JPH0258966A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a manual operation by an operator unnecessary and to prevent the occurrence of a misoperation by automatically deciding whether it is necessary to input a transmit original to a memory or not and automatically inputting the contents of the transmit original to the memory and holding the contents in the memory in the case of necessity. CONSTITUTION:The title facsimile equipment has a function part 1 having a ten key and a display part, a network control part 2 to control the catching and releasing of a line, a line interface 3 to connect a telephone line to the network control part 2, an original reading part 4, a main control part 5 to control the whole of the equipment, a memory control part 6 to control data reading/writing for a memory part 7 to store original contents, the memory part 7, and a printer part 8. Further, the memory control part 6 starts the original reading part 4, makes the part 4 read a previously set original, and store obtained picture data in the memory part 7 when it is decided prescribed conditions are satisfied. Thus, the manual operation by the operator becomes unnecessary, and the possibility of the occurrence of the misoperation can be eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a function of inputting document contents into a memory.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in this type of facsimile machine, an operator determines whether or not to input and hold a transmitted document in a memory, and if necessary, manually inputs the contents of the document into the memory. was.

Therefore, the operation of inputting the transmitted original into the memory requires operator intervention, and when the transmitted original needs to be input into the memory, the operator may not perform the above operation, or
There was a risk of operational errors such as forgetting operations.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine that can input the contents of a document into the memory, the operator manually decides whether or not to input the contents of the document into the memory, so there is a risk of operational errors. there were. Therefore, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks by automatically determining whether or not it is necessary to input a transmitted document into a memory, and if necessary, automatically inputting the contents of the transmitted document into the memory. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that maintains

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a facsimile machine equipped with a storage means for storing image data of a manuscript read by a manuscript reading means, which determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied or not. a determination means for determining;
memory control means for activating the document reading means to read a preset document when the determination means determines that the predetermined condition is met; and memory control means for storing the obtained image data in the storage means; It has a complete configuration.

(Function) In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when the determination means determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the memory control means activates the original reading means to read the preset original, and reads the obtained image. The data is stored in the storage means. Thereby, if a predetermined condition is met, the contents of the document are input into the memory without operator intervention.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes an operation unit having a numeric keypad for inputting dial information, etc., and a display unit for displaying operation messages, etc., 2 a network control unit that performs line acquisition and release control, and 3 a telephone line control unit 2. A line interface to be connected; 4 is a document reading section that reads the contents of the document; 5 is a main control section that controls the entire apparatus such as communication control and document reading control; 6 is a control section for reading/writing data into the memory section 7. A memory control section 7 is a memory section that stores the contents of the original document, and 8 is a printer section that prints and outputs the received original document, transmission, reception results, etc.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, after setting a transmission document on the document reading section 4, the operator inputs the telephone number information of the other party to the main control section 5 from the operation section 1.

Thereby, the main control section 5 causes the network control section 2 to send out a dial signal in accordance with the input telephone number information onto the telephone line via the line interface 3. As a result, when the main control section 5 detects a busy tone or expiration of the other party's response monitoring time, the main control section 5 starts the document reading section 4 to read the contents of the set transmission document, and reads the read image data. is sent to the memory control unit 6, and control is passed to the memory control unit 6. The memory control section 6 writes the input image data into a vacant area of the memory section 7. Thereafter, after a certain period of time has elapsed, the main control section 5 again sends a dial signal via the network control section 2 to the other party of the input telephone number information. When the line is connected in this way, the main control section 5 reads image data from the memory section 7 via the memory control section 6, and sends this image data from the network control section 2 to the other party. When the transmission is completed, the main control section 5 activates the printer section 8 to output a transmission result table as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

Note that when the main control section 5 inputs the contents of the transmission document into the memory section 7, if it is informed by the memory control section 6 that there is no empty area in the memory section 7, it will not be able to input the contents of the transmission document into the memory section 7. is displayed on the operation unit 1 and waits for instructions from the operator.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the transmission operation of the main control section. In step 301, the main control unit 5 sends a dial signal onto the line according to the dial information input from the operation unit 1 or pre-held dial information, and in step 3
At step 02, it is determined whether a busy tone has been detected.

If no busy tone is detected, the process proceeds to step 303; if it is detected, the process proceeds to step 309. Step 30
In step 3, it is determined whether or not the other party's response monitoring time has passed. If the time has passed, the process proceeds to step 309; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 304. In step 304, it is determined whether the line is connected to the other party, and if not, step 30
Return to step 3, and if yes, proceed to step 305. In step 305, it is determined whether or not it is a retransmission, and if it is not a retransmission, the process proceeds to step 30B, and if it is a retransmission, the process proceeds to step 30B.
Proceed to step 8. If the process proceeds to step 306, the content of the transmission document is read by the document reading section 4, and the obtained image data is transmitted to the other party via the network control section 2 in step 307. If the process proceeds to step 308, the image data obtained by reading the content of the original held in the memory unit 7 is transmitted to the other party via the network control unit 2 in step 307, and the process ends. On the other hand, if the process proceeds to step 309, the line to the other party is disconnected or the calling operation is stopped, and the process proceeds to step 310. In step 310,
It is determined whether or not there is a free area in the memory section 7. If there is no free area, the process proceeds to step 313, and if there is, the process proceeds to step 31.
Go to 1. In step 311, the image data obtained by reading the transmission original from the original reading unit 4 is written (input) in the memory unit 7, and in step 312, a certain period of time is maintained.When the certain period of time has elapsed, step 301
Return to If the process advances to step 313, a message is displayed on the display section of the operation section 1 to the effect that the contents of the transmitted document cannot be input into the memory, and the process ends.

According to this embodiment, the main control section 5 automatically reads the transmission document set in the document reading section 4 and inputs it into the memory section 7 when the line is not connected to the transmission destination. can be done. This eliminates clumsiness such as not being able to pull out the original set in the original reading section 4 due to operator error, and allows the original to be separated smoothly.

In the above embodiment, it is also possible to manually specify whether memory input to the original is allowed or not, as in the past. In this case, the main control unit 5 processes the operator's instructions with priority, and If there is no instruction, the above automatic processing is performed.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention,
It is possible to automatically determine whether or not it is necessary to input the transmitted original into the memory, and if necessary, the contents of the transmitted original can be automatically input into the memory and held.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the facsimile Vc shown in FIG.
Figure 3 shows an example of a transmission result table output from ll.
The figure is a flowchart of the transmission operation of the main control section 5 shown in FIG. 1... Operation unit 2... Network control unit 4...
Original reading section 6...Memory control section 8...Printer section 5...Main control section 7...Memory section Agent Patent attorney Noriyuki Ken Yudo Sanno Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine equipped with a storage means for storing image data of a document read by a document reading means, a determining means determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the determining means determines whether the predetermined condition is satisfied. A facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising: memory control means for activating the original reading means to read a preset original when it is determined that the above is true, and for storing the obtained image data in the storage means. .