JPS6285555A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure the accuracy for both transmission and reception by providing a memory to a CPU which controls the entire part of a facsimile equipment to store a program and various data together with a buffer memory which stores the reception data on a document to send plural address data and the message data from the transmission side and to extract these address data at the reception side respectively. CONSTITUTION:A control program and various data are stored in a memory 11 connected to a CPU 10 of a facsimile equipment. While a buffer memory 12 stores the reception data on a document. Then a reading device 13 reads the document data and a printer 14 prints the reception data. These data are transferred by a MODEM 17. The document used with this facsimile equipment includes an address column containing plural address codes, a message column and a memo column. Then this document is transmitted from the transmission side. At the reception side where the document is received, the addresses written in the address column are extracted under the control of the CPU 10 and then printed together with the message. Thus the accuracy is secured for transmission and reception.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Summary of the Invention Data regarding the addressee of the person who will use the facsimile machine for reception is registered in advance in the facsimile machine. When the transmitted address-related data and text data are received, it is temporarily stored, and if any of the address-related data in the received/received data matches the registered address-related data, it is stored. Print address data and text data.

Background of the invention The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

In recent years, facsimiles have become widespread, and many documents (two paper documents recording data, information, etc. to be transmitted, or such data or information) are routinely transmitted using facsimiles. Multi-point transmission of the same document, in which the same document is sent to multiple different destinations, is also frequently performed. With conventional facsimile machines, even if the document has the same content, the transmission operation must be performed from the beginning for each destination, which is inconvenient. Even if it is unavoidable to input each phone number in order to specify multiple destinations, it is desirable to be able to at least read a common document only once.

Usually for documents sent by facsimile.

The address clearly indicating the department, company, etc. that should receive it is entered. When transmitting the same document from multiple points,
If a document were to be read only once, the document would have to have content common to multiple destinations, so it would no longer be possible to write addresses in the document.

However, from the viewpoint of ensuring reliability, it is undoubtedly preferable for the received document to have an address attached.

Summary of the Invention This invention enables the sending side to write multiple recipients in a document when sending to multiple recipients, and only needs to read the document once, and the receiving side to write information related to the receiving side. Only the recipient's name is printed on the received document. It is an object of the present invention to provide such a facsimile device.

A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes a first storage means for storing data related to registered addresses, a second storage means for receiving and temporarily storing data related to one or more addresses and text data, A means for determining whether or not there is data related to addresses that corresponds to data related to registered addresses, and when it is determined that there is data related to addresses, printing the corresponding address data and text data. characterized by having the means to do.

Address-related data includes the printed or handwritten address itself, the code representing the address (including barcodes, etc.)
, and other data. If the data related to the address is the address itself.

A character recognition means (program) will be required to determine whether the address on the document and the registered address are the same. Even if the data regarding the addressee represented on the sending document is a code, it is preferable to print the addressee on the receiving document using characters such as two letters.

In this invention, on the document transmitting side, all data including multiple address data and text data is transmitted as is. Therefore, on the sending side, there is no need to edit the sending data. There is no problem even if multiple address data are entered on the document; in fact, multiple address data must be entered)
, it only needs to be read once.

On the receiving side, only the address data corresponding to the data related to the registered address is printed in addition to the main text. That is, since the person, department, company, etc. that should receive the document are clearly specified in the document, the reliability of facsimile transmission and reception is ensured.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an outline of the electrical configuration of a facsimile machine.

The facsimile machine is controlled by CPU 10,
This CPU10 includes a memory 11 for storing its programs and various data, and a buffer memory 1 used for storing received document data.
It is equipped with 2.

The facsimile machine also includes a reading device, such as an optical reading device 13, for reading document data for transmission. A printer 14 for printing the received data on paper after editing it as described below. Automatic dialing device 15. It is equipped with a keyboard 16 and a modem 17 for sending and receiving data. The keyboard 16 includes, for example, a numeric keypad 6 for inputting a telephone number, a start key for starting reading a document, and the like. Automatic dialing device 15 and keyboard 18
teeth.

It could be replaced by a regular telephone circuit with automatic dialing.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a document to be transmitted, and FIG. 5 shows an example of documents received and printed at each of the four receiving stations. In this embodiment, it is possible to send a document to a maximum of four locations by reading the document once. of course.

The number of destinations to which transmission can be made can be arbitrarily designed.

In FIG. 4, the document to be transmitted is illustrated as consisting of one leaf. At the top of this document is an address field where you can enter four different addresses. The area below the address field is a body pattern in which the body text common to multiple destinations is written. The main text is composed of data, information, etc. to be transmitted. There is also a memo field below the main text. Since the memo or additional message has different contents for each destination, the memo field is divided so that separate memos can be entered for up to four destinations. In the memo field,
The corresponding address entered in the address field is written at the beginning of each memo. In this embodiment, there is no memo for the third destination (address: "Deputy Director C").

At the boundaries of these address field 1 text field and memo field, the reading device 13 distinguishes these fields 1. Lines, codes, or other identifying marks may be provided to enable readability.

Documents don't have to be one page. For example, the main text may span two or more pages. Further, the address field and the memo field may also take one of various formats other than the format shown in the figure, which consists of four sections divided into one horizontal row and one vertical row. Furthermore, the address field and memo field may be drawn separately from the main text. In any case, the reader i! In relation to reading method 13, the reading device 13 can distinguish and read the address field, text, and memo field, and can read multiple addresses in the address field and multiple memos (at the beginning of the memo) in the memo field. (including address)
Any information that can be read separately will suffice.

In FIG. 5, the received document also includes an address field, text, and a memo field. In the address field, the recipient (
Only one address corresponding to the destination (destination) is printed. The text is printed with the same content as the text of the sent document. Only memo data corresponding to the receiving side (destination) is printed in the memo field. It goes without saying that the received document does not have to be in exactly the same format as the sent document. Since there is no memo addressed to Deputy Director C, there is no memo on the received document either.

A portion of the contents of the memory 11 is shown in FIG. In the memory 11, the name, first copy name, etc. (addressee) of the person who will use this facsimile device to receive a message is registered in advance. The storage area for each addressee is MR-MR (MR;
i=1 to 1 n 1 ).

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the received data area of buffer memory 2. This area consists of address data area M1, body data area M2, and memo data M3.
It can be divided into Address data area M1 is an area M1 that stores four different address data separately.
~M1d. Memo data area M3 also
Up to 4 types of memo data can be stored.

FIG. 6 shows the procedure of reception processing of this facsimile machine.

When data transmitted from another facsimile machine is received (step 51), the received data is stored in each corresponding area of the buffer memory 2 (step 5).
2). In other words, the received data includes multiple address data,
Since one common text data and multiple memo data are generally included, two areas M1 (Ml to Ml, ), M2 and M3 (M3
~a
8M3d).

The first address in the address data area Ml is “Director A” (
Area Ml) is read out, and it is checked whether the same address is registered in memory l (step 53). If it is registered, a corresponding memo search process and a document print process for this addressee are performed (step 63).

Details of the routine of step 63 are shown in FIG.

First, it is checked whether or not the addressee ``To Manager'' in area M1 is in area M3 in memo area 3 (step 71). As in this embodiment, if there are identical addresses, the address in area M1, the text in area M2, and memo A in area M3 are edited and printed by printer 4 (step 72). It will be easily understood that this results in the received document shown at the far left in FIG. At this time, the address itself, Manager A of area M3, does not necessarily have to be printed.

Then, in the same way, the addressee in area M1 is sent to another area M.
3, M3, M3d or not is b
c checked (steps 73, 75, 77). In this example, the answer to both of these steps is NO.

If the same address as area M1 is in another memo area M3,
~ M3d, the address and text in area Ml, and the memo in the memo area are printed (step 74.7
6.78).

For example, if memo A and the addressee ``To Manager'' were in area M3 or M3d, this memo A would be printed with the addressee ``A Manager'' in step 74 or 76 instead of in step 72. . Therefore, even if the arrangement order of the addresses in the address area M1 and the arrangement order of the memos in the memo area M3 are different, in the processing for a certain address, the memo corresponding to that address is surely printed.

If all steps 71, 73, 75, and 77 are NO, that is, there is no memo data in area M3 with the same address as the address in area M1.

Only the addressee "Director A" and the text are printed (steps 79 and 80).

In the above, if the address "Manager A" in area M1 in address area M1 is registered in the address registration area of memory 1, a common text and the address to the manager It is easy to understand that the memo is printed and output on a predetermined paper.

Returning to FIG. 6, address area Ml,
whether the addressee "Manager B" is registered in the addressee registration area of Memo IJII (step 54).

It is checked whether the addresses in each of areas Ml and Mld are registered (steps 55 and 56).

If it is registered, the address 1 body and text are processed in a process similar to that shown in FIG.

The memo, if any, is printed (steps 64 and 85).
．． 68).

After the above processing is completed, and if it is not registered, the buffer memory 2 is cleared (step 57), and the reception processing ends.

It goes without saying that the document placed in the transmission position is transmitted in the usual manner.

In the above embodiment, the addressee is expressed or stored in characters both on the document and in the registration area of the memory 11. Therefore, a pattern recognition method is required to determine whether there is a matching address in steps 53-56 of FIG. 6, steps 71, 73, 75, 77, etc. of FIG. Address on document (area M
1 and M3) as a code, and the address is also represented as a code and stored in the memory II, the verification process becomes simple. If the character pattern of the addressee is stored in advance in correspondence with the addressee code, the addressee can be printed on paper as a character pattern, making it easier to read.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the electrical configuration of a facsimile machine, FIG. 2 shows the contents of the memory, and FIG. 3 shows the contents of the buffer memory. Figure 4 shows an example of a sent document, and Figure 5 shows an example of a received document that is received and printed at one (1) number of destinations. Figure 6 shows an example of the overall operation of a facsimile machine. A flow chart showing an example, and FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing details of memo search and print processing. 10... CPU, ii... Memory. 12... Buffer memory, 14... Printer.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A first storage means for storing data related to registered addresses; a second storage means for receiving and temporarily storing data related to one or more addresses and text data; and data related to addresses in the received data. A means for determining whether any of the data corresponds to registered address data, and a means for printing the corresponding address data and text data when it is determined that there is correspondence. facsimile machine. (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein when it is determined that there is no corresponding item, the printing means prints the text and data.