JPH02113665A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the waiting time of a user, and to improve using efficiency by providing a means which recognizes a telephone number from a read character or a symbol, and sends a dial signal concerned. CONSTITUTION:Means 3 to 4, which read the character, symbol, etc., to identify an opposite party described at a special position of the first page of an original 1 to be transmitted, and a means 7, which recognizes the telephone number from the read character and the symbol, and sends the dial signal concerned, are provided. Consequently, since the telephone number can be recognized from the character, symbol, etc., described at the special position of the original, automatically dialed, and the following originals are transmitted to the opposite party of the telephone number, the originals whose opposite parties are different can be respectively transmitted to the opposite parties. Thus, the waiting time of the user is eliminated, and the using efficiency of the equipment itself can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine in which dial operations and document transmission are automatically performed.

[Conventional technology]

With conventional facsimile machines, when sending a document, the user first confirms that the facsimile machine is not transmitting or receiving data, then enters the recipient's phone number or abbreviated phone number to connect to the recipient. Making a connection. Also, around this time, the original is set in the facsimile machine.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional facsimile machine described above, when the facsimile machine is transmitting or receiving a document,
It is necessary to wait for the transmission or reception to be completed and then manually call the other party. Therefore, it is necessary for the user to wait by the facsimile machine or to come to the facsimile machine from time to time to check whether it is usable or not, which wastes the user's time and is inefficient.

Furthermore, if there is a delay in knowing that the facsimile is ready for use, there is also a problem in that the sending of the document will also be delayed, making it impossible to send the document quickly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that automatically enables transmission when the facsimile device is available.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a means for reading characters, symbols, etc. for identifying the recipient written at a specific position on the first page of a document to be transmitted, and a means for reading the characters, symbols, etc. that are read, and for identifying the recipient. and means for recognizing a telephone number from a telephone number and transmitting a corresponding dialing signal.

[Effect]

In the above configuration, when a telephone number is recognized from characters, symbols, etc. written in a specific position on a document, dialing is automatically performed based on this telephone number, and the subsequent document is sent to the destination of the corresponding telephone number. do.

[Example〕 Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a transmitting section of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a transmission document 1 is moved by a paper feed roller 2, and reflected light illuminated by a light source 3 passes through a lens 4 and reaches a light receiving element 5, thereby detecting characters written on the document 1.

It is designed to scan and read symbols, etc. The data read by the light receiving element 5 is stored in the storage element 6. The control unit 7 performs various controls such as analysis of data stored in the storage element 6, data compression, and control of the interface unit 8.

The interface unit 8 is connected to the control unit 7 to perform two-line data modulation control, and is connected to a communication line 9 such as a telephone line.

As shown in FIG. 2, the manuscript 1 is such that the telephone number of the other party is written in a specific position 10 on the first page of the manuscript 1. No characters are written in this position of the manuscript after the second page, and this distinguishes the first page from the second page.

According to this configuration, the transmission document 1 is moved by the paper feed roller 2, and the characters written on the document 1 are illuminated by reflected light from the light source 3, which forms an image on the light receiving element 4 through the lens 4, and this image becomes the data. is stored in the memory element 6 as . The control unit 7 reads data stored in the storage element and determines whether or not characters or the like are written at a specific position on the document.

If it was determined that characters were written, the characters were deciphered, and if this was a telephone number, a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number was sent to line 9 through interface section 8 to call the other party. ” - to send the contents of the manuscript. Further, when it is determined that no characters or the like are written in a specific position, it is determined that this document is a continuation of the previous document, and the contents of the document are transmitted using the same line.

Note that when it is determined that there are no more originals, the currently connected line is disconnected.

Therefore, in this facsimile machine, if you set many originals from different recipients one on top of the other, the device reads the originals one after another, recognizes the first page of the original from the information written at a specific position on the original, and The destination of the document is automatically read and dialed to execute the document transmission. Therefore, there is no need for a person to be present at the facsimile machine, which makes it possible to prevent wasted time and to make effective use of the facsimile machine.

In the above embodiment, the telephone number of the other party is written on the first page of the document so that this can be recognized by the device, but instead of the telephone number, the name of the other party or a predetermined It may be configured such that symbols are written in characters, bar codes, etc., and the control unit 7 reads these and converts them into telephone numbers to generate dial signals.

Here, the first page of the manuscript according to the present invention also includes a title page that is added in front of the original manuscript to display the destination and the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention can recognize a telephone number from characters, symbols, etc. written in a specific position of a document, automatically dial the number, and send the following document to the destination of the telephone number. Therefore, it is possible to automatically send originals sent to different recipients to each recipient, which has the effect of eliminating waiting time for the user and improving the efficiency of use of the apparatus itself.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the first page of a document. 1... Original, 2... Paper feed roller, 3... Light source,
4... Lens, 5... Light receiving element, 6... Memory element, 7... Control unit, 8... Interface unit, 9...
...Line, 10... Position of characters, etc. q domain

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for reading the characters and symbols to identify the recipient written in a specific position on the first page of the original to be sent, and a means for recognizing the telephone number from the read characters and symbols and sending out the corresponding dialing signal. A facsimile device comprising: means.