JPH0350958A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit the input of a telephone number key and to save the wait time of the user by printing out a transmission slip on which a bar code corresponding to a telephone number is displayed, recognizing the bar code, designating a relevant destination and sending a picture data. CONSTITUTION:A transmission slip 12 is printed out by a printer 5 through the depression of a transmission slip print key 11 and a bar code 14 corresponding to the telephone number of a transmission destination is described on a paper face. Then while a facsimile equipment 1 is in transmission, when it is required for the facsimile equipment 1 to send other original to other transmission destination than the transmission destination of one original during transmission, the slip 12 in succession to the original during the transmission is read to recognize the end of transmission and the succeeding destination telephone number and the succeeding transmission original is sent. While the facsimile equipment 1 is in the reception, the end of reception is received from the destination through a telephone line 2, the presence of the slip 12 prepared in the transmission enable state at a scanner section 4 is confirmed by a control section 7 and when the slip 12 exists, the transmission is implemented similar to the case of the transmission not in reception nor in transmission. Thus, the entry of a telephone number key is omitted and the wait time of the user is saved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a factor ξ apparatus that prints a bar code using a printer section and recognizes an image using a scanner section.

[Conventional technology]

The configuration of an example of a conventional 7-axis device is shown in the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 2, 21 is a facsimile machine. 2 is a telephone line used for data transmission between facsimile machines. 3 is a transmission document to be transmitted by the facsimile device 21. As shown in FIG. Reference numeral 24 denotes a scanner section for reading the transmitted original 3. 25 is a printer section that prints the received image data. 6 is a received document printed by the printer section 5. 27 is facsimile f! !
This is a control unit that controls i21. Reference numeral 28 denotes an operation panel through which the user of the factor transfer device 21 operates the facsimile device 21. Reference numeral 29 denotes an operation panel 28. A telephone number input key 130 for inputting the destination of the transmission document 3 is a transmission start key for starting transmission, and these are provided on the operation panel 28.

For transmission in the conventional factor z') apparatus configured as described above, the telephone number of the destination is inputted using the telephone number input key 29 when neither transmitting nor receiving is in progress, and the document 3 to be transmitted is sent to the scanner unit 24. After making preparations for reading, the transmission start key 30 is pressed and the image data of the transmission document 3 is transmitted to the destination via the telephone line 2 by the control unit 27, and all transmission of the transmission document that has been prepared is completed. When the transmission is finished.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, in the conventional 7-axis shift device, it is necessary to press the telephone number input key 8 and the transmission start key 10 immediately before transmitting, and when receiving or transmitting,
Since the control unit 7 is exclusively used for receiving or transmitting processing at the end 1, if it becomes necessary to send another document to a destination other than the destination of the document currently being transmitted, There is a drawback in that the user must wait for the transmission of the document being transmitted to be completed before pressing the telephone number input key 8 and the transmission start key 10. Also, in the case of the receiving party, wait for the reception to be completed, then press the telephone number input key 8 and the transmission start key 10.
The disadvantage is that the button must be pressed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of conventional facsimile machines and eliminates the need to enter a telephone number key and reduces the user's waiting time. .

[Means to solve the problem]

The factor loss device of the present invention includes an operation panel having a telephone number input key and a delivery slip printing key, a scanner section, a printer section, and a control section that controls the operation panel, the scanner section, and the printer section. In this system, a delivery system is printed that displays a barcode corresponding to a telephone number, and the delivery system on which the barcode is printed recognizes the barcode and specifies the corresponding destination before sending. .

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, l is a factor 91J device.

2 is a telephone line used for data transmission between the factor z') devices. 3 is a transmission document to be transmitted by a device l having a factor ξ. Reference numeral 4 denotes a scanner unit for reading the transmitted original 3. 5 is a printer section that prints image data and barcodes on paper. 6 is a received document printed by the printer unit 5. Reference numeral 7 denotes a control unit for controlling the operation of the facsimile machine l. 8 is the user's factor z
') This is an operation panel for operating the device 1. Reference numeral 9 denotes a telephone number input key provided on the operation panel 8 for inputting the telephone number of the destination party. Reference numeral 10 denotes a transmission start key provided on the operation panel 8 and pressed when starting transmission. 1
1, the interrupt signal is sent to the control unit 7 even when receiving or transmitting.
This is a delivery form printing key for printing out the delivery information on the operation panel 8. 12 is the delivery slip printing key 1
This is a sending system that has a barcode printed on the paper surface corresponding to the telephone number of the destination, which is printed by the printer section 5 when the button 1 is pressed. Reference numeral 15 denotes a memory for storing image data within a certain area from the beginning of reading the paper. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the sending system 12 of FIG. 1. In FIG. 3, the sending system 12 prints a bar code 14 corresponding to the telephone number of the destination. In order to recognize this barcode 14, a certain area from the beginning of reading is temporarily stored in the memory 15 as a recognition range 16. The scanner section 4, printer section 5, telephone number key 9, and transmission start key 10 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 have the same structure and function as the corresponding parts of the conventional example shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

The factor device 1 of this embodiment basically requires a sending system 12 which prints a barcode 14 when sending the document. Create the barcode 14 yourself by entering the recipient's phone number using the phone number input key 9.
By pressing the delivery slip print key 11, a barcode 14 corresponding to the telephone number is printed on the delivery system 12 in the printer section. Note that when printing the barcode 14, pressing the sending print key 11 generates an interrupt signal to the control unit 7 to perform interrupt processing even if the barcode 14 is being received or sent. The waiting time for the user of the factor loss device I is reduced. To transmit the transmission document 3, prepare the transmission system 12 so that the scanner section 4 reads the transmission document 3 first, and press the transmission start key 10.
The scanner section 4 starts a reading operation, the control section recognizes the telephone number from the barcode 14 on the sending system 12, and sends the subsequent document 3 to the sending system 12.

To distinguish between the sending system 12 and the sending original 3 during reading, the image data of the recognition range 16 in Fig. 3 is temporarily stored in the memory 15, without directly sending it each time the paper is read, and subsequent reading is interrupted. This is done by checking the presence or absence of a barcode in the control section 7 based on the image data on the memory 15. If it is determined that the document is to be transmitted, the image data stored in the memory 5 is transmitted, the reading operation is restarted, and the subsequent image data is subsequently transmitted. When it is determined that it is the sending system 12, the image data on the paper is not sent.

The above transmission operation has no problem when the factor t') device 1 is neither transmitting nor receiving, but when transmitting or receiving, the control unit 7 is exclusively used by the transmitting or receiving process. Therefore, the user has to wait until a new transmission is sent. In order to cope with this, when the document is being sent, a transmission system and a document to be sent to the next destination are prepared so that the document is read by the scanner unit 4 following the document being sent. In the conventional example, the end of transmission is recognized based on the presence or absence of an unsent document, but in this embodiment, in addition to this, the end of transmission is also recognized by the reading of the sending system following the document being sent.

Also, the telephone number of the next recipient is recognized from the sending system read at that time, and the subsequent document to be sent is sent to the recipient.

As a result, even if the facsimile machine 1 is in the process of transmitting, by preparing the sending system and the original to be sent to be read by the scanner section 4 next to the original being sent or waiting to be sent, the documents can be sent sequentially. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the waiting time of the user of the device l by a factor z'). Regarding the waiting time in the receiving state, after receiving the end of reception from the other party through the telephone line 2, the control unit 7 checks whether there is a sending system ready to send in the scanner unit 4, and then sends the data. If there is a system, the transmitting operation is performed in the same way as when transmitting when neither receiving nor transmitting is in progress. Therefore, even if the facsimile device l is receiving data, by preparing the sending system and the document to be sent in a state that allows it to be sent to the scanner section 4, the factor t') of the user of the device l can be Waiting time can be reduced.

A sending system is always required when sending, but the scanner section 4
Since the sending system itself does not physically change even after one series is taken, it can be reused. By repeatedly reusing the sending system, it is possible to delete the key to the telephone number of the user of the 7Akukubori device l.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing details of the sending system 12. If a barcode exists on the transmission document in the same recognition range as shown in FIG. 3, the transmission procedure described above determines that the transmission document is to be sent, and therefore transmission is impossible. In this case, the transmission is performed using the same transmission method as in the conventional example.

Since such a need is rare, it has little impact on the effectiveness of reducing waiting time and eliminating key personnel.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the facsimile device of the present invention prints a barcode corresponding to the recipient's phone number on the sending system before sending, and prints the barcode on the sending document even while the facsimile device is transmitting or receiving. By attaching the attachment and making it ready for transmission, the next transmission can be automatically started as soon as the transmission or reception is completed, which reduces waiting time for the user of the device by a factor of ξ. This has the effect of eliminating the need to enter a telephone number key.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an example of a conventional facsimile machine, and FIG. 3 is an example of a delivery slip used in the embodiment of FIG. 1. FIG. 1, 21---Fax7ξri device, 2...
...Telephone line, 3...Transmission manuscript, 4, 24
゛-°-Scanner section・5.25...Printer section, 6...° Received document, 7F27...Control section, 8, 28... Operation panel, 9, 29...
・Telephone number input keys 10, 30...Transmission start key 11...Transmittal slip print key 12...
・Transmittal slip.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A bar code corresponding to a telephone number, comprising: an operation panel having a telephone number input key and a delivery form printing key; a scanner section; a printer section; and a control section that controls the operation panel, the scanner section, and the printer section. A facsimile machine that prints out a delivery slip displaying the barcode, recognizes the barcode from the delivery slip on which the barcode is printed, designates the corresponding destination, and sends the facsimile.