JPH05236221A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the facsimile equipment which allows the operator to easily select an object original among plural originals in a picture memory and is able to attain memory transmission. CONSTITUTION:When a scanner section 13 inputs an original to a picture memory 4 and the original is sent, a main control section 12 writes an input date and time of the original, a page number, destination information and a transmission result or the like to a management memory 5. A list generating section 9 generates a list for each original of the said various information sets relating to the original in the picture memory 4 written in the said management memory 5 and stores the list in the management memory 5. When a display command of the said list is inputted from an input section 7, the main control section 12 reads the said list from the management memory 5 and displays it on a display section 2, and the operator observes the list to select an original to be sent in the picture memory 4. A transmission file retrieval section 10 retrieves the said original selected from the picture memory 4 and the main control section 12 sends the retrieved original.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a memory transmission function, and more particularly to a method of selecting a document input in a memory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile apparatus having a memory transmission function, a transmission original can be input once into an image memory, and then the original input into the image memory can be read and transmitted. At the time of this memory transmission, a management number is generated when a transmission document is input to the image memory, and a plurality of documents in the image memory are distinguished by this management number. Therefore, when selecting and transmitting an arbitrary original from a plurality of originals already input in the image memory, the operator had to specify the original to be transmitted by the management number. However, since it is not possible to know what the original document corresponds to by the management number alone, the operator must remember the features of the selected original document. Despite being entered in
After that, there arises a problem that an unused document comes out. Therefore, when selecting a manuscript in the image memory, it is necessary to register identification information such as giving a name when the manuscript is input to the image memory so that the operator can easily identify the feature of the manuscript. However, it has a drawback that it is not practical because it requires the operator to input the characters forming the identification information by the code number or selects the characters with the cursor to input them.

[0003]

Conventionally, when an arbitrary original is selected from a plurality of originals already input in an image memory and is transmitted, the plurality of originals are distinguished only by a management number. Therefore, it is not possible to identify what kind of features the selected manuscript has only by this control number, and if the operator forgets the features of the manuscript, it is stored in the image memory. However, there is a problem that a memory transmission function cannot be effectively used due to a problem that an unused document comes out or the same document is input to the image memory again and transmitted.

In view of the above, the present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks by presenting information for identifying the features of a document input in the image memory and facilitating the target document from the document in the memory. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which can be selected by an operator and transmitted to a memory.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus having a memory transmission function, when a document is input to a memory or when the document in the memory is transmitted, the date and time when the document is input to the memory, destination information, etc. Collecting means for collecting the manuscript attribute information, and data creating means for creating data in which the manuscript attribute information collected by the collecting means is listed for each manuscript according to a predetermined format; and the data creating means. Display means for displaying the created list, selection means for allowing an operator to select arbitrary document attribute information in the list displayed by the display means, and a document selected by the selection means in a memory And a transmitting means for searching and transmitting from.

[0006]

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when the document is input to the memory or when the document is transmitted in the memory, the document attribute information including the memory input date and time of the document, destination information, etc. collect. The data creating means creates data in which a list of the document attribute information collected by the collecting means is listed for each document according to a predetermined format. The display means displays the list created by the data creating means. The selection unit causes the operator to select arbitrary document attribute information in the list displayed by the display unit. The transmitting means retrieves the document selected by the selecting means from the memory and transmits it.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a line control unit for capturing and releasing a line and modulation / demodulation of image data, 2 is a display unit for displaying image data and a list of document attribute information for identifying an input document in the image memory 4, and 3 is a display unit. A recording unit for printing and outputting received image data and the like on recording paper, 4 is an image memory for storing transmission originals (image data), and 5 is various data generated during transmission and reception of originals and is input into the image memory 4. A management memory for storing document attribute information for identifying a document being read, a counter unit 6 for counting the number of pages of the document read by the scanner unit 13, and an input unit 7 for an operator to input a telephone number and various operation instructions. , 8 is a timer unit for supplying the current date and time, 9 is a list generation unit for generating a transmission file list for identifying the originals stored in the image memory 4, 10 is an operator A transmission file search unit for searching the selected transmission original document from the image memory 4, 11 a telephone directory holding a destination name and its telephone number as a list, and 12 a main control unit for performing original document transmission / reception processing and various controls. , 13 are scanner units for reading a document and converting it into image data.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In the case of memory transmission, the operator sets the transmission document on the scanner unit 13, gives a memory transmission instruction from the input unit 7, and then inputs the telephone number information of the destination. This telephone number information may be a speed dial number, the telephone directory 11, or a full telephone number may be directly input.
As a result, the main control unit 12 writes the date and time supplied by the timer unit 8 and the inputted telephone number information in the management memory 5, and then activates the scanner unit 13 to convert the original into image data,
This is stored in the image memory 4. At that time, the counter unit 6
Counts the number of pages of the document read by the scanner unit 13. When all the documents read by the scanner unit 13 are stored in the image memory 4, the main control unit 12 generates a management number of the document and writes it in the management memory 5.

Next, the main control unit 12 gives the telephone number information written in the management memory 5 to the line control unit 1 to make a call, and when the line is connected to the destination, the corresponding manuscript is read from the image memory 4. It is read and transmitted from the line control unit 1 to the destination. When the above memory transmission is completed, the main control unit 12 activates the list generation unit 9. As a result, the list generation unit 9 reads the memory input date and time of the transmission original written in the management memory 5, the destination information, and the transmission result from the management memory 5, and the number of transmission sheets remaining in the counter unit 6 (or It is the same as the number of memory inputs) and creates a transmission file list as shown in Fig. 2.
This is written in a predetermined area in the management memory 5. still,
As the destination information, if the destination name is known, the destination name and telephone number are described, and if not, only the telephone number is written. Further, a manuscript that has been input to the image memory 4 but has not been sent is referred to as a memory input manuscript at the destination.

Next, when the manuscript input in the image memory 4 is desired to be transmitted, the operator performs the following operation to select the desired manuscript. First, the operator issues a transmission file list display instruction from the input unit 7. As a result, the main control unit 12 reads out the transmission file list data held in the management memory 5 in step 301 shown in FIG. 3 and sends it to the display unit 2 to display the screen of the display unit 2. The transmission file list as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. Upon seeing this, the operator operates the input unit 7 to move the cursor on the screen of the display unit 2 to the desired document attribute information and presses the selection key to select the transmission document. As a result, the main control unit 12 activates the transmission file search unit 10 to search the document selected by the operator from the image memory 4, and then the step 30
Go to 3. Here, the transmission file search 1 of the document selected based on the transmission file list displayed on the display unit 2
The search by 0 is performed by reading the management number corresponding to the document selected by the operator from the management memory 2 and specifying the corresponding document from the image memory 4 based on this management number. In step 303, the main control unit 12 makes a call by reading the telephone number of the selected document from the transmission file list data in the management memory 5 and giving it to the line control unit 1. As a result, when the line is connected to the destination, the selected original document is read from the image memory 4, and this is transmitted to the destination via the line control unit 1, and the process is ended. When the main control unit 12 completes the memory transmission of the document, the main control unit 12 activates the list generation unit 9. As a result, the list generation unit 9 reads the memory transmission date and time and the transmission result of the original document remaining in the management memory 5, additionally creates a transmission file list, and writes it in the management memory 5.

FIG. 4 shows the main control unit 12 during normal memory transmission.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG. Step 401
Then, the main control unit 12 inputs the transmission instruction and the telephone number information from the input unit 7, and then proceeds to step 402, at which time the date and time information supplied from the timer unit 8 is written in the management memory 5. Go to step 403. Step 4
In 03, the scanner unit 13 is activated to read the document, and the number of pages of the read document is counted by the counter unit 6. In step 404, the control unit 12 inputs the read document (image data) into the image memory 4, determines in step 405 whether or not there is a next page, returns to step 403 if there is, and returns to step 4 if not.
Proceed to 06. In step 406, the telephone number of the destination is read from the management memory 5 and given to the line control unit 1 to call the destination, and then the relevant original is read from the image memory 4 and transmitted. At this time, in step 407, the main control unit 12 determines whether or not the transmission is completed. When the transmission is completed, the process proceeds to step 408, the transmission file list generation unit 9 is activated, and the transmission file list is additionally created. Is performed, and this is written in the management memory 5, and then the process ends.

Now, the operation of the transmission file list generation unit 9 when the document described on the transmission file list is read from the image memory 4 and transmitted to the memory will be described in more detail. For example, when a document corresponding to the destination name “Tokkyo Taro” shown in FIG. 2 is read from the image memory 4 and retransmitted, the transmission file list generation unit 9 causes the transmission file list shown in FIG. The memory input date and time in the column are changed to the current transmission date and time, the transmission result column is rewritten to the transmission result obtained this time, and the notation order of each document attribute information is sorted in order of date. Alternatively, there is a method of adding various lists, such as creating all the attribute information of the TOKYO TARO transmitted this time while leaving the previous TOKYO TARO's document attribute information field as it is, and writing it in the blank space.

According to the present embodiment, the list generation unit 9 creates a transmission file list in which the input date and time of the document input in the image memory 4, the name of the destination, the telephone number, etc. are listed. In addition, since this transmission file list can be displayed on the display unit 2 according to the operator's instruction, the operator can see the list and identify the features of the document input in the image memory 4. , The desired transmission original can be selected. Therefore, the operator does not need to store the features of the originals input in the image memory 4 one by one, and can identify the features of each original input in the image memory 4 based on the information in the list. Therefore, it is possible to doubly input the original document into the image memory 4 or to eliminate the original document which is left in the image memory 4 and is not used thereafter, and the memory transmission function can be effectively used.

[0014]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the operator is presented with the information for identifying the feature of the original document inputted in the image memory, and the original document in the memory is used for the purpose. The original document can be easily selected by the operator and transmitted to the memory, and the memory transmission function can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a transmission file list displayed on the display unit shown in FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main control unit shown in FIG. 1 when performing memory transmission based on the transmission file list shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a normal memory transmission operation of the main control unit shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Line control part 2 ... Display part 3 ... Recording part 4 ... Image memory 5 ... Management memory 6 ... Counter part 7 ... Input part 8 ... Timer part 9 ... List generation part 10 ... Transmission file search part 11 ... Phonebook 12 ... Main control unit 13 ... Scanner unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a facsimile apparatus having a memory transmission function, when a document is input to a memory or when the document in the memory is transmitted, document attribute information including memory input date and time and destination information of the document. A collection means for collecting data, a data creation means for creating data listing the document attribute information collected by the collection means for each document according to a predetermined format, and the list created by the data creation means. Display means for displaying,
Selecting means for allowing an operator to select any document attribute information in the list displayed by the displaying means;
A facsimile apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit that retrieves a document selected by the selecting unit from a memory and transmits the document.