JPH0472856A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily discriminate reception of each of many sheets of recording paper to prevent reception forms from straying into another part by printing a mark, which discriminates the transmission destination, on the upper end of at least the first page of recording paper of each reception. CONSTITUTION:A mark information memory means 23 where mark information to discriminate the transmission destination is stored, a detecting means 25 which detects at least the first reception page of received picture information, and a mark information adding means 24 which adds mark information to the end part of at least the first reception page at each time of reception are provided, and the mark to discriminate the transmission destination is added to the end part of at least the first reception page. The mark is added to the upper end of recording paper so that the mark has no influence upon picture information and is easy to find at the time of sorting many sheets of recording paper. Thus, many sheets of reception recording paper which are received plural times and are successively piled up are easily sorted at each time of reception.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that is capable of easily sorting a large number of received recording papers that have been received multiple times and are stacked in sequence for each reception. .

[Background of the Invention] In a facsimile machine, image information that is sequentially received is sequentially recorded on a sheet of recording paper for each page, and the recording papers are sequentially stacked and stored in a reception tray.

Therefore, a large number of sheets of recording paper received multiple times during a certain period of time, for example during the night, are manually sorted each time they are received and delivered to each destination.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In conventional facsimile machines, the fax number of the destination and the name of the sender are written near the top of the [page] of the receiving paper, so this is used as a landmark. As a result, a large number of recording sheets can be sorted according to each reception (each destination).

However, since the FA, Difficult to determine.

Furthermore, if even a single sheet of recording paper gets mixed up with the recording papers of other recipients and is delivered to another department, it takes a lot of effort to search for its destination, and the destination becomes unknown. There were problems such as the received information becoming useless.

This invention easily solves the above-mentioned problems by simplifying the structure.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to solve this problem, the present invention includes a mark information memory means storing mark information for identifying a destination, and at least a first receiving page of received image information. and mark information adding means for reading out the mark information from the mark information memory means and adding it to at least the end of the first received page each time the page is received. It is something to do.

Further, in the present invention, there is provided a mark information memory means storing mark information for identifying a destination, and a mark information memory means for reading out the mark information from the mark information memory means each time reception is made, and storing the mark information at the end of the received page. The present invention is characterized in that it comprises a mark information adding means for adding mark information to a mark, and a mark control means for changing and controlling the addition position of the mark or the mark itself depending on the number of receptions.

[Function] The mark information memory means 23 stores mark information for identifying the destination, the detecting means 25 detects at least the first received page of received image information, and each time the image information is received, the mark information is stored in at least the first page. Since the apparatus includes mark information adding means 24 for adding mark information to the edge of the received page, a mark for identifying the destination is added to at least the edge of the first received page.

Further, there is also a mark information memory means 43 storing mark information for identifying the destination, a mark information adding means 44 for adding the mark information to the edge of the received page each time it is received, and a mark information adding means 44 for adding the mark information to the edge of the received page each time it is received. Since the mark control means 45 is provided to change and control the position or shape of the mark, marks are placed on a large number of sheets of received paper at different positions or with marks of different shapes for different receptions. be done. This facilitates sorting by reception.

[Example] Next, an example of a facsimile device according to the present invention will be described.
This will be explained using drawings.

FIG. 1 shows functional blocks of the invention. To explain G in detail, 16 is an image information transmitting/receiving means, to which a communication line such as a telephone line is connected.

18 is a recording means, for example a printer.

23 is a mark information memory means in which one or more types of mark information is stored in advance. These marks may be rectangular, net-shaped, star-shaped (★), round (・), square (■), or the like.

Reference numeral 24 denotes mark information adding means, which adds mark information read out from the mark information memory means 23 mentioned above to the received image information.

The position to add the mark is selected, for example, at the top edge of the recording paper so that it does not affect the image information and is easy to distinguish when sorting a large number of recording papers.

25 is a detection means for detecting the first received page for each reception (one reception).

Among the above-mentioned means, all of the means other than the transmitting/receiving means 16 and the recording means 18 can be processed by software.

A part of the communication control means 10 is shown in FIG. To explain this below, 11 is a CPU that manages communication control, 12 is a ROM in which additional processing functions of merge information and other control programs are stored, and 13 is an electronic memory, for example, a RAM is used, and the above-mentioned Mark information such as ★ is stored.

Also, the received image information is temporarily stored, and the above-mentioned mark information is further added to this image information.

The image information read by the image (original) reading unit 14 is
After being stored in the RAM 1B via the interface 15, or directly to the modem and network control circuit (NCU) 1
6.

The image information input from the line is sent to this modem and NCU16.
After that, it is temporarily stored in the RAM 13. And RAM
The image information read out from 13 is supplied to recording section (recording means) 18 via interface 17 and is recorded.

The telephone number of the call destination, etc. is supplied to the display unit 20 via the interface 19 and displayed thereon.

Reference numeral 21 is an operation unit for inputting a telephone number, etc., and 22 is an interface thereof. As will be described later, the operation unit 21 is provided with a mark addition command key (not particularly shown) for selecting a function of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a processing flow 30 for performing the mark addition processing as described above. This will be explained below.

First, when there is a first reception, its start is detected (step 31), and it is determined whether it is the first page for that reception (step 32).

In the case of the first page, that is, the first page, mark information stored in advance in the mark information memory means 23 (RAM1 B) is read out, and this is added to the mark information adding means 2.
4, it is added to the image information of the first page (step 33). The position at which this mark information is added is specified at the top end of the recording paper by the operation unit 21, and processed by the RAM 13.

When the mark information is added, the image information of this first page is read out from the RAM 13 and stored in the recording section (recording means) 18.
is printed (step 34).

Therefore, a mark is printed on the top edge of the recording paper of the first page, followed by image information.

Next, it is determined whether or not the image information has been received (
Step 35), if the reception has not been completed yet, that is, if there is image information from the second page onwards, step 32
The process returns to step 34, and for the second and subsequent pages, the process moves to step 34, where only the image information is printed, and the same operation is repeated until the end of reception, and the process ends.

A similar operation is performed during the second and subsequent receptions, and therefore, a mark is printed on the top edge of the recording paper of the first page for each reception.

4 and 5 show the recording paper 28 printed in this way, and in FIG. 4, a rectangular shape is placed on the left side of the upper edge of the first page of the recording paper 28 for each reception. Two black marks are printed, and FIG. 5 shows a case where two net-like marks are printed.

In the second embodiment, the mark is printed only on the first page of each reception, but it is also possible to print the mark on all pages.

In this case, the mark addition position is 1 reception (each reception)
The same position is selected for each reception, but different positions are selected for each reception.

Alternatively, marks of different shapes are selected for each reception. At this time, the printing positions may be the same or different. FIG. 6 shows an example of functional blocks in this case.

This will be explained below: 16 and 18 are the transmitting/receiving means and recording means explained in FIG.

43 is the same mark information memory means as 23 mentioned above.

Reference numeral 44 denotes mark information adding means, which adds mark information to all of the recording paper.

Reference numeral 45 denotes mark control means, which controls to change the mark addition position 4 on the recording paper or the shape of the mark.

Among the above, the transmitting/receiving means 16 and the notation +1'+18
As explained in FIG. 1, all of the other means except for can be configured to be processed by software.

FIG. 7 shows an example of another process flow 50 for performing the mark addition process as described above. This will be explained below.

First, when the first reception occurs, its start is detected (step 51), mark information is read from the mark information memory means 43, and this is transferred to the mark information adding means 44.
The information is added to the image information of the first page and printed (steps 52 and 53).

The position at which mark information is added can be specified using the operation unit 21, but in this example, it is printed at a predetermined position.

For example, the position closest to the left at the top of the recording paper is selected.

The existence of the second and subsequent pages at the end of printing of the first page,
That is, it is determined whether the reception has been completed or not (step 54).
, step when there is a second page.

Returning to step 52, the mark information is read out again and image information 11= is added to the information and printed.

Similar operations are performed for the third and subsequent pages, and when the receiving state is completed, the mark control means 45 specifies the next mark printing position (step 55), and the first reception ends. Therefore, in this example, marks are printed at the same position on each recording paper.

In the second reception, the same operation as the first time described above is performed, but since the mark control means 45 is controlled at the end of the first reception, the mark is printed at the first position. Unlike the first time, different positions are selected in the same manner from the third time onwards. Note that this mark printing position can be changed up to, for example, about five positions, and after that, a cycle process is performed in which the mark does not return to the original position.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, at the time of the first reception, the same mark, for example, 29, is printed on all the recording sheets 28 at the position Ll from the left edge, and at the time of the second reception. Now, for all the records - Minoruichi paper 28, mark 2 at position L2 from the left edge.
9 is printed, and the following L3. Two marks are printed at different positions for each reception, such as L4.

In the above description, the mark control means 45 controls the mark printing position to change for each reception, but the mark control means 45 controls to change the shape of the mark 29 for each reception. It can also be done. FIG. 9 shows this state, in which case the printing positions may be the same or different.

"Effects of the Invention" According to the invention described above, a mark identifying the destination is printed on the top edge of at least the first page of recording paper for each reception, so that multiple recording papers can be This makes it easy to identify each receipt, and there is no risk of the receipt slip getting mixed up in another department.

Furthermore, when these are processed in software, there is an advantage that conventional facsimile machines can be improved with almost no changes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a facsimile device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system diagram of the facsimile device,
FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the mark addition process, FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing recording paper printed by the mark addition process shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram explaining another example of mark addition processing, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are functional block diagrams showing other examples of mark addition processing.
The figure shows a recording paper printed by the mark adding process shown in FIG. 7. 23.43 Mark information memory means Mark information addition means 25 ・ First page detection means 2 recording sheets Mark mark control means = 15- Reminiscence〇WD4 IEI II mouth

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A mark information memory means storing mark information for identifying the destination; a detecting means for detecting at least the first page of received image information; 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: mark information adding means for reading mark information from memory means and adding mark information to an end of at least a first received page. (2) a mark information memory means storing mark information for identifying the destination; and a mark for reading the mark information from the mark information memory means each time reception is made and adding it to the edge of the received page. A facsimile apparatus comprising: information adding means; and mark control means for changing and controlling the addition position of the mark or the mark itself depending on the number of times of reception.