader, and a group of recipient names corresponding to the identification data of the magnetic card is retrieved from a memory storing a group of recipient names and a corresponding telephone number group. It is extracted and displayed on the display board. When a recipient's name is selected with a single touch based on the displayed content, the automatic dialing means is activated and facsimile communication can be performed with the desired recipient.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

As shown in the figure, this embodiment includes a line control device 5 having automatic dialing means that automatically sends out a dialing signal corresponding to given telephone number information, and a magnetic card on which identification data for identifying an individual is recorded. A magnetic card reading device 13 which is a reading device for reading the contents, a memory 10 that stores in advance a destination name determined for each identification data and telephone number information of this destination name, and identification data read by the reading device. a display panel 12 for displaying the name of the destination read from the memory based on the above, an operation panel 11 for specifying one of the destination names displayed on the display panel 12, and a destination specified on the operation panel 11; and a microprocessor 9 which is a control device for supplying phone number information to the automatic dialing means.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below based on the drawings.

Original images such as documents and diagrams are photoelectrically converted by the reading unit 2 into binary image signals. This image signal is encoded by the encoder 3. The encoded signal is manually input to the modulation/demodulation device 4 and converted into a transmission signal, and the transmission signal is sent by the line control device 5 to the destination facsimile device via the communication line 6. On the other hand, a transmission signal sent via the communication line 6 is received by the line control device 5 and sent to the modulation/demodulation device 4.

The transmission signal is demodulated into a coded image signal by the modulation/demodulation device 4 and input to the decoder 7 . The signal encoded by the decoder 7 is returned to the original data signal, and the signal encoded by the decoder 7 is returned to the original data signal by the recording unit 8.
The signal from is printed on recording paper.

On the other hand, the magnetic cart in which identification data for identifying an individual is stored is read by the magnetic card reader 13, and the microprocessor 9 extracts the identification data on the magnetic card from the group of destination telephone numbers already registered in the memo IJIO. A group of destination names corresponding to is read out and displayed on the display panel 12.

When you press the button on the operation panel 11 that corresponds to the name of the destination you wish to send to, the corresponding telephone number is sent to the line control device 5 via the microprocessor 9, and the telephone number is sent from the line control device 5 to the communication line 6. Fax communication with the other party becomes possible.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention provides a facsimile machine with a magnetic card reading device, displays a destination pattern corresponding to data registered on an individual's magnetic card on a display panel, and
Since the desired destination is selected from the destination pattern with a single touch from the operation panel and automatically dialed, the range of one-touch calling is expanded, and there is also the effect of not informing others of the destination that an individual has.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block configuration diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Facsimile device, 2...Reading unit, 3...
encoder, 4... modem device, 5... line control device,
6... Communication line, 7... Decoder, 8... Recording section,
9...Microprocessor, 10...Memory, 11
...Operation panel, 12...Display panel, 13...Magnetic card reader.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a facsimile machine equipped with an automatic dialing means that automatically sends out a dialing signal corresponding to given telephone number information, reading the contents of a magnetic card on which identification data for identifying an individual is recorded. a device, a memory that stores in advance a destination name determined for each of the identification data and telephone number information of the destination name, and a destination name read from the memory based on the identification data read by the reading device. a display panel for displaying a display; a control panel for specifying one of the destination names displayed on the display panel; and a control device for supplying telephone number information of the destination name specified by the operation panel to the automatic dialing means. A facsimile device characterized by being equipped with.