JPH09261377A - Facsimile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save labor for preparing a transmission slip and not to be care of the destination for the unit of a page, the description of a caller and further an adaptive machine type on the reception side by containing the destination name and the caller name in header information and transmitting this header information while synthesizing it with a transmission document signal. SOLUTION: A header generating part 1 is composed of a storage part 13 for storing plural pairs of header information combining the arbitrarily set destination and caller name, data generating part 12 for generating the header information such as date or document number and selection part 11 for reading the header information out of the storage part 13, selecting any arbitrary one piece of header information out of them, changing one part of this header information as needed and further outputting it to a facsimile main body part 2 after the header information outputted from the data generating part 12 is added. This header information is synthesized with the document signal by the facsimile main body part 2. The synthesized transmission facsimile signal is transmitted through a line connection control part 3 to an opposite side terminal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile terminal, and more particularly to a facsimile terminal having a function of adding header information to the top of each page of a transmitted document at the time of transmission.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile terminal of this type has a function of printing information composed of a sender number called a header information, a shipping date, a time, a document number, etc. at the upper end of each page of a transmitted document to be received. is there. In this function, generally, the sending side sends sending side information such as the sender number to the receiving side, and the receiving side adds the receiving side information to this and prints it on the output transmission document.

Further, when a document is transmitted separately from this, a document page in which a destination name called a transmission slip and a sender name, etc. are described is created, and this is added to the beginning of the transmitted document and transmitted. .

However, since the preparation of this transmission form is troublesome,
For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-236857 describes a facsimile transmission method that automates the creation. That is, according to this publication, one that is linked to the partner selection number at the time of transmission is automatically selected from among a plurality of destinations, sender names, etc. stored in advance, and this signal is transmitted prior to the transmission document signal, The receiving side receives this and prints the destination, sender's name, etc. at the top of the first page of the transmitted document.

[0005]

As described above, the conventional facsimile terminal requires a transmission slip in which the address, sender name, etc. are described when transmitting a document, but the conventional header information is changed each time. There is no description of the address, and it cannot be replaced with a transmission form.

[0006] In addition, the automatic transmission of this transmission form
Although there is one described in the 236857 publication, the destination name, sender name, etc. are described only on the first page of the transmitted document, and therefore it is inconvenient to use the transmitted document by distributing it in page units, and registration When sending to a destination other than the designated destination name, it is troublesome because registration processing is required each time the new destination is sent. Further, since information such as the destination and sender's name is transmitted prior to the document information and the receiving side prints the data, the partner terminal is limited to the same model or a model having the same function.

[0007]

A facsimile terminal of the present invention includes a header storage unit storing a plurality of sets of header information consisting of a destination name and a sender's name, and the header information in the header storage unit for reading any one of them. A header selecting section for selecting and outputting a set; a document / header synthesizing section for inputting the header information selected by the header selecting section, converting the character information into an image signal, and synthesizing the image signal of the transmitted document; A line connection control unit for transmitting the output signal of the document / header synthesis unit to the partner terminal.

Further, the header selecting section may be provided with a function of changing a part of the contents of the header information to be output and outputting the information.

Further, the header selecting section may add unique information such as a date and a document number to the header information to be output and output it.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the present facsimile terminal includes a header generation unit 1 for creating header information to be added to the upper end of each page of a transmission document, and a transmission facsimile signal by reading the transmission document and adding the header information to this information. It has a facsimile main body section 2 for outputting and a line connection control section 3 for making a line connection for transmitting a transmission facsimile signal to a partner terminal.

The header generation unit 1 includes a storage unit 13 for storing a plurality of sets of header information in which destinations and sender names are arbitrarily set, and a data generation unit 12 for generating header information such as date and document number. , Header information in the storage unit 13 is read, one is selected from this, a part of this is changed, and the header information output from the data generation unit 12 is further added and output to the facsimile main unit 2 is selected. And a part 11.

The facsimile main body 2 includes an input operation unit 2 including a keyboard, a display unit, etc. for controlling the entire transmission operation of the present facsimile terminal, and a control circuit associated therewith.
1, an image reading unit 22 that reads a transmission document and converts it into an electric signal, an output signal of the image reading unit 22, and a header generation unit 1
The image conversion unit 23 that receives the header information to be output by the
And an image synthesizing unit 24 that synthesizes both image signals from the image converting unit 23 and outputs the resultant as a transmission facsimile signal.

The line connection control unit 3 controls the line connection according to the telephone number of the partner terminal input from the input operation unit 21 in order to transmit the transmission facsimile signal to the partner terminal.
Although the facsimile terminal has not only the transmitting function described above but also the receiving function, it is not directly related to the present invention, and therefore the description of the receiving function is omitted.

Next, the header generation unit 1 directly related to the present invention
The operation centered on will be described. FIG. 2 shows an example of header information that is automatically printed on the top of a document transmitted by this facsimile terminal. That is, it is composed of a destination name, a sender name, a date, and a document number. One of the destination name and the sender name is selected from those registered and stored in the storage unit 13 in advance. Further, the date and the document number are generated in the data generating section 12, but the data generating section 12 is composed of a clock, a counter, etc., and this data is automatically updated every moment.

When sending a document, first the input operation unit 2
All the destination names and sender names registered in the storage unit 13 are read out by operating the keyboard 1 and displayed on the display.
FIG. 3A shows the display screen at this time. When the user selects a predetermined information number from among these by operating the keyboard, the header information including the date and the document number generated in the data generator 12 in addition to the selected destination name and sender name is displayed on the display. . This display screen is shown in FIG. If this header information is OK, enter the destination telephone number from the keyboard,
When the transmission key is pressed, the transmission of the facsimile signal in which the header information is added to the transmission document is started.

When it is desired to further change the destination or the like, it is possible to change only that part by inputting the change data from the keyboard. If header information such as date and document number is unnecessary, it can be deleted.
Each processing relating to such header information is performed by the input operation unit 2
The selection unit 11 operates and processes in response to an operation signal from the keyboard 1.

Further, the changing function is used when it is desired to temporarily change the destination and the like. For the destinations and the like which are frequently used repeatedly, as described above, the storage unit 1 is used in advance.
Register to 3 and put it. Furthermore, the contents of the header information may be changed or added if necessary other than the contents described above.

[0019]

As described above, in the facsimile terminal of the present invention, the destination name and the sender name are included in the header information, and the transmission side sends a transmission document signal as described at the top of each page of the transmission document. Since they are combined and transmitted to the other terminal, the receiving side automatically describes the header information, that is, the destination name and the sender name, at the upper end of each page of the received document.

Therefore, there is an effect that it is convenient to handle a document page by page because the transmission slip is saved and the header information is described for each page.

Further, since the sending side synthesizes the header information with the document information and sends it, the receiving side only needs to print this, so that it is possible to receive regardless of the model.

Further, the destination and the sender name are selected from those registered in advance, but if the transmission frequency is low and there is no registered one, the destination and the sender name can be changed by a simple operation, so the registration is performed. This has the effect of saving labor.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a pattern diagram showing a configuration example of header information in FIG.

3A and 3B are views showing respective display screens of FIG. 1A at the time of reading the storage unit and FIG. 3B at the time of transmission.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Header generation unit 2 Facsimile main unit 3 Line connection control unit 11 Selection unit 12 Data generation unit 13 Storage unit 21 Input operation unit 22 Image reading unit 23 Image conversion unit 24 Image synthesis unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A header storage unit that stores a plurality of sets of header information including a destination name and a sender name; and a header selection unit that reads out the header information from the header storage unit and selects and outputs an arbitrary set. , A document / header synthesizing unit for inputting the header information selected by the header selecting unit, converting it from a character signal into an image signal, and synthesizing it with the image signal of the transmitted document, and an output signal of the document / header synthesizing unit for the other terminal A facsimile terminal, comprising: a line connection control unit for transmitting to a facsimile. 2. The facsimile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the header selection unit modifies a part of the content of the header information to be output and outputs the modified header information. 3. The facsimile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the header selecting unit adds the unique information such as date and document number to the header information to be output and outputs the header information.