JPS59131260A - Facsimile device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the transfer efficiency by obtaining a managing report transfer device not requiring to transmit page managing information at each transmission of picture information. CONSTITUTION:A CPU2e transfers sequentially values of transmission time data, managing number data and total page counter from a storage area relating a corresponding opposite station to a circuit 1K, and a CPU1h transfers a data applied to the circuit 1K to a management information additing circuit 1g sequentially. The circuit 1g generates a dot image data so as to store the management information onto receiving paper RP in the format shown in the figure RP and outputs the data to a code compressing and expanding circuit 1d. When the picture transmission data corresponding to the management information is transferred to the opposite station and the transfer of the management information is finished, the CPU1h requests the transfer of picture data to the CPU2e. The CPU2e responds to it and transfers the data stored in a picture memory 2c to a code compression and expanding circuit 2b in response to the request and reproduces the data into original data.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] 〔Technical field〕 The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

[Prior art]

When transmitting documents using a facsimile machine, a document containing management information such as the sender, recipient, date and time of transmission, total number of pages, etc. is sent before the original to be sent. This eliminates the hassle. For this purpose, facsimile machines that automatically add the management information to part of facsimile transmission information and facsimile machines that output management reports to their own printers have been proposed.

However, such conventional facsimile machines have the following problems.

That is, with the former facsimile machine, when multiple originals are sent in succession, management information is included in each original, and as a result, some of the image information on the transmitted originals (i.e., the image information that should be transmitted) is missing. do. In addition, whether the receiving device desires it or not, management information other than the image information on the transmitted document is written on the receiving recording paper, and as a result, the receiving recording paper cannot be used as an official document.

On the other hand, since the latter facsimile machine only outputs management information to its own printer, it is not transmitted to the receiving (N-side) device, and therefore the management information is not output to the receiving-side device that does not have a management report function.

〔the purpose〕

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such problems and provide a facsimile device capable of outputting management information to a receiving device without damaging image information.

〔composition〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In this embodiment, an auxiliary storage device (hereinafter simply referred to as a storage device) 2 is added to a facsimile device 1 to have the function of a sequential reporting device.

In the figure, 1a is a scanner that plane-scans the transmitted original and photoelectrically converts it to form a transmitted image signal, ib is a printer that prints dots and motherboard patterns, and 1c converts the output signal of scanner 1a into 8-bit parallel (If the output from the code compression/expansion circuit 1d is converted into a serial number (i) and outputted to the printer 1b, the code compression/expansion circuit 1d is added from the buffer 1c and the management information addition circuit 1g (described later). The data received by the modem le is encoded, compressed, and outputted to the modem 1e, and the received data added from the modem le is decoded, expanded, and outputted to the buffer 1eK.

1f is a network control circuit for controlling a transmission line network such as a telephone 1-line network to establish and disconnect a transmission line; 1h is the above-mentioned scanner LAS grinter LB, bus sofa ICS code compression/expansion circuit 1D, modem LE, and network control A CPU (central processing unit) that controls the device 1f and the management information addition circuit 1g, 11 a ROM (read only memory) that stores a program to be executed by the CPU 1h, and 1j a CPU.
A RAM (Random Access Memory) serves as a work area for l and h, and an external memory interface circuit for transmitting and receiving data between the facsimile machine l and the storage device 2 is shown as 1.

Also, buffer 1c, network control device 1f5 management information addition circuit 1g, CPUI h, ROMI i%RAMI
j and the external memory inter 78-2 circuit 1 are connected to the system path line SB.

2a is a facsimile interface circuit connected to the external memory interface circuit 1 described above to exchange data between the facsimile device 1 and the storage device 2; 2b;
In order to suppress the capacity of the image memory 2c, the image data added through the 7 axis inter-7 ace circuit 2a is encoded and compressed, and the data stored in the image memory 2c is decoded and expanded to restore the original image data. 2d is a clock circuit.

2e is a facsimile interface circuit 211% code compression/decompression circuit 2b, image memory 2c and clock circuit 2d
'fc is a CPU that controls each, 2f is a ROM that stores the program executed by CPU2e, and 2g is CPU2
RAM and 2h, which form the work area of e and which store management information (including sender information), etc., are input units consisting of numeric keys, function keys, and the like. Each key of this input section 2h is arranged on an operation panel (not shown) of the storage device 2.

Also, facsimile interface circuit 21% code compression/expansion circuit 2b, image memo') 2cs clock circuit 2d,
The CPU 2 e% ROM 2 f, RAM 2 g, and input section 2 h are connected to an internal pass line IB.

FIG. 2 illustrates a storage area for storing management information in RAM 2g. For one partner station, n storage areas AR, % ARn are set for storing management information consisting of a telephone number, transmission time, management number, transmission counter, and a total of one counter. in this way,
In this embodiment, the same image information is sequentially transmitted to 7tn partner stations corresponding to the management information stored in the ld RAM 2g.

With the above configuration, when the operator operates the input unit 2h and inputs the telephone number of the other station and the designated time for sending, the CPU 2e stores the telephone number and sending time in the RAM 2g. Each partner station is memorized in sequence.

(When the reader sets the original to be sent on the scanner 1a and presses the transmission start key (not shown), the CPU 1h
2 Notify e that data will be transferred, and notify CP
When U 2 e responds by sending a message indicating that data transfer is possible, the CPU 1 h activates the scanner 1 a and outputs the output 't-p7a 1 c, s of the scanner 1 a.
It is output to the facsimile interface circuit 2a of the storage device 2 via the system path line SR and the external memory interface circuit 1k.

CPU 2 e is facsimile interface circuit 2
The data added to a is transferred to the code compression/expansion circuit 2b and encoded, and the encoded data is sequentially stored in the image memory 2c. Then, each time this data storage for one transmitted document is completed, the storage areas AR1 to AR of RAM 2g are
Increment the total page counter of the area where telephone numbers etc. are stored in n.

After the scanner 1a has read all the transmitted documents, the CPU
1k stops the scanner 1a'i7 and sets the facsimile machine 1 to standby mode.

When the CPU 2e has finished storing the image data (encoded) of all transmission originals in the image memory 2C, the CPU 2e
2 Store serial numbers in the management numbers of storage areas AR, ~ARn in g. Then the storage area AR of RAM 2g.

The transmission time stored in ~ARn is constantly compared with the output of the clock circuit 2d, and if any of the transmission times is the output of the clock circuit 2d.
When the output matches the output of d, the CPU 1 h is notified that transmission will start. When the CPU 1h responds that transmission can be started, the CPU 2e stores the telephone number data in the same storage area as the transmission time in the RAM 2.
g and outputs it to the external memory interface circuit 1k via the internal path line IB and the facsimile interface circuit 2a.

CPU 1h is an external memory interface circuit l
Transfer the telephone number data added to k to the network control circuit 1f,
Make a call to the other station and establish a transmission path. After performing a predetermined transmission control procedure, it requests the CPU 2e to transfer the management information.

As a result, the CPU 2e sequentially transfers the storage area, transmission time data, management number data, and total page counter value (r15J in this example) regarding the partner station to the external memory interface circuit 1k.
h sequentially transfers the data added to the external memory interfunix circuit 1k to the management information addition circuit 1g.

The management information adding circuit 1g records the received paper RP so that the management information is recorded on the received paper RP in the format shown in FIG.
It generates dot image data corresponding to each column LA, LB, and outputs it to the code compression/expansion circuit 1d. This allows the image transmission data corresponding to the management information to be transferred to the modem 1e.
, is transmitted to the other party's device via the network control circuit 1f and the transmission line network, and a management report as shown in FIG. 3 is outputted by the other party's device. It should be noted that the data to be recorded in the field LA of the received paper RP and the data in the field LB corresponding to "NO-SHINSHA" in the field LA are stored in advance in the management information addition circuit 1g.

When the transmission of management information is completed in this way, the CPU
1h requests the CPU 2e to transfer image data. The CPU 2e responds to this, and the image memory 2
The data stored in c is transferred to the code compression/expansion circuit 2b and restored to the original image signal, and the restored image signal is transferred to the external memory interface circuit 1kK via the facsimile interface circuit 2a.

CPU 1 h is external memory interface circuit 1
The image signal applied to k is applied to the code compression/expansion circuit 1d via the system path line SR and the buffer 1c, and thereby the image signal is transmitted to the other station.

Note that each time the CPU 2'e outputs data for one transmission document from the image memory 2c, it increments the transmission page counter in the storage area corresponding to the partner station.

Such a transmission operation is performed for each corresponding partner station at each sending time stored in each of the storage areas ARI to ARn, and when transmission to all partner stations is completed,
Control of the facsimile IJ device 1 and the storage device 2 is stopped. Note that when the CPU 2e completes transmission to each partner station, it clears the storage area corresponding to that partner station.

By the way, if the transmission is interrupted due to a line failure or operator interruption while image transmission is being performed for multiple documents to be sent in this way, after a certain period of time has elapsed, the documents to be sent corresponding to the value of the sending page counter will be sent. Image transmission is resumed from the image signal that is detected. In this case, when restarting transmission, the same management number and transmission time (transmission time) as at the time when transmission was started, and the value of the transmission page counter (in this example, "5") as shown in parentheses in Figure 3.
'') and a management report recording the total page counter value to the other device.

Therefore, when transmission is interrupted, by referring to the management report, it is possible to determine that a plurality of intermittently output received recording papers are a series of documents.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, a facsimile machine is described which is equipped with a storage device 2 and has a sequential broadcasting function.
The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be implemented using a normal facsimile machine. However, in this case, the operator must operate the operation panel to
It is necessary to input the total data in M).

Furthermore, the number of management reports is not limited to one, and may be multiple depending on the content of the management information.

〔effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the management report is transmitted before the image information is transmitted, it is possible to record the management information in the receiving device without damaging the image information.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a Glock diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure shows an example of a storage area of management information in the RAM, and FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of the format of a management report. 1...Facsimile machine, 1g...Management information publication processing circuit, 1h, 2e-CPU (central processing unit)
,lj. 2g...RAM (Random Access Memory). Figure 1-4 ( Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] a storage means for storing management data for storing management information;
Based on the above management data, s'! is managed in a predetermined format. ) and a management information addition circuit that generates an image signal corresponding to
A facsimile device that transmits an output image signal of the management information adding circuit separately from image information related to a transmission document.