JPH05244376A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute transmission at each destination only by one time of document reading even if transmission contents are different by the destinations. CONSTITUTION:The whole pages of the document to be transmitted are set, read and stored in a memory part by a page unit. The respective destination identifying signs (A, B, C,...) of the plural transmission destinations are key- inputted in parallel with or before and after the input operation of the document reading operation of the document to be transmitted. At this time, the page designation of the document to be transmitted is added at each destination. The identifying sign of the destination and the document page are related to a table so as to be stored in response to the identifying sign or the key operation of the page designation. When the key operation of multi-address transmission is executed, for example, after the input operation, a control part 6 refers to the table so as to confirm the page which is designated at each destination, fetches it from the memory part 3 and transmits it to the relevant destination from a communication part 5. After a while, only the necessary page is transmitted at each transmission destination by the one time reading operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to improvement of a broadcast transmission system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a facsimile machine has a function of broadcasting read information to a plurality of different destinations. In the conventional broadcast transmitting system, the same information is transmitted to all the broadcast destinations. It is a method.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned conventional broadcast transmission system is a system for transmitting the same information to all the broadcast destinations, when the transmission contents differ depending on the destinations, the transmission information for each destination having the same contents is transmitted. There is a problem that the transmission operation is complicated because it is necessary to perform the input operation of and to transmit.

More specifically, for example, if there is a transmission original of 5 pages and it is desired to transmit only 4 pages to 1 destination and 5 pages to 2 destinations, conventionally, the original of 4 pages is set at the first time. Then, the document is read and transmitted to the first destination, and the second time, the original of 5 pages including the same 4 pages and the other page as the first time is set and read, and the document is transmitted to the second destination. In other words, in this case, since the number of pages of the transmission original is different by one, it is necessary to read the original twice. Therefore, when the number of destinations is large, it is very complicated, and improvement is desired.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting each destination to a plurality of destinations by reading a document once even when the transmission contents differ depending on the destination.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is a facsimile apparatus having means for broadcasting the read information to a plurality of different destinations; Means for setting a page of a document to be transmitted to a destination in association with the table; means for referring to the table at the time of broadcast transmission and transmitting a page designated for each destination; is there.

[0007]

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention configured as described above will be described. In the present invention, if the page of the original document to be transmitted as the destination information is designated for each transmission destination, the destination and the page of the original document to be transmitted to the destination are managed in association with each other. Sent. Therefore, even if the transmission contents differ depending on the destination, it is possible to perform the transmission for each destination to a plurality of destinations by only reading the original once, and it is possible to eliminate the complicated operation of repeatedly reading the same original.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, a page management unit 4 is added to the general structure of the input unit 1, the reading unit 2, the memory unit 3, the communication unit 5, and the control unit 6, and the control unit 6 has some functions. It is an addition. Hereinafter, the description will focus on the part relating to the present invention.

The input operation in the input section 1 is performed as follows.
Set all pages of the transmission original. In response to the key operation, the contents of each page of the transmission document are read by the reading unit 2 and stored in the memory unit 3 page by page (FIG. 2).

Before or after the operation of inputting the transmission original or in parallel with the operation of reading the original, the destination identification codes of a plurality of transmission destinations are keyed in. At this time, the page designation of the transmission original is added to each destination. . In response to the key operation for specifying the identification code and page, the identification code of the destination and the page of the document are stored in the page management unit 4. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the page management unit 4 identifies destination identification codes (A, B, C,
......) and a page to be transmitted to the destination are associated and stored in a table.

When, for example, a key operation for broadcast transmission is performed after the above input operation, the control unit 6 refers to the table of the page management unit 4 to confirm the page designated for each destination, and confirms the page. And sends it to the corresponding destination from the communication unit 5. In this way, it is possible to transmit only the necessary pages for each transmission destination by one reading operation.

[0012]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, since the means for managing the destination and the page of the original to be transmitted to the destination in association with each other is provided, it is transmitted as the destination information for each transmission destination. If the page of the original to be designated is designated, only the designated page is transmitted to each destination. Therefore, even if the transmission content differs depending on the destination, the original can be transmitted to a plurality of destinations by only reading the original once, and the complicated operation of repeatedly reading the same original can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a storage format of a memory unit.

FIG. 3 is a table format of a page management unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input unit 2 reading unit 3 memory unit 4 page management unit 5 communication unit 6 control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising means for broadcasting read information to a plurality of different destinations;
A means for associating an address with a page of an original to be transmitted to the destination in response to a designated input of a destination and a page of the original to be transmitted to the destination; And a means for transmitting a page designated by a.