JPH06225073A - Information system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable an information apparatus provided with a document transmission or reception function to transmit a document to the other party or to receive a reception document destined for the information apparatus itself by remotely controlling this information apparatus by a terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:When a document transmission destination is designated and a document (document code) and a document transmission request (control code of transmission start) are sent to an information apparatus (FAX) 11 from a terminal equipment 1 in this state, the information apparatus 11 transmits the document to the designated transmission destination (another FAX). Document transmission destination information can be transmitted from the terminal equipment 1 to the information apparatus 11 to designate the document transmission destination. The information apparatus 11 can transmit the document together with a specific identifier when transmitting it to the designated transmission destination, and the terminal equipment 1 can detect whether the document is received by the information apparatus 11 together with the identifier or not.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information system comprising a terminal device and information equipment connected by a communication means, the information equipment being operable under the control of the terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, most offices have a facsimile machine, and when sending a document to another office or the like, it is common to use the facsimile machine to send the document to a facsimile machine of the other party. is there.

[0003]

However, a facsimile machine used in an office has one department or section.
Under the present circumstances, when a user sends a document to the other party, he has to go to a place where a facsimile device is installed and perform an operation for sending. Further, if there is no function such as memory transmission, it is necessary to wait until the transmission is completed.

[0006] Also, at the time of reception, it is not known whether or not there is a document addressed to himself unless he / she goes to the place where the facsimile device is installed, and even if there is, a document addressed to himself is selected from many documents. I had to find something. Further, if there is no function such as confidential reception, there is a drawback that the contents of the received document are known to others.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an information device having a function of transmitting or receiving a document, such as a facsimile machine, is remotely operated from a terminal device such as a personal computer, so that the other party Its purpose is to allow you to send documents to and receive incoming documents addressed to you.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a terminal device connected by communication means and an information device having a document transmitting or document receiving function, and the information device is a terminal device. In the information system operable by the control of 1., the information device requests a document and a document transmission request from the terminal device in the state where the document transmission destination is designated by the means and the document transmission destination is designated by the means. When the document is sent, it is provided with a sending means for sending the document to a designated destination.

In the above information system, the document transmission destination designating means may be means for designating the document transmission destination based on the document transmission destination information from the terminal device. Further, the information device may be provided with a storage unit for storing the document transmission destination information, and the terminal device may be provided with a unit for reading the document transmission destination information stored in the storage unit.

Alternatively, the information device may be provided with a storage unit for storing the document transmission destination information and a unit for changing or adding the document transmission destination information stored in the storage unit according to an instruction from the terminal device. Further, the terminal device is provided with a storage unit that stores a series of processing procedures capable of at least one of a transmission command, a destination designation, a destination selection, a destination change, and a destination addition, The transmission of the information device may be controlled according to the processing procedure stored in the storage means.

[0009] Alternatively, a storage means for storing a series of processing procedures capable of at least one of a transmission command, a destination designation, a destination selection, a destination change, and a destination addition in the information device. And the transmission of the information device may be controlled by the processing procedure stored in the storage means.

Means for converting the character code of the document to be transmitted to the destination designated by the information equipment into communication data by adding or subtracting a certain numerical value, and the received communication data with the numerical value. Means for converting to the original character code by adding or subtracting the same numerical value as.

It is preferable to provide a means for combining a transmission document consisting of a character code and a transmission document consisting of a bit image when transmitting to a destination designated by the information equipment. Further, when the transmitted document is composed of a bit image, the information device may be provided with means for compressing and transmitting the compressed image.

Further, if the information device has a combination of a character code and a bit image in the information device, it is provided with a means for automatically determining whether the document is a character code or a bit image according to the data pattern. Good.

On the other hand, in an information system which comprises a terminal device connected by a communication means and an information device having a function of transmitting or receiving a document, the information device being operable by the control of the terminal device There is also provided one provided with a received document detecting means for detecting whether or not a received document exists therein. In this information system, a received document transfer means for transferring the received document existing in the information device to the terminal device may be provided.

Further, it is preferable that the received document detecting means automatically detects whether or not the received document exists in the information device at a certain time interval. Furthermore, the received document transfer means may automatically transfer the received document existing in the information device to the terminal device at a certain time interval.

Further, a means for transmitting a document together with a specific identifier at the time of transmission to a destination designated by the information device is provided to check whether the information device has received the document together with the identifier in the terminal device. It is advisable to provide means for detecting each.

[0016]

According to the information system of the present invention, when a document and a request for document transmission are sent from the terminal device while the document transmission destination is designated to the information device, the information device is designated to the document. Send to the destination. That is, the document can be transmitted to the other party by remotely controlling the information device from the terminal device.

It is also possible to specify the document transmission destination to the information equipment by the document transmission destination information sent from the terminal device. If the terminal device can read the document transmission destination information stored in the storage means of the information device, the user can display the document transmission destination information on the display device of the terminal and know the contents. One or more items can be selected as the document transmission destination.

If the document transmission destination information stored in the storage means of the information device can be changed or added by an instruction from the terminal device, the work for changing or adding the document transmission destination information becomes easy. .

A series of processing procedures stored in the storage means of the terminal device, that is, at least one of a transmission command, a destination designation, a destination selection, a destination change, and a destination addition. If the transmission of the information equipment is controlled according to the processing procedure of (3), the transmission control on the information equipment side becomes simple.

A series of processing procedures stored in the storage means of the information device, that is, at least one of a transmission command, a destination designation, a destination selection, a destination change, and a destination addition. If the transmission of the information device is controlled according to the processing procedure of No. 1, it is not necessary to prepare the above processing procedure (program) on the terminal device side.

The information device converts the character code of the document to be transmitted to the designated destination to communication data by adding or subtracting a certain numerical value, and the received communication data is converted to the above numerical value. It can also be converted to the original character code by adding or subtracting the same numerical value, so that only those who know the above numerical value can know the content of the document, and other people can understand the content of the document Will never be known.

The information device can combine the transmission document consisting of the character code and the transmission document consisting of the bit image at the time of transmission to the designated destination, so that the contents which cannot be expressed only by the characters can be transmitted. Is effective for. If the information device is configured to compress and transmit a transmission document consisting of a bit image, the data amount can be reduced and the transmission time can be shortened.

In the case where the information device has a combination of a character code and a bit image, the information device automatically determines whether it is a character code or a bit image based on the data pattern. The sender of the document does not have to determine the type of document each time.

If the terminal device detects whether or not the received document exists in the information device, the user can know from the terminal whether or not the document is received by the information device. If the received document existing in the information device is transferred to the terminal device, the user can know the received document on the terminal device.

If the terminal device side automatically detects whether or not the received document exists in the information device at a certain time interval, the user does not have to make a request from the terminal device side, It is possible to know whether a document has been received from the device. If the received document existing in the information device is automatically transferred to the terminal device at a fixed time interval,
The user can know the received document at the terminal device without making a request from the terminal side.

If the information device transmits the document with a specific identifier when transmitting to the specified destination, and the terminal device detects whether the document is received by the information device together with the identifier. The user can know from the terminal whether or not the document addressed to him / herself has been received by the information device.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. 2 is an external view showing an example of the information system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of respective control units of the terminal device and the facsimile device which are directly connected.

The terminal device 1 comprises a ROM 2 for storing programs and data, a RAM 3 for storing variable data, and
An input interface that controls input data from a keyboard (hereinafter "interface" is called "I / F")
4, output I / F for controlling output to display, etc. 5,
A communication I / F 6 that controls the exchange of data with the outside,
Central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as “CP
U ”) and are each connected via an internal bus.

On the other hand, the facsimile device (FAX) 11 which is an information device has the above-mentioned ROM 2, RAM 3, and input I.
/ F4, output I / F5, communication I / F6, and ROM12, RAM13, which have the same functions as the CPU7, respectively.
In addition to the input I / F 14, the output I / F 15, the communication I / F 16, and the CPU 17, a transmission / reception control unit 18 for transmitting / receiving data to / from another facsimile device 21 is provided via a telephone line.

The terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11
As a means of communication with, bi-centronics or the like capable of bidirectional data exchange is used.

Next, the processing according to the present invention according to this embodiment will be specifically described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a control code for document code transfer (from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11) and a transmission start (transmission from the facsimile device 11 to another facsimile device 21) are transmitted between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11. start)
The control code of is determined in advance. FIG. 1 shows an example of each code transferred from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 and the transfer order thereof.

The facsimile machine 11 has an input I / F 14
When the telephone number indicating the transmission destination is input via, the telephone number is stored in the RAM 13. In this state, first, the terminal device 1 sequentially transmits the control code for document code transfer, the document code, and the control code for starting transmission, as shown in FIG.
Upon receiving the control code for the document code transfer, the facsimile apparatus 11 regards the code sent thereafter as a document code and stores it in the RAM 13.

Next, when the transmission start control code is received from the terminal device 1, the document code stored in the RAM 13 is transmitted to the destination facsimile device 21 also stored in the RAM 13.

The second to fifteenth embodiments of the present invention will be sequentially described below. Incidentally, since all of these hardware configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the respective drawings are used. Further, regarding the document transmission processing of the third and subsequent embodiments, the description of the portions common to the second embodiment will be omitted.

First, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, other than the above-mentioned control code for document code transfer and control code for transmission start between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11. In addition, the control code for designating the destination is also determined in advance. FIG. 4 shows an example of each code transferred from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 and its transfer order.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the control code designated by the destination is first transmitted from the terminal device 1. However, when the facsimile device 11 receives the control code designated by the destination, the facsimile device 11 receives the control code thereafter. The code sent is regarded as the destination code and stored in the RAM 13. Then, similarly to the first embodiment, the control code for document code transfer, the document code, and the control code for starting transmission are received from the terminal device 1, and the document code is transmitted to the destination facsimile device 21 stored in the RAM 13.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, an area for storing a serial number, a telephone number, a destination comment character string, and a total number of registrations as the document code destination information in the RAM 13 of the facsimile apparatus 11 as shown in FIG. To provide. This is normally the output I / F 15 in the facsimile machine 11.
Also, it is possible to input and change via the input I / F 14.

Further, the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11
And the destination information transfer (facsimile device 1
1 to the control code of the terminal device 1). In this third embodiment, the terminal device 1 sends the destination information transfer control code to the facsimile device 11 and waits for the result to be sent. When the facsimile device 11 receives it, the facsimile device 11 looks at the destination information in the RAM 13 and sends the serial number, the telephone number, and the destination comment character string to the terminal device 1 as many as the registered numbers.

The terminal device 1 sends the received information to the display, which is a display device, to display it. Therefore,
The user can refer to the information such as the telephone number displayed on the display when transmitting the document code, and select one or more pieces of the information as the document transmission destination. FIG. 6 shows the contents of data transfer between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11 in this case.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, in order to add or change the document code transmission destination information in the facsimile apparatus 11, a transmission destination addition control code and a transmission destination change control code are newly provided.

When the document code transmission destination information is added, after the data transfer shown in FIG. 6 is performed, the transmission code of the transmission destination addition control code, the telephone number, and the transmission destination comment character string are transmitted from the terminal device 1. The data is transferred to the facsimile machine 11 and the total number of registrations is incremented. When the document code destination information is changed, the control code for changing the destination, the serial number, the telephone number, and the destination comment character string are transferred to the facsimile apparatus 11 after the data transfer shown in FIG. 6 is performed.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, a program for controlling transmission from the facsimile device 11 to another facsimile device 21 is stored in the ROM 2 in the terminal device 1 and executed. Facsimile device 11 executes a program for transmission based on a control code sent from terminal device 1.

Here, the operation (meaning) to be controlled,
The control code name (type) and the control code are shown in FIG. 7. The processing procedure of the program on the terminal device 1 side and the processing procedure of the program on the facsimile device 11 side for performing this operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9, respectively.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 8, the terminal device 1 first transmits a connection confirmation control code, and the facsimile device 11 receives the control code as shown in the flow chart of FIG. To reply. When the terminal device 1 receives the control code for this connection OK, the terminal device 1 performs the processing shown in any of the following (1) to (6). This makes it possible to confirm that the communication means are well connected. At this time, the terminal device 1 displays a menu screen on the display, and the user selects any one of document code transfer, destination designation, transmission start, destination information transfer, destination addition, and destination change from among these. To do.

(1) When the document code transfer is selected, the control code for the document code transfer is sent to the facsimile apparatus 11, and then the document code is sent. (2) When the destination designation is selected, the control code for destination designation is sent to the facsimile apparatus 11, and subsequently the destination code is sent.

(3) When transmission start is selected, a transmission start control code is sent to the facsimile apparatus 11. (4) When the destination information transfer is selected, a control code for destination information transfer is sent to the facsimile device 11 and the destination information is waited for from the facsimile device 11. When the destination information is sent, display it on the display.

(5) When the addition of destinations is selected,
A control code for adding a destination is sent to the facsimile apparatus 11, and then a destination code to be added is sent. (6) When the destination change is selected, the control code for changing the destination is sent to the facsimile apparatus 11, and then the destination code to be changed is sent.

On the other hand, the facsimile apparatus 11 waits for the next control code sent from the terminal apparatus 1 after sending the control code for connection OK to the terminal apparatus 1, and when any one of the control codes is received, the following The processing shown in any of (1) to (6) is performed.

(1) When the control code for the document code transfer is received, the subsequently sent document code is received and stored in the RAM 13. (2) When the control code designated by the destination is received, the destination code sent subsequently is received and RA
Store in M13.

(3) When the transmission start control code is received, the transmission of the document code stored in the RAM 13 is started after referring to the transmission destination code stored in the RAM 13. (4) When receiving the control code for transmitting the destination information, the destination information stored in the RAM 13 is read and transferred to the terminal device 1.

(5) When a control code for adding a destination is received, the destination code sent subsequently is received and added to the destination information in the RAM 13. (6) When the control code for changing the transmission destination is received, the transmission destination code transmitted subsequently is received and RA
The designated serial number in the destination information in M13 is overwritten.

In the sixth embodiment of the present invention, the control program on the terminal device 1 side described in the fifth embodiment is stored in the ROM 12 on the facsimile device 11 side. On the terminal device 1 side, only an area for storing a program for loading and executing this and a control program may be prepared. The processing procedure of this program is shown in FIG. Further, a program loading control code is provided between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11.

First, in order to load the control program in the facsimile device 11 into the terminal device 1, the terminal device 1 sends a control code for program loading to the facsimile device 11 as shown in FIG. The received control program is stored in the RAM 3 area. Then, the program execution pointer is moved to the head of the control program. As a result, the control program is automatically executed.

In the seventh embodiment of the present invention, a control code for document code conversion is provided between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11. When the document is transferred from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11, the control code for converting the document code, the conversion character code, the control code for transferring the document code,
Send the document code.

Upon receiving the control code for document code conversion, the facsimile apparatus 11 regards the code sent thereafter as a conversion character code (a certain fixed value) and stores it in the RAM 13. After that, the control code for the document code transfer is received, and the conversion character code stored in the RAM 13 is added to (or subtracted from) the document code (transmission document) sent thereafter, and stored in the RAM 13.

FIG. 11 shows an example of each code transferred from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 and its transfer order in this case.
Shown in. In addition, the conversion process of the document code by this is shown in FIG.
2 shows.

When the document is transferred from the facsimile device 11 to the terminal device 1, the control code for converting the document code, the conversion character code, the control code for loading the document, and the document number code are first transmitted from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11. Is sent. Upon receiving the control code for document code conversion, the facsimile apparatus 11 regards the code sent thereafter as a conversion character code and stores it in the RAM 13. After that, the designated document (received document) is stored in the RAM 13
Read out from the document code, and subtract (or add) the conversion character code stored in the RAM 13 from this document code and send it to the terminal device 1.

The document code conversion process in this case is shown in FIG.
It is the exact opposite of what is shown in. 13 shows an example of transfer codes between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11 and the transfer order thereof. By doing so, if the character code for conversion is not known, it becomes unreadable even if the document is loaded, which is effective when the document is a confidential document.

In the eighth embodiment of the present invention, a control code for image transfer and a control code for image coordinate transfer are provided between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11. Now, it is assumed that a document including only character codes and a document including only image codes exist in the terminal device 1. When transmitting these from the facsimile device 11 to the other facsimile device 21, first, the control code of the document code transfer from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11, the document code, the control code of the image transfer, the image code, the control of the image coordinate transfer. Sends the code, image coordinate code, and control code for starting transmission.

Here, the image coordinates are position coordinates X, Y,
It shall have a height H and a width W. Facsimile device 1
1 receives the control code for the document code transfer, the code sent thereafter is regarded as the document code, and the RAM 1
Store in 3. Similarly, when the control code for image transfer is received, the code sent thereafter is regarded as an image code and stored in the RAM 13, and when the control code for image coordinate transfer is received, the code sent thereafter is changed to the image coordinate code. And stores it in the RAM 13.

When the transmission start control code is received, each character in the document code is converted into, for example, A4 in the RAM 13.
The areas are sequentially located in the size area, and the image data is superposed on the A4 size with reference to the image coordinates, and the transmission to the other facsimile apparatus 21 is started. This is shown in FIG. Further, FIG. 15 shows an example of each code transferred from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 and its transfer order in this case.

If the document is composed only of image codes, compression means such as MR and MH is used to reduce the number of codes to be transmitted from the facsimile device 11 to the other facsimile device 21 before transmission. Good. Here, since MR and MH are publicly known techniques, description thereof will be omitted here.

In the ninth embodiment of the present invention, a transfer control code is newly provided between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11, and both a document consisting only of character codes and a document consisting only of image codes are provided. The code is transferred to the facsimile apparatus 11.

Now, it is assumed that there is a document consisting of only character codes and a document consisting of only image codes in the terminal device 1. When these are transmitted from the facsimile device 11 to another facsimile device 21, first, the control code of the transfer from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11, the document code, the control code of the transfer, the image code, the control code of the image coordinate transfer, the image. Send the coordinate code and control code for starting transmission. This eliminates the need to individually check whether the document has a character code or an image code.

On the other hand, upon receiving the transfer control code, the facsimile apparatus 11 checks several bytes from the beginning of the code sent thereafter, and determines whether it is a character code or an image code. As a check method, consider the following. That is, when the character code is the JIS code, it is 20 to DF for half-width characters and 2120 to 4F53 for full-width characters. Character code or shift J
If it is an IS code, it is 813F to 9872. Therefore, if only these codes are included, it is determined that the document consists of only character codes.

If a code other than these exists,
Judge as a document consisting only of image codes. And
When the check is completed, the data is stored in the RAM 13, the area is located in the area of A4 size based on the image coordinate code, and the transmission to the other facsimile apparatus 21 is started. FIG. 16 shows an example of each code transferred from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 and the transfer order thereof.

In the tenth embodiment of the present invention, the facsimile machine 11 stores in the RAM 13 the document code sent from another facsimile machine 21. At this time,
As shown in FIG. 17, a table including the total number of documents, the serial number, the address to be stored, and the size of the document code is prepared, and the table is added every time the document code is received.

A control code for inquiring the number of stored documents is also provided. Then, first, the control code for inquiring the number of stored documents is sent from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11, and when the facsimile device 11 side receives this control code, it refers to the above table and returns the total number of documents to the terminal device 1. .

As a result, the terminal device 1 side can know the current number of received documents. The facsimile machine 1
It is also possible to add the heading of the document received in No. 1 to the above table and return it together with the terminal device 1. This makes it possible to know not only the document number but also what kind of document it is.

In the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, a control code for loading the document stored in the facsimile apparatus 11 into the terminal apparatus 1 is provided. First, the terminal device 1 transmits the document loading control code and the document number to be loaded, and when the facsimile device 11 receives the document loading control code, it regards the code sent thereafter as the document number code, and Also receive.

Then, with reference to the table shown in FIG. 17, a code corresponding to the size of the address of the designated document number is transferred to the terminal device 1 side. As a result, the terminal device 1 side can load the document received in the facsimile device 11. FIG. 18 shows an example of each code and the transfer order thereof between the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11 at this time.

In the twelfth embodiment of the present invention, the inquiry about the number of received documents from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 is set as a series of processing procedures that can be executed on the terminal device 1 side. This processing procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the terminal device 1 sends a control code for inquiring the number of stored documents to the facsimile device 11 side, and when the number of documents received from the facsimile device 11 side is returned, it is discriminated, and if it is "0". If so, the process ends without doing anything, and if it is not "0", a message indicating that the document exists is output to the display as a message.

It is assumed that this processing procedure is an interrupt routine and is executed by a timer interrupt that occurs at regular time intervals. As a result, the fact that the document has been received by the facsimile device 11 can be obtained as a message even while the terminal device 1 is performing other work.

In the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention, first, a transfer completion flag is provided for each document in the table shown in FIG. In addition, a document load request from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11 is a series of processing procedures that can be executed on the terminal device 1 side. This is shown in FIG.

First, the terminal device 1 sends a control code for inquiring the number of stored documents to the facsimile device 11 side, and when the number of documents received from the facsimile device 11 is returned, the following processing is repeated for this number of documents. Terminal device 1
Sends the document loading control code and the document number to be loaded to the facsimile device 11.

On the other hand, the facsimile apparatus 11 refers to the table of FIG. 17, and if the load completion flag is not on, transfers the code of the size corresponding to the address of the designated document number to the terminal apparatus 1. When the transfer is completed, the load completion flag in the table is set.

It is assumed that this processing procedure is an interrupt routine and is executed by a timer interrupt that occurs at regular time intervals. As a result, the document can be automatically transferred to the terminal device 1 every time the document is received by the facsimile device 11, even while the terminal device 1 is performing other work.

In the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention, first, the table shown in FIG. 17 to which a header, a load completion flag and an identifier are added is provided. It is shown in FIG. Further, a control code for transferring the identifier is provided, and the terminal device 1
When the document is transferred from the facsimile machine 11, the document code transfer control code, the document code, the identifier transfer control code, the identifier code, and the transmission start control code are transferred in this order. The facsimile device 11 stores the received identifier code in the identifier column in the table shown in FIG.

When inquiring a received document from the terminal device 1 to the facsimile device 11, the terminal device 1 sends to the facsimile device 11 in the order of an identifier selection control code, an identifier code, and a stored document number inquiry control code. At 11, in the received document, only those having the same identifier as the identifier received from the terminal device 1 are selected and the number thereof is sent to the terminal device 1.

When the document is loaded, the terminal device 1 uses the facsimile device 1 in the order of the identifier selection control code, the identifier code, the document loading control code, and the document number code.
1, the facsimile device 11 selects only the received document having the same identifier as the identifier received from the terminal device 1, and sends the document to the terminal device 1.

By doing so, it becomes possible to target only those having a specific identifier in the identifier column of the above table. Assuming that this identifier is unique to each individual, You can select only the received documents that are addressed to each individual.

[0083]

As described above, according to the information system of the first aspect of the present invention, the document can be transmitted to the other party by remotely operating the information equipment from the terminal device. When sending a document to the other party, it is not necessary to go to the place where the facsimile device is installed and perform an operation for sending.

According to the information system of claim 2, the destination of the document can be designated by the information from the terminal device, which is more convenient. According to the information system of claim 3, the user can display the document transmission destination information on the display device of the terminal and know the content thereof, and can select one or more pieces of the information as the document transmission destination. it can.

According to the information system of claim 4, the work for changing or adding the document transmission destination information stored in the information device side becomes easy. According to the information system of claim 5, transmission control on the information device side is simplified. According to the information system of claim 6, there is no need to prepare a processing procedure (program) for transmission control on the terminal device side.

According to the information system of claim 7, by preparing a certain numerical value, only a person who knows the numerical value can know the contents of the document, and other people can know the contents of the document. Will not be lost. According to the information system of claim 8, it is effective when transmitting contents that cannot be expressed only by characters.

According to the information system of claim 9, the transmission amount can be shortened because the amount of data is reduced. Claim 10
According to this information system, the sender of a document does not have to determine the type of the document.

According to the information system of claim 11, the user can know from the terminal whether or not the document is received by the information device. According to the information system of claim 12, the user can know the received document by the terminal device. According to the information system of claim 13, the user can know whether or not the document is received from the terminal device without making a request from the terminal side.

According to the information system of claim 14, the user can know the received document at the terminal device without making a request from the terminal side. According to the information system of claim 15, the user can know from the terminal whether or not the document addressed to himself / herself has been received by the information device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred from a terminal device 1 of FIG. 2 to a facsimile device 11 and a transfer order thereof.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an example of an information system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram showing an example of respective control units of the terminal device 1 and the facsimile device 11 which are directly connected.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred from a terminal device to a facsimile device and a transfer order thereof in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5: RA of the information equipment in the third embodiment of the present invention
6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of document code transmission destination information stored in M. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred between the terminal device and the facsimile device in the third embodiment and the transfer order thereof.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each piece of information to be controlled in the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing operation according to the present invention of the terminal device in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation according to the present invention of the facsimile apparatus in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation according to the present invention of the terminal device in the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred from a terminal device to a facsimile device and a transfer order thereof in a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a document code conversion process of the facsimile apparatus according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred between the terminal device and the facsimile device in the seventh embodiment and the transfer order thereof.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a combining process of a document including only character codes and a document including only images in a facsimile apparatus according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred from the terminal device to the facsimile device and the transfer order thereof according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred from a terminal device to a facsimile device and a transfer order thereof in a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a table according to the present invention, which is stored in the RAM of the facsimile apparatus according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of each code transferred between the terminal device and the facsimile device in the eleventh embodiment of the present invention and the transfer order thereof.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the inquiry processing of the number of received documents to the fax device in the terminal device in the twelfth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the document load request processing to the fax machine in the terminal device in the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a table according to the present invention, which is stored in the RAM of the facsimile apparatus in the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Terminal Device 2,12 ROM 3,13 RAM 4,14 Input I
/ F 5,15 Output I / F 6,16 Communication I
/ F 7,17 Central processing unit (CPU) 11 Facsimile device 18 Transmission / reception control unit 21 Other facsimile devices

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. An information system comprising a terminal device connected by communication means and an information device having a document transmission or document reception function, wherein the information device is operable under the control of the terminal device. And a document transmission destination designating means for designating a document transmission destination, and when a document and a request for document transmission are sent from the terminal device in a state where the document transmission destination is designated by the means, the document is designated. An information system comprising: a transmission means for transmitting to a destination. 2. The information system according to claim 1, wherein the document transmission destination designating means is means for designating a document transmission destination according to document transmission destination information from the terminal device. 3. The information system according to claim 2,
Storage means for storing document destination information in the information device,
An information system characterized in that each of the terminal devices is provided with a unit for reading the document transmission destination information stored in the storage unit. 4. The information system according to claim 2,
The information device is provided with a storage unit for storing the document transmission destination information and a unit for changing or adding the document transmission destination information stored in the storage unit according to an instruction from the terminal device. Information system. 5. The information system according to claim 2,
The terminal device has at least a transmission command, a destination designation,
The information device is provided with a storage unit that stores a series of processing procedures that enable selection of a destination, change of a destination, or addition of a destination, and the processing procedure stored in the storage unit. An information system characterized in that it controls transmission of data. 6. The information system according to claim 2,
The information device has at least a transmission command, a destination designation,
The information device is provided with a storage unit that stores a series of processing procedures that enable selection of a destination, change of a destination, or addition of a destination, and the processing procedure stored in the storage unit. An information system characterized in that it controls transmission of data. 7. The information system according to claim 1, wherein the information device is converted into communication data by adding or subtracting a certain numerical value to a character code of a document to be transmitted to a designated destination. An information system comprising: means for converting; and means for converting received communication data to an original character code by adding or subtracting the same numerical value as the numerical value. 8. The information system according to claim 1, wherein said information equipment is provided with means for combining a transmission document consisting of a character code and a transmission document consisting of a bit image when transmitting to a designated destination. Information system characterized by 9. The information system according to claim 8, wherein
An information system characterized in that, when the transmitted document is composed of a bit image, the information device is provided with means for compressing and transmitting the compressed image. 10. The information system according to claim 8, wherein, when the transmitted document is a combination of a character code and a bit image in the information device, whether the transmitted document is a character code or a bit automatically according to a data pattern. An information system characterized in that means for determining whether it is an image is provided. 11. An information system comprising a terminal device connected by communication means and an information device having a document transmission or document reception function, wherein the information device is operable under the control of the terminal device. An information system comprising: a received document detecting means for detecting whether or not a received document exists in the information device. 12. The information system according to claim 11, further comprising received document transfer means for transferring a received document existing in the information device to the terminal device. 13. The information system according to claim 11, wherein the received document detecting means is means for automatically detecting whether or not a received document exists in the information device at a certain time interval. Information system characterized by. 14. The information system according to claim 12, wherein the received document transfer means is means for automatically transferring a received document existing in the information device to the terminal device at a certain time interval. Information system characterized by. 15. The information system according to claim 11, further comprising means for transmitting a document to the information device together with a specific identifier at the time of transmission to a designated destination, the information device being provided to the terminal device. An information system characterized in that each is provided with means for detecting whether or not a document is received together with the identifier.