JPS62186643A - Facsimile transmitter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print out a designation personal name to be handed over onto a reception picture by providing a means registering plural destination personal names in advance to the user and means selecting them and converting them into a picture signal at the transmission of an original. CONSTITUTION:An opposite telephone number, an opposite name corresponding to the said number, a destination personal name and a sender name of its own equipment are registered in a memory device 14 by using a telephone number registration means 5, an opposite name registration means 6, an address registration means 15 and a sender name registration means 7 respectively. In case of the transmission of an original, a destination selection means 16 and a destination read means 17 read the destination selected from the device 14. Then a telephone number selection means 8, a telephone number read means 9, an opposite destination read means 10 and a sender name call means 11 read the telephone number selected by the device 14, the corresponding opposite name and the sender name. A call means 12 instructs the call by the telephone number to a line controller 2 and sends a call signal to a line terminal 3. Then a picture signal synthesis means 18 synthesizes the destination, the opposite name, the sender name and the original picture information from the reader 4 and sends the result to the line through the device 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile transmitter having a function of printing characters representing the recipient's address on the recording surface of the receiver during transmission.

Prior Art FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile transmitter. In this figure, arrows indicate the flow of procedures, and bold arrows indicate the flow of information.

1 is a storage device that stores multiple telephone numbers, multiple destinations, the name of the calling party, etc.; 2 is a line control device that includes a modem for sending communication control signals, image signals, etc. to the line; 3 4 is a line terminal; 4 is a reading device for optically reading a document; 5 is a telephone number registration means for registering a plurality of telephone numbers in the storage device 1; and 6 is a destination name for registering a plurality of destination names in the storage device 1. In the registration means, the destination name corresponds one-to-one with the telephone number registered by the telephone number registration means 5.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a caller name registration means for registering the caller name of the own device in the storage device 1; 8 a telephone number selection means for selecting an arbitrary telephone number from the telephone numbers already registered in the storage device 1; and 9 a telephone number selection means. Telephone number reading means reads out the telephone number selected by the means 8 from the storage device 1; 10 denotes a destination name reading means for reading out the destination name corresponding to the telephone number selected by the telephone number selection means 8 from the storage device 1; , 11 is a caller name reading means for reading out the caller name of the own device from the storage device 1; 12 is a calling means for instructing the line control device 2 to make a call using the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means 9; Reference numeral 13 denotes an image signal synthesizing means for synthesizing the information from the destination name reading means 10 and the sender name reading means 11 and the information from the reading device 4 to generate an image signal.

Next, the operation will be explained. First, the telephone number of the other party is registered in the storage device 1 using the telephone number registration means 5, and the name of the other party corresponding to the telephone number is registered using the other party name registration means 6. By repeating the above operations, the telephone numbers and names of a plurality of recipients can be stored in the storage device 1. Furthermore, the sender name of the own device is registered by the sender name registration means 7. After completing the above operations, when the telephone number selection means 8 selects one of the plurality of telephone numbers of the other party registered in the storage device 1, the telephone number reading means 9 reads that telephone number from the storage device 1, Sending the data to the calling means 12, the destination name reading means 10 reads out the destination name corresponding to the telephone number,
The data of the destination name is sent to the image signal synthesis means 13. Further, the sender name reading means 11 reads out the sender name of its own device from the storage device 1 and sends it to the image signal synthesizing means 13. The calling means 12 issues an instruction to make a call using the telephone number read out by the telephone number reading means 9, and the line control device 2 sends a calling signal to the line terminal 3. Further, the reading device 4 optically reads a set original (not shown) and sends the data to the image signal synthesizing means 13 .

The image signal synthesis means 13 synthesizes the image information from the reading device 4 and the image information from the destination name reading means 10 and the sender name reading means 11 to generate an image signal, and outputs the image signal through the line control device 2 to the line terminal 3. Send to. In response to this image signal, characters representing the source of the transmitter and characters representing the name of the recipient are printed on the other party's receiver, and then the document is recorded.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, although this device can print the name of the other party, it is possible to display the company name, department name, etc. of the other party, but it is difficult to display the names of individuals within the company or department. It is. For this reason, the sender should write the recipient's name in the margin of the original, or if such writing is not allowed, copy the original using a copy machine just for sending and then write the recipient's name on it. I needed to send it. Therefore, not only does the cost of using a copying machine increase, but also the writing of the recipient's personal name stains the original, and when sending a large number of copies, it takes time to write the name of the recipient.

The reason for the above problem is that when one telephone number is selected, one type of destination name is automatically selected in response.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has a function that automatically adds the recipient's personal name to the transmitted image signal when the user specifies it, and prints it on the received image on the receiver side. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a facsimile transmitter having the following functions.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides, in addition to means for registering and selecting the telephone number of the other party and the corresponding name of the other party, the personal name of the recipient to whom the transmission is made. The present invention is provided with means for registering a plurality of information, means for selecting one of them at the time of transmission, and means for converting the information of the selected recipient's personal name into an image signal and transmitting it to the line.

Effects of the present invention With the above-described configuration, it is possible to print the recipient's individual name to be handed over along with the sender's name, recipient's name, etc. on the received image of the receiver by operation from the transmitter side. It becomes possible to eliminate the work of writing the recipient's name on a transmission document, or copying the transmission document using a copying machine and writing the recipient's name on the transmission document.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as in FIG. 2. 14 is a storage device for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, a plurality of destination names, a plurality of destinations, the calling destination of the device, etc.; 15 is a destination registration means for registering a plurality of destinations in the storage device 14; 16 is a storage device 14; Address selection means for selecting one or more addresses from among a plurality of addresses registered in , for example, a one-touch key. Reference numeral 17 indicates an address reading means for reading out the address selected by the address selection means 16 from the storage device 14, and 18 indicates the address information sent from the address reading means 17 and the destination name sent from the destination name reading means 10. This image signal synthesis means generates an image signal by synthesizing the information, the sender name information sent from the sender name reading means 11, and the image information of the original sent from the reading device 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, the telephone number of the other party is registered in the storage device 14 using the telephone number registration means 5, and the name of the other party corresponding to the telephone number is registered using the other party name registration means 6. By repeating the above operations, the telephone numbers and names of a plurality of recipients can be stored in the storage device 14. Separately, a plurality of recipient personal names are stored in the storage device 14 using the recipient registration means 15.
Register. Furthermore, the sender name of the own device is registered in the storage device 14 using the sender name registration means 7.

When transmitting a manuscript, first, one of the names of individuals to whom the document should be delivered is selected from a plurality of personal names registered in the storage device 14 using the address selection means 16 such as a one-touch key. Address reading means 17 reads out the address selected by address selection means 16 from storage device 14 . Thereafter, the telephone number of the other party is selected using a telephone number selection means 8 such as a one-touch key. The telephone number reading means 9 reads the telephone number selected by the telephone number selection means 8 from the storage device 14, and the destination name corresponding to this telephone number is read from the storage device 14 by the destination name reading means 10. Source name reading means 1
1 reads out the sender name of its own machine from the storage device 14. The calling means 12 instructs the line control device 2 to make a call using the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means 9.1-1 A call signal is sent from the line control device 2 to the line terminal 3. This post-image signal synthesis means 18 uses the address information from the address reading means 17,
The information on the destination name from the destination name reading means 10, the information on the sender's name from the sender name reading means 11, and the image information of the document read by the reading device 4 are combined to generate an image signal. is generated and transmitted through the entire line control device 2 to the line terminal 3.

In this way, when receiving a facsimile from the other party, the sender's name, the other party's name, and the recipient's individual name are printed at the top of the received image.

In this embodiment, the user selects one of the recipient's personal names using the address selection means 16, but it is also possible to select multiple addresses at the same time, or use a kanji pattern generator. It is hotly debated that the image signal synthesis means 18 may generate a kanji pattern for the addressee.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention provides a means for a user to register a plurality of personal names of recipients in advance, and a means for selecting one or more of the plurality of registered personal names of recipients at the time of sending a manuscript. By providing a means for converting the selected address information into an image signal, it is possible to print the addressee's personal name to be handed over to the received image when sending a document.This allows the sender to print the addressee's personal name in the margin of the document. This eliminates the need to fill in documents, copy documents using a copying machine, and write personal names on them, resulting in a significant cost reduction for the user.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile transmitter according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile transmitter. 2... Line control device, 3... Line terminal, 4... Reading device, 5... Telephone number registration means, 6... Destination name registration means, 7... Caller name registration means , 8... Telephone number selection means, 9... Telephone number reading means, 10... Destination name reading means, 11... Caller name reading means, 12.
. . . Calling means, J4 . . . Storage device, 15 . . . Address registration means, 16 . . . Address selection means, 17 .

Claims (1)

[Claims] means for storing telephone numbers of a plurality of destinations and destination information of a plurality of destinations; a telephone number selection means for selecting an arbitrary telephone number from the storage means; and a telephone number selection means for selecting an arbitrary telephone number from the storage means; telephone number reading means for reading from the storage means; means for calling the telephone number read by the telephone number reading means to a line; A destination selection means for selecting information, a destination reading means for reading out the destination information selected by the destination selection means, and a destination information read by the destination reading means is converted into an image signal and synthesized with a document reading signal etc. 1. A facsimile transmitter comprising means for transmitting a facsimile to a line.