JPH07226824A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent reception from being forgotton owing to carelessness by setting the first transmission original to be destination conversion at the time of transmitting the same original of plural destinations and automatically inserting the marker of an underline only into respective destination parts at every transmission. CONSTITUTION:At the time of transmitting the original, the original is in the middle of multiple address, and the transmission original is the first one, namely, the destination original. When it comes to the X-th line of the destination (m) of the destination original in the transmission original, the underline is automatically inserted into the destination original which an OR circuit 307 image- expands. Furthermore, the original is image-compressed in a comparession part 308 and it is transmitted by a transmission part 309. Since the first transmission original is set to be the destination original, and only the respective transmission destinations can be specified at every transmission, attention that the original is that transmitted to the self destination can be drawn to a reception- side. Then, a series of multiple address communication operation can automatically be conducted in the same equipment by compressing again the original after the marker is inserted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fax machine or a fax mail system, and more particularly, to an F-mail system for sending the same document to a plurality of destinations.
It relates to an AX or FAX mail device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some fax machines have a broadcast communication function for transmitting the same document to a plurality of destinations.
Examples include a sequential broadcast function as a single X unit and a simultaneous broadcast function as a FAX broadcast device. here,
As an example of the device configuration of this broadcast communication, a FAX mail device is arranged between a transmitting FAX terminal and a plurality of receiving FAX terminals, and a transmission original from the transmitting FAX terminal is temporarily stored in a memory on the FAX mail device. For example, there is one that stores the information and waits for the busy state of the receiving FAX terminal to be released before transmission.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional broadcasting apparatus, the transmission original is delivered to the receiver as it is and recorded without being processed.

Therefore, at the receiving end, the receiving FAX
Even if you look at the manuscript recorded in, it is difficult to determine whether it is the one addressed to you immediately, and it is not received due to human carelessness, that is, even if it is received on the device, the recipient Occasionally, an error such as forgetting to pick up the received document may occur due to overlooking.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus for transmitting the same original document to a plurality of destinations, a means for standardizing the destination description position with the first original of the transmission original document as the destination original document, Means for inserting a delimiter for each destination and for inputting each destination in the order in which the destination originals are described in the destination document. A document memory unit that stores the transmission document including a destination document, a destination memory unit that stores a plurality of destinations, a register that sets one destination that is being sequentially transmitted from the plurality of destinations when transmitting a document, It has an OR circuit that counts the input order of one destination set by the register with a delimiter and inserts a marker at the destination description position of the destination document corresponding to the count value.

[0006]

With the above configuration, one destination currently being transmitted is first set in the register. By counting the input order of one destination set in this register, the destination description position of the corresponding destination document is calculated, and the marker is inserted in the corresponding destination description position in the OR circuit, and only one destination being transmitted is calculated. Is specified as the destination document.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Here, an example of broadcast communication using a FAX mail device is shown.

In FIG. 1, the FAX mail device is a FAX.
Destination memory unit 3 for receiving a destination from a terminal and temporarily storing it
01, a document memory unit 302 for storing a compressed document image from the FAX terminal, a decompression unit 303 for decompressing the document image, a central processing unit (CPU) 304, a transmission No. for setting a transmission destination. An OR circuit 30 that inserts a marker into a specific destination of the first document image expanded by the register 305, the dial transmission unit 306, and the expansion unit 303.
7, a compression unit 308 that re-compresses the document image in which a marker is inserted in the OR circuit, a transmission unit 309 that transmits the document image compressed by the compression unit 308, and a ROM 310 that stores a program.

Here, in FIG. 1, as described above, F
An example using an AX mail device is shown.
The original received from the X terminal is compressed in advance. Therefore, the original compressed by the expansion unit 303 is temporarily expanded and O
A marker is inserted into the corresponding destination of the first sheet of the expanded original image by inputting it to one input terminal of the R circuit. After that, the original is compressed again by the compression unit 308 and transmitted to the corresponding destination.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a transmission document and a reception document according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of inputting a destination according to the present embodiment. Here, in this embodiment, two prerequisites are provided for automatically inserting a marker into the destination of the first original.

First, the first transmission original is standardized as a destination original. That is, the description position of each destination is fixedly set in advance. For example, in FIG. 2, each destination A
1, A2 ... An are described in advance. The destination description position of A2 described second here is the number of a × 2 + b lines from the upper end margin b and the line a of each destination. Further, underlining is used here as an example of inserting markers A1 and A2. However,
As in the case of An, an asterisk may be used instead of the underline, or other symbols or the like may be used.

Next, it is assumed that the means for inputting the destination is also set in advance. For example, in FIG.
And "#" is used at the end of the destination input. Using the destination example in FIG. 2, "A1, A2, ... An #" is input.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of this embodiment, and a description of the conventional FAX signal sequence other than the operation according to the present invention will be omitted. Therefore, FIG. 4A shows the control operation during the phase a dial transmission, and FIG. 4B shows the control operation during the phase c original transmission.

In FIG. 4 (a), at the time of dial transmission in phase a, a numerical transmission number indicating the number of the destination currently dialed. Store in register. At this time,
As shown in, the order of destinations can be counted by the destination delimiter “,” or “#” when inputting the destination.
Suppose now that the destination No. Is m (1 ≦ m ≦ n), in FIG.
When the original is being broadcast, the transmission original is the first original, that is, the destination original, and the destination original of the transmission original reaches the x-th line of the destination m, the destination whose image is expanded by the OR circuit 307 in FIG. Underlines are automatically inserted in the original.
At this time, x = a × m + b, a is the number of lines for one destination, and b
Is the top margin. Further, thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1, the original document is image-compressed by the compression unit 308 and transmitted by the transmission unit 309.

As described above in detail in this embodiment,
In the present invention, the first original of the transmitted original is set as the destination original,
Since each transmission destination can be specified each time transmission is performed, the receiving side can be warned that the original has been sent to its own destination. Further, according to the present invention, since a decompression unit for decompressing a compressed original document in the apparatus is provided and a compression unit for compressing the original document again after inserting the marker at the specific transmission destination, each destination can be specified. A series of broadcast communication operations to be transmitted can be automatically performed in the same device, and system construction is easy.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described with respect to the broadcast communication by the FAX mail device, it may be realized by a FAX terminal device or a FAX broadcast device, and it may be sequentially broadcast or broadcast. Good.

Further, in order to realize the marker, in addition to using underlines or various symbols as shown in this embodiment,
It is also possible to cut out only the destination part of the transmission destination and leave the other destinations blank for transmission.

[0018]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a facsimile apparatus for transmitting the same original document to a plurality of destinations, the first original sheet of the transmission original document is set as the destination original document, and each destination portion is underwritten each time it is transmitted. Since a marker such as a line is automatically inserted, it is possible to alert the receiving side that the original has been sent to its own destination, and to prevent the receiving side from forgetting to receive it due to human carelessness.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a transmission document and a reception document according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of destination input according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 301 destination memory unit 302 original document memory unit 303 decompression unit 304 CPU 305 destination No. Register 306 Dial sending unit 307 OR circuit 308 Compressing unit 309 Sending unit 310 ROM

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display location H04L 12/58 H04N 1/21 1/32 H 8732-5K H04L 11/20 101 B

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus for transmitting the same original document to a plurality of destinations, wherein the first original sheet of the transmission original document is set as the destination original document, and the transmission original document is stored after the position of each destination described in the destination original document is standardized in advance. A document memory section for storing a destination, a destination memory section that inserts a preset delimiter for each destination when inputting multiple destinations, and stores and stores multiple destinations in the order in which the destination document is described At this time, a register that sets one destination that is being sequentially transmitted from the plurality of destinations, and the input order of the one destination that is set in the register is counted by the delimiter, and the destination document corresponding to the count value OR to insert a marker at the address entry position
And a circuit for transmitting the transmission original including the destination original having the marker inserted therein to the one destination. 2. The transmission original including the destination original is compressed and stored in the original memory unit, and the compressed original is expanded by an expansion unit and then input to the OR circuit to perform the OR operation.
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission original including the destination original is recompressed and transmitted after a marker is inserted in the circuit.