JPS60192453A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit synthesized information as picture information to an opposite receiver by constituting the titled device to connect an external device, transmitting sender information required for the user from the external device to a facsimile equipment and allowing the facsimile equipment to synthesize the sender information fed from the external device and the own sender information. CONSTITUTION:Each data of a clock 5 for transmission time information, a fixed information memory 6 storing fixed information such as station name and a counter 7 counting the number of transmission originals is read by a control circuit 3, a character code relating to the station name, transmission time and the number of sheets with respect to display once in a character code buffer 4 together with a character code inputted from an external device 1, the data is converted into a picture signal by a character generator 8 and transmitted to a line memory 9, and they are coded by a coding circuit 10, modulated by an MODEM11 and transmitted to a telephone line.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile device, and more specifically, it proposes a facsimile device that can add sender information in a free format from an external device and send it electronically. .

[Prior art]

Modern facsimile machines convert sender information such as station name, time, number of sheets, etc., in addition to the original content, into image signals and send them to the recipient's receiver in order to conveniently store and organize received papers. There are many.

However, in view of the versatility of the device, the types and formats of information that can be transmitted in this manner are limited, and the only information that can be freely set by the user is the station name.

On the other hand, from the user's point of view, the information that they would like to send additionally includes the recipient's name and the caller's name, but conventional methods have been to communicate verbally over the phone or write the recipient's name and the sender's name on the manuscript. I was taking it.

In the latter case, a method such as writing the recipient's name and sender's name on a yorinobu paper and connecting it with a carrier sheet or other means before the beginning of the manuscript to be sent by wire is used. This method may seem simple at first glance, but if the frequency of transmissions from the same source is high, it becomes quite a tedious task. In addition, the name of the recipient and the sender may be written directly on the original manuscript, but if the manuscript has no margins, such as a printed form or accounting slip, the problem is that the printed manuscript may be smeared with handwritten characters. There is.

〔the purpose〕

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and is configured so that an external device can be connected, and sender information required by the user can be transmitted from the external device by facsimile. To provide a facsimile device in which the facsimile device synthesizes its own sender information and sender information given from an external device, and transmits it as image information to a destination receiver. The purpose is to

〔composition〕

A facsimile device according to the present invention includes: an interface connectable to an external device capable of emitting sender information; a means for synthesizing sender information emitted by the facsimile device itself and sender information emitted by the external device; The present invention is characterized by comprising means for electronically transmitting the information prior to the transmission information of the manuscript.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on drawings showing embodiments thereof.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a received image. In the figure, A surrounded by a broken line is a facsimile device according to the present invention, and 1 is an external device such as a personal computer or a word processor connected to this facsimile device A, and both are connected via an interface such as an R5232C provided in the facsimile device. connected. Reference numeral 3 denotes a control circuit consisting of a microprocessor, etc., which serves as the control center of the entire apparatus.

Data from a clock 5 for obtaining transmission time information, a fixed information memory 6 for storing fixed information such as station names, and a counter 7 for counting the number of transmitted originals are read into the control circuit 3.

Based on the input data, the control circuit 3 temporarily stores the character code related to the display of station name, transmission time, number of sheets, etc. in the character code bath sofa 4 together with the character code input from the external device 1. The data in the buffer is converted into an image signal by a character generator 8 and provided to a line memory 9. The line memory 9 is also given data from an image signal reading circuit 12 that optically scans and reads the original. The data of both signals read from the line memory 9 are encoded by an encoding circuit 10, modulated by a modem 11, and sent out to the telephone line.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be explained by taking as an example the case where the contents shown in FIG. 2 are transmitted.

The fixed information memory 6 contains the station name information to be written on the left side of the first line of the received image, and the heading number information on the right side of the first line.
PAGE" character information is stored. The clock 5 counts the year, month, day, hour, and minute minute by minute. Also, before starting transmission, the external device 1 sends source information (of the received image) to the control circuit 3 via the interface 2. When the second and third lines) are sent in the form of a character code, the control circuit 3 stores the character code in a predetermined location of the character code buffer 4.

Next, when the operator sets a document and performs a transmission start operation such as pressing a transmission switch, the control circuit 3 activates the necessary parts according to a predetermined procedure and proceeds to the procedure immediately before electronically transmitting the image information.

Then, the control circuit 3 obtains the current time from the clock 5, fixed information such as the station name from the fixed information memory 6, and information about the number of originals to be transmitted from the sheet number counter 7. Each of the characters is read out and stored in a predetermined location in the character code buffer 4 in the form of a character code.

Next, the character code stored in the buffer 4 is sequentially converted into an image signal using the character generator 8 and written into the line memory 9. Control circuit 3 then encodes circuit 1
0 and a predetermined signal to the modem 11 to encode the contents of the line memory 9 and output an image signal to the line via the modem 11.

As a result, the characters of the sender information as shown in FIG. 2 are displayed in the first to third lines of the received image. When all the character codes in the character code buffer 4 have been converted into image signals and encoded in this way, the control circuit 3 issues a predetermined signal to the image signal reading circuit 12, and scans the original following the source information. The image information obtained is stored in the line memory 9, further encoded by the encoding circuit 10, and transmitted from the modem 11 to the line.

As described above, as shown in FIG. 2, both the source information issued by the apparatus itself and the source information issued by the external device 1 are received, and then the original is received.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the character code is sent from the external device 1, but it should be converted into an image signal on the external device 1 side, and the image signal itself is sent to the control circuit via the interface 2. 3, the image signal may be directly written into the line memory 9.

〔effect〕

According to the present invention as described above, it is convenient for the user to add a variety of source information. In particular, if a large number of destination names and caller names are registered in an external device and will be retrieved and input into the device of the present invention as needed, it is not necessary to enter the destination name and caller name. Needless to say, it is easy to operate and frees you from the hassle of entry work.

And the manuscript will not be stained with those handwritings. This effect is particularly noticeable when there are many destinations and callers.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a received image. A...Facsimile device of the present invention 1...External device 2...Interface 4...Character code buffer 8...Character generation patent Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney: Noboru Kono

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An interface connectable to an external device capable of emitting source information, means for synthesizing source information emitted by itself and source information emitted by the external device, and a synthesized source information. 1. A facsimile device comprising means for electronically transmitting information prior to transmission information of a document. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sender information issued by the external device is a character code. 3. The facsimile device according to claim 1, wherein the source information issued by the external device is image information.