JPH05199336A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily discriminate the reception method of a received picture at a reception side by inserting an identification mark representing the transmission method in a picture and sending the resulting picture in the case of picture transmission by various transmission methods. CONSTITUTION:In the case of picture transmission by self-transfer, polling transmission or relay transmission, the facsimile equipment reads a mark registered corresponding to each processing (step 401). Then, the read mark is inserted to a picture and sent to a destination (402). Suppose that a picture in figure, for example, is a picture sent by the relay transmission, TTI information (a) is information inserted at a sender of an original picture and a mark (b) is information inserted by the facsimile equipment. The picture is sent to the relay transmission destination. Thus, the operator of the receiver side discriminates the reception method by having only to observe the received picture at a glance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art TTI (Trans)
Mitter Terminal Identity
r) A facsimile machine having a function of adding information is often used. Generally, the TTI information is the name of the sender, the telephone number, and the communication date and time, and the receiving operator can know from this information when and where the received image was received.

Facsimile apparatuses having a function of recording and outputting past communication history as a communication management report are well known. When the facsimile apparatus receives an image, the name of the sender, the telephone number, the communication date and time, etc. are recorded in this communication management report as well. The name of the sender and the telephone number in this case are the information received from the communication partner by the transmission control procedure signal.

On the other hand, further functions of the facsimile machine include a self-transfer function and a relay transmission function. When the transfer destination is set in advance in the facsimile device, the self-transfer function temporarily stores the received image and then transmits the image to the set destination. The relay transmission function is
When a relay transmission destination is designated by the transmission source at the time of image reception, the received image is temporarily stored and then the image is transmitted to the designated destination.

Generally, a facsimile machine, when the received image is once stored and transferred to another destination as described above, the T
TI information is not added. Therefore, on the receiving side of the transferred image, the information of the transmission source of the image is recorded in the TTI information of the recorded image.

By the way, when the communication management report is output on the receiving side, the name, telephone number, communication date and time of the communication partner who executed the transfer operation are recorded in the report.

Therefore, the contents of the TTI information of the received image and the contents of the communication management report do not match. Conventionally, in such a case, even if the operator sees the received image, whether the image is transmitted directly from the transmission destination,
As described above, it was not possible to determine whether the image once accumulated was transferred and transmitted. Therefore, the reason why the contents of the TTI information and the communication management report do not match as described above is not immediately understood, which causes a trouble.

On the other hand, another function of the facsimile machine is a polling function. The polling function is a function in which the receiving side calls the transmitting side and receives the image set in advance in the transmitting side facsimile apparatus.

In this case, since the receiving side makes a call, a communication fee will be charged for image reception. However, the operator could not determine whether it was received by the polling function or not even by looking at the received image, and could not determine whether the communication fee was charged.

[0010]

As described above, conventionally, there is a disadvantage that it is not possible to easily determine how a received image is received.

It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience and to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of easily discriminating a receiving method of a received image.

[0012]

To this end, the present invention provides various types of images within an image when the image is transmitted by a transfer function such as a self-transfer function or a relay transmission function, or when an image is transmitted by polling. The feature is that the mark is inserted and transmitted.

[0013]

As a result, on the receiving side, the operator can easily determine the receiving method only by looking at the received image.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a scanner 1 reads an original image, and a plotter 2 prints out an image. The encoding / decoding unit 3 compresses the image information to be transmitted by various encoding methods, while decoding the received image information to restore the original image information. The image memory 4 stores image information.

The modem 5 sends and receives image information and various procedure signals for transmission control. The network controller 6
A telephone line is connected and a predetermined line control is performed when making or receiving a call. The operation display unit 7 is for displaying various information such as the operating state of the apparatus as the operator performs various operations. In the present embodiment, the operation display unit 7 is provided with an image display device, a coordinate input device, a keyboard, etc., and has means for creating an image pattern of a mark to be inserted in an image and inputting character information. Be configured.

The system memory 8 stores the image pattern of the mark to be created, the input character information, and the like. The system control unit 9 is a microphone computer that controls the above-mentioned units, and the system bus 10 is a signal line through which the above-mentioned units exchange various control signals and data with each other.

When the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment is used with the above configuration, two types of registration processing are executed in advance.
One of them is a registration process of a mark to be inserted in a transmission image or a fixed phrase, and the other is a registration process of determining a mark to be inserted in various transmission operations.

When executing the mark or fixed form registration process, the operator sets the facsimile apparatus to a predetermined registration mode as shown in FIG. 2 (process 101). Then, it is determined whether to register the mark or the fixed phrase (process 102).

When registering a mark (Y in process 102), the mark is created by a predetermined operation on the operation display unit 7.
The image patterns P1 to P4 in FIG. 3 show four examples of the marks created here. In this way, a desired mark is created by the array of black dots (process 103), while when a fixed phrase is registered (N of process 102), the operation display unit 7 is displayed.
Input desired character information from the keyboard. This character information is, for example, "Confidential" or "Distribute to related departments" (process 104).

The facsimile apparatus stores the created image pattern data of the mark and the input character information in the system memory 8 (process 105).

If there is another mark or fixed phrase to be registered (Y in process 106), the operator repeats the above operation (to process 102). Then, when all the registrations are completed, the registration process is ended.

By this registration processing, as shown in FIG.
Image patterns of various marks and character information of various fixed phrases are stored in the system memory 8.

Next, when executing the registration process of the mark to be inserted, the operator sets a predetermined registration mode as shown in FIG. 5 (process 201). Then, one mark for self-transfer operation is selected from the marks registered by the registration process (process 202). Then
Similarly, the mark for the relay transmission operation is selected (Process 20).
3). Further, a mark for polling transmission is similarly selected (process 204).

In this registration process, for example, the image pattern P2 in FIG. 3 is used for the self-transfer transfer mark, the image pattern P1 is used for the relay transmission mark, and the image pattern P4 is used for the polling transmission mark. Select various image patterns of.

Now, in this way, the respective marks Mi, M
If j and Mk are selected, their mark information is stored in the system memory 8 as shown in FIG. 6, corresponding to various transmission operations.

Next, in the case of executing a normal transmission process, as shown in FIG. 7, the operator sets the transmission original after setting the transmission original on the apparatus (process 301). Next, information to be inserted in the transmission image is arbitrarily selected from the marks and fixed phrases registered in the process (process 302). Then, the transmission operation is activated (process 30).
3).

When the facsimile machine is activated, it calls the other party (process 304). Then, when the other party responds, the image of the set original is read. Then, the TTI information and the selected mark or fixed phrase are inserted into the read image and transmitted to the other party (process 305).

On the other hand, when the image received by this facsimile apparatus is desired to be transferred to another facsimile apparatus, the operator sets this facsimile apparatus in the self-transfer mode and also sets the transfer destination. Then, when the facsimile machine receives a call and an image is transmitted from the other party,
The image is temporarily stored in the image memory 4. Then, after the communication is completed, the set transfer destination is called and the accumulated image is transmitted.

When transmitting an image by polling, the operator sets the transmission original and sets the facsimile apparatus in the polling standby mode. Then, when the facsimile machine receives an incoming call and receives a predetermined transmission command, it transmits the stored image to the other party.

When the facsimile device receives an image and receives an image together with a relay transmission command from the other party, this facsimile device temporarily stores the received image. Then, after the communication is completed, the stored image is transmitted by calling the destination specified by the relay transmission command.

This facsimile apparatus uses the self-transfer,
When an image is transmitted by polling transmission or relay transmission, as shown in FIG. 8, the mark registered corresponding to each process is read (process 401). Then, the read mark is inserted into the image and transmitted to the other party (process 402).

FIG. 9 shows an example of the transmission image in this case. Now, for example, if this image is an image transmitted by relay transmission, the TTI information a is the information inserted at the transmission source of the original image,
The mark b is the information inserted in this facsimile apparatus. Such an image will be transmitted to the relay destination.

As described above, in this embodiment, self-transfer,
When an image is transmitted by relay transmission or polling transmission, various marks are inserted in the page of the transmission image for transmission. As a result, the receiving-side operator can determine the receiving method by just looking at the received image.

Also, when the transmission original is set and normally transmitted, when the operator selects a mark or a fixed phrase, the selected mark or fixed phrase is inserted into the image and transmitted. .. This allows the sending operator to easily send various messages to the receiving side.

Further, since the above-mentioned marks and fixed phrases are created and registered by the operator, the user can arbitrarily use the marks and fixed phrases, for example, to set uniform marks and fixed phrases for each company. be able to.

In the above embodiment, the marks to be inserted and the fixed phrases are registered in advance, but the operator may arbitrarily create them at the time of transmission.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the image is transmitted by the self-transfer function or the relay transmission function or the image is transmitted by polling, various marks are inserted in the image and transmitted. By doing so, the receiving operator can easily determine the receiving method only by looking at the received image.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of a mark or character information registration process.

FIG. 3 is a pattern diagram showing an example of an image pattern of a mark to be registered.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in a system memory by the registration process.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of a registration procedure for registering a mark to be inserted during various transmission operations.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in a system memory by the registration.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of normal transmission processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation when transmitting an image by self-transfer, relay transmission, and polling transmission.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a transmission image in which a mark is inserted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Scanner 2 Plotter 3 Encoding / Decoding Unit 4 Image Memory 5 Modem 6 Network Control Device 7 Operation Display Unit 8 System Memory 9 System Control Unit 10 System Bus

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile comprising normal transmission means for transmitting an image of an original set on the apparatus itself and transfer means for temporarily accumulating an image received from another facsimile apparatus and transmitting the image to another facsimile apparatus. A facsimile machine, characterized in that the apparatus comprises mark insertion means for inserting a certain mark in the image and transmitting the image only when the image is transmitted by the transfer means. 2. The self-transfer means for transmitting the received image to a preset destination, and the relay transmitting means for transmitting the received image to the destination designated by the transmission source. 2. The mark inserting means comprises means for changing the pattern of the mark depending on whether the image is transmitted by the self-transfer means or the image is transmitted by the relay transmission means. Facsimile machine. 3. A normal transmission means for calling the other party to transmit the image of the original set on its own apparatus, and a polling transmission for transmitting the image of the original set on its own apparatus when receiving the call. And a mark inserting unit for inserting a certain mark in the image and transmitting the image only when the image is transmitted by the polling transmitting unit. .. 4. A facsimile device for calling a destination and transmitting an image of a document set on the device itself, wherein a storage means for storing marks of various patterns and a stored mark are arbitrarily selected. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a selection unit and a mark insertion transmission unit that inserts and transmits the selected mark in the image of the original. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for arbitrarily creating a pattern of the mark to be inserted in an image.