JPS58138172A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize facsimile equipment, through which any person having difficulty in hearing can transmit picture signals, by making an arrangement that the ready tone sent back from the reception side is visually indicated and the operator having difficulty in hearing can recognize the arrival of the ready tone. CONSTITUTION:When a ready signal detector 43 detects a ready tone, a tone detect signal 7 is supplied to an indicator driving circuit 44. Upon detecting the tone detect signal 7, the indicator driving circuit 44 supplies a lamp flash signal 8 to an indicator 45 for a prescribed period and lets the LED of the indicator 45 make flashing operation for the prescribed period. When the operator confirms the flashing motion and depresses the transmission button in a facsimile main body 1, a change-over switch is actuated and the circuit is switched from a telephone set 3 to the facsimile main body 1, and then, transmission of picture signals are performed between both facsimile equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that allows visual operation instructions.

When a facsimile machine electronically transmits a document, it first performs a predetermined operation procedure with the facsimile machine on the receiving side. In other words, the operator of the facsimile machine on the calling side first dials the facsimile machine on the called side, and when the line is connected, listens to the ready-to-hear (response signal) sent from the called station. do. As soon as the ready tone is sent, the called station is ready to receive. Therefore, the operator of the calling station presses the transmit button at the 114th point, switches the line to the facsimile machine, and starts transmitting the image signal.

However, according to the conventionally adopted operating procedure,
If the operator on the calling side is a 14-year-old disabled person, there is a disadvantage in that he cannot hear the calls from Ready 1 to - and is only able to perform the operation of transmitting the image signal.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can visually display a ready tone as soon as it is sent.

The present invention achieves the above-mentioned object by attaching a pickup sensor to the calling party's telephone and visually displaying the response signal on a display when the pickup sensor detects a response signal from the called party.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to Examples.

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention.

A changeover switch (not shown) is installed in the facsimile machine (AI) to connect line 2 to either telephone 3 or facsimile body 1. Telephone m3 has a ready signal. Display II to display the reception of
is attached.

When a ready signal is sent to this facsimile machine from a called station as a response signal indicating a receivable state, a telephone pickup (big absorber) 41 fixed to the back of the telephone detects this. The weak signal 5 detected by the telephone pickup 41 is sent to the amplifier 42.
The signal is amplified by the detection signal 6 and supplied to the ready signal detector 43 as the detection signal 6. Ready (G detector 43 is equipped with a frequency filter, 1650 tlz and 1850
It is now possible to distinguish between two frequencies: H7.

Of these, for 1650 Hz, the called device uses CCI 1-1.
185011z is a ready signal sent in the case of a group 1 device, and 185011z is a ready signal sent in the case of a group 2 device. Assuming that this Noaximile device is unable to electronically transmit original documents to and from Group 3 devices using CCIT,
There is no mechanism to detect the 2100 Hz ready signal generated by the 1M device.

Ready signal detector 43 is 1650 H2 or 18
When a 50Hz ready tone is detected, the tone detection signal 7 is sent to the display drive circuit 4I! l is supplied.

When the display drive circuit 44 detects the tone detection signal 7, it supplies a lamp blinking signal 8 to the display 45 for a predetermined period of time, causing the light emitting diode (LEI) to blink. . When the operator confirms this blinking operation and presses the send button in the facsimile main body 1, the changeover switch described above is operated and the line is switched from the telephone 3 to the facsimile main body 1. Thereafter, the C image signal is transmitted between the two facsimile devices.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily detect a response signal without using the Birafatsujisen-1j- to detect the response signal (2) without changing the currently used facsimile machine. visual display becomes possible. Therefore, if a hearing-impaired person carries a display device for visual display, there is an advantage that he or she can use a facsimile machine at work. Another advantage is that even people who do not have Ll impairments can operate the Noah Aximli device accurately in noisy places.

In addition, in the embodiment, when the ready signal is received, L E
l) will be flashing, [Press the send button]
Of course, it is also possible to avoid displaying the specific content for instructing the operation by lighting the lamp.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing shows one example of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
This is a zero diagram.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile machine, a telephone that switches the line between the facsimile machine, a pickup sensor that detects signals received by the telephone, and a reception ready state of the other party's facsimile machine based on the signals detected by the pickup sensor. 1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a detection means for detecting a response signal indicating a response signal; and a display means for visually displaying a signal when the detection means detects the signal.