JPS6240868A - Facsimile terminal equipment with multiple address interrupting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make transmission of an urgent original possible, by providing a multiple address interrupting button in an operator panel. CONSTITUTION:A multiple address interrupting button 10 is provided in an operator panel 3. If the operator of this facsimile terminal equipment depresses the button 10 after setting an urgent original to the reading section 1 when multiple address communication is made, the control section 9 interrupts the readout of multiple address data from a storage device 7 and reads the urgent original by actuating the reading section 1. Then the control section 9 compresses the read data by means of a compressing section 4 and successively transmits the compressed data to a line 6 through a communication control circuit section 8. After sending the urgent original, the control section 9 restarts the interrupted multiple address communication.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] In a facsimile machine (FAX) having a broadcast function,
When the operator presses the broadcast interrupt button, the broadcast is temporarily interrupted, and the broadcast is automatically restarted after sending the desired manuscript.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an improvement in FAX having a circulation function.

Conventional FAX machines with a broadcast function have the disadvantage that even if a document to be urgently sent is created during a broadcast, the user has to wait until the broadcast operation is finished, and there is a strong need for an improvement in this area.

[Conventional technology]

Currently, most FAX machines with a large storage capacity (several tens of megabytes or more) are equipped with a relay function. However, if there is only one connectable line, it will take a considerable amount of time because the notifications will be sent sequentially.

Therefore, when broadcasting by FAX like this, it is common to make a time reservation.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, if a document to be urgently transmitted is received while a FAX is being circulated, in conventional FAX operations, the operator has to wait until the circular is completed before transmitting the document.

The object of the present invention is to provide a FAX with a multicast interrupt function that allows the operator to immediately transmit the original without waiting even in such a case, and automatically return to the broadcasting service after the transmission of the original is completed.

[Means for solving problems]

The above problem is caused by the operator panel 3 and the large capacity storage device 7.
In a FAX having a broadcast function, a broadcast interrupt button 10 is provided in the operator panel 3 as shown in the figure.
During broadcast communication, when the operator places an emergency document in the reading section 1 and presses the broadcast interrupt button 10, reading out the broadcast data from the storage device 7 is interrupted and the emergency document is read out by the reading section 1. [Operation] According to the present invention, the operator sends the emergency manuscript to the reading unit seven times, and after transmitting the entire text of the emergency manuscript, restarts the broadcast communication again. Pressing the button will interrupt the reporting process,
The emergency document is read and sent to the other party, and once it is completed, the circulation work is resumed, which has the advantage of allowing flexible operation of the device.

〔Example〕

The figure is a diagram showing an embodiment of the FAX function using the request interruption function according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a reading section, 2 is a recording section, 3 is an operator panel, 4 is a compression section, 5 is a restoring section, 6 is a track, 7 is a storage device,
8 is a communication control/line section, 9 is a control section, and 10 is a 1st prayer button during circulation.

The reading section 1 performs optical-to-electrical conversion by illuminating the document placed in the reading section 1 with the light of a fluorescent lamp, thereby converting it into electrical signal data.

The compression unit 4 compresses the data sent from the reading unit 1 in order to suppress the redundancy of the data and temporarily stores it in the device 7.

The storage device 7 is a large-capacity storage device such as a disk or a floppy disk, and has a capacity capable of storing data of a plurality of pages of a document, and is an essential device for a FAX having a circulation function.

After all manuscripts are stored in the storage device 7, the stored contents are read out and sent to the communication control/line section 8.

The communication control/line unit 8 reads data stored in the storage device 7 and sends it to the line 6, or receives data sent from the other device via the line 6 and sends it to the storage device 7.
Send to.

The received data stored in the storage device 7 is read out, enters the restoring section 5, is restored to the original data, and is printed in the recording section 2.

The operations of each of the above devices are generally controlled by a control section 9.

The operator panel 3 is a panel that serves as an interface with an operator, and sends commands for various operations to the control unit 9.

As explained above, in a FAX machine equipped with a large-capacity storage device M7, the operator inserts the document to be broadcast into the reading section I, enters the necessary information for the same message using the operator panel 3, and then reads the document. The entire data is read by the reading unit 1, stored once in the storage device 7, and then sent to the other party at a designated time.

In the present invention, a circular button 1 is displayed in the operator panel 3.
Set 0.

When this FAX is performing broadcast communication, when the operator presses the broadcast interrupt button 10 after setting the document that he wants to urgently send on the reading unit 1, the control unit 9 receives the signal. Then, the reading operation is stopped at a well-defined part of the data stored in the storage device 7. A good place to set this break is at the end of the page or at a line break, and you can set it as you like.

After confirming that the control unit 9 has stopped the reading operation,
The reading section 1 is operated to read the emergency document, and after being compressed by the compression section 4, it is sequentially sent to the line 6 via the illumination control/line section 8.
Send to.

After completing the sending of the emergency document in this way, the control section 9 restarts the interrupted broadcast communication.

In the above explanation, after setting the emergency document in the reading section 1, the procedure was taken to press the broadcast interrupt button 10, but this is not necessarily necessary, and the broadcast can be interrupted by sending the emergency document to the reading section 1 with a cent end signal. It is also possible to initiate an action.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in detail below, according to the present invention, the broadcast communication can be interrupted by pressing the broadcast interrupt button 10 after setting an emergency document in the reading section 1 during broadcast communication. This has the great effect of enabling flexible operation of the device since emergency documents can be sent out.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure shows an embodiment of a FAX with a broadcast interrupt function according to the present invention. In the figure, ■ is a reading section, 2 is a recording section, 3 is an operator panel, 4 is a compression section, 5 is a restoring section, 6 is a track, 7 is a storage device,
8 is a communication control/line section, 9 is a control section, and 10 is a hole opening interrupt button.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine having a broadcast function, which is equipped with an operator panel (3) and a storage device (7), a broadcast interrupt button (10) is provided in the operator panel (3); When it is detected that the broadcast interruption button (10) is pressed during broadcast communication, the broadcast communication is interrupted and reading from the reading section (1) is started, and the reading section (1) reads the original and sends it out. A facsimile apparatus with a multicast interrupt function, wherein the facsimile apparatus controls the multicast communication so that the broadcast communication is restarted after the multicast communication is stopped.