JPH04336858A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a reception original stored in a picture memory for a transmission use original and to allow the original to be circulated by other facsimile equipments. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment having a function storing a reception original once into a memory is provided with an input section 7 being a designation means designating the reception original in the memory, a transmission means reading the reception original designated by the designation means, a CPU 9, a MODEM 2 and an NCU 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Purpose of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that temporarily stores a received original in an image memory, and more particularly to a structure for circulating a received original to another facsimile machine.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile machine prints a received original on paper using a printer and outputs it. When the received original is sent (circulated) to another facsimile machine, the received original is read by the facsimile machine. The facsimile machine had to set the facsimile to the other facsimile machine, have the machine read the contents, and send it to the other facsimile machine. Furthermore, even if the received original is stored in an image memory or the like and then output, the received original stored in the image memory cannot be directly transmitted and output, and the user wishes to circulate the received original as described above. In such a case, the received document cannot be transmitted unless it is first output from the printer and then read by the device using the reading section.

[0003] Therefore, in facsimile machines that temporarily store received originals in an image memory, especially those that can display the contents of the image memory on a display, in order to circulate the received originals, once they are printed on paper and output, This has to be read into the device again, which wastes recording paper and
This eliminates the need to perform unnecessary operations that would not be necessary if the received original in the image memory could be used for transmission.
The drawback was that the operability of the device was very poor.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] When it is desired to circulate the received original using a conventional facsimile machine that outputs the received original after it is temporarily stored in the image memory as described above, it is necessary to circulate the received original as it is stored in the image memory. The received original cannot be used for transmission, and the received original once output from the printer must be read into the device again from the reading section of the device, which takes time and effort to circulate the received original, and the paper It had the disadvantage of wasting energy.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device which can eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and can convert a received document stored in an image memory into a document for transmission and circulate it to other facsimile devices. It is said that [Structure of the invention]

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a facsimile machine having a function of temporarily storing a received original in a memory, and a facsimile machine having a function of temporarily storing a received original in a memory, and a designating means for specifying a received original in the memory, and a receiving original specified by the specifying means. and transmitting means for reading out the data from the memory and transmitting the read data from the memory.

[0007]

[Operation] In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the designating means designates the received document in the memory. The transmitting means reads out the received original specified by the specifying means from the memory and transmits it. As a result, the received original in the memory is diverted for transmission.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. 1 is a network control unit (NCU) that acquires and releases lines; 2 is a modem that modulates and demodulates image data; 3 is an encoding/decoding unit that encodes and decodes image data; 4 is an image memory that stores image data,
Reference numeral 5 is a reading unit that reads the original and converts it into image data, 6 is a display unit that displays image data and various information, 7 is an input unit that inputs telephone number information and various operation instructions, etc., and 8 is an image data display unit. 9 is a CPU that performs transmission/reception control and other various controls; and 10 is a management memory that stores management information of the received original contained in the image memory 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. When the line is connected to a sending facsimile machine (not shown), the NCU 1 receives image data sent from the sending facsimile machine. CPU9 is NCU1
The received image data is stored in the image memory 4, and this image data, that is, management information consisting of a reception number specifying the received manuscript, recipient information, etc., is written in the management memory 10. In this way, received original documents for multiple communications are accumulated in the image memory 4.

If the operator wishes to view the received document stored in the image memory 4, the operator operates the input section 7 to display the management information of the received document stored in the management memory 10 on the display section 6. screen and select the desired received document. C.P.
U9 reads the received original specified by the operator from the image memory 4, decodes it in the encoding/decoding section 3, converts it into a display format, and sends it to the display section 6. As a result, the received document is displayed on the display section 6. The operator performs a scroll operation or the like from the input section 7 to sequentially display each page of the designated received manuscript on the display section 6 for viewing.

After viewing the received document as described above, if the operator wishes to transmit (circulate) the received document to another facsimile machine, the operator sends a circulation instruction from the input section 7 to the CPU.
9, then input the telephone number information of the circulation destination from the same input section 7. As a result, the CPU 9 gives the telephone number information input from the input section 7 to the NCU 1 to make a call, and when the line is connected, performs a predetermined protocol communication, and then retrieves the corresponding received document from the image memory 4. Read it and send it to modem 2. The modem 2 modulates the input image data and then sends it out onto the line via the NCU 1.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU 1 from receiving the above-mentioned original to circulating it. The image data (received original) received in step 201 is stored in the image memory 4. In step 202, it is determined whether there is an instruction to display the received original. If there is no instruction, the process returns to step 201, and if there is, the process proceeds to step 203. In step 203, the designated received original is read out from the image memory 4 and displayed on the display section 6. Next, in step 204, it is determined whether or not there is a circulation instruction from the operator, and if there is no circulation instruction, the process is terminated. If so, the process advances to step 205 to wait for input of a telephone number, and when the telephone number is input, the process advances to step 206. In step 206, when the input telephone number is called and the line is connected, the designated received document is read out from the image memory 4 and transmitted, and the process ends.

According to this embodiment, when a received original is circulated to another person, by specifying the received original in the image memory 4 that the user wishes to circulate, this original can be sent as a transmitted original. For this reason, if you want to circulate the received original in the image memory 4 to other places as in the past, you first output it from the printer 8, have the outputted received original read by the reading section 5, and send it to the circulation destination. The trouble of sending documents can be saved, the received documents can be circulated quickly and easily, and the operability of the apparatus can be improved. In the above embodiment, the received original in the image memory 4 is displayed on the display section 6 for viewing, but even if the printer 8 prints it on paper and outputs it, if a circulation instruction is issued from the input section 7, the above Similarly, the corresponding received original in the image memory 4 is diverted for transmission.

[0014]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, a received original stored in the image memory can be converted into a transmitted original and circulated to other facsimile apparatuses.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing reception and circulation operations of the CPU shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1...NCU 2...
Modem 3...encoding/decoding section 4...image memory 5...reading section
6...Display section 7...Input section
8...Printer 9...CPU

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile machine having a function of temporarily storing a received original in a memory, comprising: a designating means for specifying a received original in the memory, and a received original specified by the specifying means is read from the memory and transmitted. 1. A facsimile device comprising a transmitting means for transmitting.