JPH0372768A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the degree of freedom of the design by opening a destination display window to a main body case and adhering plural seals with a one-touch dial destination described thereon to a rotating body provided in the main body case. CONSTITUTION:A drum 4 with lots of seals 14 with a destination described thereon is provided freely rotatably into a main body case 1. A destination display window 2 from which part of a circumferential face of the drum 4 is viewed is provided to an operation panel. Thus, lots of destinations are capable of selecting by having only to provide a small area of destination display window onto the operation panel. Thus, number of one-touch dialing subscribers is extended without increasing the surface area of the operation panel. Then the operation panel is effectively utilized and the degree of freedom of the design is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a panel structure.

As a conventional example of a facsimile device, a speed dial key and a one-touch key are provided on the operation panel provided on the top surface of the main body case (main body cover), and a destination associated with the speed dial number is provided in the corresponding position. Some devices are designed to have a sticker with the following information written on them for the operator's convenience during transmission.

However, in the conventional example described above, in order to increase the number of speed dial numbers, that is, one-touch dials, it is necessary to increase the surface area of the operation panel. That is, it is necessary to attach stickers displaying destinations as many as the number of one-touch dials, and it is necessary to secure space on the operation panel to install as many stickers as there are stickers.

However, the operation panel also includes various keys such as a numeric keypad and a display section (for example, an LCD) for displaying messages, etc.
Since it is necessary to provide a display (display), there is a limit to increasing the surface area of the operation panel.

The present invention was made in view of the current situation, and provides one-touch operation without increasing the surface area of the operation panel.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that can increase the number of dials and greatly improve the degree of freedom in design.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a factor correction device that has a simple device configuration and can greatly improve usability.

7. The factor drawing device according to the present invention is provided with a destination display window in the main body case, and a rotating body with a part of the rotating surface facing the destination display window in the main body case, The feature is that a plurality of stickers with destinations for one-touch dialing are affixed to the rotating surface of this rotating body.

In addition to the above configuration, the present invention further includes a rotation angle detection means for detecting the rotation angle of the rotating body, and sends a message by selecting a destination corresponding to the detection result of the rotation angle detection means from a storage area stored in the storage unit in advance. It is characterized by the fact that it is made to do so.

According to the above configuration, when the rotating body is rotated, only some of the stickers are visible through the destination display window, and a large number of destinations can be sequentially selected as the rotating body is rotated. In other words, the number of one-touch dials can be increased simply by providing a small-area destination display window on the operation panel.

In addition, if a rotation angle detecting means of the rotating body is provided as described above, and a destination is selected from the storage area of the storage unit according to the detection result, the dialing operation can be automatically performed with a simple configuration. You can do it.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the external appearance of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a drum for displaying destinations, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV--IV in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a drawing showing the principle of detecting the rotation angle of the drum.

On the right side of the upper surface 1a of the main body case 1 is a destination display window 2.
2 has been opened. The destination display window 2 has a slit shape that is long in the left and right direction. One-touch keys 3L and 3R are provided on the left side of each destination display window 2.2, respectively. The one-touch keys 3L and 3R are used to make a dial call.

That is, when the operator presses the one-touch key 3L (or 3R), a dial call is made to the corresponding destination as will be described later.

Below the destination display window 2.2 is a tram 4 for displaying the destination.
It is rotatable around a horizontal axis. That is, as shown in FIG.
Support plates 5a and 5b are hung downward from a, and both ends of the support shaft 4a of the drum 4 are rotatably supported between the support plates 5a and 5b.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, on the circumferential surface 40 of the drum 4, there are a total of eight seals 41L..., 41R, two in the axial direction and four at 90 degree intervals in the circumferential direction. ... is pasted. However, stickers 41L... indicate the four stickers on the left, and 41R... indicate the four stickers on the right. A destination (destination name) is written on the surface of each sticker 41L, 41R, . . . This destination can be visually recognized from the outside through the destination display window 2.2.

It is assumed that the pasting operation of the seals 41L, 41R, etc. is performed after the drum 4 is assembled to the main body case l. Further, the longitudinal dimensions of the stickers 41L and 41R are approximately equal to the longitudinal dimension of the destination display window 2, and the width dimensions of the stickers 41L and 41R are set to appropriate width dimensions in consideration of the radius of curvature of the drum 4.

A drum rotation dial 42 having a larger diameter than the drum 4 is connected to the right end of the drum 4. dial 4
A part of the circumferential surface of 2 protrudes from the upper surface 1a. Thus, when the operator rotates the dial 42, the drum 4 rotates accordingly, and the destination written on the two stickers 41L and 41R in the corresponding axial direction becomes visible.

In addition, the conversion table of RAM7 described later ■, ■...(
Speed dial data corresponding to each destination is pre-registered in (see Fig. 6), and dialing can be made according to the rotational angular position of the drum 4, that is, the destination visible through the destination display window 2.2. It has become. However, the specific details will be discussed later.

A detection disk 43 for detecting the rotation angle (rotation angle position) of the drum 4 is provided concentrically on the right side of the dial 42. The detection disc 43 has a smaller diameter than the drum 4 and rotates together with the drum 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, four light emitting diodes 44a, 44b, and 44C144d are arranged on the right side of the detection disk 43 to project detection light mainly toward the right side in the horizontal direction. Each light emitting diode 44a, 44b, 44c, 44
d are arranged at 90 degree intervals in the circumferential direction of the detection disc 43. In addition, each light emitting diode 44a, 44b, 44c, 4
The supporting shaft 4a of 4d, that is, the distance from the center O of the detection disk 43 is different from each other. That is, as shown in the figure,
The distance between the light emitting diode 44a and the center O is 4r and 44b.
The distance between and the center O is 3r, and the distance between 44C and the center O is 2
The distances between r and 44d and the center O are set to r, respectively.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, four light-receiving elements 45a, 45b,
5C145d is arranged. Each light receiving element 45a, 45
b, the distance from the center line O3 located at the same height as the center O of 45C145d is the distance from the light emitting diode 44a.
, 44b, 44C, and 144d. That is, the distance between the light receiving element 45a and the center line 01 is 4r, and the distance between the light receiving element 45b and the center line 01 is 3r, 45.
The distance between C and the center line 01 is set to 2r, and the distance between 45d and the center line 01 is set to r.

Such a detection disk 43 and light receiving elements 45a, 45b
, 45c, and 45d, the rotation angle of the drum 4 can be detected accurately.

That is, as shown in FIG.
Assuming that C is lined up in the vertical direction, in this state the light receiving element 45C will directly face the light emitting diode 44C in the horizontal direction, and the other light emitting diodes 44a, 4
4b, 44d and the light receiving elements 45a, 45b, 45d do not directly face each other.

Therefore, in this case, only the light receiving element 45C receives the detection light, so that it is possible to detect that the light emitting diode 44C is located vertically downward. Therefore, according to the above configuration, due to the geometrical relationship, only the corresponding light receiving element detects the detection light from the light emitting diode located vertically downward. The rotation angle can be detected every 90 degrees. Each light receiving element 45a, 45b, 45C2
The detection signal 45d is input to the CPU 6 (see FIG. 6).

The detection disk 43 is provided with means for accurately rotating it every 90 degrees. That is, as shown in the figure, the light emitting diodes 44a, 44b, 44c,
Four engaging grooves 4 are provided at the peripheral end corresponding to the arrangement position of 44d.
6, 46, 46, and 46 are formed with notches, respectively, and on the other hand, at a vertically downward position of the detection disc 43, a launch pawl 47 that engages with an engagement groove at this position is advanced and retracted in the vertical direction. It is set up as you like.

Thus, when the operator rotates the dial 42, the launch claw 47 repeats the sequential engagement and detachment of the engagement grooves 46, 46, 46, 46 as the detection disc 43 rotates, and eventually The detection disc 43 (drum 4) is 9
Intermittent exercise will be performed every 0 degrees. Therefore, drum 4
This means that the rotation angle can be reliably detected every 90 degrees.

Next, the control system of this facsimile machine will be explained with reference to FIG. However, FIG. 6 is a simplified block diagram showing the control system.

The CPU 6 includes light receiving elements 45a, 45b, and 45C145d.
Based on the detection signal from , and the input signal from the one-touch keys 3L and 3R, the corresponding destination is specified, and then the telephone number corresponding to the specified destination is registered in the conversion table ■, ■, etc. in the RAMT. It reads out the speed dial data and makes a call to the telephone line 10 via the auto dialer 8 and NCU 9. Thereafter, the image signal data of the original read by the reading unit 12 is transmitted to the telephone line 10 via the modem 11 and the NCU 9.

The specific control operation of the CPU 6 is as shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. When the operator turns on the transmission key (not shown) (Sl), the control program advances and C
The PU6 waits for the operator to rotate the dial 42,
When the drum 4 is rotated and then stopped, the rotation angle of the drum 4 is detected according to a detection signal from any one of the light receiving elements 45a (or 45b, 45C145d) input at the time of stopping (S2).

Once the rotation angle of the drum 4 is detected, the controller waits for the operator to operate the one-touch keys 3L and 3R, and then determines which one-touch key 3L (or 3R) has been turned on (S3).

Then, when the turned-on one-touch key 3L (or 3R) is recognized by 6 m, the corresponding destination is specified based on this confirmation result and the rotation angle of the drum 4 (S4).

That is, depending on the type of one-touch keys 3L and 3R, the seals 41L... and 41R... are distinguished, and the rotation angle of the drum 4 determines whether the seals 41L... (or the seals 4
1R...> Applicable seal 41L (or 41
The destination is specified by discriminating R).

After specifying the destination, the conversion table in RAMV
(2) A telephone number corresponding to the specified destination is read out from the speed dial data registered in advance in . Thereafter, a series of transmission operations are executed to transmit the image signal data of the document read by the reading section 12 to the telephone line 10 via the modem 11 and the NCU 9 (S7).

Although the illustrated embodiment is as described above, the present invention can be modified in various ways as described below.

That is, in the above embodiment, two stickers are attached in the axial direction of the drum, but three or more stickers may be attached within the allowable space. However, in this case, three or more one-touch keys 1 2 shall be provided.

In addition, in the above embodiment, four
Although one sticker is attached, a plurality of stickers other than four may be attached. However, in this case, the corresponding number of light emitting diodes and light receiving elements are arranged at different distances from each other.

Further, in the above embodiment, the dial for rotating the drum is provided inside the main body case, but it may be provided outside the main body case. If such an embodiment is adopted,
This eliminates the need for a cutout on the top surface of the main body case for protruding a portion of the peripheral surface of the dial, which is preferable in terms of protecting the facsimile device from dust and the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, a drum was used as the rotating body to which the sticker is attached, but a belt (for example, a timing belt) may also be used. In this case, an embodiment in which a belt is stretched between a driving roller and a driven roller and the destination is specified by detecting the moving position of the belt with an absolute type encoder connected to the shaft of the driving roller, for example, is adopted. Just take it.

In the case of the present invention which is more than a light chewing aphrodisiac, a rotatable drum is provided with a number of stickers with addresses written inside the main body case, and a part of the circumference of the drum is displayed on the operation panel so as to be visible. Since the configuration is such that a window is provided, a large number of destinations can be selected by simply providing a small-area destination display window on the operation panel.

Therefore, without increasing the surface area of the operation panel,
This will allow for an increase in the number of one-touch dials. Therefore, the operation panel can be used effectively, and the degree of freedom in design can be greatly improved.

Moreover, especially in the case of the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the dialing operation can be performed automatically, so to speak, so that the dialing operation and the subsequent transmission operation can be performed quickly and reliably. Therefore, the usability of the facsimile machine can be significantly improved. Furthermore, it has the advantage that it can be realized with a simple configuration.

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[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing the external appearance of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a drum for displaying destinations,
Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in Figure 1, and Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1.
5 is a diagram showing the principle of detecting the rotation angle of the drum, FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing the control system of this facsimile machine, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the transmission operation. It is a flowchart. 1...Main body case, 2...Destination display window, 3L, 3
R...wanton key, 4...drum, 41L...
・, 41R... Seal, 42... Dial, 43.
...Detection disc, 44a, 44b, 44c, 44d...
・Light emitting diode, 45a, 45b, 45C, 45d・
...Light receiving element, 46...Engagement groove, 47...Latch claw, 6...CPU, ? ...RAM0

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In addition to opening a window for displaying an address on the main body case, a rotating body is provided inside the main body case with a part of the rotating surface facing the window for displaying the address, and the rotating surface of this rotating body is used for one-touch dialing. A facsimile machine characterized by having a plurality of stickers on which addresses are affixed. (2) A rotation angle detection means for detecting the rotation angle of the rotary body is provided, and a destination corresponding to the detection result of the rotation angle detection means is selected from a storage area stored in advance in a storage unit and sent. The facsimile machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: