JPH0678120A - Facsimile equipment with floppy disk data transfer function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a FAX equipment with FD transfer function capable of sure data transfer by giving FD transfer function to the facsimile equipment used relatively widely. CONSTITUTION:Data stored in floppy disks 10 are read, and floppy management, data of the classification, the number, etc., of floppy disks 10 is transmitted to an equipment on the reception side together with read data of floppy disks. The equipment on the reception side transmits reception enable data, which indicates whether reception is possible or not, to the facsimile equipment on the originating side at the time of incoming. Received data of floppy disks 10 are stored in a RAM 8, and these data are written on a floppy disk 10 for transfer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is capable of reading data stored in a floppy disk, transmitting the data to another facsimile machine via a public line, and transferring the data to a transfer floppy disk mounted in the facsimile machine. Facsimile device with a floppy disk data transfer function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the progress of so-called OA and FA,
Various kinds of information such as design information, management information, and transmission information are stored in a magnetic tape (MT) or a hard disk (HD), which are read out as needed and recorded on a recording paper by a connected recording device, or a line. By transferring the information to another storage device via the
In addition to being able to take it out immediately, information processing such as editing and composition can be done easily. By the way, factories and design bases are distributed in remote areas due to difficulty in land acquisition and human resources acquisition. For example, design information designed by CAD at the design center, CAM used in factories, etc. Opportunities for transferring the operation information, information such as data and documents created by a personal computer mounted on an OA device or a word processor, between a factory and a company office in a remote place have increased. MT and H that store various information
D was transported by car or transferred using a dedicated line. On the other hand, the amount of data on a floppy disk (FD) of a personal computer or a word processor is not so large that it is transferred using a dedicated line, so a simple FD transfer device using a public line has been developed and used. .

[0003]

However, since this FD transfer apparatus is a dedicated machine exclusively used for data transfer of FD, it is expensive and sometimes the data transfer is frequently made, regardless of the occasional data transfer. If there is an opportunity to transfer, it is not cost-effective and has not become popular. It may be possible to improve cost efficiency by sharing the FD transfer device with many operators, but operators working at remote locations such as offices on different floors may move to transfer data. However, it is troublesome to deliver the data-transferred FD to the person concerned. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve such a problem in the prior art, and provides an FD transfer function to a facsimile (FAX) device, which has a relatively high penetration rate, and further ensures reliable data transfer. An object is to provide a fax machine with a function. In addition, the FD information that has been transferred and the normal FA
An object of the present invention is to provide a FAX machine with an FD transfer function, which makes it possible to easily select X information when it is stored in a memory.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by reading the data stored in a floppy disk, the data of the floppy disk read by the data reading means, and the data of the floppy disk. Data transmission means for transmitting floppy disk management data such as type and number of sheets, and reception capacity data transmission means for transmitting reception capacity data indicating whether or not reception is possible to the facsimile machine on the calling side by receiving a call. Data storage means for storing data of at least one floppy disk, and data writing means for writing the data of the floppy disk stored in the data storage means to a storable floppy disk. Preferably, it further comprises a display means capable of displaying the floppy disk management data received from the calling side facsimile device, or a management data recording means capable of recording on the recording paper.

[0005]

In the transmitting side device, the data reading means reads the data stored in the floppy disk, and the data transmitting means transmits the floppy disk management data to the receiving side device. Upon receiving the call, the receiving side device transmits the receiving capability data indicating whether the receiving capability data transmitting means is in the receivable state to the transmitting side device. If the receiving side device can receive the floppy disk data, the data of the floppy disk read by the data transmitting means of the transmitting side device is transmitted to the receiving side device. The data storage means of the receiving side device stores the received data of the floppy disk, and the data writing means writes the stored data in a storable floppy disk.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a facsimile (FAX) device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in the figure, the FAX apparatus displays a scanner 1 for reading a document, a plotter 2 for outputting communication information, a code compression / reproduction circuit 3 for encoding and decoding the read image signal, and communication information for displaying. Display 4, keyboard 5 for inputting operation information, CPU 6 for controlling the entire apparatus, ROM 7 for storing fixed information, RAM 8 for temporarily storing image data, hard disk (HD) as a large-capacity external storage device. 9, a floppy disk (FD) 10 as an information source or for storing information from an external FAX machine, a communication unit 11 for communicating with the external FAX machine via a communication line, and a communication connection of these device groups It consists of an internal bus. As described above, the unit configuration of the embodiment is HD compared to the conventional FAX device.
9 and the difference with the FD10.

FIG. 2 shows FAs on the transmitting side (a) and the receiving side (b).
6 is a flowchart showing the operation and operation of the X device. The operation of the FAX apparatus according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. First,
At the time of installing the FAX apparatus, the operator operates the keyboard 5 to register the address and the destination telephone number in advance in association with the one-touch button or the shortened button on the keyboard 5. When transmitting FD information, the FD 10 that stores the information to be transmitted
Is set at a predetermined place (S-11), and the read button of the keyboard 5 is operated to read the information stored in the FD 10 and temporarily store it in the HD 9 (S-1).
2). When reading this FD10, the type of FD10 (size: 3.5 inch / 5.25 inch; density: 2DD
/ 2HD; the number of sheets) is determined, and subsequently to this FD type information, the information stored in the FD 10 is stored in the HD 9. Then, when the operator presses the one-touch button or the shortened button on the keyboard 5 (S-13), the destination telephone number corresponding to the pressed one-touch button or the shortened button is called (S-14). FAX of the called destination
When the device receives a call and the line is connected (S-24), first, the code data of the address and the sender's name registered in advance by the FAX device on the calling side by the JIS code or the like is transmitted (S-24). -15, S-16), and the FD type information is subsequently transmitted. When the called-side FAX device receives the FD type information, the called-side FAX device sends back reception capability information indicating that it is receivable because it has HD (9) built therein. When the FAX device on the calling side receives the reception capability information returned from the FAX device on the called side, the FD information stored in the FD 10 is transmitted to the FAX device on the called side (S-17).

FA on the receiving side whose line is connected by an incoming call
The X device first receives the address and sender name code data transmitted from the transmitting FAX device (S-25, S-
26) Next, the FD type information and the information stored in the FD 10 are received and stored in the built-in HD (9) (S-27). When reception of all the transmitted information is completed, the FAX machine on the receiving side is instructed by the CPU (6) to
The received addressee and sender name stored in the HD (9) are read out, converted into raster scan image data, and, for example, an FD reception notification report, an example of which is shown in FIG. 3, is printed out on a recording paper by the plotter (2). (S-28).

As shown in the figure, in the FD reception notification report, the reception date and time of the FD information are recorded according to the time information from the clock built in the FAX machine, and then the received address and Caller name, file number assigned to received FD information, type information of received FD (10), number of received FD (10) and FD (1
The description of how to take out 0) is recorded. The keyboard (5) is provided with a selection switch for selecting whether to record and output the FD reception information as an FD reception notification report by the plotter (2) or display it on the display (4). Can be arbitrarily selected. The operator of the FAX machine on the receiving side sees the FD reception notification report recorded and output by the plotter (2) or sees the display on the display (4), and
Set D (10) in the specified place (S-29) and operate the file designation key on the keyboard (5) to FD
Input the file number corresponding to the FD information transferred in (10). When the file number is entered, the CPU (6)
Sends a command and is sent from the sending FAX machine.
The FD information stored in D (9) is transferred to FD (10) (S-30). When the FD information for a plurality of FD sheets is received from the FAX apparatus on the transmitting side, the transfer of the FD information to the FD (10) is repeated for the number of FD sheets. As described above, in this embodiment, the FD information transmitted from the FAX machine is added with the file number, the address, and the sender's name information corresponding to the FD information, and the plotter 2 records or outputs the information or displays it. 4, it is possible to display and output, and therefore, fax information is stored in the HD 9 together with FD information, or even if FD information from other destinations or callers is stored together, they are confused. ,
No hassle in extracting the desired information.

[0010]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the data stored in the floppy disk is read, and the floppy disk data such as the type and the number of the floppy disk are read together with the read data of the floppy disk. On the other hand, the disk management data is transmitted, and on the other hand, the receiving side device, upon receipt of the call, transmits the reception capability data indicating whether or not the reception is possible to the calling side facsimile device, and further stores the received floppy disk data, Since the data is written to the floppy disk, the data on the floppy disk can be sent after the sending side device confirms the receiving state of the receiving side device, and the writing side floppy disk is loaded on the receiving side device. You can send it without using a dedicated device for transferring floppy disk data. It can be reliably transfer data of the floppy disk. According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the floppy disk management data received from the calling side facsimile device can be recorded on the recording paper, the operator can visually recognize the received floppy disk management data on the recording paper. Therefore, at the time of the transfer operation of the received data of the floppy disk to the writing floppy disk, the confusingness with other information such as normal FAX information can be reduced as much as possible. According to the invention of claim 3,
Since the floppy disk management data received from the calling facsimile machine can be displayed, the operator can visually check the received floppy disk management data on the display unit. When transferring to a disc, the normal F
The confusingness with other information such as AX information can be reduced as much as possible. According to the invention described in claim 4, since the guide data for guiding the writing operation method of the floppy disk is generated, and the guide data is displayed or recorded on the recording paper, the received data of the floppy disk. When transferring the data to the writing floppy disk, the operator is not confused because the operation method is unknown.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation and an operation of a FAX device on a transmission side and a FAX device on a reception side.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an FD reception notification report.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Plotter 3 Code compression / reproduction circuit 4 Display 5 Keyboard 6 CPU 8 RAM 9 Hard disk 10 Floppy disk 11 Communication unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Data transmission means for reading data stored in a floppy disk, and data transmission for transmitting floppy disk management data such as type and number of floppy disks together with data of the floppy disk read by the data reading means. Means, receiving capacity data transmitting means for transmitting to the facsimile apparatus on the calling side reception capacity data indicating whether or not the reception is possible, and data for storing the received data of at least one floppy disk. A facsimile apparatus having a floppy disk data transfer function, comprising storage means and data writing means for writing the data of the floppy disk stored in the data storage means to a storable floppy disk. 2. A facsimile apparatus with a floppy disk data transfer function according to claim 1, further comprising management data recording means capable of recording the floppy disk management data received from the calling facsimile machine on an incoming call on a recording sheet. 3. The facsimile machine with a floppy disk data transfer function according to claim 1, further comprising display means capable of displaying the floppy disk management data received from the facsimile machine on the calling side upon receipt of an incoming call. 4. A guide data generating means for generating guide data for guiding a floppy disk writing operation method, and a guide data output means for outputting the guide data generated by the guide data generating means to a management data recording means or a display means. A facsimile apparatus with a floppy disk data transfer function according to claim 2 or 3.