JPH05219292A - Facsimile equipment and code conversion method for facsimile information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the facsimile equipment sending directly a document gener ated by codes of the shift JIS standards from a storage medium by converting codes of the shift JIS standards stored on the storage medium into dot informa tion being facsimile transmission information. CONSTITUTION:A floppy disk 24 stores a document generated by codes of the shift JIS standarda by means of a wordprocessor or a personal computer or the like and loaded removably to a main body of the facsimile equipment or an external device. A character memory 25 at the transmission reads the codes of the shift JIS standards stored on the floppy disk 24 and converts the codes into dot matrix characters of the shift JIS standards. Then the character memory 25 converts the character of the shift JIS standards into dot information being facsimile transmission information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device for decomposing image information into dot information and transmitting / receiving the same, and a code conversion method for the facsimile information. The present invention relates to a facsimile device that can be converted into dot information and transmitted / received, and a code conversion method of facsimile information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine has been widely used, but this facsimile machine reads data on a paper (original) at the time of transmission and drops data on the paper (recording paper) at the time of reception to exchange information. ing. To this end, the facsimile apparatus includes a scanner that decomposes an image of a transmission document into dot information and reads it, and a plotter that prints and records the dot information on paper.

[0003]

However, in recent years,
Due to the spread of word processors, personal computers, etc., document data is often stored in storage media such as floppy disks rather than paper.Therefore, when sending these document data by conventional facsimile, the document data is temporarily stored on paper. It is necessary to print on paper, and in order to store the document data printed on paper at the time of reception, the word processor,
There is a problem in that it is necessary to retype with a keyboard using a personal computer or the like and input into a disk or the like, and both transmission work and storage work are troublesome.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the invention, the shift JIS standard code stored on the storage medium is converted into dot information which is transmission information of the facsimile.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that can directly transmit a document created by a shift JIS standard code from a storage medium. The invention according to claim 2 is
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that can directly receive facsimile information on a storage medium by converting the dot information of the facsimile into a code of the shift JIS standard.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 provides a code conversion method of facsimile information in which by setting a directory for each document created on a storage medium, a message can be selected and transmitted for each directory. It is an object. It is another object of the present invention to provide a code conversion method for facsimile information which can specify a storage medium as a storage destination by setting an identifier in dot information to be transmitted and received.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 is
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a scanner for reading an image of a transmission original by breaking it down into dot information and a plotter for printing out the dot information on a recording paper are provided, and the dot information is transmitted and received to exchange information. In a facsimile machine, a storage medium for storing a document created by a shift JIS standard code is detachably attached to the apparatus main body or an external device, and the shift JIS stored in the storage medium is used.
A code / character conversion unit for reading a standard code and converting it into a shift JIS standard dot matrix character, and a character / character converting section for converting the obtained shift JIS standard character into dot information which is facsimile transmission information.
And a dot information conversion unit.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 2 is a dot information storage unit for storing the received dot information, and a dot for reading the stored dot information and converting it to a shift JIS standard character. An information / character conversion unit, a character / code conversion unit that converts the obtained shift JIS standard character into a shift JIS standard code based on the shift JIS standard, and stores the obtained shift JIS standard code in a storage medium. And a storage control unit.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 3 is a facsimile information which converts a document created on a storage medium by a shift JIS standard code into dot information which is transmission information of a facsimile. A code conversion method is characterized in that a directory is set for each document created on the storage medium, and a transmission message is selected by this directory.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 4 sets a code for the dot information to be transmitted and received, and converts the dot information into a storage medium corresponding to this code, which is a JIS standard code. Is stored.

[0010]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the storage medium for storing the document created by the shift JIS standard code is detachably attached to the apparatus main body or the external device, and is stored in the storage medium. The shifted JIS standard code is read by the code / character conversion unit and converted into a shifted JIS standard dot matrix character. Then, the obtained shift JIS standard character is converted into dot information which is transmission information of the facsimile by the character / dot information conversion unit.

According to the invention of claim 2 having the above-mentioned structure, the received dot information is stored in the dot information storage unit, and the stored dot information is read out by the dot information / character conversion unit to shift JIS standard character. Convert to. Next, the obtained shift JIS standard character is shifted by the character / code conversion unit to shift JIS.
The shift JIS standard code is converted based on the standard, and the obtained shift JIS standard code is stored in a storage medium.

Further, in the invention having the above-mentioned structure, the directory is set for each document created on the storage medium, and the transmission message is selected by this directory. Further, in the invention of the fourth aspect having the above configuration, an identifier is set for the dot information to be transmitted and received, and a JIS standard code obtained by converting the dot information is stored in a storage medium corresponding to the identifier.

[0013]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below based on examples.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus which realizes the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4. First, the configuration will be described. In the figure, a scanner 11 divides an image of a transmission document into dot information and reads it.
A light source 12 for illuminating a document, a photoelectric conversion unit 13 for converting an optical signal of a document illuminated by the light source 12 into an electric signal, and an image processing unit 14 for converting the photoelectrically converted electric signal into a black and white binarized dot signal. Prepare The plotter 15 prints and records the dot information on a recording paper (paper) to reproduce a document image.

The communication system 16 includes a modem 17 and a line control circuit 18, and exchanges information by transmitting and receiving the dot information. Therefore, the modem 17 performs modulation / demodulation related to facsimile communication. The line control circuit 18 also forms a line (telephone line or the like) loop for performing facsimile communication. The control system 19 includes a control circuit (CPU) 20, an operation panel 21, and a system memory 22, and controls the entire facsimile apparatus according to a predetermined program. The operation panel 21 is composed of a display device, a key input device, and the like necessary for operating the facsimile apparatus. The system memory 20 stores a work area and data necessary for the operation of the control circuit 20, and also stores dot information of a transmission image and a reception image as a dot information storage unit.

The code conversion system 23 controls a conversion process of a floppy disk 24 as a storage medium of this embodiment, a character memory 25 as a code / character conversion unit and a character / dot information conversion unit, and a character memory 25. The conversion format control unit 26 is provided. The floppy disk 24 can be used by word processors, personal computers, etc.
It stores a document created by a shift JIS standard code and is detachably attached to the main body of the facsimile machine or an external device. Although the floppy disk 24 is used as the storage medium in this embodiment, an IC card or an optical disk can be used as long as it is a removable storage medium.

In the present embodiment having the above-mentioned structure, at the time of transmission, the character memory 25 serves as a code / character conversion section to read out the shift JIS standard code stored in the floppy disk 24 and convert it into a shift JIS standard dot matrix character. Convert. Next, the character memory 25 functions as a character / dot information conversion unit to convert the shift JIS standard character into dot information which is transmission information of the facsimile.

At the time of reception, the dot information received through the communication system 16 is stored in the system memory 22 as a dot information storage section. Here, character memory 2
A dot information / character conversion unit 5 reads the dot information stored in the system memory 22 and converts it into a shift JIS standard character. Next, the character memory 25, as a character / code conversion unit, converts the shift JIS standard character into a code of the shift JIS standard based on the shift JIS standard. Then, the conversion format control unit 26, as the storage control unit of the present embodiment, stores the shift JIS standard code obtained from the character memory 25 in the floppy disk 24.

The document created on the floppy disk 24 has a directory set for each document, and a transmission message can be selected by this directory. An identifier is set for the dot information to be transmitted and received, and the floppy disk 24 corresponding to this identifier can store the JIS standard code obtained by converting the dot information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the structure of the character memory shown in FIG. Note that, in the present embodiment, the same components as those in the above-described example are designated by the same reference numerals, and their detailed description will be omitted. First, the configuration will be described. The code / character conversion memory 31 performs conversion between the shift JIS standard code of the floppy disk 24 and the shift JIS standard dot matrix character. The character / dot information conversion memory 32 performs conversion between the shift JIS standard dot matrix character and the dot information of the facsimile. The memory address control unit 33 outputs the address of each memory among the system memory 22, the floppy disk 24, and the character memory 25 according to an instruction from the conversion format control unit 26.

With the above configuration, the code according to the shift JIS standard written in the floppy disk 24,
The image information by the dots of the facsimile written in the system memory 22 is converted into both. Next, the operation will be described. First, in the case of transmission, the floppy disk 2
The shift JIS standard 2-byte character code stored in 4 is read by the conversion format control unit 26, and converted into a shift JIS standard dot matrix character by referring to the data stored in the code / character conversion memory 31. .. Next, the conversion format control unit 26 stores the converted dot matrix character in the character / dot information conversion memory 32.

Then, the conversion format control unit 26 controls the memory address control unit 33 so that the dot matrix character stored in the character / dot information conversion memory 32 becomes the address of the dot storage of a normal facsimile. It is stored in the system memory 22. After that, the system memory 22 transmits the same as the conventional memory transmission.

3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the transmission processing of the facsimile apparatus for realizing the invention of claim 1 or 3, FIG. 3 shows the transmission processing from the original, and FIG. 4 is the transmission processing from the floppy disk. Indicates. First, the process of transmitting a document will be described with reference to FIG. When a document is set on the scanner 11 (step S1) and an address is designated from the operation panel 21 (step S2), a message asking whether to save the data of the transmission document in the floppy disk 24 is displayed on the operation panel 21. (Step S3). Here, the flow differs depending on whether or not the sender wants to save the contents of the transmission document on the floppy disk 24.

When the floppy storage is selected, it is basically the same as the memory transmission, and the original data read by the scanner 11 is stored in the system memory 22 (step S4). After storing, the protocol is executed (step S5) and transmitted (step S6). At this time, the system memory 22 is stored in the floppy disk 24 by parallel processing.
The original data is copied from (step S7). The original data is shifted by the processing of the character memory 25.
It is converted into an IS standard code and copied. And
A directory is set in the manuscript data stored in the floppy disk 24 (step S8). As described above, the memory transmission from the system memory 22 is performed because it takes too much time to access the floppy disk 24 after storing the data in the floppy disk 24 and reading the data again.

On the other hand, if the floppy storage is rejected in the determination in step S3, a message asking whether or not to perform the memory transmission is displayed on the operation panel 21 (step S9). Here, if the memory transmission is selected, the scanner 1
The document data read by 1 is stored in the system memory 22 (step S10). After storing, the protocol is executed (step S11) and transmitted (step S12).

If the memory transmission is rejected in the determination in step S9, the protocol is immediately executed (step S1
3) While scanning the document data with the scanner 11 (step S14), the document data is transmitted (step S15). Next, the transmission process from the floppy disk will be described with reference to FIG. Basically, data to be transmitted is selected from the contents of the floppy disk 24, and the selected data is copied to the system memory 22 and transmitted. Here, the code according to the shift JIS standard in the floppy disk 24 is converted into the dot information of the facsimile by the processing of the character memory 25 and then copied to the system memory 22.

First, a message asking whether or not to perform floppy transmission is displayed on the operation panel 21 (step T1). Here, when the floppy transmission is selected, the mode for accepting the input of the transmission destination is set (step T2), and when the transmission destination is specified from the operation panel 21 (step T3), the protocol is executed (step T4).
Data is copied from the floppy disk 24 to the system memory 22 in parallel with the above steps T2 to T4. That is, the directory of the floppy disk 24 is read into the system memory 22 (step T
5) The contents of the directory are displayed on the operation panel 21 (step T6). When the directory to be transmitted is selected from the displayed directories (step T7), the content (code) of the selected directory is converted into the dot information of the facsimile by the processing of the character memory and then copied to the system memory 22. (Step T8). Then, the original data is read from the system memory 22 in the same manner as the normal memory transmission and is transmitted to the other party (step T9).

On the other hand, if the floppy transmission is rejected in the determination in step T1, it is determined that the original is transmitted, and it is determined whether the original is set on the scanner 11 (step T10). Here, it is confirmed that the original is set (steps T11 and T12), and the step S2 shown in FIG.
Fly to. As described above, in this embodiment, since the information stored in the removable storage medium such as the floppy disk 24 can be directly transmitted without plotting out, the data generated by the word processor can be transmitted once. It is possible to improve the transmission workability without the trouble of reading out from the scanner 11 and transmitting the data after reading out.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the document in the floppy disk 24 is managed by the directory, the data to be transmitted can be arbitrarily selected. Next, the operation in reception will be described. In the case of reception, the received data is stored in the system memory 22. The image information of the dots stored in the system memory 22 is read by the conversion format control unit 26 so that the dot address information corresponding to the shift JIS standard becomes the memory address control unit 3.
It is stored in the character / dot information conversion memory 32 while being controlled by 3. The character / dot information conversion memory 32 is stored with an address setting that can be immediately converted according to the shift JIS standard.

Next, the conversion format control unit 26 shifts the dot matrix data stored in the character / dot information conversion memory 32 with reference to the data in the code / character conversion memory 31 according to JIS standard 2
It is converted into a Byte code and stored in the floppy disk 24. The floppy disk 24 can be used as it is as character information in a word processor or the like.

Here, the operation of the conversion format control unit 26 provided in the control circuit 20 will be described. First, just like when sending, use a word processor etc. to access the floppy disk 2
Since the character written on the character 4 has a solid character dot matrix, there is almost no problem even if the above code conversion is performed.

However, in the data stored in the system memory 22 at the time of reception, the dot arrangement does not match the proper matrix due to the line condition, noise, etc., and the size and rows are irregular. Therefore, there is a problem in converting the character dot matrix. Therefore, the conversion format control unit 26 first determines the sizes of lines and characters by AI (Artificial Intelligence) and rearranges them. After that, the conversion format control unit 26 performs conversion according to the shift JIS and writes it in the floppy disk 24 as a dot matrix character.

On the receiver side, the ID number (identifier) is registered in association with the floppy disk owned by each person. Actually, the ID number is made to correspond to the disk slot containing the corresponding floppy disk. In addition, non-standard function setting signal NSS (Non-Standard
Since an ID number can be placed on facilitiesSet-up), if the NSS has an ID number, this can be read to determine the disk slot (already registered) corresponding to the ID number.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a receiving process of the facsimile apparatus which realizes the invention described in claim 2 or 4. First, start the reception protocol (step P
1) It is determined whether or not the floppy disk 24 is set (step P2). Here, if the floppy disk 24 is not set, the procedure of the reception protocol is ended (step P3), data is received as usual (step P4), and the received image data is plotted by the plotter 15.
Is printed out on paper (step P5).

On the other hand, if it is confirmed in step P2 that the floppy disk 24 is set, the floppy disk 24
It is judged whether or not the received data is stored, that is, the floppy reception mode (step P6). If it is not the floppy reception mode, the process proceeds to step P3 to perform normal reception. It is determined whether or not an ID number is set in the disk slot (step P7).

Here, if the ID number is not set,
It is determined that there is only one disk slot, and the reception protocol is ended according to the procedure (step P8). Next, reception is performed (step P9), and the received image data is stored in the system memory 22 (step P10). Here, plot out is performed according to the print output setting of the image data received in the memory (step P11) (step P1).
2) The received data in the system memory 22 is converted by the character memory 25 and stored in the floppy disk 24 (step P13).

On the other hand, when the ID number is set in the disk slot in the judgment in step P7, it is judged whether or not the nonstandard function setting signal NSS of the protocol includes the ID number (step P14), and the ID number. If there is no ID, the process proceeds to step P8. If there is an ID number, this ID number is extracted and the system memory 22
(Step P15).

Then, the reception protocol is terminated according to the procedure (step P16), and the reception is performed (step P1).
7) The received image data is stored in the system memory 22 (step P18). Here, according to the print output setting of the image data received by the memory (step P19), plotting is performed (step P20), the received data of the system memory 22 is converted by the character memory 25, and designated by the ID number. It is stored in the floppy disk 24 (step P21).

In this way, the received data is first stored in the system memory 22 and then copied to the designated floppy disk 24. In the data stored in the floppy disk 24, the directory is set and the document is managed as described above (step P22). in this way,
In the present embodiment, since the received facsimile information can be directly stored in the floppy disk 24, the output information on the paper can be saved without re-typing with the keyboard, and the search, edit and save properties thereafter can be improved.

Further, in this embodiment, since the ID number can be set in the facsimile information to be transmitted / received, the floppy disk 24 of the storage destination can be designated and the information management can be facilitated.

[0040]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the storage medium for storing the document created by the shift JIS standard code can be detachably attached to the apparatus main body or the external apparatus. Attach the code of the shift JIS standard code stored in this storage medium.
It is read by the character conversion unit and converted into a shift JIS standard dot matrix character, and this shift JIS
Since the standard character is converted into the dot information which is the transmission information of the facsimile by the character / dot information conversion unit, the information stored in the storage medium can be directly transmitted without plotting out, and the data made by a word processor can be transmitted. It is possible to improve workability at the time of transmission without the trouble of plotting out once, reading it from the scanner and transmitting.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the received dot information is stored in the dot information storage section, and the stored dot information is read out by the dot information / character conversion section to shift JIS standard. A character / code conversion unit converts this shift JIS standard character into a shift JIS standard code based on the shift JIS standard, and this shift J
Since the IS standard code is stored in the storage medium, the received facsimile information can be stored directly in the storage medium, and the information on the output paper can be saved without typing again from the keyboard, and the subsequent search, edit, and storability can be saved. Can be improved.

According to the facsimile information code conversion method of the third aspect of the invention, a directory is set for each document created on the storage medium, and the transmission message is selected by this directory. You can manage the documents in the directory and select the data you want to send. According to the facsimile information code conversion method of the fourth aspect of the present invention, an identifier is set in the dot information to be transmitted and received, and a JIS standard code obtained by converting the dot information is stored in a storage medium corresponding to the identifier. Since the data is stored, the storage medium of the storage destination can be designated, and the information management can be facilitated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus that realizes the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a character memory shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a transmission process from a document of a facsimile apparatus which realizes the invention according to claim 1 or 3;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a transmission process from a floppy disk of a facsimile apparatus which realizes the invention of claim 1 or 3.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a receiving process of a facsimile apparatus which realizes the invention according to claim 2 or 4.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Scanner 15 Plotter 22 System Memory (Dot Information Storage Unit) 23 Code Conversion System 24 Floppy Disk (Storage Medium) 25 Character Memory (Code / Character Conversion Unit, Character / Dot Information Conversion Unit) 26 Conversion Format Control Unit (Storage Control) 31) Code / character conversion memory 32 Character / dot information conversion memory 33 Memory address control unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising a scanner for reading an image of a transmission document by dividing it into dot information and a plotter for printing out the dot information on a recording paper, and transmitting and receiving the dot information to exchange information. , A storage medium for storing a document created by a shift JIS standard code is detachably attached to the apparatus main body or an external device, and the shift JIS standard code stored in the storage medium is read to shift JIS standard dot matrix character. And a character / dot information conversion unit that converts the obtained shift JIS standard character into dot information that is transmission information of a facsimile. 2. A dot information storage unit for storing the received dot information, a dot information / character conversion unit for reading the stored dot information and converting it to a shift JIS standard character, and shifting the obtained shift JIS standard character. 2. A character / code conversion unit for converting a shift JIS standard code based on the JIS standard, and a storage control unit for storing the obtained shift JIS standard code in a storage medium. The described facsimile machine. 3. A facsimile information code conversion method for converting a document created on a storage medium by a shift JIS standard code into dot information which is transmission information of a facsimile, the document created on the storage medium. A facsimile information code conversion method characterized in that a directory is set for each and a transmission message is selected by this directory. 4. The facsimile information according to claim 3, wherein an identifier is set for the dot information transmitted and received, and a JIS standard code obtained by converting the dot information is stored in a storage medium corresponding to the identifier. Code conversion method.