JPH03201868A - Facsimile equipment using ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print only required information to sheets and to reduce the waste of paper resources by writing transmitted picture data to an IC card and printing the picture data, which are guided into the IC card, to the sheets as necessary. CONSTITUTION:The picture data transmitted to a facsimile equipment are temporarily stored in a memory and can be written to an IC card 41. Since the data written to the IC card 41 can be displayed on a display 5, concerning the data which can be stored in the IC card 41, it is not necessary to print the data to sheets 11. Therefore, only when the IC card 41 is not inserted or when the inserted IC card 41 is not equipped with enough memory capacity, a printer 10 is used. Thus, since only the required data can be printed to the sheets 11, the amount of the sheets 11 to be used can be reduced and the paper resources can be prevented from being wasted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Al Industrial Field of Application) This invention relates to a facsimile machine that transmits image data via a telephone line.
The present invention relates to a fax machine configured to store information on a card.

(b) Prior Art Recently, due to the diversification of personal information, many home-use fax machines have been commercialized. Generally, such a home fax machine is integrated into a telephone set, and has an image reading device and a printer added to a normal telephone set. By using such a home fax machine, personal information can be transmitted as image data via a telephone line.

(C1 Problem to be solved by the invention) Much of the information handled by such home fax machines is personal, and it is necessary to distribute the received information to each addressee, as in the case of fax machines used in companies, etc. Furthermore, it is not necessary to record all received information on paper.Despite this situation, conventional home fax machines cannot record all received image data. The purpose of this invention was to print on paper, and there was a problem that information that did not need to be distributed to the addressee or that did not need to be recorded was printed on the paper, wasting valuable paper resources. teeth,
To reduce wastage of paper resources by writing transmitted image data to an IC card and printing the image data written to the IC card on paper as necessary, printing only necessary information on paper. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine using an IC card that can perform the following functions.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems A facsimile machine using an IC card according to the present invention includes a data writing means for selectively writing image data transmitted via a telephone line onto an IC card, and a data writing means for selectively writing image data transmitted via a telephone line onto an IC card, and a data writing means for selectively writing image data transmitted via a telephone line onto an IC card. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a data reading means for reading image data read by the data reading means, a display for displaying the image data read by the data reading means, and a printing section for printing.

te1 Effect In this invention, the transmitted image data can be written to the IC card by the data writing means. I
The image data written on the C card can be read by the data reading means, and the read image data can be displayed on the display and printed on paper in the printing section. Therefore, information that should be circulated to many people,
Only what is truly necessary, such as information to be delivered to the addressee and information to be stored for a long period of time, can be printed on paper.

(f) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a plan view of a facsimile machine using an IC card, which is an embodiment of the present invention.

The facsimile machine 1 is constructed integrally with a normal telephone set, and is provided with a receiver 2 and a button 3 on the top surface like a normal telephone set. Also on the top surface are a display 5 and keys 5 to 9 related to the functions of the FANOX device.
is provided. A card insertion slot 4 is provided on the side of the facsimile machine 1. An IC card 41 shown in FIG. 2 is inserted into this card insertion slot 4. IC card 4
1 includes an IC 42, and input/output terminals 43 of this IC 42 are exposed on the surface of the IC card 41. In the facsimile machine 1, a terminal that contacts the input/output terminal 43 of the IC card 41 is built into the card insertion slot 4, and data is written to and read from the IC 42 of the IC card 41. The facsimile machine 1 also includes a printer 10, which prints image data transmitted via a telephone line on a sheet of paper 11.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine using the above-mentioned IC card.

A memory 22 is connected to a CPU 21 constituting a control section of the facsimile machine 1 via an internal bus. This memory 22 temporarily stores image data transmitted via the telephone line. Also, CPO21 has interface 2.
Card reader 28 and card writer 29 via 3 to 27
, keys 6 to 9, a display 5 and a printer 10 are connected. The card reader 28 reads image data stored in the IC card 41, and the card writer 29 writes the image data to the IC card 41.

Key 6 is operated when selecting a processing operation to be performed by the fax machine. The display 5 displays image data and guidance, and the printer 10 prints the image data on paper 11. Furthermore, an audio circuit 32 and a receiving section 31 are connected to the CPU 21 via ink faces 34 and 35. The receiving unit 31 receives signals transmitted via the telephone line. The CPU 21 stores the signal received by the receiving unit 31 in the memory 22 as image data when the fax telephone number is called or in the fax receiving state (the key 9 for selecting the fax function is being operated). When a normal phone number is called or when the facsimile function is not selected, the receiving section 31 outputs the received signal to the audio circuit 32. The audio circuit 32 transmits the signal received by the receiver 31 to the receiver 2.
output from the speakers.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control section of the facsimile machine.

The CPU 21 waits for the operation of the card data successive key 6 and the reception of a signal by the reception unit 31 (nl, n2).
. The card data successive key 6 is operated when reading image data stored in the IC card 41 inserted into the card insertion slot 4.

When the card data successive key 6 is operated, the IC card 41
The image data is read out from n13), temporarily stored in the memory 22, and displayed on the display 5 (n14). At this time,
When the IC card 41 can record image data corresponding to a plurality of blocks (pages), a directory of image data stored in the IC card 41 is displayed, and image data selected from this directory is displayed. Good too. Next, the operation of the print key 7 and erase key 8 is awaited n15. n17), when the print key 7 is operated, the image data is output to the printer IO and the image data stored in the IC card 41 is printed on the paper 11 (n16). Further, when the erase key 8 is operated, the image data read out from the IC card 41 is erased (n18).

When the receiving unit 31 receives a signal via the telephone line, it displays guidance indicating that a call is in progress on the display 5 (
n3). Thereafter, reception processing (n4) is executed, and if the fax telephone number is called, a Busy signal indicating that the fax machine is active is output (n5.
n6). At the same time, the data received by the receiving unit 31 is stored in the memory 22 (n7), and the amount of data is detected (n8). After this, it is necessary to determine whether or not the IC card 41 is inserted into the card insertion slot 4 and whether or not the IC card 41 has a storage capacity that exceeds the amount of transmitted data.
9) Transfer the data stored in the memory 22 to the IC card 4
If it is possible to write to 1, after writing the data (nlQ), turn off the Busy signal (nlQ).
), on the other hand, if the IC card 41 is not inserted or if the IC card 41 does not have sufficient storage capacity, the data stored in the memory 22 is output to the print 10 (n
12).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the image data transmitted to the facsimile machine can be temporarily stored in the memo IJ 22 and written to the IC card 41. Also,
Since the data written on the IC card 41 can be displayed on the display 5, there is no need to print the data that can be stored on the IC card 41 on the paper 11. Therefore, the printer 10 is used only when the IC card 41 is not inserted or when the inserted IC card does not have sufficient storage capacity, and the amount of paper 11 used can be reduced. Furthermore, by operating the print key 7, the image data stored in the IC card 41 can be printed on the paper 11 at any time as required.

Note that if the image data stored in the IC card 41 can be handled by another device such as a personal computer, it is also possible to transmit the image data edited by the personal computer from the facsimile machine 1. . Furthermore, when image data is erased by operating the erase key 8, the memory area of the IC card 41 can be effectively utilized by compressing the data so that no blank space is left in the storage area. Furthermore, all the transmitted image data may be written on the IC card 41 until the storage capacity of the inserted card 41 is exceeded, and the remaining image data may be printed on the paper 11. In addition, a plurality of IC cards 41 may be installed.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the invention, transmitted image data can be written to an IC card, and the image data written to the IC card can be displayed on the display 5. Therefore,
Since only the necessary data can be printed on paper,
This has the advantage of reducing the amount of paper used and eliminating waste of valuable paper resources.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a fax machine using an IC card according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of an IC card used in the fax machine, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the fax machine. 4 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the control section of the facsimile machine. Fax machine, display, 0-printer, 1-paper, 1-IC card.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A data writing means for selectively writing image data transmitted via a telephone line onto an IC card, a data reading means for reading image data stored in the IC card, and an image read by the data reading means. A fax machine using an IC card, characterized in that it is provided with a display device that displays data, and a printing section that prints data.