JPS62256549A - Data communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit data in real time without burdening the reception side with considerable equipments by converting code data to image data for facsimile communication. CONSTITUTION:A computer 1 in the transmission side outputs data to be transmitted to a transmission data spool file 2. Then, a transmission data converting part 3 extracts data to be transmitted and discriminates whether data should be transmitted as code data or image data to the reception side from a transmission method master program based on a specific code added to data to be transmitted. If it is necessary to transmit data as image data, code data is immediately converted to image data, and a transmission control part 4 transmits image data obtained by conversion to a facsimile 6 in the transmission side. Thus, the reception side can get output data of the computer in the transmission side in real time if having a general facsimile, and the reception is not burdened with considerable equipments.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a data communication device used when transmitting data from a transmitting side to a receiving side.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, methods for transmitting output data from a sending computer to a receiving side include transmitting a hard copy of the output data from the sending computer by facsimile, and transmitting the output data from the sending computer to the receiving side. A method in which the data is stored on an auxiliary storage medium such as a floppy disk or magnetic tape (MT) and transported. A computer is also provided on the receiving side, and the sending and receiving computers are connected online. A method of directly transmitting the information is known.

However, methods using hard copies and methods using auxiliary storage media do not allow real-time processing, and methods that directly transmit data online do not allow for real-time processing.
There was a problem in that a large amount of equipment was required on the receiving side.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention was made due to the conventional circumstances as described above, and when transmitting data from the transmitting side to the receiving side,
The receiving side can receive data in real time,
Moreover, the present invention aims to provide a data communication device that does not impose a large burden on the receiving side.

[Effects of the Invention] (Means for Solving Problems) The data communication device of the present invention includes a sending side computer that outputs code data to be transmitted, and a code data unit that temporarily stores the output code data. storage means; data conversion means for converting the stored code data into image data for facsimile communication; control for transmitting the code data to a receiving computer via a line; and data transmission control means for selectively executing control 1III for transmitting data to a facsimile machine on the receiving side.

(Function) The data communication device of the present invention can directly convert the code data output from the transmitting side computer into facsimile image data and send it as long as the receiving side has a general facsimile machine. , data transmission can be performed in real time without placing a large burden on the receiving side of equipment.

(Example) Hereinafter, details of an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

The drawing is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a sending computer that outputs code data to be sent, 2 is a sending data spool file that additively stores the code data output from this sending computer 1, and 3 is a sending data spool file 2. A transmission data conversion unit 4 extracts code data from the fax machine and converts it into image data for facsimile, and 4 inputs code data directly from the transmission data spool file 2, inputs image data from the transmission data conversion unit 3, and converts it to a transmission method master. A transmission control unit that transmits code data or image data using a specific line or public line according to a program (not shown); 5 is a receiving side computer that receives code data from the transmission control unit 4 via a specific line, for example; Reference numeral 6 denotes a facsimile machine on the receiving side that receives image data for facsimile communication from the transmission control unit 4 via a public line, for example.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, the sending computer 1 first outputs data to be sent to the sending data spool file 2. Then, the transmission data converter 3 extracts the data that should be transmitted, and based on the specific code assigned to that data, sends the data as code data to the receiving side from a transmission method mask program (not shown). or whether to send data as image data. If it is necessary to send data as image data, the code data is immediately converted to image data. The transmission control unit 4 converts (q) the image data and sends it to the facsimile 6 on the sending side.
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That is, according to the data communication apparatus of this embodiment, as long as the receiving side has a general facsimile machine, it is possible to obtain the code data outputted by the combination machine on the sending side in real time as a hard copy.

Note that if the receiving side has a computer, the transmission control unit 4 directly transmits the code data output by the sending computer 1 as code data, and the receiving computer 5 transmits the received code data from the display or printing device. Output.

Therefore, according to the apparatus of this embodiment, as long as the receiving side has a general facsimile machine, it is possible to obtain data outputted from the sending side's computer in real time, without imposing a large burden on the equipment.

According to a method in which data is output as a hard copy from the sender's computer and this hard copy is transmitted from the sender's facsimile to the receiver's facsimile,
Noise intervenes in the data when the sending facsimile reads the hard copy, and the quality of the data obtained by the receiving side deteriorates. However, according to this embodiment, the process of reading the hard copy is omitted, so there is no noise in the data. No noise intervenes.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the data communication device of the present invention not only directly sends the code data output by the sending computer as code data, but also converts the code data into image data for facsimile communication. Since it can also be sent, the receiving side can obtain output data from the sending side's computer in real time as long as it has a general facsimile machine, and it does not require a large burden on equipment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawing is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A sending computer that outputs code data to be transmitted, a code data storage means that temporarily stores the output code data, and converts the stored code data into image data for facsimile communication. data conversion means; and data transmission control means for selectively executing control for transmitting the code data to a receiving side computer via a line and control for transmitting the image data to a receiving side facsimile machine via a line. A data communication device comprising: