JPH11298649A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily obtain the destination or content of floppy data transferred between facsimile equipment on the side of reception. SOLUTION: In this facsimile equipment provided with an floppy disk(FD) control part 3 for reading floppy data stored on an FD 1, a system control part 1 generates managing information for transmission for making transmission voucher information read by a scanner 4 correspondent to the floppy data read by the FD control part 2 and prepares managing information for reproduction, transmission voucher image information and transmission information containing the floppy data based on the managing information for transmission. Based on the managing information for reproduction contained in the received information, the system control part 11 reproduces the transmission voucher image information and the floppy data from the received information, the transmission voucher image information is outputted by a plotter 5 and the floppy data are written on the FD 1 by the FD control part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention can read data stored on a floppy disk, transmit the data to another facsimile apparatus via a public line, and write the data on a floppy disk mounted on the facsimile apparatus. The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly, to a facsimile machine that can output a transmission slip associated with the data on a recording sheet or the like on a receiving side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the functions of facsimile apparatuses have been improved with the spread thereof, and facsimile apparatuses capable of transmitting and receiving data on a floppy disk have been provided. For example, in a facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-94772, a floppy disk that can be used for storing document data created by a personal computer or a word processor is mounted on the facsimile apparatus, and an image stored in the floppy disk is stored. Information can be read and transmitted, or the image information can be received and written to a floppy disk. However, the above-mentioned conventional technology simply transmits floppy data such as image information in a floppy disk or writes received floppy data to a floppy disk. The user could not know whether the data had appropriate contents. If the floppy disk on which the received floppy data is written is mounted on a personal computer or word processor and the contents are not read, it is impossible to know who the message was sent to. It is not uncommon for offices in recent years to use many devices that use floppy disks, and the format of the floppy disk is often different between these devices. There were things that had to be done. Alternatively, before and after the transfer of the floppy data, the sender and receiver must communicate with each other by telephone or facsimile machine.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional technique has a problem that the destination and contents of the received floppy data cannot be known. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a facsimile machine in which the destination and contents of floppy data transferred between facsimile machines can be easily known in a receiving facsimile machine. Is to provide.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus provided with an image reading means for reading floppy data stored on a floppy disk. Management information generating means for generating transmission management information for associating the sending slip image information read by the image reading means with the floppy data read by the floppy disk reading means; and a transmission information generated by the management information generating means. Transmission information creating means for creating one piece of transmission information including the reproduction management information, the transmission form image information and the floppy data based on the management information. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus provided with the image output means, the transmission slip image information and the floppy data are reproduced from the received information based on the reproduction management information included in one received information. Data reproduction means, transmission form output means for outputting the transmission form image information reproduced by the data reproduction means by the image output means, floppy disk writing means for writing the floppy data reproduced by the data reproduction means to a floppy disk, With. With the above-described configuration, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the transmission form information read from the manuscript, the floppy data read from the floppy disk, and the reproduction management for reproducing them by the other party's facsimile machine. The information is transmitted to the other party's facsimile machine. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the transmission slip image information and the floppy data are reproduced from the reception information, the reproduced transmission slip image information is output to a recording sheet or the like, and the reproduced floppy data is written to a floppy disk. .

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment operates as both the transmitting facsimile apparatus and the receiving facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and as shown, a floppy disk reading means for reading floppy data from the floppy disk 1 and a floppy disk to the floppy disk 1. An FD control unit 3 as a floppy disk writing means for writing data, a scanner 4 as an image reading means for reading an image on a document, a plotter 5 as an image output means for outputting received image information and the like to recording paper, and a program built therein. A system control unit 1 that has a ROM, a CPU that operates according to the above program, and manages and controls the entire apparatus.
1. An operation display unit 1 including a keyboard for a user to give an instruction to the facsimile apparatus and a display means for the facsimile apparatus to give a message or the like to the user.
2. RAM 1 for temporarily storing image information and the like
3. An image memory 14 for storing image information, a network control unit (NCU) 16 for setting up a call with a remote facsimile apparatus via a public telephone network, facsimile transmission / reception in accordance with a G3 or G4 transmission control procedure. , A G3 transmission modem 19 composed of a low-speed modem and a high-speed modem, and a digital line termination unit (DSU) 20 for G4 transmission.

It is to be noted that management information generating means for generating transmission management information for associating the transmission slip image information read from the original with the floppy data read from the floppy disk 1, and the transmission information generated by the management information generating means. Transmission information creation means for creating transmission management information including reproduction management information, the above-mentioned transmission form information and the floppy data based on the management information, and transmission from the reception information based on the reproduction management information included in the reception information. The system control unit 1 comprises a data reproducing means for reproducing the form information and the floppy data, and a sending form output means for outputting the sending form information reproduced by the data reproducing means by the image output means.
1 and the like. When performing general facsimile transmission with such a facsimile apparatus, the system control unit 11 first reads image information into the RAM 13 using the scanner 4, encodes the image information using the DCR 18, and stores the image information in the RAM 13 or the image memory 14. Store. In addition, the system control unit 11 acquires call-out designation information such as a destination specified by the operation display unit 12, and, for example, in the case of G3 transmission, the NCU 16 to which the destination information has been passed places a call between the specified destination. Set. Subsequently, the communication control unit 1
7 executes the phase B via the low-speed modem, and then proceeds to the phase C, modulates the coded image information in the RAM 13 or the image memory 14 by the high-speed modem in the modem 19, and transmits the modulated information through the NCU 16. . When receiving from a telephone line, the NCU 16 sets up a call, then enters phase B, performs predetermined communication via a low-speed modem, enters phase C, and receives encoded image information. The image information is stored in the RAM 13 via the NCU 16 and the communication control unit 17, decoded by the DCR 18, and output to the plotter 5 via the RAM 13 or stored in the image memory 14.

Next, a description will be given of a floppy data transmitting / receiving operation performed between the facsimile apparatuses having the above-described configuration. First, the operation of the facsimile apparatus on the transmitting side (floppy data transmitting side) shown in FIG. 2 will be described. First, whether the user performs normal (general) facsimile transmission or not, the user performs floppy data (hereinafter referred to as FD data). To send). For example, one of the above is selected from the menu displayed on the operation display unit 12. Subsequently, the user mounts (sets) the floppy disk 1 storing the FD data to be transmitted to the FD control unit 3 (S1). If the floppy disk 1 is mounted without making the above selection, the system control unit 11 that recognizes the mounting of the floppy disk 1 from the status information of the FD control unit 3 asks, "Do you want to transfer floppy data?" Display the message and make the above selection. When the normal facsimile transmission is instructed, the original set on the scanner 4 is read and transmitted as described above. However, when the FD data transmission is instructed and the floppy disk 1 is mounted, the system controller 1
1 issues a command to the FD control unit 3 via the file management means, reads the FD data in the floppy disk 1, and temporarily stores the FD data in the RAM 13 (S2). Note that a RAM in which the FD data is stored
The area in 13 is provided by the memory management means provided in the facsimile machine, and has a different address each time. When reading the FD data, the FD data is read from all the sectors on which writing is being performed, and the sector can be known by reading information of a predetermined sector of the mounted floppy disk 1.

FIG. 3A shows transmission management information for linking the FD data with transmission slip image information to be read. The FD data head address shown is the address where the FD data is stored. System control unit 11
Obtains the above address from the memory management means and writes it as one of the transmission management information when the FD data is stored in the RAM 13 from the floppy disk 1. The management number shown in the figure depends on the status of the other party.
This is a number for distinguishing the next FD data when the next FD data is read from the next floppy disk 1 before the data is transmitted, and is written together with the FD format when writing the FD data head address. FIG.
(B) indicates that the head address is the FD in the transmission management information.
It is a data configuration (data structure) of FD data which is an address indicated by a data head address. The data size set at the beginning is the size of one sector, and the FD
The next sector of the data is stored in an area starting from the address indicated by the FD data next sector address.

Next, the user sets a document on a delivery slip (FD delivery slip) as shown in FIG. 4 in the scanner 4 (S3).
Reading is instructed by the operation display unit 12. Then, the system control unit 11 sends the scanner 4
And the scanner 4 reads the above-mentioned sending slip,
The read sending slip image information is compressed and encoded by the DCR 18, and the encoded sending slip image information is stored in an area in the RAM 13 allocated by the memory management means (S4). Further, the system control unit 11 obtains, from the memory management unit, the start address of the area in which the transmission slip image information is stored, and writes the address in the image information start address field as one of the transmission management information (S
5). FIG. 3C shows the data configuration (data structure) of the transmission form image information. As shown in the figure, the data size of one block of the transmission slip image information is set in the head area,
In the next area (field), the start address of the next block is set. The system control unit 11 also writes the transmission form image size, the compression method (encoding method) performed by the DCR 18 as the transmission management information, and finishes the generation of the transmission management information (S5). Subsequently, the system control unit 11
5 is based on the transmission management information shown in FIG.
Create transmission information as shown in. As shown in the figure, the management information for reproduction, the FD data, and the delivery slip image information are created as one connected in that order.

[0010] Thereafter, when the user designates a destination using a numeric keypad or the like in the operation display unit 12 (S6), for example, in the case of G3 transmission using a public telephone line, the system control unit 11
Passes the obtained destination to the NCU 16, sets a call by the NCU 16, and confirms that the other party facsimile apparatus has the FD data reception function by, for example, an NSF signal sent from the other party facsimile apparatus. The unit 11 instructs the communication control unit 17 to set the information indicating binary transfer in a predetermined signal of phase B and transmit the signal. Then, when entering phase C,
The system control unit 11 passes the created transmission information shown in FIG. 5 to the communication control unit 17, and the communication control unit 17 transmits the received transmission information to the facsimile machine via the modem 19 or the like (S7). On the other hand, the receiving side (called side) facsimile apparatus detects an incoming call as shown in FIG.
After the NCU 16 performs the line connection (S11), the NCU 16 transmits information indicating that it has the FD data receiving function by the NSF signal. When the information indicating the binary transfer is obtained from the predetermined signal received in phase B, the communication control unit 1
7 stores the information shown in FIG. 5 received in the phase C, that is, the management information for reproduction, the FD data, and the transmission slip image information as they are, and transfers them to the system control unit 11 (S12).

Subsequently, the system control unit 11 reproduces the FD data and the transmission slip image information based on the reproduction management information (S13). For example, the transmission slip image information is decoded by the DCR 18 in accordance with the compression method and the image size set as one of the reproduction management information. Further, a message indicating that the FD data has been received is displayed on the display unit in the operation display unit 12 (S14). Then, when the user mounts the floppy disk in response to the message, the system control unit 11 recognizes the fact by the status signal output from the FD control unit 3 (S15). Thereafter, when the user instructs writing to the floppy disk by operating the buttons on the operation display unit 12, the system control unit 11 determines whether each block of the FD data is divided into sectors by the FD data transfer block size. The head address is obtained, and the FD data of each block is sequentially passed to the FD control unit 3 together with the sector number and the like written in the head area of the block, and written to the corresponding sector of the mounted floppy disk (S16). . Further, the system control unit 11 passes the transmission slip image information decrypted and stored in the RAM 13 to the plotter 5, and outputs a transmission slip as shown in FIG. 4 on a recording sheet (S17).

In this way, the user can know the recipient and the contents of the FD data by looking at the output sending slip, and the recipient can check the sending slip and the floppy disk on which the FD data is written. , And the contents and the sender can be immediately known from the sending slip, and the subsequent work can be smoothly performed. In addition, by making the above-mentioned sending slip into a label form to be stuck on a floppy disk, the sending slip can be stuck on the corresponding floppy disk, so that the sending slip can be prevented from being lost. Further, in the above description, the FD data is read, transferred, and written by the disk copy method. However, only the specified document (the specified file) may be read, transferred, and written. Also,
Although the operation of the present invention has been described in the case of the G3 transmission control procedure via a public telephone line, the present invention can also be implemented in the case of a G4 transmission control procedure via an ISDN or the like.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The sending slip image information read from the manuscript, the FD data read from the floppy disk, and the reproduction management information for reproducing them by the receiving facsimile apparatus are transmitted to the receiving facsimile apparatus, and in the receiving facsimile apparatus, The transmission form information and the FD data are reproduced from the reception information, and the reproduced transmission form information is output on a recording sheet or the like, and the reproduced FD data is written on a floppy disk. By looking at the vote, the recipient and the contents of the FD data can be known. The recipient obtains the floppy disk on which the FD data is written and the sending slip, and immediately knows the contents and the sender from the sending slip. And the subsequent work can proceed smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flow chart of the transmission-side facsimile apparatus showing an example of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b) and 3 (c) are data configuration diagrams of a main part of a transmission-side facsimile apparatus showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram relating to a facsimile apparatus showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram of a main part of a transmission-side facsimile apparatus showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of a receiving-side facsimile apparatus showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 floppy disk, 3 FD control unit (floppy disk reading means, floppy disk writing means), 4 scanner, 5 plotter (image output means),
11 system control unit (management information generation unit, transmission information generation unit, data reproduction unit, transmission form output unit), 12
Operation display unit, 13 RAM, 17 communication control unit, 18
Encoding / decoding unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a facsimile apparatus provided with an image reading means, a floppy disk reading means for reading floppy data stored in a floppy disk, sending slip image information read by the image reading means, and the floppy disk reading means. Management information generating means for generating transmission management information for associating with the floppy data; reproduction management information based on the transmission management information generated by the management information generating means;
A facsimile apparatus comprising: transmission information creating means for creating one piece of transmission information including the transmission form image information and the floppy data. 2. A facsimile apparatus provided with image output means, wherein: data reproduction means for reproducing transmission form image information and floppy data from the received information based on reproduction management information included in one piece of received information; A transmission form output means for outputting the transmission form image information reproduced by the data reproduction means by an image output means; and a floppy disk writing means for writing the floppy data reproduced by the data reproduction means to a floppy disk. Facsimile machine characterized.