JPH05268433A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print out only required picture data by judging the data from a title. CONSTITUTION:A picture title inputted through a title input means 14 from an operation section 9 is coded by a picture title coding means 12 in the transmission and the coded title are sent together with picture information. Title information decoded by a picture title decode means 13 in the reception state is stored in a reception data storage means 11 in relation with the picture information. Picture data of the picture title selected at the operation section 9 by referring a display section 10 are extracted from the reception data storage means 11 and printed out by a reception data print means 8 and undesired picture data are aborted by the selection of the operation section 9 through the control of a control section 5.

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 transmitting and receiving image signals, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting and printing only necessary information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine has been used to convert image data into a signal and send it to the other party through a telephone line. In such an apparatus, the information of the image signal transmitted is about the telephone number of the other party and the date information, and the contents of the data cannot be known at a glance. In addition, if the image signal that is sent is out of paper, is jammed, or the cover of the device is not completely bound, it cannot be printed and is stored in memory to save the data. To do. Therefore,
Since the content of the stored data is unknown, it is necessary to print it once to make a judgment, and all the stored and stored images are printed.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional configuration, the receiving side prints an unnecessary image, which causes a problem of wasteful use of the recording paper. ..

The present invention has been made to improve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The transmission side encodes the title of the image to be transmitted to the reception side, and the reception side decodes the title code. By clarifying the contents of the image by configuring it to be saved with the image, you can select and print the required image when printing the saved image, or discard unnecessary images, An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device which can be used without wasteful use.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a facsimile apparatus of the present invention comprises a telephone line interface means for automatically closing a telephone line in response to an input of a bell signal, and the interface means. Signal receiving means for receiving a signal input from the telephone line through the interface, signal transmitting means for transmitting a signal to the telephone line through the interface means, and received data for printing an image by the signal input from the signal receiving means. A printing unit, a received data storage unit that stores an image by a signal input from the signal receiving unit, an operation unit for selecting a function of the device and inputting a title, and controlling the operation of each unit of the device. A control means for associating the image title with the image data, and inputting the image title to the control section by operating the operation section. Title inputting means, image title coding means for coding the image title input to the control section, and image title decoding means for decoding the image title attached to the signal input from the signal receiving means to the control section It consists of and.

[0006]

With this configuration, the title of the image to be transmitted from the transmitting side is encoded and then transmitted to the receiving side, and the receiving side decodes the image title with the transmitted image, correlates them, and saves them. Thus, when printing an image, it is possible to confirm the title information, select an image to be printed or an image to be discarded, and discard an unnecessary image without printing it.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is an interface circuit (interface means), 3 is a signal sending circuit (signal sending means), 4 is a signal receiving circuit (signal receiving means), and 5 is a control means. Image title coding means 12, image title decoding means 13,
The image title input means 14 is included. Reference numeral 6 is a dial signal generating circuit, 7 is transmission data reading means for reading an original, 8 is reception data printing means for printing received image data, 9 is an operating section, and 10 is a display section which is displayed using an LCD display or the like. Reference numeral 11 is a received data storage means for storing and storing received images.

FIG. 2 shows the flow of image data communication and the structure of the data storage area in the received data storage means 11 on the receiving side. Reference numeral 21 is a transmission original document, 22 is a transmission side facsimile machine, Reference numeral 23 is a telephone line, 24 is a facsimile machine on the receiving side, 25 is a memory area for storage, 26 is an image title management area for managing received image titles, 27
Is an image data storage area for storing the received image data.

In the facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned components, the mutual relation and operation of the components will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 3 and 4. First, the title of the image to be transmitted is input by the operation unit 9 while referring to the display unit 10, and the title input unit 1 of the control unit 5 is input.
Save the title according to 4. Next, the dial signal generating circuit 6 on the calling side sends a dial signal through the interface circuit 2, and the receiving side connects to the telephone line 1 in response to the bell signal input by this (step 1).

When the automatic transmission function is used for the transmission, the calling means (hereinafter C
NG signal) and a signal sending circuit 3
Then, the CNG signal is transmitted to the called side through the interface circuit 2 (step 21). In the case of the manual transmission function, the CNG signal is not transmitted, and the non-standard function identification signal (hereinafter referred to as NSF signal) and the digital identification signal (hereinafter referred to as DIS signal) from the called side are awaited (step 22). .. When the CNG signal is supported or when the control means 5 on the called side issues an instruction to send the NSF and DIS signals (step 2), the signal sending circuit 3 on the called side passes through the interface circuit 2 to the calling side. NSF and DIS
A signal is transmitted (step 3).

Here, the calling side sends out a digital command signal (hereinafter referred to as DCS signal) or a non-standard function setting signal (hereinafter referred to as NSS signal). Here, an NSS signal is transmitted for control as a non-standard function.
The NSS signal is a signal for selecting a non-standard function corresponding to the NSF signal and notifying the function determination of the facsimile communication operation. It is also possible to set information such as the name of the own station in the NSS signal and notify the other party. In the present invention,
The contents of the image are specified by adding a title to the NSS signal. As a method thereof, the image title encoding means 12 encodes the title character and numerical character string of the image input by the operation unit 9 at the time of transmitting the NSS signal (step 23) and can be transmitted at the time of signal transmission. It is sent as a part of the NSS signal by incorporating it into the NSS signal as a code (step 24). The NSS signal is generated by a signal transmission command of the control means 5 on the calling side, and is transmitted from the signal transmission circuit 3 to the called side through the interface circuit 2.

The calling side sends a training signal (hereinafter referred to as a TCF signal) from the signal sending circuit 3 to the receiving side through the interface circuit 2 after the NSS signal. On the receiver side, the signal receiving circuit 4 is passed through the interface circuit 2.
When the NSS signal and the TCF signal are received (step 4), the image title decoding means 13 extracts the character string indicating the image title in the NSS signal and decodes it as the reception information together with the reception time and the destination telephone number ( In step 5), the decoded information is stored by the control means 5 (step 6).

The receiving side facsimile device 24 of FIG. 2 saves the received image data and image title data in the save memory area 25. At this time, the image data is saved in the image data save area 27 and the title is also saved. The data includes
A code that indicates the relationship with the image data sent at the same time is added and saved in the image title management area 26.

When receiving the NSS signal and the TCF signal, the receiving side performs an operation of adjusting the communication speed to the transmitting side by the control means 5 (step 7), and after completion of the operation, the signal sending circuit 3
From the interface circuit 2, a reception preparation confirmation signal (hereinafter referred to as a CFR signal) is sent to the transmitter side (step 8).

When the transmitter receives the CFR signal at the signal receiving circuit 4 through the interface circuit 2 (step 25), the control means 5 causes the transmission data reading means 7 to operate.
The image data to be transmitted is read by the transmission data reading circuit 7, and the signal transmission circuit 3 is activated.
The image data is sent to the receiver side following the training signal through the interface circuit 2 (step 2).
6).

On the receiver side, when receiving image data following the training signal from the signal receiving circuit 4 through the interface circuit 2 (step 9), the control means 5 issues an image storage command to the received data storage means 11, Images are accumulated (step 10).

Image data is stored in the image data storage memory area 25 of the received data storage means 11 by adding a code meaning the relation with the title of the image title management area 26 stored when the NSS signal is received, Data storage area 27
Is saved to.

On the transmitter side, when the transmission data reading circuit 7 detects the end of the transmission data (step 27), the signal transmission circuit 3 sends a procedure end signal (hereinafter referred to as an EOP signal) through the interface circuit 2 to the receiver side. (Step 28).

When the receiver receives the EOP signal from the signal receiving circuit 4 through the interface circuit 2 (step 11), it sends a message confirmation signal (hereinafter referred to as MCF signal) from the signal sending circuit 3 through the interface circuit 2.
Is transmitted to the transmitter side (step 12).

When the transmitter receives the MCF signal from the signal receiving circuit 4 through the interface circuit 2 (step 29), it sends a disconnect command signal (hereinafter referred to as DCN signal) from the signal sending circuit 3 through the interface circuit 2 to the receiving side. The data is sent (step 30), and the process of disconnecting the telephone line from the facsimile machine is performed (step 31). Upon receiving the DCN signal (step 13), the receiver side opens the telephone line (step 14).

When the image transmission / reception processing is completed, the control means 5
When the user wants to print the image title, the date, the time, the telephone number of the other party, and the number of received pages, which are received by the image management area 26, on the display unit 10 (step 41) and print the data of a certain title. The image corresponding to the selected title (step 43) is read out from the image data storage area 27 of the received data storage means 11 from the operation section 9 and the received data printing means 8 prints it (step 46).

When the discard title is instructed from the operation unit 9 after confirming the image title (step 44), the control means 5
The image data corresponding to this title is discarded according to the image data storage area instruction 27 of the received data storage means 11 (step 47).

When the titles of the data stored in the received data storage means 11 and the destinations are printed out in a list, the list is printed out by operating the operation unit 9 (step 45) (step 48).

[0024]

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the image title code signal obtained by encoding the image title input to the control section by the title input means by the image title encoding means is transmitted through the interface means. Since the image title signal received by the signal receiving means is decoded by the decoding means, and the title indicating the content is provided in association with the received image in the received data storage means for storing the received image, the control means can provide the image. Depending on the title, it is possible to print only the necessary image or to discard the unnecessary image without printing it, and the practical effect is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a management structure diagram of the flow of communication of image data and the storage memory area of the reception data storage means on the receiving side.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the same communication processing operation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the process of displaying title information and printing permission / prohibition.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone Line 2 Interface Circuit (Interface Means) 3 Signal Transmission Circuit (Signal Transmission Means) 4 Signal Reception Circuit (Signal Reception Means) 5 Control Means 6 Dial Signal Generation Circuit 7 Transmission Data Reading Means 8 Reception Data Printing Means 9 Operation Unit 10 Display unit 11 Received data storage unit 12 Image title coding unit 13 Image title decoding unit 14 Title input unit 21 Transmission original document 22 Transmission side facsimile device 23 Telephone line 24 Reception side facsimile device 25 Storage memory area 26 Image title management area 27 images Data storage area

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An interface unit for automatically closing a telephone line in response to an input of a bell signal, a signal receiving unit for receiving a signal input from the telephone line through the interface unit, Signal transmitting means for transmitting a signal to the telephone line through the interface means, reception data printing means for printing an image by the signal input from the signal receiving means, and image storage by the signal input from the signal receiving means Received data storage means, operation section for selecting device functions and inputting titles, control means for controlling operation of each section of the apparatus, and associating image titles with image data, operation of the operation section A title input means for inputting an image title to the control section, and encoding the image title input to the control section An image title coding means, and an image title decoding means for decoding an image title attached to the signal input from the signal receiving means to the control section, wherein the control section is coded by the image title coding means at the time of transmission. The controlled image title of the image data to be transmitted is transmitted through the interface means, and at the time of reception, the image title and the image data are associated with each other and stored in the received data storage means, and selected by the operation unit. A facsimile apparatus configured to take out the image of the image title from the received data storage means and print it on the received data printing means. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for decoding the image title received by the receiving side device by the image title decoding means and displaying the title of the image.