JPS60206365A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To promote the propagation of a public utilization facsimile by calculating a communication rate by a communication ground and a communication time, and displaying and informing in advance the rate to a user before an actual communication. CONSTITUTION:A transmitting original is set, and subsequently, a dial number of the other party is inputted. After the dial is inputted, this device reads the transmitting original, and a picture signal is inputted to a facsimile use redundancy suppressing encoder. In such a case, the number of longitudinal bits of a code whose redundancy is suppressed is counted up by a counter 3. On the other hand, dial informaton stored in a memory 4, tariff information of every communication ground from a memory 5, and the total number of encoded bits of the transmitting original being the output of the counter 3 are inputted to a tariff counter 6. A user confirms its rate indicator, and depressed a communication start button, by which an encoded data of picture information stored in a memory 2 is transmitted to the other facsimile quipment through a facsimile transmission control part 8 and a MODEM9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (1) Description of the field to which the invention pertains The present invention is based on the invention by checking in advance the code length to be transmitted in an IJ device, especially a publicly available facsimile IJ device having a fee collection mechanism. The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that can display communication charges before transmission.

(2) Description of the Prior Art It is expected that facsimile machines for public use will be realized, which can be installed in local public institutions and the like, and allow the general public to freely communicate by facsimile.

Public facsimile machines calculate the necessary communication charges and collect the necessary charges using coins or magnetic cards.

In this case, under a fee system in which one communication fee is determined according to the communication time and communication destination, it is difficult to know in advance how much it will cost to send a -page of manuscript. Furthermore, if a public facsimile machine is of the same standard as the three international standard group machines, the transmission method uses redundancy suppression technology, so the transmission time depends on the complexity of the document content, so 9 communication charges will be incurred. It is not possible to know before submitting the manuscript.

Therefore, it is very convenient for the user to display on the operation panel of the facsimile machine the amount of communication charge for the document to be transmitted before actually transmitting it. Regarding the method of displaying this communication charge, in the case of telephones, various methods have been considered, such as displaying it moment by moment during a call, but methods for displaying and disseminating communication charges in cases where the communication charge per page of facsimile is not determined before transmission, such as in the case of facsimiles. has not been considered in the past. In addition, if a public facsimile IJ device is of the same standard as the international standard group 3 machines, the line speed is usually +4,800 bps, but the line speed is 1
If the line conditions are bad, there may be a fallback to the speed of 2,400 bl)8, in which case the communication time will be doubled, and therefore the pre-calculated charge and the actual communication charge may differ.

Conventionally, no consideration was given to this point.

(3) Purpose of the Invention As stated above, the present invention is applicable to cases where the communication fee for facsimile is determined by the communication destination and the communication time.

The purpose is to provide a means to display and inform users of charges in advance before the actual transmission, and to promote the spread of public use type factor-only by making the charges easy to understand.

(4) Description of structure and operation of the invention FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention, in which 1 is a facsimile redundancy suppression encoder, 2 is a screen memory, and 3 is a total coded data length of transmitted image information. A counter for counting, and 4 a memory for storing destination dial information.

5 is a memory having charge information for each communication destination; 6 is a charge counter; 7 is a display for displaying charges; 8 is a facsimile transmission control section; 9 is a modem.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using FIG.

In this public facsimile machine, the user first sets the original to be sent and then inputs the destination dial number. After inputting the dial, the device reads the original to be sent, and the image signal is input to the facsimile redundancy suppression encoder. At this time, the counter 3 counts up the total number of bits of the code whose redundancy has been suppressed.

On the other hand, dial information stored in the memory 4.

Charge information for each communication destination from memory 5 and counter 3
The total number of encoded bits of the transmitted document, which is the output of , is input to the charge counter 6. The fee counter 6 calculates the appropriate communication fee based on the above-mentioned three-person effort, and displays the output on a display 7 made of, for example, a liquid crystal display.

The user checks the charge display and presses the communication start button 2, thereby transmitting the encoded data of the image information stored in the memory 2 to the facsimile transmission control unit 8 and the modem 9.
is sent to the other party's facsimile machine via. However, when using an international standard group 3 modem, a test signal is sent just before the encoded data of 9-picture information is transmitted, and the other device confirms that there are no data errors.

4. Send an instruction signal to the transmitter indicating that you want to transmit at 800 bps, and if there are vA and b, 2,400 bp
Sends an instruction signal to the transmitter indicating that it is desired to transmit.

In this way, the communication speed is automatically set to 4 depending on the actual condition of one line.
, 800 bps or 2,400 bps is selected. Therefore, the charge value that was displayed before pressing the 9 communication start button may differ from the actual communication charge because the communication time when the image information encoded data is actually transmitted differs, causing confusion for users. cause it to happen. However, the charge display before pressing the communication start button will display a count of 1 in the case of 2,400 bps, which is a high charge, and if it is decided to use 4,800 bps communication, the charge will be displayed as 4,800 bps communication. All you have to do is change it, and if there is a change, the difference in charges can be settled at the end of the communication.

FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention corresponding to the above operation. Reference numeral A in FIG. 2 corresponds to the counting by the counter 3 shown in FIG. 1, and reference symbol B in FIG. ing.

(5) Description of effects As explained above, according to the present invention, the communication time varies depending on the type of manuscript content, and the communication fee is known only after the manuscript has been sent, which causes inconvenience to the user. This has been improved so that you can know the charge before actually sending the item. Also,
The difference in fees caused by the difference in actual communication speed is displayed immediately before the image information data is sent, making it easier for the user to operate coins to be inserted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a flowchart representing a processing aspect of the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a redundancy suppression encoder for facsimile IJ. 2 is a screen memory; 3 is a counter for counting the total encoded data length of transmitted image information; 4 is a memory for storing destination dial information; and 5 is charge information for each destination. 6 is a charge counter, 7 is an interest rate display, 8 is a facsimile transmission control section, and 9 is a modem. Patent applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation Patent attorney Mori 1) Hiroaki Shi

Claims (1)

[Claims] A facsimile device having a charge collection mechanism includes means for counting the total code length of image information to be sent, means for storing encoded data of the image information, and means for storing a destination telephone number, and the facsimile apparatus is capable of facsimile communication. 9. A facsimile device, which calculates a communication fee by referring to the total code length of one-stroke information and a telephone number of the other party in advance, and displays the communication fee on a display provided in the facsimile device.