JPS6079873A - Multiple address communication system of facsimile - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain multiple address communication by connecting a facsimile and an electric device and storing a telephone number and a data of an original then transmitting them sequentially. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile 1 and the electronic device 2 provided with the storage device 18 are connected so as to store a destination telephone number data to the storage device of the electronic device 2 or an automatic dial circuit 10 of the facsimile and also a picture data read and coded by the facsimile is stored to the storage device 18 of the electronic device 2. After the signal is transmitted automatically from the automatic dial circuit 10 based on the stored telephone number data, the picture data is read and transmitted from the storage device 18 to transmit sequentially information to plural locations.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a facsimile repeat communication system.

(b) Conventional fax machine J Conventionally, in facsimile, the broadcast communication device that sequentially transmits the same information to multiple locations is configured separately from the facsimile machine and used in combination with the facsimile machine, and the production quantity is limited. Since there are not many of them, there are problems in that they are expensive and the equipment is large.

(c) Object of the Invention The object of the present invention is to perform circular communication using electronic devices such as personal computers and word processors that have been introduced as part of office automation.

B) Structure of the invention The present invention is a personal computer and a facsimile EL*
This system is configured to store data on a plurality of telephone numbers of communication destinations and transmission document data in the storage device of a personal computer, and then sequentially transmit data to the communication destinations.

(Example of practical use) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

fl) (2) consists of a facsimile and a personal computer, and (3) consists of a microprocessor.
1 This is a keyboard consisting of a numeric keypad etc. for inputting telephone number Ir, and key signals are supplied to a control circuit (3).

The control circuit (3) which receives the key signal controls each part to perform a predetermined operation. (5) Fi A reading unit that sequentially reads transmitted originals, and is composed of an original transport mechanism, an original illumination device, an image sensor, and the like.

(6) is a recording unit that performs printing based on the received signal, and is a recording paper transfer tower, a recording head such as a thermal head, and a line connection circuit that connects (L) and a facsimile, usually on the telephone (9) side. The telephone line (L) connected to the telephone line (L) is switched and controlled so as to be automatically connected to the modem circuit (7) by facsimile operation. (101 is an automatic dialing circuit, which is configured to send out a telephone line (L) via a line connection circuit (8) under the control of a control circuit (3). (11) is the clock circuit that outputs the current time data, and the time data is the control circuit (3
) and displayed on the display θ.

The display device θ is also configured to display telephone number data and the like inputted on the keyboard (4).

(+3)//i This is an interface circuit connected to the Bahtuna μ computer (2), and is composed of a so-called R8-232C terminal.

On the other hand, the personal μ computer (7) is composed of a microprocessor and has a program memory t+4) VC-f.
A control circuit α5) that performs processing operations according to the set program; a control circuit α5); a keyboard (- and a keyboard (16) for inputting data and commands;
A display device (17) consisting of a CRT, liquid crystal display, etc., displays data input from the keyboard α6) and data executed by the control circuit α5), 15) The data processed in step 1 is stored in the memory device H, and the interface circuit (+9) consists of an R5-232C terminal connected to the facsimile machine (1). The operation of the present invention will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when sending a facsimile for general use, place the original on the reading section + 5) and then press the telephone (
After making a call to the destination in step 9) and confirming the hand in which the other party answered, press the send key on the keyboard (4) and the image signal read by the reader (5) will be sent to the control circuit (3). modem circuit (7), line connection circuit (8)
) to the telephone line (L) for transmission.

On the other hand, when there is an incoming call, the line connection circuit (8) detects the incoming call and automatically switches to the modem circuit (7), and the received signal is demodulated by the modem circuit (7) and decoded by the control circuit (3). Then, the recording head prints on the recording paper.

Next, the operation of connecting the personal computer (2) and performing broadcast communication will be explained. At this time, the personal computer (2) is set to a mode in which data can be read and written between the R8-232C interface circuit (+9) and the storage device (18).

First, use the numeric keys on the keyboard (4) of the facsimile (1) to input the telephone number of the destination. The input data is temporarily stored in the register of the control circuit (3) and displayed on the display θ2). Once you have confirmed that there are no errors in the phone number data you entered, press the registration key on the keyboard (4) and the control circuit (3) will appear.
The data is transmitted from the personal computer (2) via the interface circuits 1i3 (13) (19) and stored in the storage device. Thereafter, if you input phone number data sequentially from the keyboard (4) in the same way, the destination phone number data will be stored in the storage device (18) of the personal computer (2).
) are stored sequentially. When you have finished entering the predetermined number of phone numbers, set the original to be sent on the reading section (5) and press the send key on the keyboard (4).
The image signals read in are encoded by the control circuit (3), transmitted to the personal computer (2) via the interface circuits (13) and (19), and sequentially stored in the storage device. When the reading unit (5) has finished reading the original, when the send key on the keyboard (4) is operated again, the control circuit (3) displays the phone number data stored in the storage device of the personal computer (2). Read the first phone number data from the area and dial automatically! circuit(
101. The automatic dialing μ circuit (10) that receives the telephone number data makes a dial call using a dial pulse or dial tone signal, and sends the call to the telephone line (L) via the line connection circuit (8). The other party responds to the call, and the CHD (Colled 5tati)
on) dentification) signal is returned, the line connection circuit (8) that detected the CHD signal
switches the telephone line (L) to the modem circuit (7) side.

Therefore, the control circuit (3) then reads the image data from the storage device θ8), and the modem circuit (7) and the line connection circuit (
8) to the telephone line (L). When the sending of the image data is completed, the control circuit (3) transfers the data to the storage device (1).
The next telephone number data is read from 8) and a call is made via the automatic dialing circuit (10). Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, if the other party responds, image data is sent. In this way, the control circuit (3) makes calls as many times as there are phone number data stored in the storage device αI19, and transmits the same image data to multiple locations.

The transmission start time data is input from the keyboard (4) and stored in the storage device (181), and the control circuit (3) inputs the current time data from the clock circuit (]l) and the storage device (181).
By configuring to monitor the coincidence of the transmission start times stored in step 18), transmission can be started at a specified time.

In addition, in the embodiment, the telephone number data was configured to be stored in the personal computer (blade storage device θ8), but since the capacity for storing the telephone number does not have to be that large, automatic dialing! The circuit (10) may be provided with a memory and configured to store information in this memory.

Further, in the embodiment, a connection between a facsimile and a personal computer has been shown, but the present invention is not limited to a personal computer, but any electronic device equipped with a storage device such as a word processor can be used.

(f) Effects of the invention As mentioned above, the unexploded nt facsimile broadcast communication system is
Connect an electronic device such as a personal computer or word processor equipped with a facsimile and storage device, and enter the recipient's telephone number data in the electronic device's record t6. In addition to storing the image data in the automatic dialing circuit of the device or facsimile, the image data read and encoded by the facsimile is also stored in the storage device of the electronic device, and the automatic dialing circuit automatically makes a call based on the stored telephone number data. rear,
By reading and transmitting image data from the storage device,
Information is transmitted sequentially to a plurality of locations, and it is possible to carry out broadcast communication by effectively using other electronic board devices without purchasing a special broadcast device, which has great practical effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile broadcast communication system of Kibori 1, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operating state of FIG. 1. (Katana...Facsimile, (2)...Personal computer, (3)...Control circuit, (4)...Keyboard, (5)...Reading section, (6)...Recording section , (7
)...Modem circuit, (8)...Line connection circuit, (1
0j...Automatic diamond μ circuit, (+3)...Interface circuit, 05)...Control circuit, (+8)...
Storage device, (19)...interface circuit. h'21 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] fl+ At least a reading unit that reads the transmitted original, a control circuit that encodes the read image data, numeric keys that input telephone number data, and an automatic system that transmits dial pulses or dial tones to the telephone line based on the telephone number data. A facsimile machine equipped with a dialing circuit is connected to an electronic device such as a personal computer or a word processor equipped with a storage device through an interface circuit, and input information is entered into the memory of the electronic device or the memory of the automatic dialing circuit using the numeric keys. At the same time as storing the telephone number data of the number dialed, the image data read and encoded by the reading unit is stored in the storage device of the electronic device, and then the stored telephone number data is read out and the automatic dialing circuit reads and transmits the image data after the call is made. A facsimile broadcast communication system characterized in that the same image data is sequentially transmitted to a plurality of locations by returning an ib operation.