JPH0292143A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the effective call concerning the contents of the transmitting original by adding and transmitting a prescribed message and a self-station telephone number to the picture data of an original as the picture data with a picture data transmitting means. CONSTITUTION:A facsimile transmitting/receiving part 103 adds a message stored in a ROM 11 beforehand, namely, the picture data of 'Please call later! Telephone No. is OOO-OOOO', and the picture data of a self-station telephone number stored in a RAM 12 to the transmitting picture data from a picture reading-recording circuit 9 by the instruction of a memory output key 16 and sends them to a facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8. Thus, the telephone call can be made from the person to be familiar with the contents of the picture data and the effective call concerning the contents of the transmitting original can be executed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial application field> The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, there is a facsimile machine equipped with a communication reservation function, but this facsimile machine uses a means specified in the facsimile procedure to add annotations to the contents of a transmitted document over the telephone. This allows you to talk to the recipient. In other words, after the facsimile transmission and reception are completed, each party's alarm sounds, and the sender and receiver hear this alarm and pick up the phone.
By answering with this handset or an alternative device, it is possible to make a call.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Incidentally, the communication reservation function of the above-mentioned conventional facsimile machine is based on the assumption that the other party is near the other party's station, but the reception operation is not automated. Since this can be done without the need for a person to be present, there is a problem in that the other party is rarely near the other party's station during reception, and the communication reservation function cannot be fully utilized.

In addition, calls after sending and receiving often involve the content of the image data sent and received, and there is often a need to talk to someone who knows the content well, but it is not always possible to talk to someone who knows the content well. However, there was a problem in that the long-awaited communication reservation function could not be fully utilized.

Therefore, in order to get a call from someone who is familiar with the contents of the image data, when sending the manuscript,
It was troublesome because it was necessary to write a memo in advance on the manuscript, such as, for example, "Please call me later. The telephone number is ○O○-○○○○."

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that notifies the other party of the content of the above-mentioned memo at the time of transmitting the document without writing it in advance on the document to be transmitted.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention transmits and receives image data for each scanning line obtained by sequentially scanning a document in a fixed direction, and performs image processing based on the received image data. A facsimile machine configured to reproduce an image corresponding to a document includes a message storage means for storing a predetermined message to be sent in addition to the image data of the document, and a telephone for registering the telephone number of the own station. a number registration means; a telephone number storage means for storing the own telephone number registered by the telephone number registration means; a predetermined message stored in the message storage means; A transmission instruction means for instructing the transmission of the telephone number of the own office which is located at The present invention is characterized in that it includes image data transmitting means for additionally transmitting image data.

Function> When the telephone number of the own office is registered by the telephone number registration means, the registered telephone number of the own office is stored in the telephone number storage means. Then, when the transmission instruction means instructs transmission of a predetermined message stored in the message storage means and the own telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means, the image data transmission means is transmitted from the transmission instruction means. Upon receiving the signal, the above-mentioned predetermined message and the telephone number of the own station are added as image data to the image data of the document and transmitted.

Therefore, as the above message, for example, please call me later. The phone number is ○○○−○○○○. ” and send it by entering your phone number in ○○〇−〇〇〇〇, you can get a call from someone who knows the contents of the image data well. , it is possible to conduct an effective conversation regarding the contents of the transmitted manuscript.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is an incoming call detection circuit for detecting an incoming signal sent from the other party's facsimile machine via the telephone line l, 3 is a relay for closing the telephone line l; 4 is a relay drive circuit that controls on/off of the relay 3, 5 is a DC current consumption circuit that operates to take in the DC component of the received signal, 6 is a line sending circuit, 7 is a line receiving circuit, and 8 is a facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit. It is.

The facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 converts the image data to be sent from a digital signal to an analog signal and sends it to the telephone line 1 via the line sending circuit 6, while receiving the image data received as an analog signal through the line. The signal is received via a circuit 7 and converted into a digital signal.

The image data to be transmitted is read by the image reading/recording circuit 9 and output to the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 via the control circuit IO. The received image data converted into a digital signal by the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 is outputted to the image reading and recording circuit 9 via the control circuit 10, and is recorded by the image reading and recording circuit 9.

The control circuit 10 connects the incoming call detection circuit 2 and the relay drive circuit 4, and also has a ROM 11 and a RAM 12.
and dial key 13. Registration key 141 Call key 1
5. A key such as a memo output key 16 is connected. The above ROMI 1 is a message that is sent in addition to the original image data, for example, "Please call me later. The phone number is 0000000." This is a memory that stores image data, and RAM12 is a memory that stores image data.RAM12 is a memory that stores image data.
3 and the registration key 14 to store the telephone number of the own station. The above dial key 13 is
-Recording In addition to registering the telephone number of the own station, it is used together with the call key 15 as an input means for dialing the telephone number of the other station. The memo output key 16 is used to issue a transmission instruction for transmitting the message stored in the ROM II and the own telephone number stored in the RAM 12 as image data.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the control circuit 10 and detailed connections with the other circuits connected to the control circuit 10.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 101 controls the relay drive circuit 4 by receiving a detection signal sent from the incoming call detection circuit 2, and receives signals from the dial key 13 and the call key 15 to control the relay drive circuit 4. 102 is a telephone number registration section that stores in the RAM 12 the telephone number of the own station entered using the dial key 13 and registration key 14, and 103 is a facsimile transmission/reception section.

This facsimile transmitting/receiving section 103 is an image reading/recording circuit 9
The transmitted image data from the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 is sent to the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8, and the received image data from the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 is output to the image reading/recording path 9. The facsimile transmitter/receiver 103 also sends a message stored in the ROM 11 in advance, ie, "Please call me later. The phone number is ○○○-○○.
This is number ○○. ” image data and the image data of your own telephone number stored in the RAM 12, the memo output key 16
According to the instruction, the image data is added to the image data to be sent from the image reading/recording circuit 9 and sent to the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit 10. The following will explain according to this flowchart.

First, in step S1, it is determined whether there is an incoming signal. At this time, when an incoming call signal sent from the other party's facsimile is input via the telephone line 1, the incoming call detection circuit 2 detects this and outputs a detection signal to the control circuit 10. The control circuit 10 determines that there is an incoming signal based on this detection signal, and proceeds to step S4 to control the relay drive circuit 4 and turn on the relay 3. Then,
The telephone line 1 and the facsimile transmission/reception circuit 8 are connected,
The DC current consumption circuit 5 operates, and the image data sent from the other party is recorded in the image reading and recording circuit 9.

On the other hand, if there is no incoming signal in step S, the process advances to step S2 and checks whether there is an input from the call key 15. If there is no input from the call key 15, the process advances to step S7 and the input from the registration key 14 is checked.

If there is an input from the registration key 14 in step S7, the process proceeds to step S. Then, the telephone number of the own station entered from the dial key 13 is stored in the RAM 12. If there is an input from the call key 15 in step S2, the process advances to step S3, where the relay drive circuit 4 is controlled by the input from the dial key 13, and the relay 3 is turned on and off by the number of pulses corresponding to the input. , dial the other party's phone number. When the communication path with the other party's facsimile machine is secured, the process proceeds to step S4, and the image data of the document read by the image reading/recording circuit 9 is sent to the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8.

The facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 converts this image data from a digital signal to an analog signal, and sends it to the other party's facsimile via the line sending circuit 6.

When the image data is sent in step S4, step S,
, and check whether there is any input from the memo output key 16. If there is no input from the memo output key 16, the process returns to step S1, and if there is an input, the process proceeds to step S6. This step S. Now, let's take the image data of the message stored in ROMII, that is, "Please call me later. The phone number is ○○〇-〇〇〇〇" and the above R.
The image data of the own telephone number stored in the AMI 2 is sent to the other party's facsimile via the facsimile transmitting/receiving circuit 8 and the line sending circuit 6.

In this way, if you register your own phone number before sending the original, you can simply operate the memo output key 16 when sending the original, and the above message and your own phone number will be converted into image data and sent to the original. can be added to the image data and sent. Therefore, based on the message, the user can receive a call from a person who is familiar with the contents of the manuscript, and an effective telephone conversation can be carried out regarding the contents of the transmitted manuscript.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the telephone number storage means stores the own telephone number registered by the telephone number registration means, and the predetermined message storage means stores the own telephone number. Upon receiving a signal from the transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of the message and the telephone number of the own office stored in the telephone number storage means, the image data transmission means transmits the predetermined message and the telephone number of the own office. is added to the image data of the original as image data and sent, so for example, if the above message storage means is sent, ``Please call me later.The phone number is ○○○-○○○○.'' If you memorize a message such as "." and register your own telephone number using the telephone number registration means, you can easily send the above message and your own telephone number by simply issuing a transmission instruction using the transmission instruction means. It can be sent as image data in addition to the image data of the original manuscript, and a person who is familiar with the contents of the manuscript can call you, allowing you to have an effective telephone conversation regarding the contents of the transmitted manuscript. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of a control circuit in the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the above embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Telephone line, 2...Incoming call detection circuit, 3...Relay 4...Relay drive circuit, 8...Facsimile transmission/reception circuit, 9...Image reading and recording circuit, 10...Control circuit , 11
・ROM, 12・RAM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A facsimile machine that transmits and receives image data for each scanning line obtained by sequentially scanning a document in a fixed direction, and reproduces an image corresponding to the document based on the received image data. a message storage means for storing a predetermined message to be sent in addition to the image data; a telephone number registration means for registering the telephone number of the own station; and a telephone number registration means for registering the telephone number of the own station registered by the telephone number registration means. a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number; a transmission instruction means for instructing transmission of a predetermined message stored in the message storage means and a telephone number of the own station stored in the telephone number storage means; , a facsimile device comprising an image data transmitting means for receiving a signal from the transmission instruction means and transmitting the predetermined message and the telephone number of the own station as image data by adding them to the image data of the document. .