JPH04150268A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add additional information while both a sender side and a receiver side confirms the corrected content each other by storing picture information once to a storage device of the sender side and the receiver side, sending only the additional information inputted from both graph input devices to the other to allow both sides to add the information. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment is provided with an original picture input device 1, a storage device 2 storing a picture, a display device 3 displaying original picture information, a printer 5 printing out the original picture information and additional information and a graphic input device 6 or the like to input the additional information. Then only the read picture information is stored once by the storage device 2 at the sender side and the receiver side is sent to the other so that both the sender side and the receiver side to add information to the picture in the storage device 2. Thus, both the sides make additional writing in the same state and the content of the original is confirmed before printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a facsimile machine having a write-once function.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional facsimile machines are configured such that a facsimile machine on the sending side transmits image information read from an original image to a receiving side via a telephone line, and the facsimile machine on the receiving side prints the received image information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine showing an example of such a conventional facsimile machine.

As shown in FIG. 2, a conventional facsimile device includes an original image input device 11 for inputting an original image, a modulation device 17 for using a telephone line to transmit an image of the original image, and a facsimile device for transmitting data using a telephone line. It has a demodulating device 18 for restoring transmitted information, a printing device 5 for printing transmitted image information, and a control device 14 for controlling the operations of each of the devices.

In such a facsimile machine, in the case of transmission, the modulation device 17 is operated from the original image input device 1 under the control of the control device 14.
The modulated image information is sent to the telephone line via the telephone line. Further, in the case of reception, the modulated image information received via the telephone line is restored by the demodulator 18 and printed by the printing device 15 under the control of the control device 14.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional facsimile machine described above is based on a procedure in which the facsimile machine on the sending side reads the document, transmits it to the receiving side, and prints it on the facsimile machine on the receiving side. Therefore, the sending side does not have to add additional information to the original image information. Although this can be done unilaterally, it has the disadvantage that both the sending and receiving sides cannot add additional information while checking the other party's corrections.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that allows such bidirectional addition of postscript information.

[Means to solve the problem]

The facsimile device of the present invention includes a storage device for storing images, a display device for displaying the images, and a graphic input device for inputting additional information, and the read image information is transmitted to the sending side. By transmitting to the other side only the additional information that is held in the storage device of the receiving side and input from the graphic input device of both the sending side and the receiving side, the sending side It is configured so that it can be added on both the receiving side and the receiving side.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment includes an original image input device 1 for inputting an original image, a storage device 2 for storing images, a display device 3 for displaying original image information, and a display device 3 for displaying original image information and A printing device 5 for printing additional information, an input device 6 for inputting figures and the like for inputting additional information, and a modulation device 7 for transmitting and receiving original images and additional information using a telephone line. and a demodulator 8, and a control device 4 that controls the operation of each of the devices described above.

In such a facsimile machine, the display device 3 always reads and displays information from the storage device 2 at a constant cycle, but this display device 3 operates independently from other devices. Further, the additional information input device 6 includes a transparent touch panel switch and a device that converts information read from the touch panel switch into a geometric figure. This allows you to input additional information while checking the completed image.

Further, the modulation device 7 frequency-modulates the information sent from the original image input device 1 and the postscript information input device 6 and transmits it to the telephone line, and conversely, the demodulation device 8 transmits the transmitted image information to the storage device 2. Convert it so that it can be recorded. The above-mentioned facsimile machine operates differently depending on the side that sends the image information of the original image and the side that receives it.For convenience, in the following explanation of the operation, the facsimile machine that sends the original is referred to as the transmitter, and the facsimile machine that receives the original image is referred to as the receiver. It is called.

This image information is stored in the storage device 2 and transmitted to the telephone line via the modulation device 7 under the control of the control device 4.Next, it is inputted from the transmission 6 mentioned above and transmitted via the modulation device 7. It is sent from the machine through the telephone line. In either case, since the information is added to the image information stored in the storage device 2, the image to which the additional information has been added can be confirmed on the display device W3. The additional data is accepted until there is an instruction to end the process from the control device 4 or the receiver. When the control device 4 issues an instruction to end the process, a command to end the process is also sent to the receiver side.6 Next, when the additional writing process is completed, the sending side reads the next original image. The above-described process is repeated until there are no more original images. When the processing for all original images is completed, information indicating the end of transmission is sent to the receiver.

On the other hand, the receiver differs from the transmitter in the way it obtains the image information of the original image. That is, in the case of the receiver, the image information of the original image is obtained by transmission from the transmitting side, and the transmitted image information is stored in the storage device 2. At the stage when the image information of the original picture is received, the receiver also receives additional information. The processing for this additional information is the same as the operation of the transmitter described above, and will therefore be omitted. Further, when the additional writing process in the receiver is completed, the receiver receives the next transmission of original image information and performs the above-mentioned additional writing process. The receiver repeats the above process until it receives information from the transmitter that the transmission has ended.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the facsimile machine with the append function of the present invention constantly sends and receives append information between the sending side and the receiving side of the document, so that both sides can perform appending in the same state. It is possible to check the contents of the manuscript before starting the process, and it has the effect of allowing parties located far apart to complete the manuscript by cooperating with each other through telephone lines.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine showing a conventional example. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Original image input device, 2... Storage device, 3... Display device, 4... Control device, 5... Printing device, 6...
- Additional information input device, 7... Modulation device, 8... Demodulation device. Agent: Susumu Uchihara, Patent Attorney

Claims (1)

[Claims] It includes a storage device for storing images, a display device for displaying the images, and a graphic input device for inputting additional information, and the read image information is stored in the storage devices on the sending side and the receiving side. By transmitting only the additional information inputted from the graphic input device of both the transmitting side and the receiving side to the other side, the image in the storage device can be appended to the image on both the transmitting side and the receiving side. A facsimile machine characterized by the following features: