JPS61179656A - Information communicating equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an equipment with a small installation space and the easiness of transmission/reception of an original immediately as required by using a main body case and a transmitter-receiver to the main body case so as to give full play to functions as a telephone set and a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:In calling an opposite party, the telephone number of the opposite party is inputted by a dial key. Thus, the telephone line is connected and a relay is thrown to the position of the transmitter-receiver at talking as a telephone call. In transmitting an original in this state, or using the titled equipment as a facsimile equipment from the beginning, a control key 18 is operated. That is, a call key 18a is depressed at transmission and a reception key 18b is operated reception. Then the original is loaded to an original insertion slit 24 and the call key 18a is depressed, then the original is carried automatically by an original carrying roller 22 to be driven and stopped at the set position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information communication device that is equipped with a telephone function and a facsimile function, is formed integrally and compactly, and is suitable for use on a tabletop. It is something.

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional facsimile machines have a telephone call function, but a telephone is used for the call, and the facsimile machine and the telephone are separate entities. Therefore, when it is necessary to send and receive documents, a facsimile device must be connected to the telephone and two devices are required.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, the device has the drawback that the installation space is too large to place it on an office desk. Also, when looking at the usage status, there is a choice between using it as a telephone or as a facsimile, and while making a call on the office desk, you can obtain the necessary images as a hard copy at hand. It is not possible to meet such requests.

Furthermore, it is not easy to process originals for transmission during transmission and reception recording sheets during reception, and handling of originals and recording sheets is troublesome.

Means for Solving the Problem A call operation panel for selecting and calling a destination phone number through a telephone line network and a transmission/reception setting operation panel for setting a reception mode for receiving transmissions from the other party are provided on the top surface. The main body case is equipped with a built-in telecommunication control means for controlling transmission and reception of both telephone and facsimile functions, a document reading mechanism, and a reception recording mechanism, and the upper surface of the main body case is placed from the back side to the front side. The upper surface is sloped so that it becomes lower toward the main body case, and a handset is arranged on the left side of the main body case so that the direction in which it is held is longitudinal, and the document reading mechanism is arranged on the back side on the right side of the handset,
The receiving/recording mechanism is disposed on the right front side of the handset, and a recording paper delivery port is provided between the receiving/recording mechanism and the original reading mechanism for delivering the recording paper with the printed side facing up.

Function: The main body case and the handset installed in the main body case perform the functions of a telephone and a facsimile machine.This allows for a small installation space, and allows you to make calls using the handset. It is easy to send and receive documents immediately when necessary, and it is also possible to perform a variety of communications such as voice communication using a handset, image communication using a facsimile, and alternating communication between voice communication and image communication. In addition, you can hold the handset with your left hand for voice communication, and use your right hand to send and receive images of instructions or slips, etc., making it easy to work at your desk and transmitting information. Accuracy and speed of transactions are improved, and in particular,
The top surface of the main case is sloped from the back side to the front side, so you can widen the field of view of the call operation panel, transmission/reception setting operation panel, etc. installed on the top surface. Since the height is large, it is easy to arrange the document reading mechanism with the optical system, and the space within the device body can be used effectively, contributing to miniaturization.

Embodiment First, a main body case 1 formed in the shape of a telephone is provided, and a handset 2 is set on the left side of the upper surface of the main body case 1. A call operation panel plate 4 supported by a support shaft 3 is attached to the right front side of the main body case 1 so as to be openable and closable.

Further, at the back of the right side of the main body case 1, a transmission/reception setting operation panel plate 6 supported by a support shaft 5 is attached so as to be openable and closable.

The surface of the call operation panel board 4 serves as a call operation panel 7, and a printed wiring board 8 is mounted inside. Various switches are attached to the printed wiring board 8 and protrude from the surface to form operation buttons. That is, on the right side thereof, three select keys 9, ie, a hook key 9a, a clock key 9b, and a redial key 9c, are arranged from above, and twelve dial keys 1o are arranged in the center. On the left side, a repertoire display section 11 is provided which is arranged in a matrix of 6 columns vertically and 4 columns horizontally.
Six repertoire dial keys 12 arranged vertically are provided on the right side of the repertoire display section 11.
Above, one column indicator 13 is provided for each column, and further above that is a column select key 14.
is provided/existed.

A liquid crystal display 15 is provided above the dial key 10 to display the number or time of the communication partner.

Next, the upper surface of the transmission/reception setting operation panel board 6 serves as a transmission/reception setting operation panel 16, which is supported by a printed wiring board 17 fixed inside and provided with operation buttons projecting from the surface. That is, from the right side, the call key 18a,
Control keys 18 are provided, including a reception key 18b, a reception select key 18c for switching between automatic and manual reception, and a reset key 18d. The call key 18
A is pressed when starting transmission, and by this operation, the transmitted document is automatically fed to the position necessary for reading it. Next, the reception key 18b is pressed to start manual reception, and if there is no recording paper at the time of this operation, an alarm will occur and reception will not start. The reset key 18d is used to cancel an alarm and return to the initial state when an alarm occurs. Further, the reception select key 18c is set to the automatic reception side when automatic reception is performed. Indicators 19 are provided at the upper left of these control keys 18 to display their respective states. Further, a power indicator 20 is provided at the left end.

Further, a predetermined gap is provided between the lower surface of the transmission/reception setting operation panel board 6 and the upper surface of the main body case 1 to form a transmission document feeding passage 21 .

The main body case 1 is provided with two sets of document feed rollers 22 that protrude from the top surface, and the transmission/reception setting operation panel board 6 is provided with a presser roller 23 that is joined to the document feed rollers 22.

Further, the back side of the transmission document feed path 21 is a document insertion port 24 tilted forward and downward, and the front side is a document discharge port 25.
It is said that The document ejection port 25 is located at the center of the upper surface of the main body case l. Further, a reading window 26 made of transparent glass or the like is provided on the upper surface of the main body case l in the middle part of the transmission document feed path 21.

Next, a printed wiring board 27 is provided horizontally near the bottom surface inside the main body case 1, and another printed wiring board 28 is provided vertically at the rear of this printed wiring board 27. Furthermore, two guide shafts 29 and 30 are provided horizontally in the center of the interior of the main body case 1.

A carrier 31 is attached to these guide shafts 29, 30 so as to be able to reciprocate. This carrier 31 is connected to a motor 32 which is a driving section provided at the rear of the main body case 1.
It is driven via a wire (not shown).

The motor 32 reciprocates and moves the carrier 31 to the right or left depending on the direction of rotation.

Below the reading window 26 of the carrier 31, a lens 33 and an image sensor 3 are provided for reading the image of the document.
4 are arranged to form a document reading device 35.

The image sensor 34 is attached to a printed wiring board 36 fixed to the carrier 31.

Further, a print head 38 for forming a printer 37 is fixed to the carrier 31.

This print head 38 is a thermal head equipped with a large number of heating elements. A flat platen 39 is provided facing the print head 38, and the platen 39 is provided so as to be movable forward and backward by a solenoid 40. A paper guide 41 is provided at the bottom of the platen 39 and curves upward as it goes from the front to the rear.
and a presser roller 43 are provided. A recording paper feeding path 44 is formed by this paper guide 41, and the end of this recording paper feeding path 44 is the document discharge port 25.
A recording paper feeding port 45 is located immediately in front of the recording paper feed port 45. The rear edge of the recording paper feed port 45 is a cutter 45a with a blade.

The space below the call operation panel plate 4 on the front side of the main body case 1 is a recording paper storage section 47 that stores recording paper 46 wound into a roll.

Next, on the inside right side of the main body case 1, a drive mechanism 48 which is a combination of a large number of gears is provided. first,
A belt 50 is passed between the motor 32 and the pulley 49, and the gear A51 integrated with the pulley 49 is connected to the gear B52.
Gear C53, which is integral with gear B52, is engaged with gear D54, and gear E55, which is integral with gear D54, is engaged with gear F56. This gear F56 is connected to a gear G58 via a one-way clutch 57, and this gear 058 is connected to the document feed roller 22.
They are meshed with two gears H59, which are integrated with each other.

As described above, since the one-way clutch 57 is interposed between the motor 32 and the document feed roller 22, the carrier When the carrier 31 moves for reading or writing, the document feed roller 22 does not rotate, but when the carrier 31 returns, the document feed roller 22 rotates.

A gear I60 is meshed with the gear H59 whose rotational state is controlled in this way, and a gear J integral with this gear I60 is engaged with the gear H59.
A gear 62 is meshed with the gear 61. On this gear, 62 is a lever 64 that is connected to a solenoid 63 and rotates.
The solenoid 6 is mounted on the tip of the solenoid 6.
3, the position is controlled to control the meshing with the gear L65 to be in a connected state or a disengaged state.

A pulley 66 is integrated into this gear L65, and this pulley 66 is connected to a pulley 67 integrated with the recording paper feed roller 42.
are connected to each other by a belt 68.

Therefore, whether or not to feed the recording paper 46 is determined by the solenoid 63.
controlled by

Next, a power supply unit 6 is installed on the back of the main body case 1.
9 is connected to the power supply unit 69, and a power supply connector 70 and a telephone line connector 71 are drawn out from the power supply unit 69.Next, the telecommunications control means 72 will be explained based on FIG. First, the power supply unit 69 generates +12V drive power for the motor 32 and solenoid 40.63, and +7V power for the print head 38 and lighting. In addition, the converter 73 generates a voltage of +5V, and the other converter 74 generates a stable voltage of +12V.
It generates voltages of V and -12V.

A CML relay 75 is connected from the power supply unit 69 to the telephone line circuit through lines Ll and L2, and a perringer 76 and a pulse dialer 7 are connected to this CML relay 75. Pulse dial rough 7
is connected to the master CPU 78 and, via a changeover switch 79, to a speech IC 80 for operating the handset 2. Further, the changeover switch 79 is selectively connected to a dipler 82 and a loudspeaker circuit 83 via a transformer 81. The dipler 82 is connected to the master CPU 78 and the receiving loudspeaker circuit 83.
A speaker 84 is connected to.

Further, a modem (MODEM) 86 is connected to the CML relay 75 via a transformer 85, and this modem 86 is connected to the master CPU 78.

This master CPU78 has ROM87 and RAM8.
8 is connected, and the call operation panel 4, the transmission/reception setting operation panel 16, and various display sections 89 are also connected.

Such a master CPU 78 has a slave CPU 90.
is connected. This slave CPU90 has ROM
91 is connected, and the motor 32 is also connected. Further, a document reading device 35 including a lamp 92, an image sensor 34, and a lens 33, and a printer 37 including a print head 38 including a thermal driver 93 and a thermal head are connected.

In such a configuration, when calling the other party,
The telephone number of the other party is input using the dial key 10. As a result, the telephone line is connected by a known method, but the CML relay 75 is switched to the handset 2 side during a telephone call.

If you try to send a document in this state, or if you try to use it as a facsimile machine from the beginning,
Operate control key 18.

That is, when transmitting, the send key 18a is pressed, and when receiving, the receive key 18b is pressed.

Now, insert the original into the original insertion slot 24 and press the call key 18.
When a is pressed, the original is automatically fed to a set position (not shown) by the rotation of the original feed roller 22, and then stopped. This is achieved by attaching a document detection sensor. Then, when the state is ready for transmission, the carrier 31 is driven and the document reading device 35
The image is then read. That is, the image of the original illuminated by the lamp 92 is received by the image sensor 34 through the lens 33, and the image sensor 34
The converted signal enters the slave CPU 90. Along with this operation, the document is fed one line at a time by the drive mechanism 48 during the return operation of the carrier 31 as described above. Further, when a certain amount of document reading data is input manually, the master CPU 78 converts the data using a known means such as a one-dimensional encoding method. The data-converted signal is input to the modem 86, and the input digital data is frequency-converted or phase-converted and input to the telephone line. The document is then discharged from the document discharge port 25 located at the center of the main body case 1, and since this discharge position is at the center, handling of the document is easy. Moreover,
Since the document is ejected toward the user, it is easier to handle.

In addition, when the reception key 18b is pressed, when the other party sends a document and the signal is received, the solenoid 40.
63 are energized at the same time. First, by energizing the solenoid 40, the platen 39 advances toward the print head 38 and joins the recording paper 46 to the print head 38. Also, by energizing the solenoid 63, the drive mechanism 48
The gear 62 is meshed with the gear L65, and the motor 32
is connected to the recording paper feed roller 42. As a result, when the carrier 31 returns, the recording paper 46 is sent out line by line, and at the same time the print head 38 performs recording. Then, the recorded paper 46 is sent out from the paper delivery port 45 toward the user. Therefore, the call operation panel 4, which has a relatively large area, functions in the same way as a tray for received paper, and the processing of received paper is easy.

In this way, the recording paper 46 is gradually consumed, but the recording paper 46 can be easily replenished by opening the call operation panel 4. That is, when the call operation panel board 4 is opened, the recording paper storage section 47 is completely opened, making it easy to set the rolled recording paper 46. Particularly, since the upper part is open, the recording paper 46 is sent to the recording paper path 4 for receiving.
It is easy to pass 4.

In addition, the transmission original feed path 21 is completely opened when the transmission/reception setting operation panel 6 is opened, and problems such as jamming of the transmission original do not occur at all.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides functions as a telephone and a facsimile device using one main body case and a handset placed in the main body case, thereby requiring a small installation space. It is easy to send and receive documents as needed while talking using a handset, and it is possible to easily send and receive documents as needed. You can choose from a variety of communication modes such as image communication and alternating communication while working at your desk.You can also use your left hand to hold the handset and perform voice communication, and your right hand to send and receive instructions, slips, and other images. This improves the ease of hand work, the accurate transmission of information, and the speed of transactions. The field of view for the call operation panel, transmission/reception setting operation panel, etc. can be widened, and the height of the rear side of the main body case is large, making it easy to place the document reading mechanism with optical system, making it easy to place the document reading mechanism inside the main body of the device. This has the effect of making effective use of space and contributing to miniaturization.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical side view, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the whole, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the call operation panel, and Fig. 4 is a view of the transmission/reception setting operation panel. A plan view, FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the main body case, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Main body case, 2... Handset, 7... Call operation panel, 16... Transmission/reception setting operation panel, 21.
...Transmission document feed path, 35...Document reading device, 37
...Printer, 44...Reception recording paper path, 45.
... Recording paper feed port, 46... Recording paper, 47...
Recording paper storage section, 72...Telecommunications control means Applicant: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. 33 Figure 3 is a diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] A main body case having a call operation panel for selecting and calling a destination phone number through a telephone line network and a transmission/reception setting operation panel for setting a reception mode for receiving transmissions from the other party on the top surface; A telecommunications control means disposed within the main body case to control transmission and reception of both telephone and facsimile functions, and a handset connected to the telecommunications control means and disposed on the upper surface of the main body case. A document reading device is provided facing the sending document feeding path, and a document reading mechanism disposed inside the main body case, and a printer is provided facing the receiving recording paper path and is wound into a roll. and a receiving and recording mechanism disposed within the main body case, the upper surface of the main body case being lowered from the back side toward the front side. The upper surface is inclined,
The handset is arranged longitudinally on the left side of the main body case so that the direction in which it is held is longitudinal, the document reading mechanism is arranged on the far side on the right side of the handset, and An information communication device, characterized in that the receiving/recording mechanism is disposed at a side position, and a recording paper delivery port is provided between the receiving/recording mechanism and the document reading mechanism for delivering recording paper with the printed side facing up.