JPH06350815A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile equipment which has the recording medium of sufficient recording capacity, can collectively record the indexes of received information in a prescribed area, whose reading speed is fast at the time of randomly accessing a content and whose manufacturing cost is low. CONSTITUTION:When a known means reads transmission information of a document, an optical signal is converted into an electric signal AA in a photoelectric converter 1 and prescribed signal correction is executed. The signal is compressed in a signal compression circuit 5 and it is made into a signal A. Then, the signal is modulated into the signal (a) of a sound signal band by a modulation circuit 7. When transmission information is recorded, the signal (a) is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter 11, and the signal (a) is recorded in a magneto-optical disk 15A through an encoder 13. Information (signal (a)) recorded in the magneto-optical disk 15A is read in an optical pickup 17, is amplified in an RF amplifier 19, is inputted to a decoder 21, is converted into an analog signal at a D/A converter 23 and it is inputted to a transmission circuit part 9 so as to be transmitted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus suitable for use when received information or the like is temporarily recorded on a recording medium and the recorded information is read out for printing or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile machine, information is modulated into a signal in an audio signal band, transmitted / received via a transmission line such as a telephone line, and received by a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory or an audio tape ( It is known that the received information) is once recorded and that the received information is sequentially printed without recording the received information.
Generally, a commercial facsimile machine is provided with a recording medium, and a domestic facsimile machine is not provided with a recording medium.

When a recording medium is provided, if the recording capacity of the recording medium is designed to be small, when a large amount of information is transmitted, it may be impossible to receive due to insufficient recording capacity. Requires a large recording capacity.

[0004]

However, when a recording medium having a sufficiently large recording capacity is composed of a semiconductor memory, the unit price per bit is high, so that the cost of the recording medium portion is high and the entire set ( There is a problem that the facsimile machine) becomes expensive.

On the other hand, when an audio tape is used as a recording medium, since the recording capacity is sufficiently large and the unit price per bit is low, the price of the entire set is low, but when a plurality of information is received. Required index (for example, a kind of table of contents with the date and time of reception)
Cannot be collectively recorded in a predetermined area (index area) of the same tape.

Therefore, for example, the user looks at the index corresponding to the received information, determines whether the information is necessary or unnecessary, deletes the unnecessary information, and then prints (outputs) only the necessary information on the paper. It is difficult to make them work.

Further, due to the condition of the tape, there is a problem that the reading speed becomes slow during so-called random access, and it takes a lot of time to confirm the received contents.

An object of the present invention is to have a recording medium having a sufficient recording capacity so that the indexes of received information can be collectively recorded in a predetermined area, the reading speed is fast when contents are randomly accessed, and the manufacturing cost is high. Is to provide a facsimile device that can be manufactured at low cost.

[0009]

In a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, desired information is recorded as a signal modulated into a signal in a voice signal band, and the recorded information is recorded. Disc-shaped recording mediums 15A and 15B from which the disc-shaped recording medium 15 is read.
Desired information including at least transmission information a and reception information b is recorded in A and 15B.

[0010]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, desired information is recorded as a signal modulated into a signal in the voice signal band, and at least the transmission information is recorded on the disc-shaped recording medium on which the recorded information is read. Desired information including the received information is recorded.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, when transmission information (input information; information normally transmitted by a facsimile machine) such as documents is read by a known means, an optical signal is converted into an electric signal AA (analog signal) by a photoelectric converter 1, A correction circuit 3 is connected to the photoelectric converter 1,
A predetermined signal correction is performed on the electric signal AA, a signal compression circuit 5 is connected to the correction circuit 3, and the electric signal AA is converted into a signal A by so-called compression, and the modulation is connected to the signal compression circuit 5. The circuit 7 modulates the signal A into the signal a in the audio signal band.

When the transmission information is not recorded, from the transmission circuit section 9 connected to the modulation circuit 7,
The signal a is sent to a transmission path such as the telephone line 10 and sent to the facsimile machine 20 of the other party.

When the transmission information is recorded,
The signal a is converted into a digital signal by an A / D converter (analog / digital converter) 11 connected to the modulation circuit 7, and the signal a is transferred via an encoder 13 connected to the A / D converter 11. Is a magneto-optical disk (recording medium)
It is recorded in 15A.

The magneto-optical disk 15A is, for example, in the shape of a disk having a diameter of about 64 mm (other than the magneto-optical disk if the information can be rewritten), and is housed in a predetermined casing. , A digital signal (information) in the audio signal band is recorded, and the recorded information is read and reproduced.
In principle, it is possible to design a large recording capacity, but since the recording / reproducing principle and configuration are well known in the art, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Further, since the magneto-optical disk 15A is used, electric power for holding information becomes unnecessary,
Even if a power supply system trouble such as a power failure occurs, there is an advantage that information can be transmitted and received reliably without the problem that information is lost.

It is also preferable to use a semiconductor memory and an audio tape together with the magneto-optical disk 15A so that the recording capacity is further increased.

The information (signal a) recorded on the magneto-optical disk 15A is read by the optical pickup 17,
A decoder 21 which is amplified by an RF amplifier 19 connected to the optical pickup 17 and is connected to the RF amplifier 19.
Is also input to the transmission circuit unit 9 via the D / A converter (digital / analog converter) 23 connected to the decoder 21 and is transmitted.

The magneto-optical disk 15A has a structure capable of recording the information transmission time and the other party by a known means, and can record the presence or absence of reception, and the magneto-optical disk 15A. Has a large recording capacity, it is configured to be able to perform automatic transmission any number of times until the other party receives the transmitted information from the other party.

On the other hand, the information (analog signal b) sent from another facsimile apparatus 20 is received by the receiving circuit 25 via the telephone line 10, and is received by the A / D converter 27 connected to this receiving circuit 25. It is input and converted into a digital signal, and is input and recorded in the magneto-optical disk (recording medium) 15B via the encoder 35 connected to the A / D converter 27, and the recorded information is recorded by the optical pickup 37. The signal is read, amplified by an RF amplifier 39 connected to the optical pickup 37, converted into an analog signal by a D / A converter 43 via a decoder 41, and input to a demodulation circuit 29 to be a signal B.

When the signal B is input to the signal decompression circuit 31 connected to the demodulation circuit 29, the signal B is decompressed to the signal BB and then the table of contents output unit 3 connected to the signal decompression circuit 31.
3, the table of contents output section 33 performs a process for allowing the user to visually recognize the table of contents of the received information by printing by a liquid crystal display or a printer.

In FIG. 1, the magneto-optical disk 15 is used.
A and 15B are shown separately when transmitting information and when receiving information, but this is for convenience of explanation,
In reality, the same one is used.

With the above configuration, the user can check the table of contents and select unnecessary information from necessary information.
When it is desired to output only the necessary information, the output content selection section 47 is operated to read only the necessary information from the magneto-optical disk 15B (unnecessary information deleting means) and connected to the signal expansion circuit 31. It can be output to an output device (monitor; liquid crystal display, printer, etc.) 45 (necessary information output means).

Since a magneto-optical disk is used as the magneto-optical disk 15B, random access can be performed, and there is an advantage that the work of confirming the table of contents and contents of the information and the work of deleting unnecessary information can be performed in a short time. .

Further, since information can be recorded on the magneto-optical disk 15B by a signal in the audio signal band and can be designed in a small size in principle, for example, a floppy disk used as a recording medium of a computer is used as a recording medium. There is an advantage that the structure of the apparatus is simpler than that of the facsimile apparatus used.

Furthermore, since the information is converted into a video signal, the contents of transmission and reception can be displayed on a CRT (cathode ray tube). For example, a reproducing device of the magneto-optical disk 15B is built in or connected to a home television receiver. By doing so, there is an advantage that the contents transmitted and received by the facsimile device can be confirmed on the home television receiver.

As described above, in this embodiment, information is recorded as a signal modulated into a signal in the audio signal band, and the recorded information is read out from the magneto-optical disks 15A and 15B. Since the transmission information a and the reception information b are recorded, the recording capacity is sufficient, the index of the reception information b can be collectively recorded in a predetermined area, the reading speed is fast when the contents are randomly accessed, and the manufacturing cost is high. Becomes cheaper.

Further, while the content of the information recorded on the magneto-optical disk 15B is visually recognized on the monitor 45 for displaying the information content, the output content selection section 47 deletes unnecessary information from the recorded information. Since the contents are randomly accessed, the reading speed is fast, and only the necessary information excluding the deleted unnecessary information is output to the printer, etc. As a result, unnecessary information is deleted and only the necessary information is printed. Since it can be printed in a short time, wasteful printing is eliminated and paper can be saved.

Further, the transmission time of information is designated by a known means (predetermined operation) and recorded on the magneto-optical disk 15A, and the information is transmitted at the designated transmission time. Information can be automatically transmitted to the (destination) destination facsimile device 20 as many times as possible until the destination becomes ready for reception, resulting in improved usability and subsequent confirmation. It will be easier.

Since the information is recorded on the magneto-optical disk 15A (magneto-optical disk 15B), the transmission information can be easily carried, and the image reader section and the transmission section (transmission circuit 9) of the facsimile machine can be carried out. Since the magneto-optical disk 15A is interposed between the image reader unit and the transmitter unit, the image reader unit and the transmitter unit can be designed to be smaller in size than a conventional facsimile machine, resulting in a portable device. Will also be possible.

Next, another embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, in addition to information (generally, image information such as a document) transmitted and received by a facsimile apparatus, voice such as human voice is transmitted and received as information. 2, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Then, the audio signal c input by the known means is input to the A / D converter 11 and the magneto-optical disk 15 is input.
The data is recorded in A, and if necessary, is transmitted from the transmission circuit 9 to the facsimile machine 20 of the other party together with normal information, as in the above embodiment.

On the other hand, the voice signal d transmitted from the facsimile machine 20 of the other party is recorded on the magneto-optical disk 15B, converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 43, and output from the voice output section 45A such as a speaker. It is configured.

As described above, in this embodiment, the audio information is transmitted along with the normal information along with the magneto-optical disk 15A.
Since it is recorded in 15B, it has a function as a so-called "answering machine", the function of the facsimile machine is expanded and the usability is excellent, and at the same time, the voice information is transmitted / received when transmitting / receiving the information. As a result, information (normal characters, image information, etc.) can be transmitted more reliably.

Further, since the voice information and the normal information can be separated from each other, the unpleasant sound (sound of "beep") included in the normal information can be removed, and the magneto-optical disk 15B is random. Since it is accessible, the recorded voice information can be continuously heard, which is excellent in usability.

On the magneto-optical disk 15A (magneto-optical disk 15B), both the normal information and the audio information are recorded as signals in the audio signal band. Therefore, the recorded information on the magneto-optical disk 15A is read out and recorded. By using a device (reproducer) that converts signals, if there is a telephone, such as a general telephone or public telephone,
There is an advantage that information can be transmitted from a desired place.

Further, since normal information can be input by voice and transmitted, there is an advantage that the information transmission method can be selected according to the situation.
5B) can be electronically filed in the so-called "G3 fax" format, which has advantages such as easy management of information.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various other configurations can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0038]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, desired information is recorded as a signal modulated into a signal in the voice signal band, and at least the desired information is transmitted to a disc-shaped recording medium on which the recorded information is read. Since the desired information including the information and the received information is recorded, the recording capacity is sufficient, the received information index can be collectively recorded in a predetermined area, and the reading speed is fast when the contents are randomly accessed, and It has the benefit of lower manufacturing costs.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, unnecessary information is deleted from the recorded information while the content of the information recorded on the recording medium is visually recognized on the monitor for displaying the information content. Therefore, when the contents are randomly accessed, the reading speed is fast, and only the necessary information excluding the deleted unnecessary information is output to the desired device.As a result, unnecessary information is deleted and only the necessary information is printed on the paper. Since it can be printed in a short time, there is an advantage that wasteful printing can be eliminated and paper can be saved.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the transmission time of the predetermined information recorded in advance on the board recording medium is designated in response to the predetermined operation, and the predetermined information is transmitted at the designated transmission time. As a result, multiple recipients (recipients) can receive until the recipients are ready to receive.
The benefit is that the information can be sent automatically any number of times.

In addition, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the voice information to be transmitted or received is recorded on the board-shaped recording medium, and it also has a function as a so-called "answering machine", so that the usability is improved. There is a benefit.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram in another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photoelectric converter 3 Correction circuit 5 Signal compression circuit 7 Modulation circuit 9 Transmission circuit section 10 Telephone line 11 A / D converter 13 Encoder 15A, 15B Magneto-optical disk 17 Optical pickup 19 RF amplifier 20 Facsimile device (counterpart) 21 Decoder 23 D / A converter 25 Reception circuit 27 A / D converter 29 Demodulation circuit 29 31 Signal expansion circuit 33 Table of contents output unit 35 Encoder 37 Optical pickup 39 RF amplifier 41 Decoder 43 D / A converter 45 Output device 47 Output content selection unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A disc-shaped recording medium in which desired information is recorded as a signal modulated into a signal in an audio signal band, and the recorded information is read out, and at least the transmission information is contained in the disc-shaped recording medium. Desired information including the received information and the received information is recorded. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a monitor for displaying the information content on which the content of the information recorded on the board-like recording medium is visually recognized, and the content of the recorded information on the monitor are visually recognized. Meanwhile, unnecessary information deleting means for deleting unnecessary information from the recorded information, and necessary information outputting means for outputting only necessary information excluding the deleted unnecessary information to a desired device are provided. A facsimile machine provided with the feature. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission time of the predetermined information recorded in advance on the board-shaped recording medium is designated in response to a predetermined operation, and the designated transmission. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: an automatic transmission unit that transmits the predetermined information at a time. 4. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: voice information recording means for recording voice information to be transmitted or received on the board-shaped recording medium.