JPH04275762A - Facsimile equipment and its use system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To securely and speedily transmit an original to an oppositeside at the time of transmitting the original of a high urgent degree by adding time information which is inputted to generated picture information to transmit it to the opposite-side. CONSTITUTION:The receiver 1 of a reception-side facsimile equipment and the transmitter 2 of a transmission-side facsimile equipment are provided with a clock 1-3 for measuring time and date and a picture memory 1-7 for accumulating picture information. The transmission-side facsimile equipment has a function for reading a transmitted picture, generating picture information, adding time information when picture information is displayed on the opposite-side after reception and transmitting it to the opposite-side. The reception-side facsimile equipment has a function for storing picture information received from the opposite-side and time information added to the information and displaying picture information with arrival of designated by me information concerned.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Object of the invention]

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a facsimile system using a facsimile device capable of displaying received images on a display.

0003

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in order to check a received image in a facsimile machine, the received image is either immediately printed out, or once stored in a memory, it can be printed out as necessary through an operator's operation. However, this method has the disadvantage that there is a delay in checking the received image depending on the printout speed. Therefore, it is equipped with a display for image display, so that the received image can be displayed immediately on the display without waiting for the printout, or any received image can be displayed on the display as needed after being stored in memory. facsimile machines are known. According to such a facsimile device, the content of a received image can be immediately confirmed regardless of the printout speed of the printer, and is suitable for sending an urgent document to the other party.

However, even with such a conventional facsimile machine with a display, the display capacity of the display is limited, and the display capacity is limited to one or several pages of the original. If a large number of documents are received one after another mixed in with other documents, the documents with high urgency will be stored in the memory, but will disappear from the display screen, so the operator can then Unless the stored manuscripts are searched and read out on the display, there is an inconvenience that the highly urgent manuscripts will be overlooked.

[0005]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, even in conventional facsimile machines with a display, the display capacity of the display is limited, so a large number of documents are received among other documents with high urgency. In such a case, if no one is present when the document is received, the document with a high degree of urgency is stored in memory, but this cannot be confirmed on the display screen, and as a result, the arrival of the document may be missed. There was a problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine and a system for using the facsimile machine that can eliminate this problem and, when sending a highly urgent document, reliably and quickly deliver it to the other party.

[Configuration of the invention]

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A facsimile device according to the first invention of this application includes a reading means for reading a transmission document and generating image information, and a device for inputting display time information of the transmission document on the other party's side. and a transmitting means for attaching the input time information to the generated image information and transmitting it to the other party. Further, the facsimile device according to the second invention of this application includes:
a receiving means for receiving image information sent from the other party;
a storage means for storing the received image information and time information attached thereto; a display means capable of displaying the image information;
a timer for waiting for the arrival of the time designated by the stored time information; and a timer for displaying the stored image information on the display means in response to confirmation of the arrival of the designated time by the timer. and display control means. Further, a facsimile system according to a third aspect of the present application includes: a reading means for reading a transmission document to generate image information; a time information input means for inputting display time information on the other party of the transmission document; a transmitting side facsimile machine having a transmitting means for attaching the inputted time information to the generated image information and transmitting it to the other party; a receiving means for receiving the image information sent from the other party; a storage means for storing image information and time information attached thereto; a display means capable of displaying the image information; a clock means for waiting for the arrival of the time specified by the stored time information; and display control means for displaying the stored image information on the display means in response to confirmation of arrival of the designated time by the clock means. Further, in the second or third aspect of the invention, the facsimile device and the facsimile system according to the present invention are characterized in that the facsimile device and the facsimile system according to the second or third invention are characterized in that the facsimile device and the facsimile system are provided with a notification device that operates in response to confirmation of the arrival of a specified time by the clock device. do.

[0008]

[Operation] According to the first invention, since image information can be sent to the other party with the desired display time information attached, the other party's facsimile machine can determine when the received image information should be displayed on the display. In addition to being able to confirm the arrival of the time based on this time information, it is also possible to notify the other operator of the arrival of the time. According to the second invention, the designated image information can be automatically displayed on the display at the arrival of the time designated by the other party. According to the third invention, the sending side only needs to specify the desired display time on the facsimile machine.
In the receiving facsimile machine, the specified image information is displayed on the display when the time comes. Furthermore, according to the present invention, in addition to the effects of the second or third invention, the receiving facsimile machine can notify the other party's operator that the display time has arrived.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile system using a sending facsimile machine and a receiving facsimile machine according to the present invention. In the above embodiment, only the transmitting function of the transmitting and receiving functions will be explained in the sending facsimile machine, and only the receiving function of the transmitting and receiving functions will be explained in the receiving facsimile machine, but in actual facsimile machines, both Needless to say, it has functions.

As shown in the figure, a receiver 1 constituting a receiving facsimile machine and a transmitter 2 constituting a transmitting facsimile machine have annunciation units 1-4 and 2 comprising buzzers, alarms, etc. -3, input sections 1-5 and 2-4 operated by the operator, transmitting/receiving sections 1-6 and 2-5 controlling transmission and reception, and a display showing received images and the status of the device. The display 1-2 includes a display 1-2 that measures the date and time, a clock 1-3 that measures date and time, an image memory 1-7 that stores image information, and a reading section 2-2 that reads an original. These receiver 1 and transmitter 2 are connected by a line 3 such as a telephone line.

Next, the operation of the facsimile system having the above configuration will be explained. First, the operation on the transmitter side will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the program is started, it first waits for a sending operation (step 201 NO). In this state,
The operator specifies the partner station from the input section 2-4.
When the transmission line density is specified (step 201YE)
S), after these operations are accepted according to the predetermined procedure (
Step 202), a question is asked as to whether or not to specify the display date and time on the receiver (step 203). In this state, when the operator specifies the display date and time on the receiver (step 203 YES), the above operation is accepted according to a predetermined procedure (step 204), and then the communication control procedure for transmission is performed. The original read from the reading section 2-2 or the original stored in a memory (not shown) in advance is transmitted to the other party according to the CCITT recommendation G3 procedure. At this time, in this embodiment, the transmission of the date and time displayed on the display of the receiver is specified by a non-standard command NSS. Of course, this date and time is transmitted using DTMF.
Various methods can be used as long as the transmitting side can specify the signal, such as the signal or the image signal itself.

Next, the operation of the receiving facsimile machine will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the figure, when the program is started, it enters a state of waiting for the arrival of a CI signal (step 301). In this state, when the arrival of a CI signal is confirmed (step 30
1YES), and known reception control is performed (step 302).
), at this time, if the designation of the display date and time on the display is detected in the NSS during the communication control procedure (step 303
YES), the display date and time is temporarily stored in a predetermined working RAM, and then the process of accumulating the image signal in the image memory 1-7 is performed.

In this manner, when the image signal accumulation processing is completed, the display date and time information stored in the working RAM is stored in the image memory 1 in accordance with the format shown in FIG.
-7 will be transferred and stored in a predetermined area. Figure 4
The memory map shown in shows the state in which reception was performed five times in succession, and the first manuscript was received on August 9th, 10th.
The second manuscript will be published at 13:00 on August 11th, the third manuscript will be published at 12:00 on August 29th, and the fifth manuscript will be published at 12:00 on August 29th.
The first manuscript is specified to be displayed on the display 1-2 at 12:00 on August 10th, while no special time is specified for the fourth manuscript.

[0014] After that, the receiving facsimile machine
By comparing the designated time shown in and the current time obtained from clock 1-3, the controller waits for the designated time to arrive (step 305), and when it is confirmed that one of the designated times has arrived (step 305 YES). , displays the corresponding received image on the display 1-2 (step 306
), although not shown in this embodiment, a buzzer or the like constituting the notification section 1-4 is used to notify the operator of the receiving facsimile machine that the time specified display is being performed. I will do it.

According to the above embodiment system, even if a large number of documents are received among other documents with a high degree of urgency, the documents are automatically displayed on the display 1-1 when the designated time arrives. 2, and a buzzer constituting the notification section 1-4 notifies the operator of this fact. Therefore, depending on the usage, for example, if you send a meeting notification by specifying the date and time in the morning of the day the meeting starts, the schedule for that day can be shown to the receiving operator first thing in the morning, which is extremely useful for schedule management. It is valid.

[0016] In the above embodiment, the date and time is specified by NS.
Although this was done using S, the versatility would be further improved if DTMF signals or the like were used. In addition, since the image information is sent from the sending facsimile machine with date and time information attached, even if the facsimile machine does not have a display, by sounding a buzzer etc. when the specified time arrives, it is possible to send a message with high urgency. It is also possible to notify the operator that the manuscript has arrived. Furthermore, in the receiving facsimile device 1, when some image information is received, the image information is displayed on the display 1.
-2 to sequentially display one or several pages, and a later image memory 1-7 is displayed by a predetermined operation on the input section 1-5.
It goes without saying that the image information read out from the display 1-2 can be displayed on the display 1-2.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention,
In a facsimile system using this type of facsimile device with a display, it is possible to reliably deliver documents with high urgency to the other party.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile system using a facsimile device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of a sending facsimile machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of a receiving facsimile machine.

FIG. 4 is a memory map showing a storage format of display date and time in a receiving facsimile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Receiver (receiving facsimile device) 2 Transmitter (sending facsimile device) 3 Line 1-1 Main control section 1-2 Display 1-3 Clock 1-4 Notification section 1-5 Input section 1-6 Transmission/reception Section 1-7 Image memory 2-1 Main control section 2-2 Reading section 2-3 Notification section 2-4 Input section 2-5 Transmission/reception section

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A reading device for reading a transmission document to generate image information; a time information input device for inputting display time information of the transmission document on the other party; 1. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a transmitting means for transmitting a facsimile with time information added to the other party. 2. Receiving means for receiving image information sent from the other party, storage means for storing the received image information and time information attached thereto, and display means capable of displaying the image information. , a timer for waiting for the arrival of the time designated by the stored time information, and displaying the stored image information on the display means in response to the arrival of the designated time being confirmed by the timer. A facsimile apparatus comprising display control means for controlling the facsimile apparatus. 3. Reading means for reading a transmission document to generate image information; time information input means for inputting display time information of the transmission document on the other party; a sending facsimile device having a transmitting means for transmitting image information with time information attached thereto to the other party; a receiving means for receiving image information sent from the other party; and the received image information and the time attached thereto. a storage means for storing information; a display means capable of displaying image information; a timekeeping means for waiting for the arrival of the time designated by the stored time information; and a timekeeping means for confirming the arrival of the designated time by the timekeeping means. and display control means for displaying the stored image information on the display means in response to a receiving facsimile device. 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a notification means that operates in response to confirmation of the arrival of the designated time by the clock means. 5. The facsimile system according to claim 3, further comprising a notification means that operates in response to confirmation of the arrival of the designated time by the clock means.