JPS5985174A - Facsimile system with interface - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the extraction of picture information of a document in addition to facsimile communication and to form a hard copy of the picture information inputted externally by providing an interface to a facsimile. CONSTITUTION:When the facsimile device 2 is connected with the interface 19 and is operated as a facsimile transmitter, a system processing 8 inserting the document to the input section drives a motor section 14 to carry the document. The document is read by a scanning section 4 at the same time, the signal is converted into a binary signal via a photoelectric converting section 5 and a signal converting section 6, coded at a decoding section 10, modulated at a modulation/demodulation section 17 and transmitted to a line 24. In the operation as a receiver, the signal is demodulated at a modulation/demodulation section 18 and decoded and recorded on a recording section 12 of an output section 11. In transmitting the document from an input section 3, the signal is stored in a buffer section 21 of the interface section, applied to a control section 20 by a control signal from the processing section 8, and the contents of the buffer section 21 is transmitted to an external device 23. It is possible to store the picture information from the external device to the buffer section 21 and to record it at the recording section 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION By providing an interface to a facsimile, the present invention not only performs normal facsimile communication, but also retrieves image information of a document input through the interface, or transfers image information input from the outside. information··
- This relates to a method of outputting as a copy.

Currently, facsimile machines are widely used, but the device configuration is designed to communicate between facsimile machines via a single line, so it is difficult to connect to a line device equipped with an inkfer such as a micro/picoter. The facsimile machine has drawbacks such as the need for extensive modification in order to input and output image information, or the need to provide a separate connection device between the facsimile and the external device.

The present invention is characterized in that a facsimile machine is equipped with an interface to perform not only normal inter-facsimile communication but also exchange of image information with an external device. The purpose is to enable it to be used as an image information input/output device.

The figure does not show the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention;
is a facsimile S IJ with a general-purpose interface according to the present invention.
The overall structure of the system is shown, 2 is a conventional facsimile system component, 3 is an input section, 4 is a scanning section, 5 is an electrical conversion section, 6 is a signal conversion section, 7 is a control section, 8 1 is a system processing unit, 9 is a control i code processing unit, 10 is a code decoding unit, 11 is an output unit, 12 is a recording unit, 13 is G[: green part driving unit, 14
is a motor part, ]5 is a motor, 16id motor, drive part,
17 is a modem unit, I8 is a non-tower control unit.
Unit 1-1+9td ink office section, 2o is an interface control section, 21 is a sofa section, 22 is an interface, 23 is an external device, and 24 is a line.

First, the angle of view of a normal facsimile transmitter will be explained.

When a document is inserted into the input section 3, the system processing section 8 operates the motor 15 via the motor drive section 16 to capture the text. At the same time, the scanning section 4 reads the density of the document as an optical signal, which is converted into an electrical signal by the photoelectric conversion section 5, and then amplified by the signal conversion section 6 to become a binary signal. The encoder 8 encodes the binary signal in the encoder/decoder 10, and sends it to the modulator/demodulator 17 for modulation at a certain pitch.

The system processing section 8 uses a control signal processing section 9 to connect the other party's terminal and hand I.
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The modulated image signal is sent to the other party's terminal via the -1-nit 18 and the line 24.

Next, the operation as a normal Noakunmi IJ receiver will be explained.

After the control signal processing unit 9 exchanges procedures with the partner terminal, the communication processing unit 8 transmits both signals to the line 24 and the communication terminal 1.
- received via the work control unit 18; The image signal is demodulated by the modulation/demodulation unit 17, and if the encoded image information is encoded, it is decoded by the digit code part 1°, or if it has not been encoded, the shape of that 1 bit is decoded. output section 11
send to The system processing section 8 operates the motor 15 via the motor drive section 16 to feed the recording paper, and at the same time, the recording section 12 prints on the recording paper via the recording section drive section 3.

When using the tough ace parts J and 9, which is a feature of the third invention, the following operation is performed.

When the input section 3J inputs a document, the system processing section 8 uses the motor section 14 to take in the document, and at the same time inputs the document into the input section 3J.
The image signal is encoded by the encoder/decoder 1o, or sent directly to the interface unit 19 by the encoder unit 21.
Accumulate K. Depending on the type of interface 22, the system processing section 8 sends a control signal such as locking to the interface section 19 as necessary, and sends a control signal such as a lock signal to the interface section 19 along with both signals stored in the buffer section 21 in accordance with the ink face 22 in the interface lI+lJ control section 2o. The signal is converted into a signal and sent to the receiver unit 23 via the interface 22.

Next, when acquiring an image signal from the external device 23, the system processing section 8 exchanges control signals with the external device 23 via the interface control section 20 and the interface 22, receives the image information at the interface 22H, and sends the image information to the interface 22H. The control unit 2° converts it into an internal signal within the apparatus of the present invention and stores it in the buffer unit 21. Next, buffer section 2
The image information is read out from 1 and decoded by the encoder/decoder 1° according to the image signal, or sent to the output unit 11 by the encoder/decoder 11. The system processing section 8 includes an output section 11 and a motor section 14.
to print on recording paper.

As explained above, the method of the present invention not only allows facsimiles to communicate with each other as a normal facsimile terminal, but also allows image information to be exchanged with an external device via an interface, making the facsimile machine easy to operate. It has the advantage that it can be used primarily as an image information input/output device, further increasing the convenience of facsimile.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a block diagram showing 14 configurations of one embodiment of the present invention.
Input section, 4... Scanning section, 5... Photoelectric conversion section, 6... Signal conversion section, 7... ・
Control unit, 8... System processing unit, 9...
...Control signal processing unit, IO... Gradient code decoding unit, 11... Output unit, 12...
・Recording section, 13...Recording section drive section, 14
...Motor part, 17...Variation [part, is-...Net 1 node control 1-lnit, 19...Interface g, 20'...
・Interface Jl+l (iMI Department, 2) ・
...] Buff part 22... Song... Interface, 23 - Decoy/external device, 24... Line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile machine has a facsimile input section, an output section, a control section, a motor section, a modulation/demodulation section, and a network control unit, and an interface connected to an external device, a buffer section, and an interface control section. In addition to the facsimile operation, the image information of the document inputted from the input part of the facsimile is extracted as it is, encoded, or modulated, and sent to an external device via the interface part as a signal conforming to the interface. A facsimile system with an interface, characterized in that image information input from an external device to an interface unit is output as a hard copy from an output unit of the facsimile.