JPH01273481A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send data other than picture information by switching a processing path of the data depending on the content of a signal from a host so as to use a high speed MODEM, a communication control section and a network control circuit. CONSTITUTION:A signal 06 represents the content of data to be sent is inputted to a discrimination circuit 6 and a signal 61 as the result of discrimination is inputted to a switching circuit 1. The switching circuit 1 sends a transmission data 01 as a signal 12 to a coding circuit 2 in case of picture information and inputs the transmission data 01 to a changeover circuit 3 not through the coding circuit 2 other than the picture information. The switching circuit 6 outputs an input signal 13 or 21 to a communication control circuit 4 as a signal 34 according to the switching signal 61. Thus, the data other than the picture information is sent by the communication control means of a facsimile equipment by using the high speed MODEM, the communication control section and the network control circuit of the facsimile equipment to use effectively the facsimile equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a host interface and capable of transmitting data from a host.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, this type of facsimile machine has received and received one image information from a host, encoded it in accordance with the reception capability of the other party's device, and transmitted it.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine having a host interface function is premised on receiving and receiving image information from the host and transmitting it to the facsimile machine. Therefore, the data to be sent is limited to image information because the encoding process is performed in accordance with the reception capability of the other device.In order for the host to send data other than image information, the facsimile device's high-speed modem The disadvantage is that the control unit and network control circuit cannot be used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation,
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a new facsimile machine that can eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the conventional technology. The facsimile apparatus of the invention includes: a determination circuit that determines the content of a signal output from a host; a first switching circuit that switches a data processing path; and a first switching circuit that switches the data processing path according to the determination result of the determination circuit. 2 switching circuits.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, signal 0 indicates the data content to be transmitted.
6 is input to the discrimination circuit 6. A signal 61 is input to the switching circuit 1 as the determination result of the determining circuit 6. The switching circuit 1 is operated according to the instruction of the signal 61.

In the case of image information, the transmission data O1 is output as a signal 12 to the encoding circuit 2, and in the case of other than image information, the transmission data O1 is inputted as a signal 13 to the switching circuit 3 without going through the encoding circuit 2. . Switching circuit 3 receives input signal 1
3 or 21 to the communication control circuit 4 as a signal 34 according to the switching signal 61. The communication control circuit 4 outputs the input signal to the transmission line via the modulation and network control circuit 5 according to the facsimile communication control procedure.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, there is provided a discrimination circuit for discriminating the content of a signal from a host, a first switching circuit for switching a data processing path, and a data processing path based on a discrimination result. By providing a second switching circuit for switching the signal processing path, data other than image information can be transferred to the high-speed modem of the facsimile machine, the communication control unit,
Transmission can be performed using a facsimile communication control procedure using a network control circuit, and the facsimile machine can be used effectively.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a device configuration for illustrating the processing of transmission data of a facsimile device according to the present invention. 1...Switching circuit, 2...Sign fhi circuit, 3...
・Switching circuit, 4...Communication control circuit, 5...Modulation/network control circuit Patent applicant: NEC Co., Ltd. Agent: Patent attorney Yutabe Kumagai

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile machine having a host interface includes a discrimination circuit that discriminates whether a signal output from the host is image information, a first switching circuit that switches the data processing path, and a discrimination result of the discrimination circuit that determines whether the data A facsimile apparatus comprising: a second switching circuit for switching a processing path.