JPH01251952A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent recording paper from becoming a waste due to an unnecessarily received picture by discriminating whether or not received picture signals are to be outputted by recording by identifying the transmitting source up to the section of a prescribed width from the leading edge of the original and instructing the abandonment/output by recording of the received picture signals based on the output. CONSTITUTION:This facsimile equipment is constituted of a CPU 1, main memory 2, input section 3, display section 4, recording and outputting section 5, NCU 6, line 7, MODEM 8, CODEC(coding and decoding section) 9, and picture signal storing section 10. Received picture signals are stored and a display output is performed based on the picture signals up to the section of a prescribed width from the leading edge of the 1st page of an original at every communication at a required time. The transmitting source of the picture signals is identified and whether or not the picture signals are to be outputted by recording is discriminated by the section of the prescribed width and the input section 3 instructs the abandonment/output by recording of the picture signals based on the discriminated results. Therefore, recording paper can be prevented from becoming a waste due to an unnecessarily received picture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile device that can select received facsimile signals to obtain only necessary received images.

(Prior art) In recent years, facsimile machines are sometimes sent advertisements and publicity manuscripts like direct mail, and there is a problem that recording paper is wasted due to unnecessary received images. It has occurred. On the other hand, there are known facsimile machines that do not receive facsimile signals unless a password is sent, but with the facsimile machine that uses the fax method, it is necessary to inform the other party of the password in advance. However, there has been a problem in that the system cannot be used in an open state, such as selecting an incoming document as appropriate and recording and outputting it, which is inconvenient.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, according to the conventional facsimile machine, recording paper is wasted by performing recording output based on both sent signals, whether you like it or not. However, if a password-based reception permission method is adopted, a problem arises in that it becomes impossible to receive necessary messages from parties to whom the password has not been previously communicated.

The present invention was made to solve the problems of conventional facsimile machines, and its purpose is to prevent recording paper from being wasted due to unnecessary received images, and to make it possible to inform users of passwords in advance. To provide a facsimile device that can receive messages from a person who was not present as needed.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention includes an image signal storage unit that stores received image signals, a display output unit that outputs a display based on the image signal, and an image signal processing unit. an input unit capable of inputting instructions regarding the image signal; It is taken out from the storage section and sent to the display output section for display output, while the input/output
and an image signal processing control means for processing the image signal based on instruction information for instructing discard/record output of the image signal stored in the image signal storage section for each communication given by the power section. Configured the fax machine.

(Function) According to the above configuration, the received image signal is stored, and display output based on the image signal from the top position of the document of the first page for each communication to a predetermined width is performed when necessary. It is possible to determine whether or not to record or output by identifying the other party in the section .

Based on this judgment, the input section discards/discards the image signal.
By giving instructions for recording output, unnecessary image signals can be discarded,
The necessary images will be recorded and output.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that centrally controls the entire facsimile machine, and controls each part based on a program in a main memory 2. 3 indicates the input section, which is equipped with a numeric keypad and various function keys,
Setting whether to use all received image signals for recording output,
Entering a password, instructing the mode to output a list of the first part of the document on the first page of each communication, setting the width to instruct how much width to record and output from the first page of the document, and setting the number It is possible to input instructions for discarding communication images and outputting communication images. Information input from this input section 3 is stored in the main memory 2 and used. Reference numeral 4 denotes a display section, which is composed of an LCD, an LED, etc., and is used to display interactive displays to the operator and alarms. Reference numeral 5 denotes a recording output section, which performs recording output based on the applied image signal.

6 is an NCtJ (network control unit) which starts and restores the switching network via line 7. A modem 8 modulates and demodulates the image signal. 9 is a C0DEC (encoding/decoding unit) which performs encoding compression and decoding expansion of the image signal. Reference numeral 10 denotes an image signal storage section in which received image signals are stored. Main memory 2
The second step is executed when CPLJl receives an image signal.
In the program of the flowchart shown in the figure, when an output mode instruction for the list of the first part of the document or an instruction to discard/record output the image signal is given from the input section 3, the CP
A program as shown in FIG. 3, which is executed by tJl, is stored.

When receiving an image signal, CPtJl operates as follows. When the CPU 1 is notified of the reception status from the NCLI 6, it checks whether images related to all communications should be output (101). Whether or not images related to all communications should be output is input in advance from the input unit 3 and registered as a flag in the main memory 2. When branching to YES, the received image signal is received via the modem 8, and is applied to the CODEC 9 for decoding and expansion to return to the original image signal, and the original image signal is applied to the recording output unit 5 for recording and outputting (102).

- On the other hand, if the branch is No in step 101, all image signals are stored in the image signal storage unit 10 by checking a flag in the main memory indicating whether reception selection by password is set or not. (103). If reception selection by password is set, the password is imported via the NCU 6 and compared with the registered password (1011) to detect whether the transmission is from a transmitter of a party whose password is known (1011). 105
). If the process branches to YES, the process proceeds to step 102, where recording and output are performed in the same manner as described above. On the other hand, if reception selection by password is not set (step 1)
If YES in step 03), or step 105
If it is detected that the transmission is from a transmitter other than the transmitter of the person whose password is known, the received image signal is taken in via the modem 8, sent to the C0DEC 9, decoded and expanded, and sent as the original image signal. The signals are collectively stored in the signal storage unit 10 for each communication (106).

In this way, the received image signal is not stored in the original image signal storage unit 10 unless it is set to record and output all of it, and if reception selection by password is not set. go.

On the other hand, the CPU 1 detects whether selection information regarding the received images is input from the input section 3 or whether there is an instruction to output a list, and executes the process of the flowchart of FIG. 3.

In step 201, it is checked whether it is selection or list output, and if it is list output, information about how wide (how many inches) to output from the beginning position of the original stored in the main memory is retrieved 202. > Based on this, an image signal of a predetermined width is extracted from the image signal of the first page document for each communication, and an image signal is created by adding a number for the communication and the number of documents for that communication (203), and is recorded and output. 5 to output list 20 (204). This output side is shown in FIG. It is assumed that the number of documents for communication is detected and counted by the CPU 1 using, for example, a control signal EOP, and the image signal is generated by a character generator (not shown). As can be seen from the list 20 in FIG. 4, since sender information is attached to the beginning of the document, the operator can make selections based on this information. - On the other hand, if it is detected in step 201 that selection information is input, an image signal for each communication is selected based on the input information (205), and the image signal of the selected communication is stored from the image signal storage unit 1G. Take it out and give it to the recording output section 5 to perform recording output (20&>), and discard the remaining image signal (make it a writable area even if it is not erased) (
207>.

Thus, according to this embodiment, the first page of the manuscript of each communication is output as a list, and based on this list, the images of each communication can be discarded/recorded and outputted based on the instructions, so that necessary images can be output. It is possible to record and output only the

In this embodiment, a predetermined width is set from the top position of the document, but the width may be fixedly stored as data in the main memory 2 of the facsimile machine.

Furthermore, the images of the predetermined width may be recorded and output for each reception, instead of as a list. Furthermore, after recording and outputting,
It is also possible to store the image signals used for recording output and the image signals not selected in the case of selection. The display of a predetermined width from the beginning of the document may be displayed on a display instead of a hard copy.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the received image signal is stored, and when necessary, the recording output based on the image signal from the beginning position of the first page of the document to the scheduled width for each communication is performed. Therefore, it is possible to identify the other party using this predetermined width portion and determine whether or not to record and output. Therefore, by giving instructions for discarding/recording the received image signal based on this recording output, it is possible to prevent recording paper from being wasted due to unnecessary received images, and the system is closed. This makes it convenient because messages can be received widely.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of CPLJl shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of recording a list including an image of a predetermined width from the top position of the recorded and output document. 1...CPU 2...Main memory 3.
...Input section 4...Display section 5...Record output section 6...NCU7...Line
8...Modem 9...C0DEC10...Picture signal storage agent Patent attorney Book 1) Takashi Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] an image signal storage unit that stores received image signals; a display output unit that performs display output based on the image signals; an input unit that can input instructions regarding image signal processing; While storing the image signal in the storage section, and when necessary, extracting the image signal from the beginning position of the document of the first page for each communication to a predetermined width from the image signal storage section and sending it to the display output section for display output. , image signal processing control means for processing the image signal based on instruction information for instructing discard/record output of the image signal stored in the image signal storage section for each communication given from the input section. A facsimile device characterized by: