JPH0698065A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store audio data in a store memory for image data in the same format as that of the image data by converting the audio data into digital data. CONSTITUTION:A voice inputted from a microphone 14 is converted from an analog signal into the digital data at an audio signal conversion part 16. Converted data is sent to a store control part 18, and an identifier represented as sent data is added to the data, and it is stored in the store memory 19 in the same format as that of the image data. The store control part 18 reads out data designated by a control part 20 from the store memory 19, and confirms the identifier, and notifies it to an audio signal reproducing part 17 when it shows the audio data. The audio signal reproducing part 17 converts notified data into the analog signal, and reproduces a converted signal with a speaker 15 according to the instruction of the control part 20, or notifies it to a communication part 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having a data storage function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the main facsimile machine,
Although an answering machine function is added and voice can be transmitted and received, voice data and image data are managed separately, and a voice data storage unit is provided separately from the image data storage unit.

[0003]

In the conventional facsimile machine described above, the voice data and the image data are managed separately.

Therefore, since the reproduction of the voice data and the recording of the image data on the recording paper are performed separately, it is necessary to record all the received image data and search for the image data corresponding to the voice from among them. There are drawbacks.

Further, there is a drawback in that it is not possible to transmit specific voice data stored in advance when transmitting image data.

Further, there is a drawback in that separate storage memories for voice data and image data and a control unit for controlling the storage memories must be provided.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention has a voice signal conversion unit for converting an analog voice signal into digital data and outputting the voice data, and an original voice data converted into the digital data. An audio signal reproduction unit that converts and outputs an analog audio signal, a communication unit that transmits and receives the audio data converted to digital data in the same communication procedure as the transmission and reception of image data, and digital data notified from this communication unit A storage memory in which an identifier of voice data or image data is added to the voice data converted into the image data, the image data, the voice data converted into digital data by the voice signal conversion unit, or the image data read by the image data reading unit. Data stored in the storage memory is confirmed, and the data stored in the storage memory is confirmed. And a storage control unit for notifying said communication unit along with the identification finger, the recording unit or the audio signal reproducing unit for recording image data.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data management in the storage memory of this embodiment.

In FIG. 1, a communication section 11 controls a communication procedure with a facsimile apparatus of the other party, a reading section 12 reads image data, and a recording section 13 prints and records the image data on a recording sheet. Audio data is input to the microphone 14, and the speaker 15 reproduces the audio data. The audio signal conversion unit 16 converts an analog audio signal input from the microphone 14 or the communication unit 11 into an ADPCM system or a PC.
The audio signal reproducing unit 17 converts the digital data into an analog signal by being notified by the storage control unit 18 by using the M method or the like. The storage control unit 18 adds an image data identifier to the image data sent from the communication unit 11 or the reading unit 12 and stores the image data in the storage memory 19, or the image data sent from the communication unit 11 or the audio signal conversion unit 16. The voice data converted into digital data is added with a voice data identifier and stored in the storage memory 19, or the identifier of the data stored in the storage memory 19 is confirmed to check the communication unit 11, the recording unit 13, the voice signal. Notify the reproducing unit 17. The storage memory 19 is a memory for storing voice data and image data.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the case of storing voice data, the voice input from the microphone 14 is converted by the voice signal conversion unit 16 from an analog signal to digital data. The converted digital data is stored in the storage memory 19 in the same format as the image data by adding an identifier indicating that the data is voice data to the data sent to the storage controller 18.

In the case of reproducing voice data, the control unit 20
Instructs the storage controller 18 to read the data stored in the storage memory 19 designated by the operator,
The audio signal reproduction unit 17 is instructed to reproduce the data notified from the storage control unit 18 with the speaker. The storage control unit 18 stores the data designated by the control unit 20 in the storage memory 1
9, the identifier is confirmed, and if the identifier is audio data, the audio signal reproducing unit 17 is notified. The audio signal reproducing unit 17 converts the notified data into an analog signal and reproduces it by the speaker 15.

In the case of the answering machine function, first, the operation of accumulating the voice data described above is performed, and the response voice to be reproduced at the time of the incoming call is registered. When an incoming call arrives, the communication unit 11 causes the control unit 20 to
The control unit 20 instructs the storage control unit 18 to read the registered response voice data, and the voice signal reproducing unit 17 converts the data notified from the storage control unit 18 into an analog voice signal. Then, the communication unit 11 is instructed to notify. The storage control unit 18 reads the response voice data from the storage memory 19 and notifies the voice signal reproduction unit 17 of the response voice data. The audio signal reproducing unit 17 converts the data into an analog signal and notifies the communication unit 11 of the analog signal. The communication unit 11 outputs the notified voice analog signal to the line. When the output is completed, the communication unit 11 enters the voice receiving state and notifies the voice signal converting unit 16 of the voice signal transmitted from the other party. The voice signal converter 16 converts the notified signal into digital data and notifies the storage controller 18 of the digital data. The storage control unit 18 adds an identifier indicating that the data is voice data to the sent data, and stores it in the storage memory 19 in the same format as the image data. The accumulated data reproduces the sound by performing the above-described operation of reproducing the sound data.

In the case of transmitting the stored voice data or image data, when transmitting the image data together, first, the voice data is stored in the storage memory 19 in the same manner as the above-mentioned storage of the voice data according to the instruction of the control unit 20. Accumulate in.
Next, the image data is read from the reading unit 12 and sent to the storage control unit 18. The storage control unit 18 adds an identifier indicating that the image data has been sent to the image data, and stores it in the storage memory 19 as a pair with the previously stored audio information. The correspondence between image data and audio data is managed by a list structure as shown in FIG. The storage control unit 18 is a control unit 20.
Data (for example, designation of the management number in FIG. 2) is read from the storage memory to the other facsimile device,
The identifier of the read data is confirmed, and the identifier and the data are notified to the communication unit 11. The communication unit 11 confirms whether the partner facsimile machine can reproduce the voice data even if it receives the voice data in the image data format. If the partner facsimile machine can reproduce it, the voice data is transmitted in the image data format and the storage control is performed. The identifier notified from the unit 18 is notified to the partner facsimile machine. To confirm whether the partner facsimile machine can reproduce the voice data even if it receives the voice data in the form of image data, for example, the partner facsimile machine notifies by a non-standard function identification signal NSF, and the voice data to the partner facsimile machine is imaged. Send in data format. Further, the notification of the identifier is made by, for example, a non-standard function setting signal NSS. The notification of the identifier and the data notified from the penetration portion 18 are transmitted as image data to the facsimile machine of the other party in the image data transfer procedure. The storage controller 18 repeats the above-described operation until the end club of the data shown in FIG. 2 is detected, and the communication unit 11 transmits the identifier and the data to the partner facsimile. When all data transmission is completed, the control unit 2
0 requests the line to the communication unit 11, and the communication unit 11 disconnects the line and terminates the communication.

Further, when the partner facsimile machine does not have a function capable of reproducing the voice data even if the voice data is received in the form of image data, the voice data is converted into an analog signal by the same operation as the operation of the answering machine Waiki. Then, the notification is sent, and the Gokan data is sent by knowing the normal facsimile sending function.

In the case of receiving the accumulated voice data and image data, when the communication section 11 detects an incoming call, it can be reproduced even if it is received by the partner facsimile machine in the form of image data by a non-standard function identification signal NSF or the like. Notify the fax machine. The communication unit 11 transmits voice data in the form of image data and identifies the identifier as a non-standard function setting signal NS.
When the image data is received in S and the image data reception is started, the identifier and the image data are sent to the storage controller 18. Storage controller 18
Receives the identifier and the image data, and stores the received identifier and the image data in the storage memory with the data structure shown in FIG. After the communication is completed, the storage controller 18 controls the controller 2
The data received by the instruction of 0 is read from the storage memory 19, the identifier is confirmed, and if the identifier is voice data, the data is sent to the voice signal reproduction unit 17, and the voice signal reproduction unit 17 uses the speaker to convert the data converted into the analog signal. Reproduce. If the identifier is image data, the data is sent to the recording unit 13, and the recording unit 13 records the received data on the recording paper. The accumulation control unit 18 repeats the data read operation until the end flag of the data shown in FIG. 2 is detected, and is reproduced as voice or recorded on recording paper.

Further, in the conventional facsimile apparatus that sends voice as an analog signal, the communication unit 11 notifies the voice signal conversion unit 16 of the notified voice signal, and the image data is identified to the storage control unit 18 as image data. Notify with the paper. The voice signal conversion unit 16 converts the notified voice signal into digital data and stores it in the storage memory by the same operation as the above-described storage of voice data.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to devote a separate storage memory and storage memory for audio data and image data to the control unit, and one storage memory and storage control unit can be used for audio data. Since the image data can be controlled, the structure can be simplified.

Further, since the image data and the voice data can be easily registered, it is not necessary to reproduce all the voices and judge the required voice from them, and only the voices related to the image data can be heard. Have the result that you can.

Furthermore, since the voice of the explanation about the image data to be transmitted can be stored in advance and sent together with the image data, it is not necessary to make a separate call to explain the transmitted image data. It is effective, and also has the result that the sound can be sent together with the image data even in the time designation communication.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data management in a storage memory according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Communication Unit 12 Reading Unit 13 Recording Unit 14 Microphone 15 Speaker 16 Voice Signal Returning Unit 17 Voice Signal Reproducing Unit 18 Storage Control Unit 19 Storage Memory 20 Control Unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A voice signal converter for converting an analog voice signal into digital data and outputting it as voice data, and a voice for converting the voice data converted into digital data into an original analog voice signal and outputting it. A signal reproduction unit, a communication unit that transmits and receives the audio data converted into digital data in the same communication procedure as the transmission and reception of image data, and audio data converted into digital data notified from the communication unit, image data, and Data stored in the storage memory by adding an identifier of voice data or image data to the voice data converted into digital data by the voice signal conversion unit or the image data read by the image data reading unit Check the identifier and record the data stored in the storage memory together with the identification finger on the communication unit and the image data. And a storage control unit for notifying the audio signal reproduction unit.