JPH05153359A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease the artificial mistakes of a facsimile equipment by freeing the user of this equipment from the troublesome button operations. CONSTITUTION:A transmission scanning part 2 only a transmitting original 1 out of this original and a bar code form and outputs an image signal 101. An image processing part 3 processes the signal 101 and outputs a processed image signal 102. An image signal coding part 4 codes the input signal 102 and produces a coded image signal 103 to input it to a modulation part 8. Meanwhile an OMR 5 inputs only the barcode form out of this form and the original 1 and produces a bar code signal 104. A data image signal coding part 6 takes the contents data on the signal 104 to turn them into a document and transmits a document signal 105 to the part 8. A FAX number extracting part 7 inputs the signal 104 and extracts only a FAX number for production of a FAX number signal 106. This signal 106 is sent to a communicating destination control part 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus for sending a copy of characters, photographs, etc. to a remote place using a communication line (telephone line).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a conventional facsimile is used for documents,
It is used for the purpose of data transfer using a communication line in order to transmit character data such as drawings and photographs at high speed to a remote third party.

In an example of a conventional facsimile, as shown in FIG. 4, in a transmission section, a transmission scanning section 30 for reading a document, an image processing section 31, an encoding section 32 for encoding a signal, and an encoding section. A modulation unit 33 that modulates the received signal to use the telephone line, a system control unit 34 that inputs the fax number of the other party, a communication control unit 35, and a telephone network control unit that controls connection to the telephone network. It is composed of 36. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Telephone network control unit 36, communication control unit 35, which is similar to the transmission unit of
The system control unit 34, the demodulation unit 37 for demodulating the modulated signal, the decoding unit 38 for decoding the coded signal into a binary signal, and the recording density so as to obtain clear recording. The recording processing unit 39 and the recording scanning unit 40 that reproduces the processed image signal are included.

An example of the operation of the conventional facsimile will be described below.

In the transmission section, as shown in FIG. 4, the original is scanned by the transmission scanning section 30, is read by the photoelectric conversion element, and the read image signal is digitally processed by the image processing section 31 to obtain a signal. The distortion and noise of the
2, the binarized signal after image processing is encoded to reduce the amount of transmission data.

On the other hand, a communication control for inputting a transmission start signal, a fax number of a transmission destination, and the like from a push button on the facsimile to operate the system control unit 34 to monitor the status between devices and control the information to be transmitted. A signal is sent to the unit 35, and in accordance with a command from the communication control unit 35, the modulation unit 33 modulates a digital signal for transmitting information through the communication line, and the telephone network control unit 36 controls connection to the subscriber telephone network. Send data after connection.

In the receiver, as shown in FIG. 5, a telephone network controller 36, a communication controller 35, and a system controller 34.
Performs the same function as at the time of transmission, and further demodulates the image signal that has been modulated and passed through the telephone line in the demodulation unit 37, and then decodes the encoded information into a binary signal by the decoding unit 38, According to the decoded image signal, the recording processing unit 39 controls so that clear recording with a constant density can be obtained on the recording paper, and the image signal processed by the recording scanning unit 40 is reproduced as an image.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile, the fax number of the other party is registered by executing the transmission by pushing the push-type button provided on the facsimile after setting the transmission original. Also, since it is not possible to send to a large number of items at the same time, the above-mentioned button operation must be repeated for the number of destination items, which is prone to human error and the operation itself takes time. Since there is no mechanism for temporarily storing data and the document is output at the same time as it is received, there is a drawback that the confidentiality of the document cannot be maintained.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can free the user from troublesome button operation and reduce human error.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can easily perform multiple transmission.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of maintaining the confidentiality of received documents.

[0012]

In order to achieve the first object, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is an optical mark reading section for reading data which is simultaneously input with a transmission original and is described by a bar code, and a reading device. A data image signal conversion unit that converts the received bar code data into an image signal, a fax number extraction unit that extracts only the fax number from the read bar code data, and scan the transmission document, image-process it, and obtain it by encoding. Receives the fax number signal output from the fax number extraction unit and the modulation unit that modulates the encoded image signal output from the data image signal conversion unit and sends it to the telephone network control unit And a communication destination control unit for sending to the unit.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned second object, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is an optical mark reading section for reading data described in a bar code, which is simultaneously input with a transmission original, and a read bar code data. A data image signal conversion unit that converts the image signal, a fax number extraction unit that extracts only the fax number from the read barcode data, and outputs a fax number signal and a number signal indicating the number of destinations, and a data image signal Hard disk storage for storing the imaged signal output from the encoding unit, the fax number signal output from the fax number extraction unit, and the encoded image signal obtained by scanning, image processing and encoding the transmission original The device and the data of the number indicated by the number signal from the hard disk storage device are sequentially taken out and the communication destination data is sent to the communication destination control unit. And a data extraction unit for sending each transmission data to the modulation unit.

In order to achieve the third object, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is a hard disk storage device for storing a password-added demodulated data signal demodulated by a demodulation section, and a data extraction for taking out stored data from the hard disk storage device. Section, a password extraction section for extracting only a password from the data extracted from the data extraction section, an output operation section for inputting the password,
Check whether the password input from the output operation unit matches the password extracted by the password extraction unit,
If there is a match, the data extracting section is instructed to output the stored data to the image signal decoding section, and if there is no match, a password diagnosing section that prompts the output operation section to re-input the password is provided.

[0015]

Since the facsimile machine of the present invention operates in accordance with the data of the bar code, the button operation on the facsimile machine is not necessary, the user is freed from troublesome button operation, and human error is reduced. be able to. Also,
The transmission original and the imaged barcode data are stored in the hard disk storage device, and the data is sequentially stored from the storage device.
Since it is taken out, the connection to the telephone line is automatically made when there are a large number of destinations, and a large number of transmissions can be easily performed. Further, since the received data is decrypted only when the input password matches the password added to the received data, the confidentiality of the received data is maintained.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

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

The transmission scanning unit 2 inputs only the transmission original 1 among the barcode paper and the transmission original 1, and outputs the image signal 101. The image processing unit 3 performs image processing on the image signal 101 and outputs a processed image signal 102. The image signal encoding unit 4 receives the processed image signal 102 as an input, encodes the signal to generate an encoded image signal 103, and inputs the encoded image signal 103 to the modulation unit 8. The optical mark reading unit (OMR) 5 inputs only the bar code sheet out of the input bar code sheet and the transmission document 1 and generates a bar code signal 104. The data image signalization unit 6 takes out the content data of the bar code signal 104, documents it, and sends it to the modulation unit 8 as a documented signal 105. The fax number extraction unit 7 uses the bar code signal 1
04 is input to extract only the fax number to generate the fax number signal 106 and send it to the communication destination control unit 9. The modulator 8 modulates the coded image signal 103 and the documented signal 105 and sends them as a modulated data signal 107 to the telephone network controller 10. The communication destination control unit 9 receives the fax number signal 106 and generates a communication destination data signal 108. The telephone network control unit 10 establishes a telephone line connection to the destination of the modulated data signal 107 by the destination control signal 108.

Next, the operation of the facsimile of this embodiment will be described.

When a user inputs a bar code sheet attached with a prepared fax number, a destination name, a sender name and the like in advance and a transmission original 1, a transmission scanning unit 2 scans the transmission original and photoelectrically converts the original. The original is read by the conversion element and sent as an image signal 101 to the image processing unit 3. The image processing unit 3 digitally processes the image signal 101 to remove distortions and noises generated during reproduction, and then inputs the processed image signal 102 to the image signal encoding unit 4. The image signal encoding unit 4 encodes the input processed image signal 102 to reduce unnecessary data, and sends the encoded image signal 103 to the modulation unit 8.

On the other hand, the bar code sheet is read by the OMR 5 and subjected to data analysis.
4 is sent to the data image signal conversion unit 6 and the fax number extraction unit 7. The data image signal conversion unit 6 converts the transmission destination fax number input as the bar code signal 104 into an encoded image signal and sends it as an imaged signal 105 to the modulation unit 8. The fax number extraction unit 7 extracts only the fax number of the other party from the bar code signal 104 and sends it as the fax number signal 106 to the communication destination control unit 9. The coded image signal 103 and the imaged signal 105 input to the modulator 8 are modulated to transmit data on the telephone line, and the modulated data signal 107 is sent to the telephone network controller 10 as final data. The communication destination control unit 9 generates a communication destination signal 108 for controlling the transmission destination fax number and sends it to the telephone network control unit 10 to control the transmission destination fax number.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of claim 2 of the present invention.

The transmission scanning unit 2 inputs only the transmission original 1 among the barcode paper and the transmission original 1, and outputs the image signal 101. The image processing unit 3 performs image processing on the image signal 101 and outputs a processed image signal 102. The image signal encoding unit 4 receives the processed image signal 102 as an input, encodes the signal to generate an encoded image signal 103, and sends the encoded image signal 103 to the hard disk storage device 13. The storage capacity inspection unit 11 generates a capacity inspection signal 109 to inspect the storage capacity of the hard disk storage device 13, checks the storage capacity, and depending on the result, generates an error signal 110 and displays an error on the error display unit 12. The OMR 5 inputs only the bar code sheet of the input bar code sheet and the transmission original 1 and generates the bar code signal 104. The data image signalization unit 6 takes out the content data of the bar code signal 104, and after documenting it, the hard disk storage device 1 as a documenting signal 105.
Send to 3. The fax number extraction unit 7 uses the bar code signal 1
Enter 04, extract only the fax number, and send the fax number signal 106 and the number signal 111 indicating the number of destinations.
To occur. The hard disk storage device 13 stores the encoded image signal 103 output by the image signal encoding unit 4, the imaged signal 105 output by the data image signalizing unit 6 and the fax number signal 106 output by the fax number extraction unit 7. .. The data fetching unit 14 sends the data read signals 112 corresponding to the number indicated by the number signal 111 to the hard disk storage device 13 to read necessary data. The communication control unit 9 uses the communication destination data signal 11 to specify only the fax number of the transmission destination of the data extracted by the data extraction unit 14.
Then, the communication destination control signal 108 is generated.
The modulator 8 receives the data fetched by the data fetcher 14 as a transmission data signal 115 and modulates it to generate a modulated data signal 107. The telephone network control unit 10 establishes a telephone line connection to the destination of the modulated data signal 107 by the destination control signal 108.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the user inputs the barcode sheet attached with the fax number, the destination name, the sender name, etc. prepared in advance by the barcode and the transmission document 1, the transmission scanning section 2 scans the transmission document, The original is read by the photoelectric conversion element and sent as an image signal 101 to the image processing unit 3.
The image processing unit 3 digitally processes the image signal 101 to remove distortions and noises generated during reproduction, and then inputs the processed image signal 102 to the image signal encoding unit 4. The image signal encoding unit 4 receives the input processed image signal 10
2 is encoded to reduce unnecessary data, and the encoded image signal 103 is sent to the hard disk storage device 13.

On the other hand, the bar code paper is read by the OMR 5 and subjected to data analysis.
4 is sent to the data image signal conversion unit 6 and the fax number extraction unit 7. The data image signal conversion unit 6 converts the transmission destination fax number input as the barcode signal 104 into an encoded image signal and stores it as an imaged signal 105 in the hard disk storage device 13. The fax number extraction unit 7 extracts only the fax number of the other party from the bar code signal 104, stores it as the fax number signal 106 in the hard disk storage device 13, and further generates a number signal 111 indicating the number of destinations. The storage capacity inspection unit 11 sends a capacity inspection signal 109 to the hard disk storage device 13 at the same time when the document 1 is set, checks the free space of the hard disk, and when there is not enough free space, generates an error signal 110 and displays an error. An error message is displayed on the section 12. If the hard disk is sufficiently free, perform the operation in the previous section and store all necessary data on the hard disk. When the storage is completed, the data extraction unit 14 extracts the necessary storage data on the hard disk by the data extraction signal 112, the transmission data is input to the modulation unit 8 as the transmission data signal 115, and is modulated to transmit the data on the telephone line. , Modulated data signal 10
7 is sent as final data to the telephone network control unit 10, while only the transmission fax number is sent to the communication destination control unit 9 as a communication destination data signal 114. The communication destination control unit 9 generates a communication destination control signal 108 for controlling the transmission destination fax number and sends it to the telephone network control unit 10 to control the transmission destination fax number. Further, when a large number of transmission destinations are designated on the bar code paper, the fax number extraction unit 7 generates a number signal 111 indicating the number of transmission destinations and inputs it to the data extraction unit 14. When the data extraction unit 14 receives the number signal 111, it first extracts one of the multiple destination fax numbers stored in the hard disk storage device 13,
The communication destination data signal 114 is sent to the communication destination control unit 9.
The communication destination control unit 9 sends a communication destination control signal 108 to the telephone network control unit 10 to perform data transmission for one case. When the transmission of one item is completed, the data extracting unit 14 extracts the second destination fax number and repeats the above process. When the data transmission of all items is completed, the process ends.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The telephone network controller 10 connects to the telephone line and sends the sent data to the demodulator 15 as a received data signal 117. The demodulator 15 demodulates the data and sends it to the hard disk storage device 13 as a demodulated data signal 118. The storage capacity inspection unit 11 generates a capacity inspection signal 109 to inspect the storage capacity of the hard disk storage device 13, checks the storage capacity, and depending on the result, generates an error signal 110 to generate an error display unit 1
2 to the demodulator 15.
The output operation unit 16 generates an output operation signal 119 and sends it to the data fetching unit 14. The data extracting unit 14 generates a data read signal 112 and outputs the data read signal 112 to the hard disk storage device 1.
Send to 3. The password extraction unit 17 is the data extraction unit 1
Only the password is extracted from the data fetched by 4 and the password is sent to the password diagnosis unit 18. The password diagnosis unit 18 sends a password input reminder signal 121 to the output operation unit 16, and also generates a password diagnosis result signal 123 and sends it to the data fetching unit 14. The image signal decoding unit 19 receives the output data signal 124, generates a decoded image signal 125, and sends it to the recording processing unit 20. The recording processing unit 20 inputs the decoded image signal 125 and sends the processed image signal 126 to the recording scanning unit 21. The recording scanning unit 21 inputs the processed image signal 126 and reproduces the image.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the fax sender previously transmits an arbitrary password at the same time as the transmission data and receives it, the telephone network control unit 10 connects to the telephone line and demodulates the received password-attached fax data as a reception data signal 117. Input to the section 15. The demodulation unit 15 demodulates the modulated reception data signal 117 and stores it as a demodulation data signal 118 in the hard disk storage device 13. At this time, the storage capacity inspecting unit 11 sends a capacity inspection signal 109 to the hard disk storage device 13, inspects the free space of the hard disk, and if the free space is sufficient, stores the demodulated data signal 118 in the hard disk storage device 13, but If the capacity is insufficient, an error signal 110 is generated and sent to the error display unit 12 to display an error, and the capacity insufficient signal 1
By sending 16 to the demodulation unit 15, the demodulation unit 15 stops storing the demodulated data signal 118 in the hard disk storage device 13 and sends it to the image signal decoding unit 19 for direct output. Demodulated data signal 11 to hard disk storage device 13
If 8 is stored, the user retrieves (outputs) the data.
In order to perform the above, an output operation is performed from the output operation unit 16. When the user performs an output operation, an output operation signal 119 is sent from the output operation section 16 to the data extraction section 14, and data extraction is started. The data extracting unit 14 that has received the output operation signal 119 sends the data reading signal 112 to the hard disk storage device 13 and receives the storage data requested by the user as the extraction data 113. The password extraction unit 17 extracts only the password from the fetched data 113 and sends it as the password data 120 to the password diagnosis unit 18. The password diagnosis unit 18 generates a password input reminder signal 121 and sends it to the output operation unit 16 to urge the password input. When the user is prompted to enter the password, the user again inputs the password from the output operation unit 16. Outputs the entered password Operation unit 16
Is sent to the password diagnosis unit 18 as the input password 122, the password diagnosis unit 18 receives the input password 122.
If it matches with the password data 120 that has been input in advance, or if the validity of the input password 122 is checked and the validity is not obtained, the password input reminder signal 121
Is again sent to the output operation unit 16 to prompt the user to enter the password again. If the password is valid, the password diagnosis result signal 123 is sent to the data fetching section 14 to command the output of data. The data extracting unit 14 that has received the password diagnosis result signal 123 generates the extracted data 113 as the output data signal 124, decodes the signal encoded by the image signal decoding unit 19 into a binary signal, and decodes the decoded image signal. It is sent to the storage processing unit 20 as 125. The storage processing unit 20 performs image processing on the decoded image signal 125 so as to output a clear image on a recording sheet, and outputs the processed image signal 12
6 is sent to the recording scanning unit 21. The recording scanning unit 21 reproduces an image according to the processed image signal 126 and reproduces the data on the recording paper.

[0030]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects. (1) According to the invention of claim 1, an optical mark reading section for reading a bar code description sheet simultaneously input with a transmission original, a data image signal converting section for converting the read bar code data into an image signal, and a bar code. By adding a fax number extraction unit that extracts the recipient's fax number from the data, the facsimile will operate according to the barcode data, making it unnecessary to operate push buttons etc. on the facsimile, This has the effect of freeing the user from troublesome button operations and reducing human error. (2) According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the optical mark reading unit and the data image signal converting unit of (1), the fax number of the other party described in the bar code is extracted, and the number of destinations is further indicated. By adding a fax number extraction unit that outputs the number signal, a hard disk storage device that stores the transmission original and the imaged bar code data, and a data extraction unit that extracts the data in the storage device unit, In the case of a large number, it is possible to automatically connect to the telephone line and facilitate the transmission of a large number of items in accordance with the effect of (1) above. (3) The invention of claim 3 is the same hard disk storage device as in (2) above, a data extraction unit, a password extraction unit for extracting the password from the received data with a password, and an output operation unit for inputting the password. Also, by having a password checking unit that checks the validity of the password, the received data can be temporarily stored, which has the effect of increasing confidentiality.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of claim 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of claim 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a transmission unit of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a receiving unit of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transmission Original 2 Transmission Scanning Section 3 Image Processing Section 4 Image Signal Encoding Section 5 Optical Mark Reading Section 6 Data Image Signaling Section 7 Fax Number Extraction Section 8 Modulation Section 9 Communication Destination Control Section 10 Telephone Network Control Section 11 Storage Capacity Inspection unit 12 Error display unit 13 Hard disk storage device 14 Data extraction unit 15 Demodulation unit 16 Output operation unit 17 Password extraction unit 18 Password diagnosis unit 19 Image signal decoding unit 20 Recording processing unit 21 Recording scanning unit 30 Transmission scanning unit 31 Image processing Unit 32 encoding unit 33 modulation unit 35 communication control unit 36 telephone network control unit 37 demodulation unit 38 decoding unit 39 recording processing unit 40 recording scanning unit 101 image signal 102 processed image signal 103 encoded image signal 104 bar code signal 105 Document signal 106 Fax number signal 107 Modulated data signal 1 08 Communication destination data signal 109 Capacity check signal 110 Error signal 111 Number signal 112 Data read signal 113 Extraction data 114 Communication destination data signal 115 Transmission data signal 116 Capacity insufficient signal 117 Received data signal 118 Demodulated data signal 119 Output operation signal 120 Password Data 121 Password input reminder signal 122 Input password 123 Password diagnosis result signal 124 Output data signal 125 Decoded image signal 126 Processed image signal

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus, an optical mark reading section for reading data described in a bar code, which is simultaneously input with a transmission original, a data image signal converting section for converting the read bar code data into an image signal, and reading A fax number extraction unit that extracts only the fax number from the obtained bar code data, a coded image signal obtained by scanning, image processing, and coding the transmitted document, and the data image signal output unit It has a modulator for modulating the imaged signal and sending it to the telephone network controller, and a communication destination controller for receiving the fax number signal output from the fax number extractor and sending it to the telephone network controller. Facsimile machine. 2. In a facsimile apparatus, an optical mark reading unit for reading data described in a bar code, which is simultaneously input with a transmission original, a data image signal converting unit for converting the read bar code data into an image signal, and reading Extracting only the fax number from the bar code data, a fax number signal, a fax number extraction unit that outputs a number signal indicating the number of destinations, an imaging signal output from the data image signal conversion unit,
A hard disk storage device for storing a fax number signal output from the fax number extraction unit and a coded image signal obtained by scanning, image processing, and encoding a transmission document; and the number of cases from the hard disk storage device. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a data extracting unit for sequentially extracting the data of the number indicated by a signal, transmitting communication destination data to a communication destination control unit, and transmitting transmission data to a modulation unit. 3. In a facsimile apparatus, a hard disk storage device for storing the demodulated data signal with password demodulated by the demodulation unit, a data extracting unit for extracting stored data from the hard disk storage device, and a data extracting unit for extracting the stored data from the hard disk storage device. A password extraction unit that extracts only the password from the data, an output operation unit for entering the password, and a check that the password input from the output operation unit matches the password extracted by the password extraction unit. If there is a match, the data extracting section is instructed to output the stored data to the image signal decoding section, and if there is no match, the output operation section has a password diagnosis section for urging the password to be re-input. Characteristic facsimile machine.