JPH11187170A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the transmission operation and to enhance the utility by generating a letter head with image data of a card inserted thereto upon detecting the set card in the transmission, transmitting the letter head together with stored image data through facsimile transmission and sending the image data as they are when no card is detected. SOLUTION: A main control section 10 drives a name card discharge mechanism of a scanner section to discharge a name card whose reading is finished and allows a name card scanner 18 to read a name card when the insertion of the name card of a sender is detected. The main control section 10 stores image data of the name card of the sender read by the name card scanner 18 to a sender area of header image data and discharges the name card whose reading is finished. The main control section 10 allows a scanner 17 to read an original set on an original platen sequentially and sends header image data and then sends image data of the original sequentially as facsimile transmission processing, sends all image data and terminates the transmission processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus that creates a letterhead based on image data of a card such as a business card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a facsimile apparatus, there is a demand for clarifying a source and a destination of a transmission original when transmitting. In order to satisfy this demand, in a conventional facsimile machine, a CS defined by a communication protocol is used.
An I signal (called terminal identification signal), a TSI signal (transmitting terminal identification signal), and the like are used. The CSI signal (called terminal identification signal) and the TSI signal (transmitting terminal identification signal) mainly clarify the transmission source and destination of the facsimile machine itself, and are difficult to clarify as an individual. It is.

[0003] Conventionally, there is a facsimile apparatus having a function of adding a header based on a destination name, a sender's individual name, and the like registered in the facsimile apparatus in advance.

In this facsimile apparatus, it is necessary to register a destination name, a sender's individual name, and the like in advance. This registration is not a general facsimile transmission procedure, but requires a special operation. This makes the transmission operation complicated and cumbersome, and deteriorates the usability of the facsimile machine.

[0005] Therefore, at present, a header sheet is separately prepared, a destination name and the like are described in the header sheet for each transmission, and the header sheet is read and transmitted together with the transmission original.

Further, when registering the destination name and the sender's individual name in the memory, the memory has a limited capacity. If the number of destinations is large or the number of shared users of the facsimile apparatus is large, the necessary memory is required. There was a problem that the number of destinations and the names of callers could not be registered, resulting in poor usability.

Therefore, a facsimile apparatus has conventionally been proposed which reads a business card and recognizes characters, generates transmission guidance data, acquires a destination telephone number, and transmits the telephone number to the destination (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 6 (1994)). Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 244,799, 6-152819, 5-221597, 8-274958, etc.).

[0008]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, after reading a business card and recognizing the character data of the business card, the transmission guide data is generated. It becomes necessary, and the equipment configuration and processing program of the facsimile machine become complicated,
In addition to the high cost, there is a problem that an erroneous header is created due to erroneous recognition, and transmission to an erroneous destination is performed.

Therefore, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that at the time of transmission,
When the card presence / absence detection means detects the card set in the card reading means for reading an image of a predetermined card of about business card size, the image processing means inserts the image data of the card read by the card reading means into a predetermined format. Facsimile transmission together with the original image data stored in the image storage means,
If the card presence detecting means has not detected the card, the normal facsimile transmission of transmitting the image data of the original stored in the image storing means as it is is performed, so that the names of the other party and the sender are stored in the memory. Instead of registering or performing input operations from the operation display or the like at the time of transmission, simply set a card, such as a business card, on which the name of the sender or the recipient is written in the card reading means, and Without using the memory to store the name, the letterhead that specifies the sender and recipient of the facsimile transmission,
An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus which can be easily and easily created with a simple configuration, facilitates a facsimile transmission operation, and improves usability.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a letterhead is created by inserting image data of a card read by a card reading means into a predetermined position of image data of a document.
Facilitates the creation of a facsimile letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of a facsimile transmission easily and easily, while reducing the time and effort required to fill out the letterhead on a separate sheet and suppressing the increase in the amount of image data. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of simplifying transmission operation and improving usability.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a letterhead is created as image data of one page different from image data of a document based on image data of a card read by a card reading means. Create a letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of the facsimile transmission as a page different from the image data of the original, easily and easily, while reducing the trouble of filling in a separate sheet of
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of simplifying a facsimile transmission operation and improving usability.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the card presence / absence detecting means detects that two cards are sequentially set in the card reading means, the image data of the two cards is transmitted to the sender information of the original and transmitted. By creating a letterhead as the predecessor information, it is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead that identifies both the sender and the recipient of the facsimile transmission, making the facsimile transmission operation even easier and more usable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of further improving the facsimile.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus for executing a predetermined facsimile control procedure with a partner facsimile apparatus and facsimile transmitting an image of a document read by a reading means. In the apparatus, card reading means for reading an image of a predetermined card having a size of about a business card, card presence / absence detection means for detecting presence / absence of setting of the card on the card reading means, and the document read by the reading means Image storage means for temporarily storing image data, image processing means for creating a letterhead according to a predetermined format,
At the time of transmission, when the card presence / absence detection unit detects the card set, the image processing unit causes the image processing unit to create the letterhead in which the image data of the card read by the card reading unit is inserted and stores the letterhead in the image storage unit. Normal facsimile transmission of transmitting the original image data stored in the image storage means as it is, by facsimile transmission together with the image data of the original document, and if the card presence / absence detection means has not detected the card. The above object is achieved by providing a control unit for performing the above.

According to the above arrangement, at the time of transmission, when the card presence / absence detection means detects the setting of the card on the card reading means for reading an image of a predetermined card having a size of about a business card,
The image processing means creates a letterhead of a predetermined format into which the image data of the card read by the card reading means is inserted, and facsimile-transmits the letterhead together with the image data of the document stored in the image storage means. If the card has not been detected, normal facsimile transmission is performed, in which the image data of the document stored in the image storage means is transmitted as it is, so that the name of the other party or the sender is registered in the memory, The name of the sender or the sender is stored by simply setting a card such as a business card on which the names of the sender and the recipient are written, without performing an input operation from the operation display unit or the like at the time of transmission. Simple and easy to use letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of facsimile transmission without using memory. It can be formed, to simplify the facsimile transmission operation, thereby improving the usability.

In this case, for example, as set forth in claim 2, the image processing means stores the image data of the card read by the card reading means in the image data of the original stored in the image storage means. May be inserted at a predetermined position to create the letterhead.

According to the above construction, since the letterhead is created by inserting the image data of the card read by the card reading means into the predetermined position of the image data of the document, the trouble of writing the letterhead on another sheet is reduced. In addition, it is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of facsimile transmission while suppressing an increase in the amount of image data, simplifying facsimile transmission operations and improving usability. Can be improved.

For example, as set forth in claim 3, the image processing means stores the letterhead into which the image data of the card read by the card reading means is inserted in the image storage means. It may be created as image data of one page different from the image data of the original.

According to the above arrangement, the letterhead is created as image data for one page different from the image data of the document based on the image data of the card read by the card reading means. It is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of the facsimile transmission as a page different from the image data of the original, while reducing the time and effort required to fill out the form. It can be simplified and the usability can be improved.

Further, for example, as set forth in claim 4, the control means determines that the card presence / absence detection means has detected that the card has been read by the card reading means and that the two cards have been sequentially set. If detected, the image data of the two cards may be used as the sender information and the receiver information of the original to cause the image processing means to create the letterhead.

According to the above construction, when the card presence / absence detecting means detects that two cards are sequentially set in the card reading means, the image data of the two cards is transmitted to the sender information of the original and the transmission destination. Since a letterhead is created as information, it is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead specifying both the sender and the recipient of the facsimile transmission, making the facsimile transmission operation even easier and more usable. Can be further improved.

[0021]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, and correspond to claims 1 and 2. FIG.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.
Front view of a facsimile machine 1 to which the embodiment of the present invention is applied,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the facsimile machine 1.

1 and 2, the facsimile apparatus 1 has a scanner section 3 disposed on an upper portion of a main body 2, and the scanner section 3 has an original table 4 and an image read by the scanner section 3. A paper discharge tray 5 for discharging a document is provided. The scanner unit 3 includes an ADF (automatic document feeder) 3a that separates and transports a plurality of documents set on a document table 4 one by one. An operation display unit 6 is provided on the front side of the main body housing 2.
Although not shown in detail, is provided with various operation keys such as a numeric keypad and a start key, and a display (for example, a liquid crystal display) 7. Operation display section 6
, Various commands such as transmission operation are input from the operation keys,
The display 7 displays the content of the command input from the operation keys and various information notified from the facsimile machine 1 to the operator.

A business card insertion slot 8 is provided below the operation display section 6, and the business card insertion slot 8 has a business card (card) of a transmission destination person or a sender who transmits data from the facsimile machine 1. 9 is inserted.

The facsimile apparatus 1 has a circuit configuration as shown in FIG. 3, and includes a main control unit 10, an operation control unit 11,
Main memory 12, Image memory 13, Communication / line controller 1
4. Image input / output control unit 15, plotter 16, scanner 1
7. Business card scanner 18 and hard disk (HD) 19
The main components are connected by a bus 20.

The main memory 12 has a ROM (Read Only Memory).
ry) and RAM (Random Access Memory)
In the ROM, various processing programs such as a basic processing program as the facsimile machine 1 and a letterhead creation processing program to be described later, and various data necessary to execute these various processing programs are stored in advance. The RAM stores other data necessary for executing the various processing programs.

Main control unit (control means, image processing means) 10
Is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), etc.
While using the RAM 2 as a work memory, each unit of the facsimile machine 1 is controlled to execute basic processing as the facsimile machine 1 and to execute a letterhead creation process described later.

The operation control section 11 scans the key operation of the operation display section 6 and outputs the result of the key operation by the operation display section 6 to the main control section 10, and performs the display operation of the display 7 of the operation display section 6 and the like. Control other operations of the lamp and the like.

The image memory (image storage means) 13 is composed of, for example, a RAM having a predetermined capacity, and temporarily stores input / output image data with the image input / output control unit 15 and image information received by facsimile. .

The communication / line control unit 14 is connected to a line L, for example, a general public line, and includes a modem, a communication control unit, a network control unit, and the like. The communication / line control unit 14 automatically receives a call from the line L by the network control unit and performs an automatic call processing to the line L. Further, the communication control unit exchanges a facsimile control signal with a facsimile apparatus of the other party to execute a facsimile communication procedure. Further, the communication / line control unit 14 modulates a transmission signal and demodulates a reception signal by the modem.

The plotter 16, scanner 17 and business card scanner 18 are connected to the image input / output controller 15, and operate under the control of the main controller 10.
6. Control the operations of the scanner 17 and the business card scanner 18.

As the plotter 16, for example, a thermal recording device using a thermal element or an electrophotographic recording device is used.
An image is recorded on a recording paper based on the image data read in step 7.

The scanner (reading means) 17 is provided in the scanner unit 3 and includes, for example, a CCD (Charge Coupled D).
evice) is used. The scanner 17 feeds a plurality of documents set on the document table 4 of the scanner unit 3 to the document reading position of the scanner 17 one by one by the ADF 3a, scans the document conveyed from the ADF, and scans the document. The image is read at a predetermined resolution.

The business card scanner (card reading means) 18
For example, an image scanner using a CCD or the like is used. Although not shown, at least a business card insertion sensor (card presence / absence detecting means) for detecting insertion of the business card 9 from the business card insertion slot 8 and an automatically inserted business card 9 are provided. There is provided a business card discharging mechanism for discharging a predetermined amount from the business card insertion slot 8 to be discharged. The business card scanner 18 operates under the control of the main control unit 10 via the image input / output control unit 15, and when the business card insertion sensor detects that the business card 9 has been inserted from the business card insertion slot 8, the inserted business card 9 is read into the reading position, the image of the business card 9 is read, and when the reading of the image of the business card 9 is completed, the business card 9 is discharged from the business card insertion slot 8 by the business card discharging mechanism.

The hard disk 19 has a predetermined large capacity, and stores registration information necessary for the operation of the facsimile machine 1, image data of a transmission original read by the scanner 17, received image data, and the like.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The facsimile apparatus 1 is characterized in that, when a business card 9 is inserted into the business card insertion slot 8 at the time of transmission, the image of the business card 9 is added as header information to the transmission image information and transmitted.

That is, in the facsimile apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 4, a document is set on the document table 4 of the scanner unit 3 (step S101), and the business card 9 of the sender of the document is inserted from the business card insertion slot 8. In step S102, when the start key is pressed on the operation display unit 6 from the operation control unit 11 (step S103), the main control unit 10 determines whether the business card 9 is inserted from the business card insertion slot 8 by a business card insertion sensor. (Step S104).

In step S104, when the business card 9 is inserted, the main control unit 10 drives the business card scanner 18 and the business card scanner 18 causes the inserted business card 9 to be inserted.
And the scanner 17 first reads the image of the first transmission document,
The image data read by the scanner 17 is stored in the temporary image memory 13 (step S105).

The main controller 10 inserts (adds) the image of the business card 9 read by the business card scanner 18 into the first image of the transmission original in the image memory 13 (step S106).
When the images of all the originals are read and stored in the image memory 13, the business card discharging mechanism is driven to discharge (discharge) the business card 9 from the business card insertion slot 8 (step S).
107).

Thereafter, the main control unit 10 causes the scanner 17 to read all the originals and stores the originals in the image memory 13. Then, the image data in the image memory 13 is encoded by an encoding / decoding unit (not shown). After that, facsimile transmission is performed to the other party via the communication / line control unit 14, and the process is terminated (step S108).

In step S104, when the business card 9 is not inserted through the business card slot 8, the
The upper originals are read one by one by the scanner 17 and the image data of the read originals is transmitted to the communication / line controller 14.
Then, a normal facsimile transmission process for transmitting to the other party via is performed, and the process ends (step S108).

When a letterhead document in which only the recipient is written is set on the first page of the transmission document, the image 9a of the business card 9 read by the business card scanner 18 is displayed as shown in FIG. The inserted letterhead 30 can be created and transmitted, and the letterhead 30 specifying the sender (sender) can be appropriately created with a simple and inexpensive configuration without causing erroneous recognition. can do. Therefore, usability of the facsimile machine 1 can be improved.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment performs the main control when the business card insertion sensor detects that the sender's business card 9 has been set in the business card scanner 18 from the business card insertion slot 8 during transmission. The business card scanner 1 by the unit 10
8, a letterhead 30 of a predetermined format into which the image data of the sender's business card 9 read is inserted and facsimile-transmitted together with the image data of the document stored in the image memory 13, and the business card insertion sensor inserts the business card 9 If not detected, normal facsimile transmission for transmitting the image data of the document stored in the image memory 13 as it is is performed. Therefore, it is possible to send a call by simply setting the name card 9 including the name of the caller on the business card scanner 18 without registering the caller's name 9 in the memory or performing input operation from the operation display unit 6 at the time of transmission. It is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead 30 specifying a sender of a facsimile transmission with a simple configuration without using a memory for storing a person's name and to use the facsimile transmission operation easily. Performance can be improved.

Further, since the image data of the business card 9 read by the business card scanner 18 is inserted into a predetermined position of the image data of the original to form the letterhead 30, the trouble of writing the letterhead 30 on another sheet is eliminated. While reducing the number, it is possible to easily and easily create the letterhead 30 specifying the individual of the sender of the facsimile transmission, thereby facilitating the facsimile transmission operation and improving the usability.

In the above embodiment, the business card 9
The case where the image 9a of the business card 9 is inserted into the lower part of the first transmission original has been described.
It may be anywhere on the first sent manuscript,
The transmission original to be inserted is not limited to the first transmission original, and the insertion place and the insertion original of the image 9a of the business card 9 can be appropriately set by operating the keys on the operation display unit 6.

In the above-described embodiment, the business card 9 of the sender is read by the business card scanner 18 to create the letterhead 30 in which the image of the business card 9 of the sender is inserted. However, the present invention is not limited to the sender's business card 9 but may be the sender's business card 9. In this case, the image of the sender's business card 9 is inserted into the sender portion of the letterhead 30. Then, the letterhead 30 is created.

Further, the card read by the business card scanner 18 is not limited to the business card 9, but is a card of the same size as the business card 9, in which the name of the recipient or the recipient is written. It may be something.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are diagrams showing a second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. In this embodiment, one page of a business card image of a sender of a transmission original and a transmission destination is displayed. This is for creating a letterhead and corresponds to claims 3 and 4.

This embodiment is applied to a facsimile machine similar to that of the first embodiment.
In the description of the present embodiment, the same reference numerals used in the first embodiment are used as they are, and the description will be made below.

In the facsimile apparatus 1, an original is set on the original platen 4 of the scanner unit 3 (step S201), a business card 9 of the other party of the original is inserted from the business card insertion slot 8 (step S202), and operation control is performed. When a signal indicating that the start key has been pressed on the operation display unit 6 is input from the unit 11 (step S203), the main control unit 10 determines whether the business card 9 is inserted from the business card insertion slot 8 by a business card insertion sensor. (Step S204).

In step S204, when the business card 9 is inserted, the main controller 10 drives the business card scanner 18 and the business card scanner 18 causes the inserted business card 9 to be inserted.
Is read (step S205), and the image data read by the business card scanner 18 is stored in the image memory 1.
3 is inserted into the destination area of the header image data according to the header format set in advance (step S2).
06).

Next, the main control unit 10 drives the business card discharging mechanism of the scanner unit 3 to discharge the business card 9 that has been read (step S207), and then another business card 9, that is, the sender. When the business card insertion sensor detects that the business card 9 has been inserted, the business card scanner 18 starts reading the business card 9 (step S209).

The main control section 10 inserts the image data of the sender's business card 9 read by the business card scanner 18 into the sender area of the header image data (step S210), and drives the business card ejection mechanism of the scanner section 3. Then, the read business card 9 is discharged (step S211).

Next, the main controller 10 causes the scanner 17 to sequentially read the originals on the original platen 4, transmits the header image data, and then performs facsimile transmission processing for sequentially transmitting the original image data. When the image data of the original is transmitted, the transmission process is terminated (step S21).
2).

In step S204, the business card slot 8
When the business card 9 is not inserted, the main control unit 10 reads the originals on the original platen 4 one by one by the scanner 17, and
The image data of the read original is transmitted to the communication / line control unit 1
Then, a normal facsimile transmission process for transmitting the data to the destination via the communication device 4 is performed, and the process ends (step S212).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, an image 9a of the business card 9 of the other party and an image 9a of the business card 9 of the sender are added to the header image in a predetermined header format.
Can create and transmit a letterhead 31 inserted in the destination area and the sender area, respectively. As a result, the operator who performs the transmission automatically creates the letterhead 31 with a simple structure and at a low cost without creating the letterhead by handwriting or the like and without performing the character recognition of the business card 9. You can send
The usability of the facsimile machine 1 can be further improved.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus 1 of the present embodiment uses the letterhead 31 based on the image data of the business card 9 read by the business card scanner 18 as image data of one page different from the image data of the original. Has been created. Therefore, it is possible to easily and easily set the letterhead 31 that specifies the sender or recipient of the facsimile transmission as a page different from the image data of the original while reducing the trouble of writing the letterhead on another sheet by handwriting or the like. The facsimile transmission operation can be simplified and the usability can be improved.

When the facsimile apparatus 1 detects that the two business cards 9 are sequentially set in the business card scanner 18 from the business card insertion slot 8 by the business card insertion sensor, the image data of the two business cards 9 is converted to the original. Letterhead 31 is created as sender information and destination information. Therefore, it is possible to easily and easily create the letterhead 31 specifying both the sender and the recipient of the facsimile transmission, further simplify the facsimile transmission operation, and improve the usability of the facsimile apparatus 1. It can be further improved.

Although the invention made by the inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0061]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, at the time of transmission, when the card presence / absence detection means detects the setting of the card on the card reading means for reading the image of a predetermined card of about business card size, By image processing means,
A letterhead of a predetermined format into which the image data of the card read by the card reading means is inserted is transmitted by facsimile together with the image data of the document stored in the image storage means, and the card presence / absence detection means detects that the card has not been detected. If there is, normal facsimile transmission is performed to transmit the image data of the document stored in the image storage means as it is, so the names of the recipient and the sender can be registered in the memory one by one, and the operation display No input operation from the user, etc., only by setting a card such as a business card in which the names of the sender and the recipient are written in the card reading means, without using a memory for storing the names of the sender and the sender. , You can easily and easily create a letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of a facsimile transmission with a simple configuration, To simplify the Akushimiri transmission operation, thereby improving the usability.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, since the image data of the card read by the card reading means is inserted into a predetermined position of the image data of the original to form a letterhead, another letterhead is used. A facsimile transmission operation that can easily and easily create a letterhead that identifies the sender and recipient of facsimile transmission while reducing the time and effort required to fill out forms and suppressing the increase in image data volume Can be simplified and the usability can be improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the third aspect, a letterhead is created as image data of one page different from the image data of the original, based on the image data of the card read by the card reading means. Therefore, it is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead that specifies the sender or recipient of facsimile transmission as a page different from the image data of the original, while reducing the trouble of writing the letterhead on a separate sheet. Therefore, the facsimile transmission operation can be simplified and the usability can be improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the fourth aspect, when the card presence / absence detecting means detects that two cards are sequentially set in the card reading means, the image data of the two cards is converted to the original data. Since the letterhead is created as the sender information and the recipient information, it is possible to easily and easily create a letterhead specifying both the sender and the recipient of the facsimile transmission, and perform the facsimile transmission operation. It can be further simplified and the usability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a facsimile apparatus to which a first embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of a main part of the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing letterhead creation / transmission processing by the facsimile machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a letterhead created by the letterhead creation / transmission process of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method for producing a letterhead by a facsimile apparatus to which a second embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is applied.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission process.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a letterhead created by the letterhead creation / transmission process of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile apparatus 2 Main body housing 3 Scanner part 4 Document table 5 Discharge tray 6 Operation display part 7 Display 8 Business card insertion slot 9 Business card 9a Image 10 Main control part 11 Operation control part 12 Main memory 13 Image memory 14 Communication / line control Unit 15 Image input / output control unit 16 Plotter 17 Scanner 18 Business card scanner 19 Hard disk (HD) 20 Bus 30, 31 Letterhead

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus which executes a predetermined facsimile control procedure with a partner facsimile apparatus and facsimile-transmits an image of a document read by a reading means. Reading means, card presence / absence detection means for detecting presence / absence of setting of the card on the card reading means,
Image storage means for temporarily storing image data of the document read by the reading means, image processing means for creating a letterhead according to a predetermined format, and upon transmission, the card presence / absence detection means detects the card set Then, the image processing unit is caused to create the letterhead in which the image data of the card read by the card reading unit is inserted, and facsimile-transmitted together with the image data of the original stored in the image storage unit. When the presence / absence detection means has not detected the card,
A facsimile apparatus comprising: a normal facsimile transmission unit that transmits image data of the document stored in the image storage unit as it is. 2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit inserts the image data of the card read by the card reading unit into a predetermined position of the image data of the document stored in the image storage unit to create the letterhead. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. The image processing means according to claim 1, wherein said letter head, into which the image data of said card read by said card reading means is inserted, is stored in said image storage means in a format different from the original image data stored in said image storage means. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile is created as image data for a page. 4. The control means, when the card presence / absence detection means detects that the card reading means has detected that the two cards are sequentially set, the card presence / absence detection means detects that the two cards have been sequentially set.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit is configured to create the letterhead by using image data of one card as sender information and transmission destination information of the document.
A facsimile apparatus according to any one of the above.