JPH02209072A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm whether or not each transmission is implemented normally without fail in the case same transmission original is sent for plural number of times by controlling a recording mans recording a prescribed mark or character on a transmission original transmitted already and setting the recording position of the prescribed mark or character on the transmission original sent already variably. CONSTITUTION:A stamp is stamped to any of different positions deviated at a prescribed interval as shown in codes 13a-13e sequentially along the carrying direction by selecting the drive timing of a stamping section 7 to be t/10, 3t/10, 5t/10, 7t/10 or 9t/10 sequentially after the carrier start point of time for paper discharge. In the case of stamping representing the finished transmission at the transmission, a stamp is stamped to a different position on the transmission original in response to the designation from an operation section 2. Thus, whether or not the retransmission is implemented normally is surely discriminated without error.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile device that performs image communication via a communication line such as a telephone line.

[Prior Art] A configuration is known in which a conventional facsimile apparatus has a function of stamping a transmitted document that has been successfully transmitted at the time of transmission, indicating that the document has been transmitted. According to such a configuration, the user of the facsimile device can easily check whether each original document has been successfully transmitted by checking whether the above-mentioned stamp is affixed to each original document at the time of transmission. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional configuration of a facsimile machine having the above-mentioned functions, the position at which the above-mentioned stamp is affixed to the transmitted document is set in advance in the facsimile machine. It is in place. Therefore, if you send a document once using such a facsimile device and it has been affixed with a sent stamp, if you send it again and then cancel the transmission, the position of the stamp that will be affixed as a result of the second transmission will be the previous one. This poses a problem in that it is difficult to determine whether or not the retransmission was successfully performed based on the stamp because the stamp is located in the same position as the previous stamp and overlaps with the previous stamp.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can solve these problems.

[Means for Solving Problem i1] In order to solve the above problem, according to the present invention, as described above, at the time of transmission, an indication that the transmission has been completed is displayed for the transmitted document that has been successfully transmitted. In a facsimile machine that has the function of recording prescribed marks or characters,
Adopts a configuration including a control means for controlling a recording means for recording the predetermined mark or character on the transmitted transmission document to variably set the recording position of the predetermined mark or character on the transmitted transmission document. did.

[Function] According to this configuration, the recording position of the predetermined mark or character recorded on the transmitted document can be variably set by the control of the control means. By changing the recording position of the mark or character when the same transmission document is transmitted multiple times, it is possible to confirm without fail whether or not each transmission was performed normally.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, details of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates the overall schematic configuration of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As mentioned above, this facsimile device has a function of stamping a transmitted document with a stamp indicating that it has been transmitted.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a main control unit that controls the entire facsimile machine, including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) consisting of a microprocessor element, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores data such as control programs, and image data. It consists of a microcomputer consisting of a RAM (random access memory) used as a temporary storage and working area, input/output port elements, etc. The following components indicated by reference numerals 2 to 8 are connected to the main control section 1 and are controlled by the main control section 1.

First, reference numeral 2 denotes an operation section through which the user of the facsimile machine performs various operational inputs, and is provided with a group of input keys for performing various inputs and a display device for performing various displays such as a display indicating the status of the facsimile machine.

Next, reference numeral 3 is a communication control unit that performs various controls for image communication via a communication line such as a telephone line.
It consists of U (network control unit), modem (modulator/demodulator), etc.

Next, reference numeral 4 is an image recording unit that performs recording and outputting of received images and recording and outputting copies of transmitted originals, etc. When a zero image is received from a thermal printer or the like, an image signal is received by the communication control unit 3 from a communication line. The image signal is demodulated and decoded into image data, which is output to the image recording section 4 and recorded.

Next, reference numeral 5 denotes an image reading section that reads the image of the transmission document.When transmitting an image, the image reading section is composed of an image sensor such as a CCD and a document transport section 6 that conveys the transmission document along the image sensor. 5, the image of the transmission document is read, and the image data undergoes processing such as encoding in the main control section i, and is then modulated into an image signal by a predetermined method in the communication control section 3, and is sent to the communication line.

Next, reference numeral 7 is a stamp stamping unit that stamps the above-mentioned sent stamp on the sent document. The stamp stamp section 7 is arranged as schematically shown in FIG.
It is provided facing the conveyance path of the transmission document 12, which is conveyed as shown by arrow A by the rotation of the document conveyance rollers to, tt of the document conveyance section 6. Then, when the transmission of the image of the transmission document 12 is successfully completed, the stamp stamping section is driven under the control of the main control section 1, and stamps the transmitted stamp on the back side of the transmission document 12 set face down. shall be taken as a thing. However, it is assumed that the operation mode in which the stamp is affixed and the operation mode in which the stamp is not affixed are set by the main control section 1 in response to instruction input from the operation section 2.

Next, reference numeral 8 is a timer for measuring time, which is used by the main control section 1 to perform various controls related to time.

By the way, in the hook shimmy device of this embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to specify whether or not to affix the already-sent stamp by operating a predetermined key on the operation section 2, and
Assume that the position of the stamp to be stamped on the back side of the transmitted document is set variably as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

In FIG. 3, numerals 13a to 13e are stamps indicating that the message has been sent. Further, arrow A indicates the direction in which the transmission document 12 is conveyed. Here, the stamp position is 12 on the sent document.
A case is shown in which the setting can be made at five different positions shifted by a predetermined interval along the conveyance direction. Setting of the stamp stamping position as described above is performed under the control of the main control section 1 in response to a specified input from the operation section 2, and is performed by varying the drive timing of the stamp stamping section 7 using the timer 8. For example, after the transmission of one sheet of the transmission document 12 is completed, the trailing edge of the transmission document 12 passes the position where the stamp stamping section 7 is located from the time when the document transport section 6 starts transporting the transmission document 12 for ejection. Assuming that it takes t seconds to complete the process, the drive timing of the stamp stamping unit 7 is set sequentially from the start of conveyance for paper ejection to t/10 seconds, 3t/3t/
After 10 seconds, after 5t/10 seconds, after 7t/10 seconds, or after 9t/10 seconds, the documents are sent sequentially along the conveyance direction as shown in Figure 3, assuming that the conveyance speed of the transmitted document is constant. As shown by numerals 13a to 13e, stamps are placed at different positions shifted by a predetermined interval.

Next, a description will be given of the control operation of the main control section 1 at the time of transmission in which a stamp is affixed as described above. The control operation is performed as follows according to the control program stored in the ROM constituting the main control section 1 in accordance with the procedure shown in FIG.

That is, at the start of the process, the main control section 1 first checks in step S1 of FIG. 4 whether or not there is an instruction to affix the sent stamp from the operation section 2, and if there is no instruction, jumps to step S5, If there is an instruction, steps S2 to S4 are performed.

In step S2, it is checked whether or not there is a designation from the operation unit 2 of the stamping position. If there is a designation, the setting time of the drive timing of the stamp stamping unit 7 corresponding to the stamping position designated in step S3, that is, the time t described above.
/10 seconds, 3t/10 seconds, 5t/10 seconds, 7t/10
Set timer 8 to either seconds or 9t/10 seconds.

On the other hand, if the stamping position is not specified, the stamping position is set in step S4 to a predetermined default position among the stamping positions shown in FIG. 3, for example, the position 13e, and the drive timing corresponding to The set time (9t/10 seconds in this case) is set in the timer 8.

Next, in step S5, conveyance of one transmission original is started for transmission, and in step S6, transmission processing of the original is performed.

When the transmission of one transmission document is successfully completed in step S7, it is checked in step S8 whether or not an instruction to affix a stamp has been issued from the operation unit 2. If no instruction has been given, the process jumps to step S13, and if an instruction has been given, steps S9 to S12 are performed.

In step S9, the timer 8 is activated to start counting the time set in step S3 or S4, and then a loop of steps sto and stt is performed to eject the transmitted document 12 until the time set in the timer 8 has elapsed. is conveyed at a predetermined speed.

After the above set time has elapsed, the stamp stamp section is driven in step S12 to stamp the already sent stamp.

Subsequently, in step S13, the conveyance of the transmission document for ejection is continued, and when the conveyance is completed in step S14, it is checked in step 315 whether or not there is a next transmission document. If there is a next document to be transmitted, the process returns to step S5 and the following process is repeated; if there is no next document to be transmitted, the process ends.

With the above-described control, when a stamp that has already been sent is to be stamped at the time of transmission, the stamp is stamped at a different position on the transmitted document according to the designation from the operation unit 2. According to the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment, when retransmitting a transmission document that has been sent twice and has a sent stamp affixed to it, the facsimile machine avoids the position where the stamp has already been affixed and sends the original again. By specifying the stamp position, stamps do not overlap as in the past, and it is possible to reliably determine whether the retransmission has been successfully performed or not.

Further, the above configuration can be implemented by simply changing the software of the main control section 1 without changing the hardware of the conventional facsimile machine, and can be implemented at low cost.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a predetermined mark or character indicating that the transmission has been completed is recorded on a transmitted document that has been successfully transmitted at the time of transmission. In a facsimile machine having a function of Since the configuration is equipped with a control means, it is possible to variably set the position where a predetermined mark or character indicating that the transmission has been completed is recorded on the transmitted document, and if the same transmitted document is sent again, it will not be possible to send it again. Excellent effects such as being able to reliably determine whether or not the process has been carried out correctly without error can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall general configuration of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the arrangement of the stamp stamping section in FIG. 1, and FIG. An explanatory diagram of the stamped state of the sent stamp, Figure 4 is the first
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure at the time of transmission by the main control unit in the figure. 1... Main control unit 2... Operation unit 3... Communication control unit 4... Image recording unit 5... Image reading unit 6... Original transport unit 7... Stamp stamping unit 8.
・・Timer 10.11・・Document transport roller 12・・Transmission document 13a to 13e・・Stamp indicating that it has been sent Facsimile group 1 button b1 step Figure 2 Sph〉Fym-like age, 4 sinking ■0 W & 3 figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) In a facsimile machine that has a function of recording a predetermined mark or character indicating that the sent document has been sent, the predetermined mark or character is recorded on the sent document that has successfully completed transmission at the time of transmission. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a control means for controlling a recording means for recording marks or characters to variably set the recording position of the predetermined marks or characters on a transmitted document.