JPH0795328A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for generating a transmission slip on every transmission of an original by selecting a transmission slip suitable for an original to be sent and sending the selected transmission slip prior to the transmission of the original. CONSTITUTION:An image input section 10 is made up of a touch panel and a pen write input section provided overlappingly on a display screen of a display section 5, a button key entry section 11 is used to depress a corresponding button of a screen display and to enter a command. A memory 12 is used to store a registered transmission slip and a synthesis section 13 acts like synthesizing the selected transmission slip and an image entered from the image input section 10 to add additional information to the transmission slip. In this case, the transmission slip placed at first on an original is registered in advance by using an original read scanner 9 and the transmission slip is sent prior to the transmission of the original. Thus, it is not required to send the transmission slip before the original.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus provided with a delivery document in which an address, a sender and the like to be attached to the head of an original are described.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a manuscript is transmitted by a facsimile apparatus, a manuscript is sent at the beginning of the manuscript so that the manuscript sent by the receiving side can be recognized. The name and affiliation of the recipient, sender's name, affiliation,
Enter the date, subject, etc. and attach it to the beginning of the manuscript and send it. On the recipient's side, according to the delivery form received with the manuscript,
Recognize for what purpose the manuscript sent to you.

Such a delivery note is created for each original to be transmitted. Usually, the format is defined, common items are printed, and only special items are written by hand every time they are sent. FIG. 27 shows an example of such a delivery note.
The items to be entered include the affiliation of the destination, the name, the affiliation of the sender, the name, the number of originals, and the purpose of sending the originals.

[0004]

As described above, it has been necessary to prepare a transmission document by writing it on a sheet for each original to be transmitted. In particular, for a destination with a large number of communications, it was necessary to create a delivery note with the same content each time it was sent, which placed a considerable burden on the sender. In addition, since the sending form is made of paper, there is a problem that a large amount of waste paper will be generated after use.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a facsimile apparatus which reduces the burden on the sender and allows the receiving side to recognize the sender and the destination without using paper. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention, which has achieved the above object, is provided with a destination entry field for a document to be transmitted.
Registration means for pre-registering a delivery note including source text and fixed text relating to the transmission guide using a scanner for reading an original document, display means for displaying the contents of the delivery note registered in the registration means, and the display It is characterized in that it is provided with a delivery note selecting means for selecting a delivery note displayed on the means and a delivery note transmitting means for transmitting the selected delivery note in advance of the original document for transmitting.

In addition to the above-mentioned structure, an information adding means is provided for inputting an image of a handwritten character with a pen and for superimposing the image data on the image data of the selected delivery note to add information to the delivery note. You may let me.

Further, it is preferable that this information addition is performed by handwritten characters, and that the input means by handwritten characters also serves as the display means for displaying the contents of the registered delivery note.

[0009]

[Operation] The sending sheet registration means reads a sending sheet in which information such as a destination entry field, source information, and a fixed text relating to transmission guidance is read using a scanner of a facsimile, and is registered in advance. If the destination is frequently sent, enter the individual destination in the destination entry field. The user selects a delivery document suitable for the document to be transmitted from among the delivery documents registered by the delivery document selecting means when transmitting the document. The transmission document transmission means transmits the selected transmission document prior to the original document to be transmitted.
As a result, it is not necessary to create a sending document each time an original is sent, and paper for creating the sending document is also unnecessary.

However, there are cases where it is desired to add items such as the date, which are peculiar to the original to be transmitted, to the registered delivery form. In such a case, the user adds the information of the handwritten character to the delivery note by the information adding means, and then transmits the delivery note in which the additional information is combined, prior to the original document to be transmitted. As a result, the range of use of the registered delivery form is increased.

Further, the handwritten character is input by directly inputting with a pen at a position corresponding to the information added portion on the display means on which the contents of the registered delivery note are displayed.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of a facsimile apparatus embodying the present invention. This facsimile apparatus is similar to the conventional facsimile apparatus, and includes a transmission original reading section 14 and a transmitted original ejection section 1.
5, a received document discharge section 16, a display section 5, and a button key input section 11 are provided. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the facsimile apparatus. The network control device 1 is a device that controls connection to the outside such as a telephone network, and the modem 2 performs modulation / demodulation. The image storage device 3 stores the transmitted image, the encoding / decoding unit 4 encodes the data to be transmitted, and decodes the transmitted data. The display unit 5 displays not only the input telephone number and the operation display necessary for using a general facsimile apparatus but also the display related to the delivery note of this embodiment, and is composed of an LCD or the like. The control unit 6 controls the whole, and the system memory 7 stores a program for operating the system. The parameter memory 8 stores various necessary parameters, and the scanner 9 is used for reading a document. Each of the above-described devices is provided in a general facsimile machine.

The apparatus described below is unique to the present invention. The image input unit 10 is composed of a touch panel and a pen writing input unit which are provided on the display screen of the display unit 5 so as to overlap each other.
It is used to enter instructions by pressing the appropriate button. The memory 12 is used to store the registered delivery note, and the combining section 13 functions to combine the selected delivery note and the image input from the image input section 10 to add additional information to the delivery note.

First, the case of registering a fixed form delivery note will be described. FIG. 3 to FIG. 7 are views showing screen displays at the time of performing the fixed form delivery sheet registration procedure. FIG. 3 is the first screen at the time of registration, in which the heading of the registered delivery note and the unregistered one are displayed. The standard 1 general affairs department has already been stored in the column 01, and the delivery form is also stored in the columns 04 and 05. Then, the blank 02 is touched, or 02 is input from the button key input unit 11.

With this input, the display screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, the headline of the delivery note to be registered is input by touching the display screen. This screen shows a case in which "Standard 2 Kaiba" is input, Kana-Kanji conversion is performed, and "Standard 2 development department" is input. When the entry of the headline is completed, the display screen shifts to FIG. 5 and the message “Please enter the delivery note to be registered” is displayed. Then, the operator puts the transmission sheet created in advance at the original reading place of the facsimile machine,
The scanner 9 reads this in the same manner as a document.

When the reading of the delivery note to be registered is completed, the display screen shifts to FIG. 6 showing the read delivery note and the message "Do you want to register" is displayed. The operator confirms this display screen, and touches the "YES" key to register. The delivery note displayed on the screen by this operation is registered at the position indicated by 02 (standard size 2 development section). Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the display screen displays a message inquiring whether or not to continue the registration work, and the registration operation of one delivery note is completed.

Next, the case of registering a fixed-size delivery form and a manual input of additional items will be described. Such a delivery note is effective when it is transmitted to a destination terminal with a high communication frequency and the content of the additional item changes. FIG. 8 shows a screen at the start of registration, which is the same as FIG. 3 for registering a fixed form delivery form. In this example, since the column 03 is empty, the delivery note is registered here. 03
Touch the location of
When is input, the screen changes to that shown in FIG. 9 and prompts the user to input a headline. A touch panel is required to input the headline, but handwriting can also be selected. Here, a case where the headline is input by handwriting will be described. When touching for handwriting, the display screen shifts as shown in FIG. 10, and a message prompting for pen input is displayed in the display frame. Here, as shown in the figure, fill in the heading name "Development manager addressed attendance status table" with a pen,
Touch to indicate completion.

Next, the display screen shifts to that shown in FIG. 11, and a message "Please input the delivery note to be registered" is displayed. This is the same as the state of FIG. 5, and similarly to the case of FIG. 5, a delivery note to be registered (in this case, the same delivery note as in FIG. 6) to be registered is placed at the document reading position and the scanner 9
Read by. In some cases, the destination, the sender, the number of sheets to be sent, and the content of the delivery note shown in FIG. 6 are always determined.

For example, in the case where a document having the same content is periodically transmitted to a determined destination terminal, in particular, "actual working status" showing the working status every sunrise or "order sheet" requesting consumables. Etc. When performing such transmission, it is more effective to perform the transmission in the following example. That is, the entry items such as the addressee, the sender, the number of sheets to be sent, and the additional contents are registered separately from the sending sheet.

Two methods can be adopted as a method of entering the address, sender, number of transmissions, additional contents, etc. One is a method of designating a character frame to be filled in on the display screen by moving the cursor, etc., and writing necessary items in this character frame by kana-kanji conversion using a touch panel. This is a method of directly overwriting handwritten characters by pen input in the relevant area.
If you want to reduce the time and effort required for writing and use the handwriting as evidence, the latter is preferable. Regarding the input of the date, it may be considered to use the internal calendar managed by the facsimile apparatus to automatically input the date by designating only the input portion. The destination, sender, number of transmissions, additional contents, and the like, which are overwritten in this manner, are combined in the memory with the image data of the previously registered delivery note.

FIG. 12 shows the contents obtained by merging these items with the delivery form. The destination is the "development manager" and the sender is "○○○".
“○”, the number of transmitted sheets “1”, and the content of “the actual working hours” are shown. If you confirm this screen and touch "Yes" to the "Do you want to register?" Message, touch to complete the registration, the display screen will change to Fig. 13, and you will be prompted to continue registration. When the registration is not performed, the registration operation ends.

FIG. 14 and FIG. 15 are views for schematically explaining the configuration of the memory 12 for storing the registered delivery note. FIG. 14 shows an address where the registered delivery note shown in FIG. 13 is stored. FIG. 15 shows a state of an address, a headline stored in the address, a delivery note, and additional necessary items to be entered in the delivery note. The column A in FIG. 14 shows the address of the headline. The headline is registered for 03 "Attendance status table for development manager", and its address 0000 to
As shown in FIG. 15, the “working situation for development manager” is stored in 0022. The delivery note is stored in the column B of FIG. 14, and the delivery note registered as shown in FIG. 15 is stored in the addresses 0230 to 025F of 03. In the column C of FIG. 14, additional necessary items to be written in the delivery note are stored, and 0
As shown in FIG. 15, “development manager”, “XXXXX”, “1”, and “honoritsuhigashi status table” are stored in the addresses 0260 to 027A of No. 3 as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation during transmission will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 and the display screens shown in FIGS. First, a menu as shown in FIG. 18 appears on the display unit 5 (step S1). The fineness of the original and the original mode are initially set to standard. Monitor whether touch key input or key input is performed (step S
2) If it is not input, it is checked whether or not the transmission original is set (step S3). As shown in FIG.
02 If there is a touch key or key input for the heading of the fixed form 2 development department, or if the transmission original is set in step S3, it is checked whether the mode is the transmission sheet addition mode for executing the automatic transmission sheet setting of the present invention. (Step S4).
If the operation comes from step S3, the original is sent as it is because the original is attached to the beginning of the original and is transmitted instead of the transmission adding mode (step 1).
5). On the other hand, when the heading is selected with the touch keys or keys as shown in FIG. 19, the delivery note addition mode is entered, the registered delivery note list is displayed (step S5), and it is checked whether the delivery note is selected (step S5). S6). When 02 is selected, the entire delivery of 02 is displayed as shown in FIG. 20 (step S7). However, in this state, it is assumed that the destination, the sender, and the number of sheets have not been entered.

The display screen of FIG. 20 prompts for pen input, and when pen input is not made (step S8), the image of the delivery note is stored in the memory 12 (step S9). The case of not inputting with the pen means that all the items including the destination are entered in the registered delivery form and the transmission can be performed as it is, or C of FIG. 14 and FIG. 14 described in FIG.
This is the case when the additional necessary items of the delivery form registered in the field are registered. When inputting with a pen, the address and the like are not entered as in the delivery form in FIG. 20, and the address and the like are input with a pen (step S8). Then, the sent document and the pen input image are combined (step S10), and the combined image is stored in the memory 1
2 is stored (step S11). FIG. 21 is a screen showing this state, in which a delivery form combined with the contents input by the pen is displayed.

Next, the document transmission is started. First, it is checked whether the transmission document is set in the document reading section (step S1).
2) If it is set, it is checked whether or not the start button is pressed (step S13). If the start button is pressed, the destination facsimile number is input next. In this input, a speed dial is often registered. Therefore, when the speed dial list is touched as shown in FIG. 22, the address list in which the speed dial has been registered is displayed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. Touch 05. Then, the speed dial 05, the destination name and the facsimile number are displayed as the destination number. Since the speed dial is input by selecting 05, the delivery note stored in the memory 12 is first transmitted (step S14), and then the original is transmitted (step S15).

FIG. 24 is a view for explaining the menu function, and shows a screen for registering a delivery note and a list of registered delivery notes by selecting the menu displayed on the display unit with touch keys or keys. A screen, a screen for registering speed dials, a screen showing a list of registered speed dials, and a screen for communication management are displayed. After that, by following the instructions on these screens, the touch key or keys can be pushed to reach the end.

FIG. 25 is a view for explaining the function of the delivery note registration menu. A screen for registering the delivery note by selecting the menu displayed on the display unit with touch keys or keys, and the delivery note to be registered are displayed. Indicates that a screen and a screen for printing the registered delivery form are displayed.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing the flow of operations at the end of transmission. When the end of the transmitted document is detected (step S
1) It is checked whether it is normally completed (step S2). If it is normally completed, it is ended. If it is abnormally ended, it is checked whether it is the delivery note addition mode (step S3). If it is not the delivery note addition mode, it is sent. The first page of the manuscript making up the document is printed (step S4), and if it is in the delivery note addition mode, the delivery note image added to the original is printed (step S5). By printing these, the sender can recognize that the transmitted original was not normally transmitted.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a delivery note to be placed at the beginning of a document is registered in advance by using a scanner for reading the document, and this delivery note is transmitted prior to the document. Since it is possible to do so, there is no need to attach a sending document to the front of a manuscript and send it. For this reason, the paper for making the delivery note is unnecessary, and it is possible to prevent the generation of waste paper.

When the handwritten character image-input by the pen input is superimposed on the image data of the pre-registered delivery note as described in claim 2,
The name of the person in charge of the recipient, the name of the person in charge of the sender, the date,
Change information such as the content of the manuscript can be added, and a detailed delivery form corresponding to the destination or the content of the transmission can be transmitted. In addition, since the handwriting remains on the sent document, it is possible to give the sent document a certain character as evidence.

As described in claim 3, the display means for displaying the contents of the registered delivery form is also used as the input means for the handwritten characters, and the additional information by the handwritten characters is provided at the position corresponding to the information added portion in the displayed contents. When the image is directly input, it becomes easy to add information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a facsimile apparatus embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus embodying the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen when registering a fixed form delivery form.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen for inputting a caption of a delivery note to be registered.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen for inputting a delivery note to be registered.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an input delivery form and confirming whether or not to register.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a registered delivery form and encouraging the next registration.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a menu when registering a delivery note

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a situation in which headline registration is selected.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state where a headline is entered with a pen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for entering a delivery form to be registered.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a state in which a registered standard form has been entered with a pen such as an address.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a registered delivery form and encouraging the next registration.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing addresses of a memory for storing registration items.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing addresses and stored contents of a memory for storing registration items.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the flow of operations during transmission.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a flow of operations at the time of transmission following FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a menu screen during transmission.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the selection of the caption of the transmission document at the time of transmission.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a state in which a pen has been entered in the delivery note registered at the time of transmission.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing confirmation of a transmission document to be transmitted at the time of transmission.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a state in which a speed dial list for transmission is selected.

FIG. 23 is a diagram of selecting speed dial for transmission.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a list of menu functions.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing functions of a delivery note registration menu.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a flow of operations at the end of transmission.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional delivery form.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Display Section 9 Scanner 10 Image Input Section 11 Button Key Input Section 12 Memory 13 Compositing Section

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Registration means for pre-registering an address entry field of a manuscript to be transmitted, a sender's information, and a fixed text relating to transmission guidance using a scanner for reading the manuscript; and a registration means registered in the registration means. Display means for displaying the contents of the delivery note, delivery note selecting means for selecting the delivery note displayed on the display means, and delivery note sending means for transmitting the selected delivery note prior to the original document to be sent. A facsimile machine characterized by being provided. 2. Registration means for pre-registering an address entry field of a manuscript to be transmitted, a sender's information, and a fixed text relating to transmission guidance using a scanner for reading the manuscript, and the registration means. Display means for displaying the contents of the delivery note, delivery note selection means for selecting the delivery note displayed on the display means, image input of handwritten characters with a pen, and image of the delivery note with the image data selected A facsimile apparatus, comprising: an information adding unit that adds information to a transmission document by superimposing it on the data; and a transmission document transmission unit that transmits the selected transmission document prior to the original document to be transmitted. 3. The display means for displaying the contents of the registered delivery note also serves as an input means for handwritten characters, and the additional information by handwritten characters is directly image-input at a position corresponding to an information added portion in the displayed contents. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the facsimile apparatus is provided.