JPH1065850A - Automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide facsimile equipment by which ciphering of facsimile transmission is easily attained in a simple, easy and speedy way. SOLUTION: In the automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile equipment, a removable letter reader 2 is provided on the main equipment 1 and a letter print enclosing and sealing section 3 is provided. The letter reader 2 reads information of a letter and gives the read information to the main equipment 1, the letter print enclosing and sealing section 3 prints out the letter information received by the main equipment 1 and encloses and seals the printed letter automatically. The structure of the facsimile equipment is simple, the reader is separated from the main equipment and a sender sends a letter while keeping the secrecy of the letter. Thus, a letter unsealing mechanism and a letter abort mechanism in a conventional equipment are eliminated and the installation cost is reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile, and more particularly, to a facsimile that is automatically enclosed and sealed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As society progresses and people's lives improve, speed and confidentiality of personal communication have been required. For this reason, Chinese Patent No. 921111326.9 has proposed a facsimile or automatic mail processing that can automatically open, automatically enclose and seal, and discard the original after transmission. Although this patent was able to solve the contradiction between speedy communication and communication concealment, there was a problem that the process was too complicated and that only post office personnel or experts could perform facsimile transmission.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a simple and easy-to-use facsimile which can be speedy and concealed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The main feature of the present invention is to form a main system of an automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile from a main device and a letter print enclosing and enclosing part. The decoder in the main device is connected to the printing mechanism of the letter printing enclosing part. A plurality of removable reading devices 2 are connected to the main device. The structure of the present invention is simple. The reading device can be separated from the main device, is easy to set up and use, and allows the user to transmit while maintaining confidentiality. Therefore, the letter opening mechanism and the letter discarding mechanism can be eliminated, and the cost of the equipment can be reduced.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the system includes a main device 1, a letter reading device 2, and a letter print enclosing / sealing unit 3. When this system is used for business of a government organization or a company, a sender inserts a letter 10 into the document entrance 7 and operates and transmits a facsimile as shown in FIG. The transmitted document exits from document exit 8. The system prints and encloses the received facsimile document in the letter print enclosing and sealing section 3 and sends out the letter from the reception letter exit 9.

When the present system is used exclusively for the post office business, the letter reading device 2 is detached so as to be separable, and as shown in FIG. The letter reading device 2 can be installed in a telephone box, and the main device 1 and the letter print enclosing / sealing unit 3 can be installed in a post office counter. The sender puts the letter in the manuscript entrance 7 in the telephone box and sends the letter, and pushes the send button. The message sensor of the letter reading device 2 scans the letter and sends the image information to the storage medium of the main device 1 through the connection cable 4. To the transmission waiting state. At the same time, the sender retrieves his / her own transmission original from the original exit 8 and goes to the post office counter to proceed with the procedure. To send. Such a system is not only suitable for the business of government agencies and companies, but also for the public service of post offices.

[0007] For the convenience of installation of the system, the letter opening mechanism and the letter discarding mechanism can be eliminated in satisfying the secrecy of personal communication, and the cost of equipment can be greatly reduced. In a post office where the business volume is large, when it is necessary to install many receiving-only devices, it is possible to eliminate the reading device, and if an electronic mail system is constructed with such a device, investment in the electronic mail system will be large. Can be suppressed.

The main system of the automatic enclosing / sealing facsimile comprises a main device 1 and a letter printing enclosing / sealing unit 3. This system acts as an independent receiving proprietary system. The letter reader and signal transfer system are also independent systems. If the main system is connected to the letter reader via the cable 4, a complete system can be obtained. The letter reading device can be fixed on the main device of the main system with fixing screws 14. In addition, it is also possible to remove the fixing screw 14 and install the letter reading apparatus separately from the main system according to practical use.

A letter of a transmission facsimile is divided into a manuscript and an address sheet. When the sender inserts a facsimile letter into the manuscript entrance, the manuscript and the address paper are
Are sequentially scanned at points or rows, and the image signal of the image is changed to an image electric signal corresponding to the order. The image electric signal is sent to the main device 1 through the cable 4, compressed, and then written to the storage medium 16. They will be temporarily stored and protected.

The above-mentioned image sensor is a sensor such as a CCD image sensor that changes a light signal into an electric signal and enables a shift output. The storage medium is a large-scale writable memory, for example, a hard disk,
Writable optical disk, large-scale writable RAM
Such as a matrix. The cable has a transfer cable such as an image signal line and a control line, and has coaxial and digital connectors at both ends. At the time of transmitting a letter, first, the letter information is read from the storage medium 16 into the RAM memory,
High-speed transmission is enabled, and information in the RAM memory 17 is modulated and transmitted to a facsimile on the receiving side. If the transmission fails, the information from the storage medium can be transmitted again.

When a letter is received, information is demodulated from a public communication line, received at a high speed by a RAM memory 17, written to a storage medium 16, and temporarily stored and protected. After receiving,
Decrypts the information from the storage medium and sends it to the printing mechanism 19,
Print. The last received letter is the letter enclosure 20
The sealed letter is sent out from the receiving letter outlet.

The structure of the above-mentioned letter enclosing / sealing section 20 is "automatic letter processing facsimile" (Patent Application No. 92113).
26.9), which has the same principle and structure as the letter enclosing box, so that the figure and description are omitted here. If the enclosing of the letter fails, the information can be read from the storage medium 16 and re-enclosed. The printing mechanism is a recording device such as a thermal printer or a laser printer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing an automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile, and FIG.
Shows a one-piece setting method, (b) shows a separate setting method, and (c) shows a single connection cable.

FIG. 2 is an electric principle diagram of a system configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main apparatus 2 Letter reading device 3 Letter printing enclosing and sealing part 4 Connection cable 5 Operation panel 6 Handset 7 Document inlet 8 Document outlet 9 Received letter outlet 10 Transmission letter 11 Image sensor 12 Focus lens 13 Scan light source 14 Fixing screw 15 Coding device -Decoder 16 Storage medium 17 Writable memory 18 Modem 19 Printing mechanism 20 Letter enclosure

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 20, 1997

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Figure 2

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

FIG. 2

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An automatic enclosing / sealing facsimile machine comprising a letter printing / sealing / sealing unit 3 and a main device 1 constituting a main system, and the main device 1 is connected to a printing mechanism of the letter printing / sealing / sealing unit 3. An automatic sealing and sealing facsimile characterized by being performed. 2. A facsimile machine according to claim 1, wherein a scanner section for reading a document is provided separately from a facsimile main unit, and an interface circuit of said letter reading apparatus is connected to said main unit via a cable.
Facsimile with automatic connection and sealing, which is connected to an interface of the same. 3. The automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile according to claim 1, wherein the interface is a digital system or an analog system. 4. The automatic enclosing / sealing facsimile according to claim 1, further comprising a storage medium (16) between a coding / decoding unit (15) and a RAM memory (17) in said main device (1). facsimile. 5. The automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile according to claim 4, wherein the storage medium 16 is a hard disk, a writable optical disk, or a writable RAM.
Automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile, characterized in that it is a large-scale memory matrix. 6. A letter automatic enclosing and sealing facsimile according to claim 2, further comprising a detachable coaxial connector or a digital connector at both ends of said cable 4.