JPH0435358A - Facsimile equipment with dial function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid complicated processing by the individual dial system by providing a telephone number read means reading destination telephone number information from an input original and a control means controlling an NCU to make dialing automatically based on the read telephone number to the facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:A sender sets an input original 1 to read section 2. A picture data outputted from a read section 2 is transferred to a picture memory 9 and stored therein. Then a character read section 10 transfers the read character string to a control section 11. The control section 11 outputs a control signal S11 to the NCU 7 based on a destination telephone number from the character read section 10 to control the line connection to the NCU 7. Then the NCU 7 dials the destination telephone number to connect the transmission destination and a telephone line 8. Then the normal facsimile transmission is implemented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a facsimile device with a dialing function, and particularly to a facsimile device that reads destination telephone number information written on an input document and automatically dials the read telephone number. The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having an auto-dial function.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, various facsimile machines have been proposed that are equipped with an auto-dial device that automates the dialing operation of a telephone. This automatic dialing device consists of a part that stores a telephone number and a part that reads this number when making a call and generates a dial signal for a predetermined telephone number.

This type of facsimile machine with an auto-dial function automatically dials a pre-registered phone number by pressing a specific key (one-touch key) or by shortening key operations (speed dialing). If the telephone number is not registered, enter this telephone number each time you send a message using the numeric keypad provided on the facsimile machine, and then send it to the telephone line network controller (hereinafter referred to as "auto dial"). By dialing the NCU (this is called the individual dialing method), a telephone line is connected to the destination and facsimile transmission is performed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the apparatus with the above configuration has the following problems.

Conventional facsimile machines with a dialing function do not register the telephone number of the other party in a one-touch key or speed dial because the operation becomes complicated in the case of a destination to which transmissions are made infrequently. Therefore, in the case of a destination to which facsimile transmissions are made infrequently, the auto-dial function cannot be used, and facsimile transmission must be performed using the individual dialing method. When sending a facsimile using this individual dialing method, for example, if the facsimile machine is installed in a remote location, the operator must write the recipient's phone number on the facsimile document, or write the recipient's phone number on the fax document. Prepare a medium such as an address book and move to the location where the facsimile machine is installed. Then, the operator has to send a facsimile using an individual dialing method while looking at the telephone number of the other party written on the facsimile manuscript, etc., which causes the problem that the operation becomes complicated. That was a problem.

The present invention solves a problem that the prior art had, when a destination telephone number is not registered in a facsimile machine with an auto-dial function installed at a remote location, how to write this telephone number in a document, Alternatively, the present invention provides a facsimile device with a dialing function that solves the problem of having to prepare another medium on which the telephone number of the other party is recorded and transmitting it using an individual dialing method, which makes the transmission operation complicated. .

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes a reading section that reads information written on an input manuscript in chronological order, and an encoding section that compresses the output of the reading section. , a facsimile with a dialing function, comprising a modem that modulates the output of the encoder and demodulates the received signal, and a network control device for a telephone line that connects the modem and the telephone line by dialing a telephone number. The device is equipped with the following means.

That is, in the present invention, there is provided a telephone number reading means for reading destination telephone number information written on the input document based on the output of the reading section, and a telephone number reading means for reading the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means; A control means for causing the control device to make a line connection is provided.

(Function) According to the present invention, the facsimile device with a dialing function is configured as described above, so that when an input document is read by the reading section, the reading result is provided to the telephone number reading means. Then, the telephone number reading means reads the telephone number information of the other party written on the input document, and provides the reading result to the control means. The control means causes the NCU to establish a line connection to the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means. As a result, the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means is automatically dialed, the modem is connected to the telephone line in the NCU, and facsimile transmission is executed. Therefore, the complication caused by the individual dialing system is eliminated, and the above-mentioned problem can be solved.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine with a dialing function, showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile machine with a dial function has 1 input document.
The device is equipped with a reading section 2 consisting of a semiconductor image sensor or the like that reads information written on the screen in chronological order. This reading unit 2 includes an encoding/decoding unit 3 that compresses data using a -dimensional encoding method (MH method) or a two-dimensional encoding method (MR method), and decodes the compressed data. is connected. The encoding/decoding section 3 is connected to a recording section 4 that prints image data on recording paper using a thermal recording method or the like, and is also connected to an image memory 5 consisting of a semiconductor memory or the like that temporarily stores image data. There is. The image memory 5 is connected to an automatic dial type NC via a modem (modulator/demodulator) 6.
A telephone line 8 is connected to the NCU 7.

The automatic dialing type NCU 7 is a telephone line network control device having an automatic dialing function. That is, this NCU 7 has a storage means for storing a telephone number in a device that performs control (activation of central office exchange, sending out a selection signal, detection of an incoming signal), and a storage means for storing a telephone number, and a device for reading this at the time of a call and dialing a predetermined telephone number. dial number generating means for generating a signal;
It has a function of automating the telephone dialing operation and connecting the modem 6 and the telephone line 8.

Further, an image memory 9 made of a semiconductor memory or the like for temporarily storing image data is connected to the reading section 2. moreover,
The image memory 9 includes a character reading section 10 and a control section 11.
is connected to the controller 11, and the operation panel 12 and NC
U7 is connected. The character succession section 10 functions as a telephone number reading means that reads the destination telephone number information written on the input document 1 in the form of a character string from the contents of the image memory 9 and transfers the character string to the control section 11. have. The control section 11 controls the character succession section 1.
It has a function as a control means that outputs a control signal 311 to NCtJ7 based on the output of 0, and controls the NCLJ7 to make a call to the other party's telephone number.
(hereinafter referred to as CPtJ), etc. Control part 1
The operation panel 12 connected to the terminal 1 includes a keyboard for inputting telephone numbers, a display device for displaying data, an alarm generator, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the input document 1 in FIG. 1.

This input document 1 has transmission information (main text>1a) written on it, and above the transmission information 1a is an index mark (hereinafter referred to as ID mark>lb) indicating the other party's phone number information, and on the right side of it is the other party's phone number information. A character string entry frame 1C for entering a character string serving as a telephone number is described.

Next, facsimile transmission operation will be explained.

First, the sender prepares the first page of the input document 1 as shown in FIG. Then, in the character string entry frame 1C of the input document 1, write the other party's telephone number using a manual polisher.

Next, the sender sets the prepared input document 1 on the reading section 2 shown in FIG. Then, by operating the operation panel 12, only transmission is specified without specifying auto dial or individual dial. Then, the reading section 1 scans the first input document 1, reads the information in the input document 1 as a one-dimensional time-series signal, and sends the read image data to the encoding/decoding section 3. The encoding/decoding unit 3 compresses the image data from the reading unit 2 based on the MH method or the MR method in order to reduce the amount of data to be transmitted.
The compressed data is stored in the image memory 5.

On the other hand, the image data output from the reading section 2 is transferred to the image memory 9 and stored therein.

The character successive section 10 determines the ID from the contents of the image memory 9.
The mark 1b is detected, the character string in the character string entry frame 1C which is recognized as the telephone number of the other party written on the right side thereof is read, and the read character string is transferred to the control section 11. The control section 11 controls the character succession section 10.
Based on the destination telephone number transferred from the control signal S1
1 to the NCU 7 and controls the line connection to the NCtJ 7. Then, the NCU 7 calls the telephone number of the other party and connects the telephone line 8 with the other party.

Then, the compressed data stored in the image memory 5 is modulated by the modem 6 and then sent to the telephone line 8 via the NCU 7 for normal facsimile transmission.

If the character reading section 10 is unable to recognize the telephone number of the other party due to the omission of the telephone number of the other party in the input document 1, etc., this is notified to the control section 11. Then, the control unit 11 notifies the sender that the recipient's telephone number cannot be recognized using a display device provided on the operation panel 12 or an alarm generator, and interrupts the facsimile transmission operation. As a result, the sender can operate the operation panel 12 to specify individual dialing, etc., as usual]? Can send kushimiri.

In the case of a facsimile reception operation, the received data received through the NCU 7 and the modem 6 is decoded by the encoding/decoding section 3 via the image memory 5, sent to the recording section 4, and recorded on recording paper. Printed as an image.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the character succession section 10 that reads the telephone number of the other party from the input document 1 and the control section 11 that automatically dials the read telephone number are provided, There is no need to prepare a medium such as an address book that records telephone numbers. Moreover, since there is no need to register the other party's telephone number in the facsimile machine, the complexity of sending facsimile using the conventional individual dialing method can be eliminated, and the operability of the facsimile machine can be significantly improved. .

Note that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and various modifications are possible. Examples of such modifications include the following.

(a) In the input manuscript 1 shown in FIG. 2, the ID mark 1b and the character string entry frame 1C written therein may have any form (shape), and the character string entry frame 1C written therein may have any form (shape). The telephone number may be written by machine instead of by hand. Also, it is possible to omit the ID mark 1b and give the character string entry frame 1C itself the function as an ID mark, or provide only the ID mark 1b and omit the character string entry frame 1C, and place a telephone near the ID mark 1b. You may also enter a number.

Roughly, by omitting both the ID mark 1b and the character string entry frame 1C and writing the other party's telephone number in a predetermined position (for example, the position 5 ctrt from the top of the input document 1), the other party's telephone number can be entered. It may be configured such that the character sequence output section 10 reads out the character sequence.

(b) In the above embodiment, the image data read by the reading section 2 is sent to the encoding/decoding section 3, and all information including the other party's telephone number in the input document 1 is transmitted. It is also possible to transmit only the telephone number of the other party written in the input document 1 except for the other party's telephone number.

For example, until the character succession unit 10 recognizes the other party's telephone number in the image data, the encoding/decoding unit 3 does not transfer it to the image memory 5, and the character succession unit 10 recognizes the other party's telephone number. When this is performed, based on the recognition result, only the part where the telephone number of the other party is written is deleted and the output of the encoder/decoder 3 is sent to the image memory 5. With this, the other party's telephone number information can be deleted from the transmitted data.

(C) In addition to configuring each block of the device in FIG. 1 with individual circuits, the facsimile device in FIG.
It is also possible to configure it by program control by JJ. This allows the device to be made smaller.

(d) In FIG. 1, the image memory 5 that stores the output of the encoding/decoding section 3 and the image memory 9 that stores the output of the reading section 2 are provided separately, but these memories are integrated into one. It is also possible to have a configuration in which two memories are shared.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail above, according to the present invention, there is provided a telephone number reading means for reading the called party's telephone number information from an input document, and an NCtJ is automatically controlled based on the read telephone number. Since a control means for dialing is provided, there is no need to prepare a medium such as an address book in which the telephone number of the other party is recorded in addition to the input document for transmission. Moreover, there is no need to register the recipient's phone number in the facsimile machine, which eliminates the complexity of sending facsimile using the conventional individual dialing method, thereby significantly improving the operability when sending facsimile. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine with a dial function according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the format of the input document shown in FIG. 1... Input original, 2... Reading unit, 3... Encoding
Decoding unit, 4... Recording unit, 5, 9... Picture memo 1 halo... Modem, 7... NCU, 8... Telephone line, 10... Character reading unit, 11... -Control unit, 12...operation panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A reading unit that reads information written on an input manuscript in time series, an encoding unit that compresses the output of the reading unit, modulation of the output of the encoding unit, and demodulation of the received signal. A facsimile machine with a dialing function, which includes a modem that performs the above operations, and a network control device for a telephone line that dials a telephone number to connect the modem and the telephone line; and a control means for causing the network control device to make a line connection to the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means. A facsimile machine with a dial function.