JPS627257A - Transmitter equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a transmitter easy to handle which is able to transmit information not written on a paper but written on an original platen by transmitting it as information of image reversed in the right-and-left direction by a read sensor. CONSTITUTION:On the original platen 1 drawn out so far as its center part 1a is out of the machine body, information required to be transmitted is written in the center part 1a. Written information is inversed when seen from the sensor 10's side instead of the operator's side, and is so read by a reading action same as that when reading the original 2, however, the reading by the sensor 10 is executed with a carriage 5 moving in the opposite direction of movement C than that when reading the original. Accordingly, read information becomes one inverse in right-and-left direction to information seen from the side of the read sensor 10. And thus the operator can transmit information formed just as it is written on the original platen, and is not required to write information inversely.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a transmitting device that reads information on a document and transmits the read information.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional transmitting device is, for example, as shown in FIG. 11 (for example, Hatahiko Yasuda, "Facsimile Basics and Applications, New Edition", Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers, p. 29G).

This conventional example will be explained below. In FIG. 11, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are conveyance rows. Manuscript 1
9 is sandwiched between these transport rollers 15.1B and 17.18, and as these transport rollers rotate, it is sent in the sub-scanning direction in the E direction. 20 is a fluorescent light for lighting, and this fluorescence! ! The light from 2G is reflected by the surface of the original 19, and the reflected light from the original 19 is guided to the reading sensor 22 through the lens 21. The reading sensor 22 determines whether the original is black or white based on the intensity of light reflected from the surface of the original 19. Each time a reading is performed by the reading sensor 22, the conveying roller 15.1B.

The document 19 is fed by sub-scanning by a predetermined amount by 17 and 18.

A reading operation is performed by such an operation.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In such conventional devices, only the information recorded on the document is read and transmitted.
In any case, you had to write the information you wanted to send on a piece of paper, then read the information written on the paper and send it. Also, if you want to add information such as the sender's name to a prepared manuscript and send it, you have to write the information directly on the manuscript and send it, which can be a problem if you do not want the manuscript to get dirty. It was something. As described above, conventional devices have poor operability.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-operate transmitting device that can transmit information by simple means without having to write it on paper.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a document table on which a document is placed during transmission, and a reading sensor that reads from the side of the document table opposite to the surface on which the document is placed. At the same time, information can be written directly on the manuscript table, and information written directly on the manuscript table can be read and transmitted along with the information on the manuscript. When sending information, information is sent by horizontally inverting the image seen from the reading sensor side, so that information written in the normal direction as seen from the operator side can be sent as is as information in the normal direction. It is composed of

Effect of the present invention With the above-described configuration, the information recorded on the document and the information recorded on the document table can be read by one reading sensor, and when transmitting the information written on the document table, the reading sensor is used. The image viewed from the side can be flipped left and right and the L information can be transmitted. Therefore, when writing information on the manuscript table, if the information is written in the correct direction from the viewpoint of operability, the information as seen from the operator side can be transmitted. A good device for the operator to transmit is obtained.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the main parts of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the main parts of the apparatus, and FIG. 3 is an external view of the apparatus. In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a document table, and the central portion 1a of this document table 1 is made of a transparent material such as glass or acrylic resin, and the document 2 is placed in this transparent central portion 1a. It is placed face down. Furthermore, information such as characters and figures can be recorded on at least a portion of the central portion 1a of the document table 1 using a writing instrument such as a pen. The document table 1 is guided by a guide (not shown) so as to be movable in the forward and eight directions, and is sandwiched between rollers 3 and 4 and is driven in the sub-scan by driving the roller 3 by a motor (not shown). Reference numeral 5 denotes a carriage, which is guided by a guide shaft 6.7 to be able to reciprocate in directions C and D, and is driven by a motor (not shown). At the top of the carriage 5, as shown in FIG. 2, there are LEDs 8. Lens 9. A reading sensor 10 is mounted, and these are arranged so as to face the surface of the document table 1 on the side opposite to the surface on which the document is placed. Further, a reflective plate 11 with a white surface is provided at a location across the document table 1 facing the area where the reading sensor 10 performs main scanning. This white reflective plate 11 is designed to reflect light when information is written on the manuscript table 1 using a writing instrument of a color with low light reflectance, such as black, between the areas where the information is written and the areas where the information is not written. This is to make the rates different. That is, when light is applied by the LED 8, the reflectance of the light is low in areas where information is written by the writing instrument, and the reflectance is high in areas where information is not written because the light is reflected by the reflecting plate 11. Further, instead of the reflective plate 11, a white cover may be provided above the document table 1, and the document 2 may be fed between the cover and the document table. In this case as well, the reflectance differs only in the portion where information is written in the same way as above. Note that when writing on the document table 1 with a writing instrument of a color having a high light reflectance, such as white, a plate of a color having a low reflectance, such as black, may be attached to the reflective plate 11.

With the above configuration, the original placed on the document table 1 or the information recorded on the document table 1 is illuminated by the LED 8,
Information 1 written on the document surface of the original 112 and on the document table 1 Reflected by the reflecting plate 11, the light is guided by the lens 9 to the reading sensor 10, and black and white of the document is determined based on the intensity of the reflected light. The signal read by this reading sensor 10 is sent to a transmitter, converted into data for transmission, and transmitted.

Next, the operation of the transmitting device configured as described above will be explained. First, a case will be described in which a document 2 is placed on the document table 1 and its contents are transmitted. At the time of transmission, the central portion 1a of the document table 1 is pulled out of the apparatus as shown in FIG. Here, when the operator wishes to transmit information recorded on the document, the document 2 is placed on the document table 1 with the document surface facing downward. When a send button (not shown) is pressed, the roller 3 is driven by the power of a motor (not shown).
The document table 1 moves in six directions and is drawn into the inside of the apparatus. When the original platen 1 is pulled into the @ position, the upper edge of the part of the original 2 to be read is placed on the reading sensor 1.
It is facing 0. After this, the read operation begins. The carriage 5 moves in the direction C in FIG. 1 and comes to a position where the reading sensor 10 faces the right end of the document. Next, the carriage 5 starts moving in the D direction. At this time,
The document surface is illuminated by the LED 8, and the reflected light from the document surface is guided to the reading sensor 10 by the lens 9. The reading sensor 10 generates a signal corresponding to the black and white of the document depending on the strength of this reflected light.

This signal is generated at a predetermined timing according to the movement of the carriage 5 by means such as an encoder attached to a motor for driving the carriage (not shown).

By this movement of the carriage 5, main scanning is performed over the width of the reading sensor 10, and the signals generated by the reading sensor 10 are processed by the transmitter and then transmitted. When the carriage 5 reaches the left end of the document, the negative main scan is completed and the carriage 5 is moved to the right end of the document again. Next, the original [ 2 ] is driven along with the original platen 1 in a sub-scanning direction in the B direction, and the part of the original to be read next is moved to a position facing the reading sensor 10 . Thereafter, reading is performed by repeating main scanning and sub-scanning of the original in the same manner, and transmission is performed until the original table 1 moves by a predetermined amount. When the transmission operation is completed, most of the document table 1 is ejected to the outside of the apparatus in the same manner as at the start of transmission, and the operator can remove the document 2 on the document table 1. Thereafter, when the document table storage button is pressed, the document table 1 is moved to a predetermined position inside the apparatus and stored.

Next, a case will be described in which information such as characters and figures is written on the upper surface of the central portion 1a of the document table 1 and this information is transmitted. With the center portion 1a of the document table 1 pulled out to the outside of the apparatus, information to be transmitted is written on the center portion 1a of the document table 1 using a writing instrument such as a pen. At this time, if the information seen by the operator is as shown in Figure 4, the information seen from the reading sensor 10 side, that is, the information seen from the back, is as shown in Figure 5, and the operator This information is the information seen from above and the left and right sides are reversed. The reading operation is almost the same as when reading the original 2, but the reading operation by the reading sensor 10 is performed when the carriage 5 moves in the direction C opposite to when reading the original. As a result, the read information becomes information that is horizontally inverted from the information seen from the reading sensor 10 side, and as a result becomes the same as the information seen from the operator. Therefore, the operator can transmit the information written on the document table 1 as it is, and there is no need to write characters or the like face down.

In the above example, information is written on the entire surface of the center portion 1a of the document table 1, but the center portion 1a of the document table 1,
17) You may fill in only specific parts. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, only a portion 1b of the central portion 1a of the document table 1 can be written on. The operator can enter information related to the operator in this section, such as the date and time of transmission, the sender's name, and telephone number.

The operator fills in this information and then sends the manuscript 2 to be sent.
Place it on document table 1. At this time, it is preferable that no information be written on the portion of the document 2 that faces the portion 1b of the document table 1. This is because when the information on the original 2 and the information written on the original platen 1 are read and transmitted in an overlapped manner during reading, it is difficult for the receiving side to read the information.

Information is recorded on the document table 1, and a reading operation is performed with the document 2 placed thereon. In this case, the space for writing information on the document table 1 is predetermined, and therefore, the reading operation is performed for the part where information is written on the document table 1 when the carriage 5 moves in the C direction. The other portions are read when the carriage 5 moves in the D direction in the same manner as when reading the document 2. As a result, only the information on the portion 1b of the document table 1 can be read with the left and right sides reversed, and the information on the other portions can be read and transmitted as is.

Therefore, if information as shown in FIG. 6 is written on the document table 1 and a document as shown in FIG. 7 is placed on the document table 1 and sent, the information viewed from the reading sensor 10 side will be as shown in FIG. However, since the part 1b is sent horizontally reversed, the 9th part
Information as shown in the figure is transmitted. For this reason, for example, information such as a map can be easily created as a manuscript from an atlas, etc., and a message can be written in section 1b to easily create a transmission manuscript, and the manuscript can also be changed by changing only the message. It's easy to do.

In the above embodiment, the original platen 1 is read by performing reading when the carriage 5 moves in the opposite direction.
The information written in the information is transmitted after being left and right reversed.Next, an example will be described in which the carriage 5 is moved in the same direction and the reading operation is performed.

The configuration of the device is almost the same as the above example, but the 10th example
As shown in the figure, the signal read by the reading sensor 10 is stored in the memory 13 through the CPU 12. When signals for -1 scan of the carriage 5 are stored, the signals are read out from the memory 13 by the CPU 12, sent to the transmitter 14, processed, and then transmitted. Here, by switching the order in which data is read from the memory 13 by the CPL 112 and in which data is stored, it is possible to transmit horizontally inverted information.

In the above example, whether or not the information is sent horizontally reversed during transmission is determined by whether the operator presses the horizontal flip button when transmitting, and the information is flipped horizontally only when the horizontal flip button is pressed. will be sent. Therefore, the operator only needs to press the left/right inversion button when writing information on the document table 1. It is also possible to provide a button for horizontally reversing the entire surface of the document table 1 and a button for horizontally reversing only a specific portion of the document table 1 so that the button can be selected.

Regarding the horizontal reversal command, a sensor is provided to detect whether or not a document is placed on the document table 1, and a signal from this sensor causes the information to be horizontally reversed when the document is not placed on the document table 1. It is also possible to send it by

In this case, the operator only needs to write the information on the document table 1 and press the send button. At this time, if there is no document on the document table 1, the sensor will work and send a command to reverse the information horizontally. The information is sent with the left and right sides reversed. This sensor may be one that mechanically detects the presence or absence of a document or one that detects optically.

Although there is no specific explanation of the method for erasing the information written on the document placement surface of the document glass, it may be erased manually, or it can be erased automatically as the document glass moves during or after transmission. It's okay.

In the above embodiment, the reading sensor is mounted on a carriage, and main scanning is performed by moving this carriage. Reading may be performed by main scanning. In this case, the main scanning direction can be reversed horizontally, or the horizontally reversed information can be sent by reversing the main scanning direction, or by storing the read data in memory once and then switching the reading order. It is something that can be done. Therefore, in this case as well, it is possible to transmit horizontally inverted information using the same means as when moving the carriage. Also,
In the above embodiment, information is written directly on the document table, but instead of writing directly on the document table, a sheet-like cover is provided on top of the document table, and information is written on this. You can also do this.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention can transmit the information written on the document placement surface of the document table together with the document placed on the document table, and when transmitting the information written on the document placement surface, the information written on the document placement surface is transmitted from the reading sensor. Since it is possible to send information that is the horizontally reversed version of the information seen, information written in the normal direction as seen from the operator's side can be sent as is, as information in the normal direction, thus improving operability. equipment can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a transmitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the same device, and FIG. 3 is an external view of the same device.
Figures 4 to 6 are plan views showing the document table of the device, Figure 7 is a view showing the document, Figure 8 is a view from the back of the document table, and Figure 9 shows the information to be transmitted. 10 is a block diagram showing a transmitter according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a side view of a conventional transmitter. 1... Original table, 2... Original, 5... Carriage,
8...ED, 9...Lens, 10...Reading sensor Figure 1/-Original platen 2-#Digital 5-A marriage, 9-LED Day-bance'. Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 3 Figure q

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. What is a document table on which a document can be placed and information can be recorded on at least a portion of the surface on which the document is placed, and what is the document placement surface of this document table? A reading sensor that reads information on the document surface and information recorded on the document table from the opposite side, and transmitting data obtained by horizontally inverting at least a part of the image seen from the reading sensor side. The transmitting device that made this possible. 2. The transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting device transmits data obtained by horizontally inverting the image by reversing the order in which the information is read by the reading sensor. 3. It is equipped with a memory for storing data read by the reading sensor and a reading means for reading the data from this memory and transmitting it, and inputting the order of the read data when inputting it to the memory and when outputting it from the memory. 2. The transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting device transmits data obtained by horizontally inverting the image by converting the image. 4. The transmitting device according to claim 1, further comprising a command means for switching between horizontally and horizontally inverting an image, and transmitting a horizontally reversed image according to a command from the command means. 5. The command means includes a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a document placed on the document table, and is characterized in that the image is horizontally reversed and transmitted only when no document is placed on the document table. A transmitting device according to claim 4.