JPH0454764A - Ic memory card loading method to facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the facsimile equipment to adopt control in response to the result of identification of kind of an IC memory card by loading even an SRAM as well as a DRAM as the IC memory card on the facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:An IC memory card loading section 9 is provided to a control section 1, and an IC memory card is loaded removably on the card loading section 9. The card loading section 9 is provided with plural IC memory card loading slots so as to allow two kinds of IC memory cards, that is, a DRAM IC memory card and an SRAM IC memory card (each one card or over), to be loaded in mixture. A card type automatic identification section 11 identifies automatically the kind of each loaded IC memory card at present and informs the result of identification of the types to the control section 1. The control section 1 recognizes whether or not an IC memory card is loaded on each IC memory card loading slot and which type of the IC memory card is loaded to the IC memory card loading slot when the IC memory card is loaded thereon and adopts the control in response to the type of the IC memory card.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a method for accommodating an IC memory card as a DRAM or SRAM in a facsimile machine, and in particular, the present invention relates to a method for accommodating an IC memory card as a DRAM or SRAM in a facsimile machine, and in particular, a method for accommodating an IC memory card as a DRAM or SRAM in a facsimile machine. The present invention relates to a method for accommodating an IC memory card into a facsimile machine so that the IC memory card can be accommodated in a facsimile machine.

[Conventional technology] Conventional facsimile machines with IC memory cards have
Currently, only DRAM is used as an IC memory card, and is used exclusively as an auxiliary device for image information memory. In other words, an IC memory card can be removably attached to a facsimile machine.
When the internal image information memory of the device becomes overflowing during memory transmission, proxy reception, etc., the overflow amount of image information can be automatically stored in the IC memory card, which is an external memory.

In addition, as a device related to this type of technology, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-3
Publication No. 9671 is mentioned.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional facsimile device with an IC memory card, only a DRAM can be used as an IC memory card. When the card is removed from the facsimile machine, the information on the card is erased. For this reason, I as a DRAM
C memory cards generally have to be used while being inserted into facsimile machines at all times, and due to these characteristics, they were only used as a supplement to the image information memory in the machine. be.

As mentioned above, an IC memory card as a DRAM functions effectively when installed in a facsimile machine, but it cannot be denied that its use is severely restricted. ing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device which, when an IC memory card is housed in a facsimile device, can further enhance the functions of the facsimile device by taking advantage of the characteristics of each type of IC memory card. The present invention provides a method for accommodating an IC memory card into an IC memory card.

[Means for solving the problem] The above purpose is to use IC memory cards other than DRAM.
SRAM can also be accommodated in a facsimile machine, and when an IC memory card is housed in a facsimile machine, the type of each IC memory card is automatically identified, and the usage is determined according to the type identification result. This is achieved by making it work.

[Operation] One or more IC memory cards as DRAM and SRAM can be housed in the co-facsimile device. When an IC memory card is removably inserted into any card insertion slot provided in a facsimile machine, the type of each IC memory card is automatically identified, and then the type of IC memory card is automatically identified. It was designed to be used for various purposes. More specifically, an IC memory card as a DRAM is used as an auxiliary use for image information memory in a facsimile machine, and each IC memory card as an SRAM is used as an auxiliary use for an image information memory in a facsimile machine or other I/O.
Since data can be transferred to and from a C memory card, it can be used for purposes other than assisting the image information memory within a facsimile machine.

As a specific use of an IC memory card as an SRAM, it is possible to use it for an electronic telephone directory or for storing confidential documents. That is, when used as an electronic telephone directory, for example, the facsimile destination is registered based on the facsimile destination phone number pre-stored in the card and the facsimile transmission setting conditions stored for that phone number. The purpose is to send facsimile image information. In addition, if an individual's ID information or password is registered in advance in the IC memory card, the received facsimile image information for that individual is transferred to the image information in the facsimile device so that it can be recorded as a record at any time. It is possible to temporarily store the document in the IC memory card as a confidential document from the memory.

[Example] The present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

First, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an example thereof.

As shown in the figure, the facsimile machine has a control section (specifically, an 8-bit
or configured as a 16-bit microprocessor)
1. A reading unit 2 that reads and amplifies information on a transmitted document using an optical system including a CCD sensor; A recording unit 3 that records received facsimile image information on a receiving recording paper; and a reading unit 2.
The image processing section 4 binarizes and encodes the read signal from the fax machine, and decodes the received facsimile image information and sends it to the recording section 3.
D), an operation unit 5 as an operation panel equipped with a light emitting diode (LED), etc., a transmitter/receiver unit 6 that transmits and receives facsimile image information, a modulation/demodulation unit 7 that modulates and demodulates facsimile image information, and a network control unit 8 that performs network control. , a driving section 10 for driving various mechanisms (such as a transmitting document transport mechanism, a receiving recording paper transport mechanism, a cutter mechanism, etc.).

Now, the characteristic part of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is that an IC memory card insertion section 9 is accommodated in the control section 1, and the IC memory card is detachably inserted into the IC memory card insertion section 9. This is the point. This I
The C memory card insertion section 9 is equipped with a plurality of IC memory card insertion slots, and two types of IC memory cards, that is, one IC memory card as DRAMSSRAM, are equipped with a plurality of IC memory card insertion slots.
In addition, the above can be inserted in a mixed state. The type of each currently inserted IC memory card is automatically identified by the automatic card type identification section 11, and the result of the type identification is notified to the control section 1. As a result, in the control unit 1, an IC memory card is inserted into each IC memory card insertion slot, and if it is inserted, it is possible to know what type of IC memory card is accommodated, and the This makes it possible to take appropriate control.

FIG. 2 also shows the appearance of an example of the facsimile machine according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the aforementioned IC memory card insertion slots 12 to 16 are provided at predetermined locations on the outer surface of the facsimile machine, and each of these IC memory card insertion slots 2 to 16 has DRAM, SRA, etc.
An IC memory card as M can be inserted arbitrarily. Among these, the IC memory card insertion slot 16 in particular is provided under the telephone stand attached to the facsimile machine, and the IC memory card can be inserted and removed only by opening and closing the lid, so it can be easily removed by mistake. This is useful when it is difficult to do so. Regarding the other IC memory card insertion slots 12 to 15, IC memory cards can be easily inserted and extracted from the outside regardless of their type. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, if type identification LEDs are provided for the IC memory card slots 2 to 16, the IC memory currently inserted in each of the IC memory card slots 12 to 16 will be displayed. The type of card can be easily known from the outside. From this type of display,
This prevents the IC memory card as a DRAM from being erroneously removed from the IC memory card insertion slot.

Now, each IC memory card slot has DRAM and SR.
It is said that an IC memory card as AM can be inserted arbitrarily, but among these, IC memory cards as DRAM are generally used to supplement image information memory in facsimile machines, as in the past. ,
Each IC memory card as an SRAM can be used as an image information memory in a facsimile machine, or as another DRAM or SRA.
Data can be transferred to and from the IC memory card as M for purposes other than assisting the image information memory in the facsimile device, such as storing electronic telephone notebooks, received facsimile image information addressed to individuals, i.e., storing confidential documents. It is used for.

Here, to explain the case where an IC memory card as an SRAM is used as an electronic telephone notebook, the facsimile destination telephone number,
Further, if necessary, facsimile transmission setting conditions (for example, font size and density) are stored in advance as pairs corresponding to the facsimile destination telephone numbers. When the electronic telephone notebook function is selected on the operation panel, the facsimile destination telephone number etc. stored in the SRAM will be displayed on the liquid crystal display on the operation panel, as shown in Figure 3. If any facsimile destination telephone number is selected, the already set transmission document can be transmitted as facsimile image information to the facsimile image information destination. When a facsimile destination is selected in this way,
The so-called one-touch transmission button, which is normally provided on the operation panel, is not required or the number thereof can be reduced.

Next, to explain the case where SRAM is used for storing confidential documents, if an individual's ID information or password is registered in advance in the IC memory card as SRAM, the received facsimile image information for that individual is The IC as SRAM is transferred from the image information memory in the facsimile machine so that it can be recorded later as a document at any time.
The document can be temporarily stored in the memory card as a confidential document. For example, a facsimile pre-procedure signal? ? ? It is possible to include the reception destination in the facsimile pre-procedure signal from the sender, but the I
If D information or a password is included, the control unit determines that it matches what is registered in the SRAM, and temporarily stores the received facsimile image information in the SRAM as a confidential document along with information such as the sender. This is what is being done. In this way, confidential documents stored in the SRAM are displayed on the facsimile machine operation panel as a communication management report at any time, including the sender, sending time, and number of sheets sent for confidential documents, as shown in Figure 4. However, if one of the confidential documents is selected from the operation panel as an external recording target in the displayed state, the confidential document can be selectively recorded and displayed.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, when an IC memory card is housed in a facsimile machine,
By taking advantage of the characteristics of each type of IC memory card, the function of the facsimile device can be further enhanced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an example of a facsimile device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external appearance of an example of the facsimile device, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the facsimile device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a case where the SRAM is used for storing confidential documents. 1... Control section, 2... Reading section, 3... Recording section, 4
...Image processing section, 5...Operation section, 6...Transmission/reception section, 7...Modulation/demodulation section, 8...Network control section, 9...IC
Memory card insertion section, 10... Drive section, 11... Card type automatic identification section,

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for accommodating an IC memory card in a facsimile device in which facsimile image information can be exchanged with a communication partner, the method comprising one or more ICs as DRAM or SRAM.
When memory cards can be mixed and inserted removably into any card slot provided in a facsimile machine, the type of each IC memory card is automatically identified, and the type identification result is A method for accommodating an IC memory card in a facsimile machine in which writing/reading of each IC memory card is controlled in order to operate it according to the application. 2. IC memory cards as DRAM are used to supplement image information memory in facsimile machines, and IC memory cards as SRAMs are used to transfer data between image information memory in facsimile machines or other IC memory cards. 2. The method of accommodating an IC memory card in a facsimile machine according to claim 1, wherein the IC memory card is used for purposes other than assisting image information memory in the facsimile machine. 3. When an IC memory card as an SRAM is used as an electronic telephone directory, the facsimile transmission destination telephone number stored in advance in the card and the facsimile transmission setting conditions stored corresponding to the telephone number are 3. The method of accommodating an IC memory card in a facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the facsimile image information is originally transmitted to a facsimile image information destination. 4.Personal ID on IC memory card as SRAM
If the information or password is registered in advance, the received facsimile image information for the individual is temporarily stored confidentially from the image information memory in the facsimile device to an IC memory card as SRAM so that it can be recorded later as a recorded document. 3. The method of accommodating an IC memory card in a facsimile machine according to claim 2, wherein the IC memory card is stored as a document. 5. The facsimile device according to claim 3, wherein the facsimile destination telephone numbers stored in the IC memory card are displayed on the facsimile device operation panel, and one of the facsimile destination telephone numbers is selected as the facsimile image information destination. IC
Memory card storage method. 6. Confidential documents stored in the IC memory card are
Information including sender, sending time, and number of sheets sent for confidential documents is displayed on the facsimile machine's operation panel as a communication management report, and one of them is selected as an external recording target and the record is displayed. 4. A method for accommodating an IC memory card in a facsimile machine according to item 4.