JPH06350785A - Reception image screen display enabling facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile in which a reception image can be displayed on a screen so that whether or not it is necessary information can be discriminated before outputting it to paper in order to output only the necessary information. CONSTITUTION:A reception image screen display enabling facsimile 1 is equipped with a line transmitting and receiving part 6, MODEM 7, and image data storage part 8 having an inputting part 9 connected with an image scanner device and an outputting part 10 which outputs received image data in a housing 2. The outputting part 10 is constituted of a picture outputting part 11 connected with a display picture processing part 13 which controls a display screen 14 to display the received image data or the like, and a transfer-outputting part 12 which transfers the received image data to the other peripheral equipment such as a printer or the other terminal. Moreover, this device is equipped with a power supply device 15 which supplies a power to each part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile, a received image is always output on paper.

[0003]

However, in the conventional facsimile, it suffices if it is read and understood, and it is thrown away immediately afterward, or even those that do not need to be read are output on paper, so paper resources, Therefore, it is a waste of forest resources.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile capable of displaying a received image on a screen so that only necessary information can be output on paper so that it can be discriminated whether or not the necessary information is output on paper. To get.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a reception image screen display facsimile of the present invention has a housing provided with a receiver and operation buttons, and a line transmitter / receiver and the line transmitter / receiver in the housing. An image data storage unit having an input unit connected to the image scanner device and an output unit for outputting the received image data, the output unit being connected to the modulation / demodulation unit connected to the An image output unit connected to a display image processing unit for controlling to display received image data and the like, and a transfer output unit for transferring the received image data to another peripheral device such as a printer or another terminal, and A power supply device for supplying power to each part is provided.

[0006]

According to this structure of the present invention, the document information read from the image scanner device and stored in the image data storage section can be transmitted to the line via the modulation / demodulation section.
The image data received from the line and stored in the image data storage unit via the modulation / demodulation unit is displayed on the display screen under the control of the image processing unit. Read the information displayed on this display screen. Further, information that needs to be output on paper, or information that needs to be transferred to another terminal such as another FAX or a personal computer is transferred from the transfer output unit to a printer or another terminal such as another FAX. Or transfer to a personal computer.

[0007]

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first preferred embodiment of the present invention. The housing 2 of the facsimile 1 capable of displaying a reception image screen according to the present invention has a handset 3 and operation buttons 4. Inside the housing 2, as shown in FIG. 2, a line transmitting / receiving unit 6 in which a connection cord 5 for connecting to a telephone line is derived.
A modulation / demodulation unit 7 connected to the line transmission / reception unit 6 and an image data storage unit 8 connected to the modulation / demodulation unit 7 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the image data storage unit 8 has an input unit 9 connected to the image scanner device and an output unit 10 for outputting the received image data.
The output unit 10 includes an image output unit 11 and a transfer output unit 12. A display image processing unit 13 is connected to the image output unit 11, and control is performed so that received image data and the like are displayed on a display screen 14 connected to the display image processing unit 13. The transfer output unit 12 is connected to another peripheral device such as a printer or another terminal such as another FAX or personal computer (not shown), and transfers the received image data to the peripheral device or terminal. Further, the housing 2 is provided with a power supply device 15 for supplying power to each part. AC from this power supply 15
A power supply connection cord 16 for connecting to a power supply is derived. The power supply device 15 may be, for example, a rechargeable battery. Further, it is possible to use a three-way type power supply device so that an AC power supply, a car battery power supply, or a built-in battery can be used.

Further, the image data storage unit 8 is a magnetic tape type such as a microcassette as in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 3, a magnetic disk type such as a floppy disk or a hard disk, or a magneto-optical disk type, or R.
It can be configured in the form of a semiconductor memory such as an AM or IC memory card, or as having any other storage medium.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which the display screen 14 is an external home television. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the display screen 14 is a built-in liquid crystal display. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, it is preferable that the housing 2 is provided with an LED 17 that lights up or blinks in the transmission / reception state.

The display image processing unit 13 is
The received image data is processed to match the resolution and display system of the display connected to 13, and the image processing data is controlled and output to an external display or a built-in display.

[0013]

According to the present invention, information can be confirmed by looking at the image displayed on the display, and it is possible to determine whether a hard copy is necessary or not, and only the necessary information can be output on paper. It is possible to avoid wasting valuable forest resources.

Further, according to the present invention, the apparatus can be made compact, and further, when the storage medium is a removable medium such as a floppy disk or an IC memory card, it can be taken into a remote computer. Further, even if the medium is not a removable medium, the FAX reception content can be transferred to another terminal at a distant position or directly output to a printer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic explanatory view of a first embodiment of a facsimile capable of displaying a reception image screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of components provided inside a housing of a facsimile capable of displaying a reception image screen according to the present invention and external devices connected to the facsimile.

FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic explanatory view of a second embodiment of a facsimile capable of displaying a reception image screen according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile 2 Housing 3 Handset 4 Operation button 5 Connection code 6 Line transmitter / receiver 7 Modulator / demodulator 8 Image data storage 9 Input 10 Output 11 Image output 12 Transfer output 13 Display Image processor 14 Display screen 15 Power supply 16 Connection cord 17 LED

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A housing having a receiver and operation buttons, wherein a line transmitter / receiver, a modulator / demodulator connected to the line transmitter / receiver, and a modulator / demodulator connected to the line transmitter / receiver are connected to the image scanner device. And an image data storage section having an output section for outputting the received image data, and the output section is connected to a display image processing section for controlling to display the received image data and the like on the display screen. Image display screen characterized by comprising a power supply device for supplying power to each part, and a transfer output part for transferring the received image data to another peripheral device such as a printer or to another terminal. Facsimile available. 2. The facsimile capable of displaying a reception image screen according to claim 1, wherein the display is built in the housing, and the display screen is exposed from the housing. 3. The receiving image according to claim 1, wherein the display is a home-use television, and the image processing section outputs the received image to the home-use television and controls the television to display the received image. Screen display facsimile.