JPH0411441A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send a document to an opposite facsimile equipment via a line without printing out the document by storing the document generated by a document generating device and an opposite telephone number in a machine language, converting it into a code and outputting it to the line. CONSTITUTION:A recording medium 2 is set to a connection means 4 of a facsimile equipment 1, it is detected by a control section 11 and a data is read from the medium 2. A control section 3 detects a transmission control line on which a telephone number is entered from a document data to control an automatic dialing and incoming call detection section 14 according to the number and to make a phone call. When the call reaches the opposite party, the negotiation with the opposite party in the phase B according to the communication protocol of a usual facsimile equipment. When the phase reaches the phase C of the picture transmission, a document data is read from the medium 2, a character font data is read from a font ROM 12 based on a print control data and the result is expanded as image data in a Line memory 13. MH or MR coding is applied to the image data and the resulting picture is sent to the opposite party via the line 3 through a MODEM section 15 and an NCU section 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (b) Industrial Usability The present invention utilizes a portable recording medium that stores documents in machine language, and stores documents stored in the portable recording medium. The present invention relates to a facsimile device that can transmit data to a communication partner, and also relates to a portable recording medium used in this facsimile device.

(b) Conventional technology In a typical facsimile machine, when transmitting a document created using a document creation machine such as a word processor to the other party's facsimile machine, the created document is first printed on paper, and then the original document is After loading the document into the document reading section of the facsimile machine and completing the line connection with the recipient, the document is transmitted.

Separately, it has been proposed that a data processing device with a facsimile function can be used to directly send a document created by the data processing unit to the other party's facsimile device without printing it on paper. Kaihei 1-30
(See Publication No. 2930).

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the above-mentioned typical facsimile machine, documents created with a document creation machine must be recorded on paper for transmission, which wastes time and effort. There is a problem in that paper and ink cannot be avoided, and waste of paper and ink is also a problem.

Although the above-mentioned data processing device with facsimile function does not have such problems, document creation can only be done in an environment where this data processing device with facsimile function is installed, and there are significant restrictions on the document creation environment. There is a problem. Furthermore, after the document is completed, a telephone call is made to the other party, but there is a problem in that even if the dialing operation of the other party's telephone number fails, the sending operation is executed without noticing the failure.

The present invention aims to provide a facsimile device and a portable recording medium that can solve these problems.

The present invention stores a document created by a document creation machine in a portable recording medium, reads the document directly from the portable recording medium without recording it on paper, and registers the document on the portable recording medium. The present invention aims to provide a facsimile device that can output this document over a line to the other party's telephone number.

The present invention also provides a portable recording medium that is suitable for use in this facsimile device and stores a document and the telephone number of the other party to whom the document is sent so that the facsimile device can distinguish between the document and the telephone number of the other party to whom the document is sent. .

(2) Means for Solving the Problems The facsimile apparatus of the present invention has a connection means that allows connection of a portable recording medium that stores a document created by a document creation machine and a telephone number of the other party in machine language. a signal converting means for reading a document on the recording medium connected to the connecting means and converting the document into a signal format suitable for facsimile communication; It is characterized by comprising a line connection means for performing line connection, and an output means for outputting a high-power signal from the signal conversion means to the line after the line connection means has connected the line.

Further, the portable recording medium of the present invention is a portable recording medium that is connected to a facsimile device and can output a built-in document to a line using the facsimile device. The facsimile apparatus is characterized in that the facsimile apparatus stores, in machine language, the facsimile apparatus and the other party's telephone number, to which a control signal is added for distinguishing and reading the document.

(E) Function According to the present invention, a document for transmission can be created and stored in an environment where a document creation machine is installed, which is different from an environment where a facsimile machine is installed. In addition, documents created using a document creation machine can be output directly to the other party over a line without having to be printed on paper. Furthermore, the telephone number of the other party is stored on a portable recording medium so that the facsimile machine can read it separately from the document being sent, so that it can be read and dialed. , it is possible to prevent dial errors. Note that mistakes in registering the other party's telephone number can be prevented since the composition can be monitored during document creation.

f) Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile apparatus and a portable recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the text of a document stored in the portable recording medium of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a facsimile machine, 2 is a portable recording medium, and 3 is a telephone line.

The portable recording medium 2 is, for example, an IC memory card, and contains a document created by a document creation device 9, for example, a word processor, and a telephone number of the other party with a control signal added thereto so that the facsimile device 1 can distinguish it from the document and read it. I remember this in machine language. This portable recording medium 2 is configured so that it can be attached to or removed from the drive means of the facsimile machine 1. Then, the text in the document stored on the portable recording medium 2 can be transmitted via the telephone line 3 to the recipient of the other party's telephone number recorded on the portable recording medium 2. It is composed of

The facsimile device 1 includes a connecting means 4 that allows connection of the recording medium 2, a signal converting means 5 that converts an input signal inputted from the connecting means 4 into a signal format suitable for facsimile communication, and A line connecting means 6 reads the telephone number of the other party and connects the line to the telephone number of the other party, and an output means 7 outputs the 8-power signal from the signal converting means 5 to the line after the line is connected by the line connecting means 6. It is equipped with

The connection means 4 is an interface used for signal exchange between the facsimile device f1 and the recording medium 2,
A mechanism (not shown) that allows the recording medium 2 to be attached and removed at any time, a driving means for driving the recording medium 2, and the recording medium 2
It is equipped with a head and the like for reading the document inside and transmitting the read signal to the signal converting means 5.

The signal conversion means 5 includes a document reading section 8 that reads a paper document, a printing section 9 that prints the received text, an operation section 10 for inputting commands to realize various functions, a control section 11, and a font ROM 12. and a line memory 13 for developing font data.

Similar to the general facsimile machine 1, the control unit 11 controls the original signal read by the original reading unit 8 to be transmitted to the line connecting means 6 for transmission to the other party's telephone, or is transmitted from the telephone line. It receives the received signal and controls the printing section 9 to print it on paper, or it controls the printing section 9 to execute an auxiliary function based on instructions from the operating section 10. Further, in the present invention, the control unit 11 reads the document in the recording medium 2, reads data indicating the other party's telephone number having a control signal, and completes the line connection with the desired other party's telephone based on the read data. After that, the document data is read from the recording medium, character font data is read from the font ROM 12 based on the print control data such as the kanji code and line pitch, and is stored in the line memory 13 as image data. Control it to unfold. Roughly speaking, control is performed so that the signal converted in this way and suitable for facsimile communication is output to the line connection section 6.

The line connection section 6 is connected to the telephone line 3 through the output means 7, receives a calling signal from the control section 11 and calls the telephone number of the other party, and also receives an incoming call signal from the other party and receives it from the output means 7 to accept the incoming call. It is equipped with an automatic call origination and incoming call detection section 14 for detection.

The output means 7 includes a modem section 15, an NCU (network control circuit) section 16, and a telephone section 17.

The modem section 15 connects the control section 11 side that handles digital signals and the telephone line 3 side that handles audio signals. NCU
The section 16 is connected to the telephone line 3, the automatic call/incoming call detection section 14, the modem section 15, and the telephone section 17, respectively, and allows communication between the telephone section 17 and the other party's telephone, and between the modem section 14 and the other party's telephone. It is configured to be able to exchange communications with a telephone communication device.

In addition to the operations of a general facsimile machine, this facsimile machine uses a portable recording medium to make a call to a facsimile machine with a telephone number of the other party recorded in advance on this recording medium, and sends a call to the facsimile machine with the telephone number of the other party recorded in advance on the recording medium. can be sent to this facsimile machine.

In a normal facsimile operation, first place the original to be sent on the original reading section 8, enter the telephone number of the person you wish to send from the telephone or the operation section 10, call the other party, and press the communication button. , the manuscript was automatically sent.

Next, an outline of the operation of automatically transmitting a document recorded on the recording medium to the other party's telephone number using this facsimile machine and a portable recording medium will be explained using FIGS. 2 and 3. .

The recording medium 2 is set in the connection means 4 of the facsimile machine (Sl). The control unit 11 detects this set and reads data from the recording medium 2 (S2). Next, the control section 3
detects the transmission control line P (see Figure 3) in which a telephone number is input from the document data (S3), and controls the automatic call/incoming call detection section 4 to make a call according to the telephone number data (S4). ). If the transmission control line cannot be detected, wait until the operator calls the other party and presses the communication button (
S5).

When the control unit 3 detects that the automatic calling operation by the connecting means 4 is completed or that the communication button is pressed by the operator, the control unit 3 performs phase B according to the normal facsimile communication procedure.
Negotiations are performed with the partner device (S6). When the image transmission phase C is reached, the document data Q is read out from the recording medium 3 (S7), and the character font is extracted from the font ROM 12 based on the print control data such as the kanji code and line and no thousand. Read the data,
Expand to line memory as image data (S8J
0 Then, based on that image data, MH or MR
The image is encoded (S9) and transmitted to the other party's device via the modem and NCU.

If the document has multiple pages (Sll), after transmitting one page of document data in phase C, an MPS (multipage signal) is sent to the other party in phase D, similar to a normal facsimile (512), and then the phase is repeated. Return to C and send the next document data. If you have sent the last page in Phase C, send EPO (End of Procedure) to the other party in Phase D (513)! ,, After that, the predetermined facsimile procedure is followed, and the process moves to phase E to end the communication (514).

In addition, if multiple telephone numbers are input in the transmission control line (S15), the next telephone number is read out, and the automatic call and incoming call detection section is controlled according to the telephone number data to make the call, and the above-mentioned Repeat the action. This operation is performed for all telephone numbers entered in the transmission control line P. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the telephone number of the other party is recorded in three places, and the same document Q is faxed to each of P1 to P3.

(g) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, documents for transmission can be created and stored in an environment where a document creation machine is installed, which is different from the environment where a facsimile machine is installed. Furthermore, a document created using a document printing machine can be output directly to the other party over a line without having to print it on paper.

Furthermore, the telephone number of the other party is stored on a portable recording medium so that the facsimile machine can read it separately from the document being sent, so that it can be read and dialed. , it is possible to prevent dial errors. Note that mistakes in registering the other party's telephone number can be prevented since the composition can be monitored during document creation.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of a facsimile apparatus and a portable recording medium according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the text of a document stored in the portable recording medium of the present invention. 1 is a facsimile device, 2 is a portable recording medium, 3 is a telephone line, 4 is a connection means (interface section), 5 is a signal conversion means, 6 is a line connection means, 7j! Output means, 8 is document reading means, 9 is a printing section, 10 is an operation section, 11 is a control section, 12 is a font ROM, 13 is a line memory,
14 is an automatic call/incoming call detection means, 15 is a modem section, 16 is an NCU section, and 17 is a telephone section.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A connection means that allows connection of a portable recording medium that stores a document created by a document creation machine and the telephone number of the other party in machine language, and a connection means that allows the connection of a portable recording medium that stores a document created by a document creation machine and the telephone number of the other party, and a document on the recording medium connected to this connection means. a signal converting means for reading a document and converting the document into a signal format suitable for facsimile communication; a line connecting means for reading a telephone number of the other party in the recording medium and establishing a line connection to the telephone number of the other party; A facsimile apparatus comprising: output means for outputting the output signal from the signal conversion means to the line after the line is connected. (2) In a portable recording medium that is connected to a facsimile device and can output a built-in document to a line using the facsimile device, the facsimile device can distinguish between the document created by the document creation device and this document. What is claimed is: 1. A portable recording medium characterized in that a telephone number of the other party is stored in machine language, with a control signal added thereto for reading the telephone number separately.