JPS6068765A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a facsimile equipment capable of handling character information same as picture information with simple constitution by utilizing an existing switch designating a transmission destrination so as to input and also transmit information such as a character or the like as the picture information. CONSTITUTION:When the character or the like is inputted by depressing and setting a shift key 8-3 so as to input the character information from a keyboard 8-2, an inputted signal is stored in a register 17-1 in a character converting section 17 via a switch 15. A character generator 17-2 reads a corresponding dot pattern based on the stored character signal and stores it in an image memory 17-3, the pattern is scanned by a read section 17-4 to read as a picture signal such as the character and the signal is fed to a band compression section 3. Since the write of character information is conducted by the switch 15 designating a telephone number or the like of the transmission destination, the constitution of the device is simplified and no other instrument such as a word processor is required.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Technical field of the invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, particularly a method for inputting information such as a single character as image information using a switch used in a facsimile machine to specify a destination. The present invention relates to a facsimile device that can send documents.

(B) Technical Background and Problems Conventionally, in order to send an image using a facsimile machine,
In addition to the manuscript, I wrote down not only the department and division of the company to which it was sent, but also two names. It had a so-called cover. This cover page must be created in advance along with the submitted manuscript.
It could not be created using a facsimile machine.

Furthermore, when displaying or adding parts of a manuscript, it is necessary to recreate the document using another device, such as a word processor, and then read the already created document into a facsimile machine, which is inconvenient. there were.

Furthermore, when sending a large number of similar documents, even if you want to categorize or add simple titles to the documents, conventional facsimile machines cannot print them, and you have to print them again using a word processor etc. It was rather inconvenient.

(C) Purpose and structure of the invention The purpose of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine capable of inputting characters and the like using a key switch for specifying a destination in the facsimile machine and transmitting single character information together with an image signal of a document. To achieve this purpose 1
The facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a reading unit that reads an input document.

a band compression section that compresses the band of the image signal read by the reading section; a storage section that stores the band-compressed image signal; and a key switch that gives an instruction to the destination of the image signal stored in the storage section. .

In the facsimile apparatus, the facsimile apparatus includes a control unit that reads and transmits an image signal stored in the storage unit to a destination specified by the key switch.
A mode switching section that switches the use mode of the switch to a mode for inputting characters or symbols, and a character conversion section that converts a signal related to characters or symbols manually inputted from the key switch into an image signal, the character conversion section The present invention is characterized in that the image signal from the storage section can be added to the image signal stored in the storage section and transmitted.

(D) Examples of the invention The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a specific example of the keyboard shown in FIG. 1, a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a facsimile device, 2 is an image reading unit, and 3 is a facsimile machine.
Reference numeral 4 indicates a band compression section, 4 a file control section, 5 a floppy device, 6 an image recording section, 7 a band expansion section, 8-1 operation keys, and 8-2 a keyboard.

8-3 is a shift key, 9 is a control unit, 10 is a transmission control unit, 10-1 is a telephone signal transmission unit, lo-2 is a register, 10-3 is a memory, 11 is a network control unit, and 12 is a telephone line. , 13 is an image transmission/reception unit, 14 is a modem unit 915 is a switch, and 16 is a display unit.

17 is a character conversion section, 17-1 is a register, 17-2 is a character generator, 17-34 is an image memory, 17-4 is a line reading section, 18-1 is a key manual display section, 18-2 is a switchboard. Sochi part.

19-1 to 19-3 do not represent pilot lights.

FIG. 1 shows a facsimile apparatus of the present invention. The image reading section 2 reads the original to be sent, and the band compression section 3 performs predetermined band compression on the read image signal, and the band compressed image signal is transferred to the file control section 4. The data is stored in the floppy device 5 via the floppy disk. Then, the one-image recording section 6 reads out the image signal from the floppy device 5 as necessary by the file control section 4 (restores the compressed image signal to the original image by the band expansion section 7, and records the restored image. do.

In order to transmit an image signal stored in the floppy device 5 via a telephone line or the like, the control 91i9 first sends a transmission signal from the operation key (8-1) to the transmission control section 10.
10-1 in the memory 10-1 and sends the destination telephone number via the register 10-2 to the memory 10-2.
Read from 3.

A predetermined signal is sent to the network control unit 11 and the destination is connected to the telephone line 12. Next, the 1-image transmitting/receiving section 13 reads out the band-compressed image signal from the floppy device 5 via the file control section 4, modulates it in a predetermined manner using the modem section 14, and sends it to the network control section 11 through the telephone line 12. Send. When the transmission is completed, the one-image transmission/reception unit 13 notifies the control unit 9 that the transmission has been completed. If there are any more image signals to be transmitted, the control unit 9 repeatedly transmits them.

The keyboard 8-2 according to the present invention has a shift key (8-3
) to switch the switch 15 to 1.
It is possible to use two modes: a mode in which the telephone number of the destination of the image signal is input into the transmission control section 10, and a mode in which character information is input into the character conversion section 17.

When the user presses the Shift 1 key (8-3) to input the destination phone number from the keyboard 8-2, the phone number of the destination is inputted.

The input signal is sent to the transmission control unit 1 via the switch 15.
0 in memory 1O-3 and register 1
Stored in 0-2. The telephone number stored in register 1°-2 is displayed on display section 16.

Press the shift key (8-3) to set the keyboard 8-2 to a state where character information can be entered.

When a character or the like is input, the input signal is stored in the register 17-1 in the character converter 17 via the switch 115. The character information stored in register 17-1 is displayed on display section 16. Based on the character signal (character code) stored in the register 17-1, the character generator 17-2 reads out a dot pattern corresponding to the input character and stores it in the image memory 17-3. The line reading section 17-4 sequentially scans the character patterns stored in the image memory 17-3, reads out image signals such as characters, and supplies the signals to the band compression section 3. The band-compressed image signal is transferred to the floppy device 5 by the file control unit 4, and the shift key (8
-3) to set the state in which you can enter a telephone number, etc., store the destination telephone number in the transmission control unit 10 from the keyboard 8-2, and press the shift key (8-3).
Press ``C'' to write the information in the form 2. For example, the recipient's company section on the cover of the document to be sent.

Department, the name of the sender, etc. are entered from the keyboard 8-2, and the character conversion unit 17. Band compression section 3. It can be stored in the floppy device 5 via the file control section 4.

And in case of sending.

As mentioned above, the image signal stored in the Fronbi device 5 is transmitted to the destination stored in the memo'JIO-3 in the file control section 41, image transmitting/receiving section 13. Modem section 14. It is sent via the network control unit 11 and telephone line operator 2.

A keyboard 8-2 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 2 is composed of a key display section 18-1 for displaying destinations, characters, etc., and a switch section 18-2. By sequentially pressing the shift keys (8:, T3), a state in which input can be made using the keyboard 8-2 can be selected. The selected state is pylon lamp 19
You can tell by the lighting of -1 to 19-3.

In the illustration, the pilot lamp 19-2 is lit and English capital letters can be entered. In this state, the keyboard 8-
2 key suiy? corresponding to the character shown on the human power display section 18-1. When the button 18-2 is pressed, the pressed character is converted to the character converter 17, the band compression unit 3, and the character converter 17, as described above. The data is stored in the floppy device 5 via the file control section 4.

Next, the shift key (8-3) is pressed to turn on the pilot lamp 19-1 to set the state in which the destination can be entered. In this state, for example.

Switch section 18-2 labeled "Osaka Service" on the upper left corner
If you press , please register in advance and use “Osaka-ei”.
The phone number corresponding to is stored in memory 10-3 and register 1.
Along with being stored in 0-2.

The telephone number is displayed on the display section 16. In this state, if the transmission key of the operation keys (8-1) is turned on, the image signal stored in the floppy device 5 is automatically transmitted to the Osaka office.

(E) Effects of the Invention - As explained above, according to the present invention, information such as two characters can be input as image information by using the existing switch used in facsimile machines to specify the destination. Since it can be transmitted, character information can be input and transmitted as image information with a simple configuration, and there is no need to create and transmit sentences using other devices as in the past.

In addition, because the character code entered from the keyboard is directly converted into a character pattern using a character generator, each character is clearer than the conventional method, which prints once on paper and then reads two images. Become. Furthermore, since the input text information can be displayed on a display that displays the destination's telephone number, the text information entered by two people can be edited and sent after confirmation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a specific example of the keyboard shown in FIG. 1, a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a facsimile device, 2 is an image reading unit, and 3 is a facsimile machine.
4 is a band compression section, 4 is a file control section, 5 is a floppy device, 8-1 is an operation key 18-2 is a keyboard, 8-3 is a shift key, and 9 is a control section. 10 is a transmission control section, 10-1 is a button signal sending section, 10-2 is a register, and 10-3 is a memory. 11 is a network control unit, 12 is a telephone line, 13 is an image transmission/reception unit,
14 is a modem section, 15 is a switch, 16 is a display section, 1
7 is a character conversion unit, 17-1 is a register, 17-2 is a character generator, 17-3 is an image memory, 1
7-4 is a line reading section, 18-1 is a key manual display section, 18-2 is a switch section, and 19-1 to 19-3 are pilot lamps. Patent applicant Hiroshi Mori (1 other person), Fujitsu Limited representative patent attorney

Claims (1)

[Claims] a reading section that reads an input original; a band compression section that compresses the band of the image signal read by the reading section; a storage section that stores the band-compressed image signal; and a storage section that stores the band-compressed image signal; In the facsimile apparatus, the facsimile apparatus includes a key switch for giving an instruction to a destination, and a control section for successively transmitting the image signal stored in the storage section to the destination specified by the key switch. It has a mode switching unit that switches the use mode of the key switch to a mode for inputting characters or symbols, and a character conversion unit that converts a signal related to the character or symbol manually inputted from the key switch into an image signal, A facsimile apparatus characterized in that an image signal from a character conversion section can be added to the image signal stored in the storage section and transmitted.