JPS62104357A - Facsimile output equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To guide facsimile output by using a voice output part and password input by using a push-button telephone set before facsimile signal output by providing a pushphone signal reception part and a voice output part. CONSTITUTION:A pushphone signal for retrieval, etc., which is sent out of a pushphone telephone set is inputted from an input/output terminal 15 and the pushphone signal reception part 14 receives and discriminates the pushphone signal through a switching circuit 10. Further, An input guide voice output for retrieval, etc., to this telephone set is sent out to the input/output terminal 15 through the switching circuit 10 after the voice synthesis output of the voice output part 14. Consequently, facsimile output and password input to the pushphone telephone set are guided before the facsimile signal output and a receiving means performs reception and discrimination to eliminate an error in facsimile signal distribution due to a wrong telephone connection and also allows information retrieval from a terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile output device for image communication. In particular, the present invention relates to a touch-tone telephone signal receiving circuit and an audio output circuit for audio guidance.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a facsimile output device for outputting character information of a data processing device to a facsimile terminal, which is provided with a touch-tone signal receiving section and an audio output section, receives and identifies the touch-tone signal in the receiving section, and outputs audio before outputting facsimile identification, for example. By providing facsimile output guidance and password input guidance from touch-tone telephones, it is possible to prevent errors in facsimile signal distribution due to misconnected telephones, and to make it possible to search for information from the terminal.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile output device. In FIG. 2, 1 is an input terminal, 2 is a main control section, 3 is a memory section, 4 is a buffer section, 5 is a clock section,
6 is a data bus, 7 is a modem control section, 8 is a G3 modem signal converter, 9 is a G2 modem signal converter, 11 is a Kanji pattern, 12 is an MH encoder, and 15 is an input/output terminal.

As shown in FIG. 2, a conventional facsimile output device has means for converting character information into a facsimile pattern and means for encoding and modulating the facsimile pattern when outputting character information on a computer to a facsimile terminal. It had means for outputting to a facsimile terminal by facsimile communication procedure control.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, such conventional facsimile output devices,
Since it only has a means for outputting to a facsimile terminal, it has the disadvantage that it may erroneously output a facsimile signal in response to a misconnected telephone, and it cannot output information when searching for information from a facsimile terminal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile output device that prevents errors in facsimile signal distribution due to erroneous telephone connections and allows information retrieval from a facsimile terminal.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a facsimile output device equipped with a means for outputting character information of a data processing device to a facsimile terminal, wherein the means receives a signal input from a bu-noshhon telephone. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a receiving means for identifying and an audio output means for outputting an audio guide to the touch-tone telephone.

[Effect]

The voice output means performs facsimile output guidance and password input guidance for the Putshophone telephone before outputting the facsimile signal, and the receiving means performs reception identification, thereby preventing errors in facsimile signal distribution due to incorrect connection of the telephone and making it possible to search for information from the terminal. This is what I did.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile output device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, character information is input to an input terminal l from a computer device not shown.

Here, the feature of the present invention is the distribution error prevention portion surrounded by a dashed line. That is, character information is connected to the main control section 2 from the input terminal l. A memory section 3 is connected to the main control section 2 . Character information from the main control section 2 is stored in the buffer memory section 4 via the data bus 6. Character information is connected from the buffer memory section 4 to the MH code section 12 via the data bus 6. When the character information is Kanji data, the pattern information is connected from the Kanji pattern generation section 11 to the MH encoding section 12.

MH encoded information from the MH encoder 12 is connected to the modem controller 7 via the data bus 6.

Modem control section 7 to 03 modem signal conversion section 8 or G2
It is connected to a switching circuit 10 via a modem signal converter 9. A modulated signal is outputted from the switching circuit 10 to an input terminal 15 as a facsimile signal.

On the other hand, a push-tone signal for searching or the like is inputted to the input/output terminal 15 from a push-tone telephone (not shown).

A touch-tone signal from the input/output terminal 15 is connected to the touch-tone signal receiving section 13 via the switching circuit 10, and reception identification of the touch-tone signal is performed. Further, under the control of the main control section 2, an input guidance voice output such as a search, etc., synthesized from the voice output section 14 is sent via the switching circuit 10 from the input/output terminal 15 to a touch-tone telephone (not shown). Further, a clock signal from the clock section 5 is controlled by the main control section 2, the modem control section 7, etc. via the data bus 6.

The operation of the facsimile output device having such a configuration will be explained. In FIG. 1, character information of a computer device input manually through an input terminal 1 is stored in a buffer memory section 4 under the control of a main control section 2. In FIG. The character information stored in the buffer memory section 4 is input to the MH encoding section 12 via the data bus 6. Kanji data in the character information is subjected to MH encoding by extracting pattern information from the kanji pattern generation section 11 and by the MW encoding section 12.

This MH encoded information is outputted as a facsimile signal to the input/output terminal 15 via the modem control unit 7, from the G3 modem signal converter 8 or the G2 modem signal converter 9 via the switching circuit 10.

On the other hand, a touch-tone signal for search or the like from a touch-tone telephone is inputted from the input/output terminal 15, passes through the switching circuit 1O, and is then identified by the push-tone signal receiving section 13 as the touch-tone signal. Further, the voice output for input guidance such as searches for the telephone is synthesized and outputted by the voice output section 14 according to instructions from the main control section 2, and is outputted from the input/output terminal 15 via the switching circuit 10.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the present invention includes a touch-tone signal receiving section and a voice output section, and can perform facsimile output guidance using the voice output section and manual password guidance using a touch-tone telephone before outputting a facsimile signal. Furthermore, by receiving and identifying the touch-tone signal in the touch-tone signal receiving section, there is an excellent effect of preventing errors in facsimile signal distribution due to misconnection of a telephone.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile output device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile output device. l...input terminal, 2...main control section, 3...memory section, 4...buffer memory section, 5...clock section,
6...Data bus, 7...Modem system? HB, 8...
- G3 modem signal converter, 9... G2 modem signal converter, 10... switching circuit, 11... Kanji pattern generator, 12... MH encoder, 13... touch-tone signal receiver , 14... Audio output section, 15... Input/output terminal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile output device equipped with a means for outputting character information of a data processing device to a facsimile terminal, the means includes a receiving means for receiving and identifying a signal input from a touch-tone telephone, and a voice guide to the touch-tone telephone. A facsimile output device comprising a voice output means for outputting sound.