JPH066510A - Facsimile equipment with sealing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To seal respective originals at every destination when different originals requiring sealing addressed to plural destinations are received with single communication. CONSTITUTION:A reception means 101 converts a received original into image data. A storage means 102 stores the image data. A destination information extracting means 104 extracts a header sheet included in the image data and decodes at least one destination name and original designation information at every destination registered in the header sheet. A designated original read means 107 reads the image data from the storage means 102 corresponding to the original designation information by the destination classifications. An original reproducing means 103 reproduces the original from the read image. A sealing means 105 seals the reproduced original at every destination.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a sealing function, and in particular, when different originals requiring sealing to a plurality of destinations are received in one communication, each destination is received. The present invention relates to a facsimile device having a sealing function capable of sealing each document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile apparatus, a received original is sent out as a hard copy to a receiving plate of the facsimile apparatus and left in a form in which it is visible to the eyes. Therefore, when the content of the manuscript is a confidential document which requires confidentiality, the facsimile device cannot be used and there is a problem that it has to rely on other means such as mailing.

In recent years, in order to solve such problems,
For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-67072, when a transmission original is a secret document, identification information indicating that the transmission original is a secret document is added to the first page of the original at the transmitting side, and identification is made at the receiving side. A facsimile apparatus has been proposed in which, when information is detected, the original document is treated as a secret document and is automatically housed (sealed) in an envelope to keep the secret.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus having the sealing function, it has not been assumed that different confidential documents are transmitted to a plurality of destinations in one communication. Therefore, in such a case, the transmission process must be executed for each destination, which is not convenient.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and when different originals to a plurality of destinations requiring sealing are received by one communication, the respective originals for the respective destinations are received. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device having a sealing function capable of sealing a sheet.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is characterized in that a facsimile machine having a sealing function has the following means. (1) means for receiving header sheets and confidential documents,
A storage unit that stores the header sheet and the secret document as image data; a destination information extraction unit that extracts at least one destination name and original designation information for each destination from the header sheet as image data; The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a designated manuscript reading means for reading the image data from the storage means by destination and a manuscript reproducing means for reproducing the manuscript from the read image data, and the reproduced manuscript is sealed for each destination. There is. (2) means for receiving header sheets and confidential documents,
Storage means for storing a header sheet and a secret document as image data, destination information extracting means for extracting at least one destination name and original designation information for each destination from the header sheet as image data, and utilizing the extracted destination name Destination cover creating means for creating a destination cover for each destination, designated original reading means for reading image data from the storage means by destination according to original designation information, and original reproduction for reproducing an original from the read image data It is characterized in that the reproduced original is sealed together with the destination cover for each destination.

[0007]

According to the above configuration, even when different originals are received at a plurality of destinations that need to be sealed in one communication, the destination information (the destination name and the number of originals for each destination) registered in the header sheet is received. ) By identifying
It becomes possible to seal each manuscript for each destination.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. The receiving unit 101 receives a document (header sheet and secret document) transmitted from another facsimile apparatus to its own station and converts it into image data. At least one destination name and document designation information for each destination are recorded on the header sheet. The manuscript specification information is information for specifying the manuscript to be distributed to each destination in page units.

The storage means 102 stores the header sheet and secret document converted into image data. The destination information extracting unit 104 extracts at least one destination name and document designation information for each destination from the header sheet converted into image data. Designated original reading means 10
Reference numeral 7 reads from the storage means 102 a secret document (image data) designated for each destination by the original designation information. The document reproducing means 103 reproduces a document from the read image data. The sealing means 105 seals the reproduced document for each destination.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of FIG.

In step S1, the document (header sheet and secret document) transmitted from another facsimile apparatus to its own station is received by the receiving means 101 and converted into image data. In step S2, the image data is stored in the storage means 102. In step S3,
It is determined whether or not the image data stored in the storage unit 102 includes the header sheet. If the image data does not include the header sheet, the image data is treated as a normal document.

The determination as to whether or not the image data includes the header sheet is based on, for example, whether or not a marker attached to the scheduled position of the header sheet is stored at the scheduled address of the storage means 102. Is done.

When the image data includes the header sheet, the header sheet is extracted by the destination information extracting means 104 in step S4, and the destination name and the original designation information registered in the header sheet are decoded. In step S5, the image data of the secret document to be distributed to the first destination is designated original reading means 10.
The data is read from the storage unit 102 by page unit 7. In step S6, the read secret document is printed and reproduced on the recording paper or the like by the document reproducing means 103.

In step S7, the sealing means 105 seals the printed original for each destination. In step S8, it is determined whether or not the next destination remains. If the next destination remains, the process returns to step S5 and the processes of steps S5 to S8 are repeated.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention, in which the same symbols as those used in the preceding description represent the same or corresponding portions.

The address cover creating means 106 creates an address cover for each address using the address names extracted by the address information extracting means 104, and outputs it to the sealing means 105.
The sealing means 105 seals the reproduced original for each destination together with the destination cover for each destination.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of FIG. 3, and since the same processing as the above is executed in the steps given the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2, the description thereof will be omitted here.

When the destination name and the original designation information registered in the header sheet are decoded in step S4, the destination cover creating means 106 creates a destination cover for each destination based on the destination name in step S4a. , To the sealing means 105.

In step S6, the document read from the storage means 102 is reproduced by the document reproduction means 103, as described above. In step S7, the sealing means 10
The document on which 5 is printed is sealed together with the destination cover for each destination.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic hardware structure of the facsimile apparatus for realizing the sealing function according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention. The facsimile machine of the present invention has all the main components of the conventional facsimile machine, but here, only the components necessary for explaining the present invention are shown, and the other components are omitted.

In the figure, a scanner 1 reads document information and converts it into image data of electric signals. The codec (CODEC) unit 2 encodes image data and decodes the encoded image data.
The image memory 4 stores encoded image data. The modem 5 modulates image data to be transmitted and demodulates received image data. The line control unit (NCU) 6 automatically dials and calls the partner station or performs a predetermined communication procedure or the like according to a predetermined protocol when there is a transmission instruction through a one-touch dial or a speed dial.

The printer 7 prints the received image data on recording paper. The operation panel 8 has a numeric keypad, function keys, a display unit, and the like. System control unit (CPU) 9
Controls the operation of the entire facsimile. ROM10
Stores a control program for operating this system and various basic data. The RAM 11 provides a work area and stores data set by the user from the operation panel 8.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the facsimile apparatus having such a configuration.

When transmitting a secret document, the transmitting station creates a header sheet 30 as shown in FIG. 7, for example, and transmits this together with the secret document as a cover of the transmission document.

In the header sheet 30, a destination name 31 is written at a designated position defined by the marker 33, and the number of secret documents for the destination is marked by the mark sheet method 3.
2 (32a, 32b, 32c).

In the present embodiment, the first transmitted document is the destination A, and the next three (that is, the second to fourth pages of the transmitted document).
Is the destination B, and the next two sheets (that is, the fifth of the transmitted document,
(Page 6) indicates that the original is for the destination C.

In the facsimile machine on the receiving side, the received original document (header sheet 30 and secret document) is converted into image data and temporarily stored in the image memory 4. CPU9
Detects the position of the marker 33 in the image data according to the control program stored in the ROM 10, extracts the destination name registered in the header sheet based on the marker, and decodes the number of originals. . If the marker 33 is not detected, the original is processed as a normal original. The method of detecting the information on the header sheet based on the marker position is known as the mark sheet technology, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

The CPU 9 uses the extracted destination name to
First, the cover 40a of the destination A is created. The cover is created
This is performed by enlarging or reducing the destination name extracted from the image data, performing processing such as whitening, character decoration, etc., and printing this on a suitable place on the recording paper.

When the cover 40a of the destination A is printed, the CP
U9 reads only the original document to the destination A, that is, only the image data in response to the first page of the secret document from the image memory 4 and outputs it to the printer 7. When the printer 7 finishes printing the first page, the CPU 9 instructs the sealing unit 3 to execute the sealing process. The sealing portion 3 is the cover 40a of the destination A.
And the first page 51 of the received document is stored in the envelope.

When the sealing process for the destination A is completed,
The CPU 9 creates the cover 40b of the destination B in the same manner as described above, and prints it on the recording paper by the printer 7. When the cover 40b of the destination B is printed, the CPU 9 causes the document to the destination B,
That is, only the image data responding to the second to fourth pages of the secret document is read from the image memory 4 and output to the printer 7. When the printer 7 finishes printing the second, third, and fourth pages, the CPU 9 instructs the sealing unit 3 to execute the sealing process. The sealing unit 3 stores the cover 40b of the destination B and the three originals 52, 53, 54 in an envelope.

Similarly, with respect to the destination C, the cover 40c of the destination C and the two originals (fifth page) 55, (6th page)
Store page 56 in the envelope.

According to the present embodiment, the destination name registered in the header sheet transmitted together with the confidential document for sealing and the number of original documents for each destination are identified.
Even when different originals are received for a plurality of destinations that need to be sealed in each communication, it is possible to seal the respective originals for each destination.

Next, a modification of the second embodiment will be described. This modification is designed to address the following problems.

For example, among the five secret documents, the first page to the third page are the destination A, the third page to the fifth page are the destination B, and the first page to the fifth page are the destination C.
As described above, some of the originals to be sent to each destination may be duplicated.

In such a case, conventionally, all the duplicated originals are transmitted, so that there is a lot of waste and the communication cost is increased.

Therefore, in the modification described below, when a part of the secret document transmitted to each destination is duplicated, the duplicated document is copied on the receiving side to enable efficient transmission. did.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a header sheet used in this modified example. In this modified example, the start page marking 61 (61) is used to specify the original for each destination.
a, 61b, 61c) and end page marking 62
(62a, 62b, 62c).

That is, the destination A is marked so as to designate the first page and the third page, the destination B is marked so as to designate the third page and the fifth page, and the destination C is designated. Marks so as to designate the first page and the fifth page.

The facsimile machine which has received the header sheet 30 having such a marquee prints the image data corresponding to the pages in the range designated by the markings 61 and 62.

According to this modification, when some of the originals to the respective destinations are duplicated, the duplicated originals are copied on the receiving side, so that the communication cost is reduced and the usability is improved.

In the second embodiment described above, the destination cover sheet is created based on the received header sheet. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the first embodiment (FIG. 6), only the secret document may be sealed.

[0043]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the destination name registered in the header sheet transmitted together with the original for sealing and the number of originals for each destination are identified. Even when different originals are received for a plurality of destinations that need to be sealed in this communication, it becomes possible to seal the respective originals for each destination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the function of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the function of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic hardware configuration of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining the function of the header sheet (first example).

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining the function of the header sheet (second embodiment).

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining a function of a header sheet (a modified example of the second embodiment).

[Explanation of symbols]

30 ... Header sheet, 31 ... Destination name, 33 ... Marker,
41, 51 ... Destination cover, 101 ... Receiving means, 102 ... Storage means, 103 ... Original reproduction means, 104 ... Destination information extracting means, 105 ... Sealing means, 106 ... Destination cover creating means, 107 ... Designated original reading means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Akio Matsushita 3-7-1 Fuchu, Iwatsuki City, Saitama Prefecture Fuji Zerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Works (72) Inventor Hideo Seino 3-7-1, Iwatsuki City, Saitama Prefecture No. Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Plant (72) Inventor Ryuichiro Kobayashi 3-7-1 Fuchu, Iwatsuki City, Saitama Prefecture Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Iwatsuki Plant

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a header sheet and a secret document, a storing means for storing the header sheet and the secret document as image data, and at least one destination name and a document for each destination from the header sheet as the image data. Destination information extraction means for extracting designation information, designated manuscript reading means for reading image data from the storage means according to the manuscript designation information for each destination, manuscript reproducing means for reproducing manuscripts from the read image data, and reproducing means. A facsimile machine having a sealing function, which further comprises a sealing means for sealing the original document for each destination. 2. A receiving means for receiving a header sheet and a secret document, a storage means for storing the header sheet and the secret document as image data, and at least one destination name and an original document for each destination from the header sheet as the image data. Destination information extraction means for extracting designated information, destination cover creation means for creating destination cover sheets for each destination using the extracted destination names, and designated originals for reading image data by destination from storage means according to original designation information Facsimile having a sealing function, comprising reading means, original reproducing means for reproducing an original from the read image data, and sealing means for sealing the reproduced original together with the destination cover for each destination. apparatus.